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1:30 PM ET, March 14, 2024

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Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Trump's RNC officially kills the GOP's mail-in voter effort  —  The Trump-branded Republican Party is less interested in promoting voting by mail than in legal challenges aimed at voting systems.  —  In a victory for the extremist wing of the Republican Party, it looks like Donald Trump's …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Biden up by 1 point over Trump in new national survey  —  President Biden is holding a 1-point lead over former President Trump in a new national survey as the two head toward a likely rematch in November.  —  The new Reuters/Ipsos poll found Biden leading Trump with 39 percent …
Sabrina Rodriguez / Washington Post:
Union to spend $200 million to get working-class voters to back Biden, Democrats
Discussion: SEIU and DNyuz
The Daily Beast:
Stormy Daniels Is Going to Screw Trump's Campaign Schedule  —  Trump is about to have his entire schedule derailed by courtroom appearances and, even if his campaign thinks he can make it work, Trump is about to have real time problems.  —  Having secured his third straight Republican …
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Trump in court for hearing on classified documents charges
Brian Karem / Salon:
There is only one thing that matters about Donald Trump — and it's not his crimes or mental decline
Discussion: New Republic and The Dispatch
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump Is a National-Security Risk
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Live updates: Trump to attend Florida classified documents hearing seeking dismissal of charges
Jacqueline Sweet / The Guardian:
US firm that paid indicted FBI informant tied to Trump associates, records reveal  —  Alexander Smirnov was paid $600,000 in 2020 - the same year he allegedly began lying to FBI about Bidens' role in Ukraine business  —  An American company that paid the now indicted FBI informant Alexander Smirnov …
Discussion: Raw Story and emptywheel
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Johnson signals shift on Ukraine to GOP senators  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Republican senators Wednesday to expect the House to send them legislation to help Ukraine, but cautioned that what comes out of the House will look substantially different than the $95 billion foreign aid package the Senate passed last month.
Discussion: MeidasTouch and New York Post
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell raises pressure on Johnson over Ukraine: ‘Finish the job’
Discussion: New York Post
CNBC:
Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin is putting together an investor group to buy TikTok  — Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said he is putting together an investor group to try to buy TikTok.  — “I think the legislation should pass and I think it should be sold,” Mnuchin told CNBC's “Squawk Box” on Thursday.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Voters don't have a clue about how much worse Trump's second term would be  —  Gameli Fenuku, a 22-year-old Black college student in Richmond, Va. is exactly the demographic you'd think would never vote for Donald Trump in November — and indeed he may not.  But Fenuku told the New York Times …
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Chuck Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, criticizing Netanyahu's leadership  —  As the highest-ranking Jewish official in the U.S., Schumer said in remarks on the Senate floor that, “The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after October 7.”
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump launched CIA covert influence operation against China  —  Two years into office, President Donald Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency to launch a clandestine campaign on Chinese social media aimed at turning public opinion in China against its government …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Media compounds failure on Hur report  —  On February 8, Special Counsel Robert Hur released a report describing President Joe Biden as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” and “diminished faculties.”  Although Hur concluded that criminal charges against Biden …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Hair-Raising Details of New Jersey GOP Senate Candidate's DUI Emerge  —  Asked by a cop if he'd been in a crash, the New Jersey Republican said: “I don't think so,” according to a police report.  —  New details have emerged of an incident involving a New Jersey Republican candidate running …
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
In history-making visit, Harris plans to tour Minnesota abortion clinic  —  Vice President Harris plans to travel to Minnesota on Thursday to visit a reproductive health center that provides abortions, according to a White House official, in what is believed to be the first time an American president …
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Lili Bayer / The Guardian:
US ambassador hits out at Hungary's ‘unhinged anti-American messaging’  —  In speech in Budapest, David Pressman says while Hungary under Viktor Orbán tries to wait out US government, ‘we will act’  —  The US ambassador to Hungary has said Washington will act in response to Budapest's …
Discussion: Reuters
NBC News:
Sen. Bob Menendez is considering running for re-election as an independent, sources say  —  The New Jersey Democrat has been indicted on 18 federal counts, including accepting bribes from a foreign government.  He and his wife have pleaded not guilty.  —  WASHINGTON — Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez …
Discussion: Mediaite
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
“Experts are desperate to warn the public”: Hundreds sign Dr. John Gartner's Trump dementia petition  —  “They see the signs of Trump's cognitive decline through the eyes of years of training and experience”  —  Since at least 2016, a brave, determined, and stalwart group of psychologists …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Bulwark
Mother Jones:
Elon Musk Keeps Spreading a Very Specific Kind of Racism  —  He is the “patient zero for this sort of stuff right now.”  —  Racist pseudo-science is making a comeback thanks to Elon Musk.  Recently, the tech billionaire has been retweeting prominent race scientist adherents on his platform X …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Sterilizer plants release a cancer-causing gas.  The Biden administration will make them cut those emissions by 90 percent  —  The Biden administration is cutting down on emissions of a cancer-causing chemical that's released by companies that sterilize medical devices and other products.
Discussion: DNyuz
Zack Budryk / The Hill:
Biden administration announces $120 million for tribal climate resilience  —  The Biden administration will fund 146 tribal climate resilience projects to the tune of $120 million, Interior Department officials announced Thursday.  —  The funds include $71 million in Inflation Reduction Act …
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Trump Campaign Ads Are Monetizing Pro-Nazi Content on Rumble
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton and Lin-Manuel Miranda to Host Biden Broadway Fund-Raiser
Discussion: BizPac Review
Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
Gallego gets Latino Victory endorsement in Arizona Senate bid
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Examiner
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Councils from Paris to the Yarra want to use parking fees to clamp down on big SUVs. What are they doing and will they succeed?
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Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
No Labels Co-Chairman Pat McCrory Quits Group as It Presses Ahead With Presidential Ticket
Associated Press:
South Dakota legislator calls for inquiry into Gov. Noem's Texas dental trip and promo video
Axios:
How immigration is driving U.S. job growth
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Religious supremacy, not Supremacy Clause, is key to Fifth Circuit contraception ruling
CNN:
RFK Jr.'s VP prospect Aaron Rodgers has shared false Sandy Hook conspiracy theories in private conversations
New York Times:
RNC Shutting Down Community Centers Aimed at Minority Outreach
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Apple reports Q4 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $24.97B, a new quarterly record, but below est.

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
Amazon reports Q3 ad revenue up 19% YoY to $14.33B, vs. $14.25B est., amid its push to insert ads into Prime Video, and subscription sales up 11% YoY to $11.3B

Shirin Ghaffary / Bloomberg:
OpenAI unveils ChatGPT Search to let users search for timely information using GPT-4o, after testing the feature in July 2024, a direct challenge to Google

 
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