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10:40 AM ET, March 2, 2024

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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Voters Doubt Biden's Leadership and Favor Trump, Times/Siena Poll Finds  —  The share of voters who strongly disapprove of President Biden's handling of his job has reached 47 percent, higher than in Times/Siena polls at any point in his presidency.  —  President Biden is struggling …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Atlantic:
Biden Is Still the Democrats' Best Bet for November  —  Let's start with the obvious.  The concerns about Joe Biden are valid: He's old.  He talks slowly.  He occasionally bumbles the basics in public appearances.  —  Biden's age is so concerning that many Biden supporters now believe …
Discussion: Forbes, HotAir and HuffPost
Michael Shepherd / Bangor Daily News:
Susan Collins backs Nikki Haley over Donald Trump in Maine's Republican primary  —  U.S. Sen. Susan Collins voted for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in Tuesday's Republican presidential primary, becoming only the third member of Congress to back the longshot challenger to former President Donald Trump.
New York Times:
Trump Says Little on Gaza, and Nothing About What He'd Do Differently  —  Donald Trump's approach to the bloody Mideast conflict reflects the anti-interventionist shift he has brought about in Republican politics — and his personal feelings about the Israeli prime minister.
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Biden tops Trump by 4 points in Virginia poll
Discussion: Mediaite
CBS News:
U.S. military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation  —  U.S. military C-13 cargo planes on Saturday dropped food in pallets over Gaza, three U.S. officials said, two days after more than 100 Palestinians who had surged to pull goods off an aid convoy …
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NBC News:
Israel-Hamas war live updates: Injured from aid convoy violence had gunshot wounds, U.N. says … The U.S. Air Force Central Command completed its first airdrop of 66 food pallets, holding roughly 38,000 meals, in Gaza this morning using three C130 aircrafts, officials told NBC News.
New York Times:
Questions still surround the convoy disaster as clamor grows for a cease-fire.
Reuters:
Biden to announce US air drop of aid into Gaza, US officials say
Discussion: Al-Monitor
Kelly McClure / Salon:
Protester thrown to the ground after calling Joe Manchin “a sick f**k” to his face  —  Things got heated at a Harvard Institute of Politics event on Friday, with Manchin himself squaring up  —  During a Harvard Institute of Politics event held on Friday morning, a man described by some outlets …
Discussion: New York Post and BizPac Review
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Stephanie Jones / Stephanie Says:
Yes, the Supreme Court COULD have declined the case, but then what?  —  “They could have just declined the case” is the overly simplistic but misleading version of Supreme Court law and practice being fed to laypersons by many celebrity television commentators who were rushed on air …
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David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Supreme Court Picks Up Where the Jan. 6 Mob Left Off
Discussion: ABC News
Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
University of Florida eliminates all DEI positions due to new state rules  —  The memo cites recent state restrictions on the use of public funds.  —  University of Florida Century Tower and University Auditorium, Gainesville, Florida.  —  The University of Florida has eliminated all diversity …
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Blake Trauschke / Administrative Memo:
Compliance with BOG Regulation 9.016 on Prohibited Expenditures
Alanna Durkin Richer / Associated Press:
Appeals court ruling that vacates Capitol rioter's sentence could impact dozens of Jan. 6 cases  —  A federal appeals court in Washington has ordered a new sentence for a retired Air Force officer who stormed the U.S. Capitol dressed in combat gear, in a ruling issued Friday that could impact dozens …
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Federal Trade Commission:
Price fixing by algorithm is still price fixing  —  Landlords and property managers can't collude on rental pricing.  Using new technology to do it doesn't change that antitrust fundamental.  Regardless of the industry you're in, if your business uses an algorithm to determine prices …
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
“Like someone pulled the metaphorical plug”: Dr. John Gartner on Trump's “accelerating dementia”  —  “Trump looks blank, stops in mid-sentence (or mid-word), his jaw goes a little slack”  —  Since at least 2016, some of the world's leading mental health professionals have been sounding …
US Department of Justice:
Activists Charged in Red Powder Attack on U.S. Constitution at the U.S. Archives  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia  —  Defendants Caused More Than $50,000 in Damage Within the Rotunda  —  WASHINGTON - Donald Zepeda, 35, of Maryland, and Jackson Green …
Discussion: BizPac Review and The Hill
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Lawmakers eye looming ‘problematic’ funding bills  —  Congressional leaders are moving quickly to pass their first batch of bills to fund the government for most of 2024 by next Friday, but negotiators are already looking to a March 22 deadline when they say their tougher bills come due.
The Hill:
Biden tightens chemical safety rule loosened by Trump  —  The Big Story  —  EPA imposes stricter safety rules for chemical plants  —  Biden administration on Friday tightened a safety rule for chemical plants that was loosened under the Trump administration.
Discussion: New York Times and US EPA
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
What “Project 2025” Would Do to America  —  What would a second Trump presidency look like?  What happens if the Reactionary Right returns to power?  —  Over the past few months, different factions on the Right have presented detailed plans for what they want to do the next time they get back to the White House.
NBC News:
'I don't know' if Trump would follow the Constitution in a second term, Nikki Haley says  —  During an exclusive interview on Meet the Press, former Ambassador Nikki Haley tells Kristen Welker she doesn't know if Donald Trump would follow the Constitution if elected in November.
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Matthew Watkins / The Texas Tribune:
Donald Trump says Greg Abbott is “absolutely” on vice president short list
Peter Stone / The Guardian:
A far-right US youth group is ramping up its movement to back election deniers  —  Turning Point USA and co-founder Charlie Kirk are raising $108m to mobilize Trump voters and ‘clean house’ of election officials  —  The fight for democracy is supported by  —  Turning Point USA …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brenda Goodman / CNN:
CDC drops 5-day isolation guidance for Covid-19, moving away from key strategy to quell infections  —  People who test positive for Covid-19 no longer need to routinely stay away from others for at least five days, according to new guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued Friday.
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Washington Post:
CDC officially drops five-day covid isolation guidelines
Wall Street Journal:
Businessman Pleads Guilty to Bribing Sen. Bob Menendez  —  It is the first plea obtained by prosecutors in case against New Jersey Democrat  —  A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to bribe Sen. Bob Menendez and agreed to cooperate with federal prosecutors …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
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Aditi Agrawal / Hindustan Times:
In a lawsuit, Indian news agency ANI accuses OpenAI of exploiting its news content in an unauthorized manner for commercial gain

Reuters:
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