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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump's $91.6 million question — New York juries have found, by a preponderance of the evidence, that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in the mid-90s and then repeatedly defamed her, falsely accusing Carroll of lying about the incident.
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Civil Discourse …, New Jersey Online, New Republic, Newsweek and The Moderate Voice
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Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Sean O'Driscoll / Newsweek:
Donald Trump May Be Closer To Bankruptcy Than It Seems — Donald Trump may be in a worse financial situation than most people think, a financial analyst has said. — Jon Gabrielsen, an Atlanta-based market economist, told Newsweek that Trump's liquidity problems may be more acute than they first appear …
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Trump's freewheeling speeches offer a dark vision of a second term — A close examination of one appearance in Rock Hill, S.C., offers an anatomy of a signature rally by the former president — A Donald Trump rally is a freewheeling extravaganza. A festival of grievance and retribution.
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Los Angeles Times, Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Georgia Recorder
New York Times:
Trump Gives Rambling Answer on Why He Backtracked on a TikTok Ban — Donald Trump told CNBC that banning TikTok would make young people “go crazy” and could benefit Facebook, which he called an “enemy of the people.” — Former President Donald J. Trump offered a rambling and confusing explanation …
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Washington Examiner, The Hill, Mediaite, New York Daily News, Breitbart, BizPac Review and HuffPost
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump again attacks E. Jean Carroll, as he appeals rape defamation penalties — Donald Trump appeared to once again deny rape and defamation claims against him by E. Jean Carroll. — The presumptive Republican presidential nominee claimed on CNBC's “Squawk Box” that the numerous judgments …
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The Independent, USA Today, HotAir, Law & Crime, RedState, Raw Story, New York Magazine, NBC News, Mother Jones and The Daily Beast
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump claims he has ‘never been a fan’ of Ken Langone, Home Depot co-founder who backed Nikki Haley
Trump claims he has ‘never been a fan’ of Ken Langone, Home Depot co-founder who backed Nikki Haley
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The Hill and Washington Examiner
Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Former advisers sound the alarm that Trump praises despots in private and on the campaign trail — To Donald Trump, Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán is “fantastic,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping is “brilliant,” North Korea's Kim Jong Un is “an OK guy,” and, most alarmingly …
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The Hill, HuffPost, The Guardian, The Bulwark, Raw Story and Mediaite
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NBC News:
Trump floats ‘cutting’ retirement spending, drawing quick pushback from Biden — The Republican nominee-in-waiting said that “there's a lot you can do in terms of cutting” when pressed on CNBC about the solvency of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. — Presumptive Republican nominee …
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HuffPost, CNBC, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, The White House, Semafor, Fox Business, Rolling Stone and Democrats
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Biden takes aim at Trump following his embrace of Hungary's Orbán — Donald Trump doesn't embrace foreign autocrats despite their authoritarian style; he embraces foreign autocrats because of their authoritarian style. — Late last week, President Joe Biden briefly chatted …
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Washington Post, Wonkette and Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The twin challenges of warnings about Trump's support of authoritarianism
The twin challenges of warnings about Trump's support of authoritarianism
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Business Insider, Reuters, Raw Story, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, PoliticusUSA and Big League Politics
Claudia Chiappa / Politico:
Donald Trump won't give ‘a penny’ to Ukraine if elected, Orbán says
Donald Trump won't give ‘a penny’ to Ukraine if elected, Orbán says
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Raw Story, Political Wire, Washington Examiner and Washington Times
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
The GOP can't leave MAGA — “Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party”
The GOP can't leave MAGA — “Americans must electorally mercy-kill the Republican Party”
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Raw Story
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
Trump Finds Another Line to Cross
Trump Finds Another Line to Cross
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HuffPost, Washington Post, New Jersey Online, DNyuz and New York Times
Tom Jones / Poynter:
How a tenacious reporter revealed Sen. Katie Britt's SOTU response to be ‘beyond misleading’ — Britt tied an anecdote about a woman who survived sex trafficking to Biden's border policies. But it happened during the George W. Bush admin. — Last Thursday was President Joe Biden's big State of the Union address.
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Associated Press, American Greatness, Raw Story, Off Message, HuffPost, Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast
CNN:
Sex trafficking victim says Sen. Katie Britt telling her story during SOTU rebuttal is ‘not fair’ — The woman whose story Alabama Sen. Katie Britt appeared to have shared in the Republican response to the State of the Union as an example of President Joe Biden's failed immigration policies told CNN …
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
How Big Pharma is fighting Biden's program to lower seniors' drug costs — In court cases nationwide, drug companies are trying to block a new law that would cut prices on drugs for high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer and diabetes. — TRENTON, N.J. — Pharmaceutical giants are mounting …
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NaturalNews.com
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Biden's proposed budget includes $4.7 billion emergency fund for border migrant surges — Congressional Republicans have already refused to approve $13.6 billion the administration wanted for border security, and border agencies face budget shortfalls. — President Joe Biden's budget proposal …
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The White House and Political Wire
Deborah Barfield Berry / USA Today:
HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to resign, says affordable housing is ‘an American issue’ — WASHINGTON ‒ Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge will step down from her top post in the Biden administration this month, she announced Monday, saying that after decades of public service, she's retiring and returning to Ohio.
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CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Fox News, NBC News, Axios, The White House and Political Wire
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Peter Navarro ordered to prison on March 19 — Peter Navarro, once an economic adviser to former President Trump, has been ordered to report to a Miami prison on March 19 to begin serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
Washington Post:
Forget the presidential race. Statehouses are where it's at. — Good morning, Early Birds. Today is the first full day of Ramadan. Ramadan Mubarak to all those who observe. Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Was this forwarded to you? Sign up here. Thanks for waking up with us.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Democratic Senate group reserves $239 million in ads to defend seats in seven states
Democratic Senate group reserves $239 million in ads to defend seats in seven states
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The Hill and Political Wire
Rasmussen Reports:
Most Democrats Don't Want Congress to Certify Election if Trump Wins — After the Supreme Court rejected attempts to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the ballot, a majority of Democratic voters now support another way to block Trump's possible return to the White House.
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Washington Examiner and Breitbart
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Conservatives are furious, but they're not threatening Speaker Johnson's job — For a small but passionate band of Republicans, reality appears to be setting in that they won't be able to bend a divided Congress to their will through the election of a speaker.
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Washington Examiner
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
The GOP nominee to head North Carolina's schools is a QAnon conspiracy theorist — Michele Morrow also suggested actor Jim Carrey harvests and drinks children's blood — Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee for state superintendent of public instruction in North Carolina …
Washington Free Beacon:
Italian Police Arrest Three Palestinians Allegedly Planning Terrorist Attacks — Italian police have arrested three Palestinians based in central Italy who they said were planning attacks in an unspecified country, a police statement said on Monday. — The three men living in l'Aquila …
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The Times of Israel and The Daily Caller
Emily Stewart / Business Insider:
The one man who could save Joe Biden — Jay Powell would very much like to stay out of politics, especially in an election year. The Federal Reserve chair doesn't want to be perceived as having a horse in the race come November, especially when one of said horses — Donald Trump …