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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 Viser / Washington Post:
Full transcript of Biden's special counsel interview paints nuanced portrait  —  The president doesn't seem as absent-minded as Hur has made him out to be — and Hur doesn't appear as crass as Biden has portrayed him  —  President Biden was in the early stages of his interview …
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 …
HotAir:
Biden Drowns While Tucker Rebounds
Discussion: Twitchy
Associated Press:
Robert Hur stands by assessments on Biden's age during hearing
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Former Special Counsel Robert Hur testifies on findings from Biden classified documents probe
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 …
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Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
Trump says pardoning Capitol attackers will be one of his first acts if elected again  —  In a Truth Social post, the ex-president said he will pardon ‘hostages’ convicted for their part in the Capitol attack in 2021  —  Donald Trump has said one of his first acts if given a second presidency …
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Trump just opened the door to Social Security cuts.  Take him seriously.  —  A second Trump presidency is likely to bring more austerity than the first one did.  —  During his 2016 campaign, Donald Trump called for a ban on all Muslim immigration to the United States …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Trump Might Cut Social Security and Medicare in a Second Term
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Buck to retire next week, narrowing House GOP majority  —  Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) will retire from Congress next week, he announced on Tuesday, a move that will narrow the House GOP's razor-thin majority even further.  —  Buck — who has become known for breaking from his party on a number of issues …
Clare Foran / CNN:
GOP Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress at end of next week
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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Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
House Republicans ‘hopeful’ Trump-opposed TikTok bill passes  —  House Republicans supporting a bill that could ban TikTok said Tuesday they are hopeful it will pass in a floor vote despite vocal opposition from President Trump.  —  The House is expected to vote Wednesday on a bill …
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NBC News:
Trump's newfound opposition to a TikTok ban isn't swaying Republicans
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Fewer than 100 House Republicans expected to attend GOP retreat … - Members who are skipping cited grievances ranging from the location to a lack of advance information on logistics.  — Fox Business host Larry Kudlow, who was slated to speak at the event, also cancelled at the 11th hour — dealing a blow to the agenda.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Former Texas GOP official sentenced to 4 centuries in prison for child sex abuse  —  Bo Michael Dresner, a former precinct chairman for the Hays County, Texas Republican Party, was sentenced to more than four centuries in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of child sexual abuse …
Discussion: KXAN-TV
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.
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
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.
CNN:
Uvalde police chief abruptly announces resignation days after report cleared officers in massacre at Robb Elementary School  —  Hours before the Uvalde City Council was expected to reject a report clearing local police officers of wrongdoing in the Robb Elementary School massacre, the city's police chief told CNN he is resigning.
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Judiciary takes action on ‘judge shopping’ following pressure  —  The federal judiciary's policymaking arm announced a new policy aimed at combating so-called “judge shopping,” which has allowed state attorneys general and advocates to effectively choose their judges in some cases.
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Senate GOP's campaign arm goes all-in on Kari Lake … - Daines, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), will stump and fundraise for Lake in Arizona's Maricopa County on April 1, Axios has learned.  — The NRSC will also help Lake pay for internal polling and her field program …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Republican women don't care about rape victims  —  Forget the theatrics of Katie Britt, Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene — supporting Trump means backing abusers  —  It can be confusing, tracking the multiple lawsuits journalist E. Jean Carroll filed against Donald Trump …
Discussion: Washington Post
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden and Bibi “red lines” for Rafah put them on a collision course … - Netanyahu has effectively said his red line is that Israel must go into Rafah.  — More than one million Palestinian civilians, many of them displaced by the war, are sheltering in Rafah. … “Yes it is,” Biden replied.
Jacob Shamsian / Business Insider:
Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers ask judges to overturn her conviction, arguing Jeffrey Epstein's plea deal shields her  — Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers are arguing for her release in a federal appeals court.  — The appeal focuses on a nonprosecution agreement between Jeffrey Epstein and federal prosecutors.
 
 
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Bill Press / The Hill:
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Republicans say Britt being treated like Sarah Palin 2.0
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