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2:20 PM ET, March 12, 2024

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How the Special Counsel's Portrayal of Biden's Memory Compares With the Transcript  —  The special counsel, Robert K. Hur, accused the president last month of “significant” memory problems.  The interview transcript offers context to his report.  —  A transcript of a special counsel's hourslong interview …
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
News outlets that trumpeted Hur's story now discover “context” and “nuance” in transcript  —  Major news outlets that ran dozens of stories hyping then-special counsel Robert Hur's claim that President Joe Biden evinced a “poor memory” during their interview are now acknowledging that Hur's depiction …
Associated Press:
Special counsel Robert Hur stands by report on Biden's memory  —  The special counsel who impugned the president's age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents will himself be up for questioning this week.  —  Photos
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Special Counsel Who Investigated Biden to Defend Report by Saying He Needed to ‘Show My Work’
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Former Special Counsel Robert Hur testifies on findings from Biden classified documents probe
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Republican group planning $50M campaign to block Trump from reelection  —  An anti-Trump Republican group is planning to spend $50 million in a campaign to stop the former president from winning a second term to the White House.  —  Republican Voters Against Trump plans to share testimonial videos …
Discussion: Republican Voters …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Trump's Corruption-Policy Nexus Comes Into Focus  —  Did the disgraced former one-term president sell Social Security and Medicare the same way he sold his position on TikTok and Bud Light?  —  ∙ Paid  —  It didn't escape the Biden campaign's notice that Donald Trump abruptly changed …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Trump Might Cut Social Security and Medicare in a Second Term
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Biden pounces as Trump eyes cuts to Social Security and Medicare
Dan Rather / Steady:
Calling Out a Would-Be Bully In Chief
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Group submits signatures to recall Wisconsin Assembly speaker targeted by Trump
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Aileen Cannon Continues To Make A Mess Of The MAL Case  —  A lot of things happened.  Here are some of the things.  This is TPM's Morning Memo.  —  What Cannon Hath Wrought  —  Two developments yesterday that show what an absolute mess U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is making of the Mar-a-Lago case.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
There's new reason to think Trump still has classified documents  —  The central reason that Donald Trump was indicted for retaining documents marked as classified but President Biden was not is that Trump tried to retain the documents once the government sought their return.
Steve Kennedy / Slate:
It Sure Seems Like the Courts Have Placed Christianity Above Other Faiths  —  “Religious freedom” is having a moment in federal courts.  One of the big successful goals of the conservative legal movement was that religious freedom would be advanced in a way that it supposedly had not been before.
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Bloodbath at the RNC as Team Trump Takes Over  —  There's a new team in town and the RNC is experiencing an overhaul.  Trump has installed his leadership team.  Monday the process of letting about 60 staffers go began.  —  The RNC staffers being let go are from the political, communications, and data departments.
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
‘Absolute bloodbath’ at RNC as new leadership loyal to Trump purges staff
Washington Post:
Trump asked Elon Musk if he wanted to buy Truth Social  —  The idea went nowhere, but the former president and the billionaire X owner have continued to communicate more than was previously known  —  Former president Donald Trump asked Elon Musk last summer whether the billionaire industrialist …
Theo Leggett / BBC:
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US  —  Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.
NBC News:
Trump's newfound opposition to a TikTok ban isn't swaying Republicans  —  The House is moving forward with a Wednesday vote on legislation that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless its China-based owner divests the popular app.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Trump reversed course and now opposes a ban on social media giant TikTok.
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Aleks Phillips / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Stung as New Poll Shows How Unpopular He Is  —  Donald Trump continues to have a low favorability score among Americans, new polling shows, despite being the likely Republican nominee after winning the lion's share of primaries and seeing off his only remaining rival.
Discussion: IJR
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Republicans Can't Restructure North Carolina Election Boards, Judges Rule  —  A panel made up of two Republicans and one Democrat ruled that a law passed last year to change the makeup of election boards is unconstitutional.  —  A bipartisan panel of three judges in North Carolina ruled …
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Itay Chen  —  Today, our hearts are heavy.  Jill and I are devastated to learn that American Itay Chen was killed by Hamas during its brutal terrorist assault on October 7.  —  In December, Itay's father and brother joined me at the White House …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
New data explodes myth of crime wave fueled by migrants  —  Republican politicians and sympathetic media outlets are claiming that America is in the midst of a violent “crime wave,” driven in part by undocumented immigrants.  New data, however, demonstrates that there was not a spike in violent crime in 2023.
Tovah Lazaroff / Jerusalem Post:
Diplomatic source to ‘Post’: Gaza maritime route was Netanyahu's idea - exclusive  —  According to the source, on October 22, two weeks following the war's outbreak, Netanyahu discussed with President Biden the concept of “delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza via the sea”
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Missy Wilkinson / NOLA.com:
‘The rats are ... all high,’ NOPD chief says of vermin-infested HQ, evidence room
Simon Evans / Latest - Truthout:
Trump Victory Could Add 4 Billion Tonnes to US Emissions by 2030, Analysis Finds
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republican women don't care about rape victims
Discussion: Washington Post
Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
The US DEI regime failed Haiti
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Consumer prices rose 0.4% in February and 3.2% from a year ago
Mark Walker / New York Times:
FAA Audit of Boeing's 737 Max Production Found Dozens of Issues
 Earlier Items: 
Bill Press / The Hill:
Does telling the truth matter anymore?
Discussion: HuffPost
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans say Britt being treated like Sarah Palin 2.0
Discussion: The Nation
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
On the Tripwire of a ‘Red Line,’ It's Often Presidents Who Trip
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Reese Gorman / The Daily Beast:
GOP Challenger Ridicules Barron Trump During YouTube Show
Discussion: Raw Story
NPR:
Biden unveils a budget that would cut costs for families and hike taxes for the rich
 

 
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Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority:
Source: Google has canceled the development of a second-generation Pixel Tablet, planned for release in 2025, due to concerns that it wouldn't sell very well

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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