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Reuters:
Inside the Democratic rebellion against Biden over the Gaza war — The depth of Democratic Party anger over President Joe Biden's handling of the Gaza war has caught his campaign off guard and could depress support in November's election, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen senior party …
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New York Times, Al Jazeera, Semafor, NPR, USA Today, ABC13, The National Pulse+, Reuters, Fox News, Bloomberg, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Axios, NewsNation and The Daily Caller
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Politico:
Playbook: What Joe Biden has to fear from Michigan — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — A NEWSY EPISODE OF ‘LATE NIGHT’ — President JOE BIDEN addressed prospects for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war during his appearance on NBC's …
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Washington Free Beacon, Washington Examiner, 24sight by Tom LoBianco …, CNN, New York Times, IJR, Breitbart and Detroit Free Press
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Wisconsin 2024 Poll: Trump 45%, Biden 42%
Wisconsin 2024 Poll: Trump 45%, Biden 42%
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, USA Today, WOOD-TV, IJR, Breitbart and New York Post
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Teamsters to meet with Biden in mid-March ahead of possible endorsement
Teamsters to meet with Biden in mid-March ahead of possible endorsement
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NBC News, International Brotherhood …, Political Wire and Washington Post
John Podhoretz / Commentary Magazine:
My Nikki Haley Theory — From the day she came in third in Iowa to her 20-point loss to Donald Trump on Saturday in South Carolina, Nikki Haley and her aims have been the subject of intense speculation. Clearly, in the absence of a lightning bolt from the blue that strikes Donald Trump …
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National Review, PJ Media, Raw Story, CNN and ABC News
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
“Suicide for our country”: Nikki Haley goes scorched earth on Trump … - “This may be his survival mode to pay his legal fees and get out of some sort of legal peril, but this is like suicide for our country,” she said of the former president, who faces 91 criminal counts across four cases.
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New York Magazine, Raw Story, Progress Pond, The Daily Caller, BizPac Review and New York Times
Madison Fernandez / Politico:
Ryan Binkley drops out of GOP primary, endorses Trump
Ryan Binkley drops out of GOP primary, endorses Trump
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The Hill, NBC News, Fox News, New York Post, Voice of America and Washington Post
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Nikki Haley Is Defiant Ahead of Expected Loss in Michigan Primary
Nikki Haley Is Defiant Ahead of Expected Loss in Michigan Primary
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The Hill, Mediaite, CBS News, Political Wire, Washington Times, ABC News, Washington Examiner, WLNS 6 News, The Detroit News, WGN-TV, Raw Story and Fox Business
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Jack Smith Pounds Trump For His Unprecedented Conduct In MAL Case — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. — No One Has Ever Done What Trump Did — Special Counsel Jack Smith unleashed a tight, targeted fusillade in the Mar-a-Lago case …
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Raw Story, Fox News, UPI, Washington Examiner, The Gateway Pundit, Law & Crime, The Hill, New York Times, The Daily Caller, Axios, New Republic and Slate
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Jonathan Mattise / ABC News:
Pride flags would be largely banned in Tennessee classrooms in bill advanced by GOP lawmakers — The GOP-led Tennessee House has passed a bill that would largely ban displaying pride flags in public school classrooms — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A bill that would largely ban displaying pride flags …
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Tennessee Lookout, Daily Kos and Fox News
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Associated Press:
Tennessee House advances bill to ban reappointing lawmakers booted for behavior — One of the Legislature's staff attorneys expressed concerns about the bill last week, telling House lawmakers during a committee hearing that it raises constitutional questions.
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The Tennessean, The Hill, New Republic and Tennessee Lookout
Haisten Willis / Washington Examiner:
Biden says there's ‘work to do’ in meeting to avert government shutdown — President Joe Biden met with the top four leaders in Congress on Tuesday as a government shutdown looms yet again. — “We've got a lot of work to do,” Biden said. “We have to figure out how we're going to keep funding …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer: MAGA hard right ‘wants a shutdown’
Schumer: MAGA hard right ‘wants a shutdown’
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CBS News, KRQE-TV, Axios and Washington Examiner
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate GOP fears Speaker Johnson headed toward shutdown wreck
Senate GOP fears Speaker Johnson headed toward shutdown wreck
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Duckworth to demand vote on IVF bill — The bill would establish federal protections that override any state policy restricting IVF access. — Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) will hold a press conference Tuesday morning demanding a vote on their bill to federally protect …
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The Hill:
Democratic senators hold presser on bill protecting IVF following Alabama ruling: Watch live
Democratic senators hold presser on bill protecting IVF following Alabama ruling: Watch live
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Politico, The 19th, Washington Post, The Guardian, Ms. Magazine, News Not Noise and Slate
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Democrats intensify their IVF messaging in new billboards, tying Trump to the Alabama ruling
Democrats intensify their IVF messaging in new billboards, tying Trump to the Alabama ruling
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Axios, Washington Times, al.com, Florida Politics and CBS News
Washington Post:
The economy is roaring. Immigration is a key reason. — Momentum in the job market picked up aggressively over the past year — all while Washington is deadlocked on a border deal. — Immigration has propelled the U.S. job market further than just about anyone expected …
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Digby's Hullabaloo
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Immigration Surges to Top of Most Important Problem List
Immigration Surges to Top of Most Important Problem List
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New York Post, Sun-Sentinel, The Hill, Daily Caller News Foundation, Fox News, Axios, The Federalist and Breitbart
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
'The numbers right now aren't good.' — FOR YEARS, DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN STAFF struggled to get him to make donor calls and take fundraising seriously. — But that was before Trump faced an incumbent president and a primary opponent who was outraising him.
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Raw Story, New Republic, Digby's Hullabaloo, Mediaite and CNBC
Associated Press:
Two candidates for mayor of a Mexican city are shot dead within hours of each other — Candidates Armando Pérez and Miguel Ángel Zavala were found dead days before campaigning was set to formally begin. — MEXICO CITY — Two candidates for mayor in the Mexican city of Maravatio …
Dave Infante / Popular Information:
Kroger's “nefarious bargain” — This is a special joint edition of Popular Information and Fingers, a newsletter about drinking in America by journalist Dave Infante. Fingers is a must-read for anyone who cares about the business, culture, and chaos of booze. Sign up HERE.
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CNBC, RedState, NewsNation, Fortune, Politico and Federal Trade Commission
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Emhoff unveiling $1.7B in new commitments to Biden anti-hunger initiative — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff is unveiling nearly $1.7 billion in new commitments to the Biden administration's efforts to end hunger by the end of the decade. — The list includes more than 140 commitments from nonprofits …
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UPI, The White House and Associated Press
Christopher Hutton / Washington Examiner:
Major new Canadian legislation would penalize online hate at risk of censorship — The Canadian government has introduced legislation proposing new regulatory bodies and heavier sentences to combat online abuse, a proposal backed by some U.S. Big Tech firms with major implications for free speech.
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Government of Canada
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Catherine Lévesque / National Post:
New Liberal ‘online harms’ bill to make online hate punishable up to life in prison
New Liberal ‘online harms’ bill to make online hate punishable up to life in prison
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Louder With Crowder, RedState and Al Jazeera
Lewis Kamb / NBC News:
Vice president's SUV was partially ‘airborne’ during 2022 motorcade accident, records show — The Secret Service agent involved in the accident was allowed to avoid defensive driving training. — The back end of the vehicle carrying Vice President Kamala Harris “became momentarily airborne” …
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Political Wire
Gregory J. Wallance / The Hill:
The far right has replaced the old left as Russia's propaganda tool — During the 20th century, the American Communist Party and left-leaning journalists acted as conduits for the Soviet Union's propaganda. At no time was this clearer than in August 1939, when the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed a non-aggression pact.
Elizabeth Becker / Washington Post:
This ex-congressman couldn't take it anymore — Elizabeth Becker, a former Post correspondent, began her career covering the war in Cambodia and its aftermath under Pol Pot. She is the author of five books, including “You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War.
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Raw Story
Robert Downen / The Texas Tribune:
In leaked audio, Supreme Court Justice John Devine railed against “brainwashed” GOP colleagues — Devine, a former anti-abortion activist, faces a heated primary challenge that has focused on questions about his ethics. — Speaking to a group of East Texas voters in September …
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New Republic, Above the Law and Raw Story
Greg Olear / PREVAIL:
Project 2025: The “Cowboy Catholic” & the Conservative Counter-Reformation — “Mandate for Leadership,” a totalitarian tome produced by the Heritage Foundation and its partners, is a how-to guide for ending the United States as we know it. — I. The “Cowboy Catholic”
Shweta Sharma / The Independent:
Sri Lanka ends visas for hundreds of thousands of Russians staying there to avoid war — Investigation launched into order asking Russians to leave country amid blacklash over ‘whites only policy’ — With Maldives Out Sri Lanka Witnesses An Influx Of Indian Tourists - Travel Guide To Sri Lanka