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Associated Press:
Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House — WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 18, 2024 — It seems to me that the news tends to be slow on weekends during the Biden administration, while Mondays are a firehose. (In contrast, Trump's people tended to dump news in the middle of the night, after Fox News Channel personality Sean Hannity's show was over, which may or may not have been a coincidence.)
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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Cannon tells lawyers to weigh if Trump conduct can't be reviewed by courts — In classified documents case, legal arguments over jury instructions seem to take precedence over numerous other pretrial issues — The judge overseeing Donald Trump's classified-documents case issued …
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Talking Points Memo, CNN, Civil Discourse … and Raw Story
Timothy Noah / New Republic:
Is Donald Trump About to Go Bankrupt? — Debt is becoming a major campaign issue in 2024. I don't mean the national debt, which today stands at 99 percent of gross domestic product and which, the Congressional Budget Office projects, will total 116 percent of GDP 10 years from now.
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New York Times, Outside the Beltway, Progress Pond and Business Insider
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump can't find anyone to spot him $464 million. Would you? — Of course no one will lend Donald Trump the half-billion dollars he needs to put up while appealing his fraud case. Would you? — In recent months, the former president has racked up a series of costly legal judgments for his many misdeeds.
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Grisham lists properties that would ‘devastate’ Trump if seized — Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham proposed a list of properties former President Trump would be most disappointed to have seized if he cannot pay the damages in his civil fraud case.
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Raw Story, Newsbusters, HuffPost and The Western Journal
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's call for a “bloodbath” was literal — let's not waste time pretending it was ambiguous — Trump hides his threats of fascist violence in plain sight — here is how to fight back — When Donald Trump declared “If I don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath” …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Rules Out Vivek Ramaswamy as Running Mate as He Eyes New Team — Former president eyeing loyalty, ideological agreement in pick — Trump team aiming for smooth transition should he win election — Donald Trump has ruled out Vivek Ramaswamy as his running mate and is instead eyeing …
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The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, The Politics Brief and Political Wire
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Says Jews Who Support Democrats ‘Hate Israel’ and ‘Their Religion’
Trump Says Jews Who Support Democrats ‘Hate Israel’ and ‘Their Religion’
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Donald Trump has been all over the map on Social Security and Medicare
Donald Trump has been all over the map on Social Security and Medicare
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Political Wire, Robert Reich and The Hill
Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Trump Says Jews Who Vote For Democrats ‘Hate Israel’ And Should Be ‘Ashamed’
Trump Says Jews Who Vote For Democrats ‘Hate Israel’ And Should Be ‘Ashamed’
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Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Context collapse — On Saturday, Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Ohio.
Context collapse — On Saturday, Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Ohio.
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Molly Sprayregen / LGBTQ Nation:
Donald Trump officially “out of his mind” after unhinged speech praising Capitol rioters
Donald Trump officially “out of his mind” after unhinged speech praising Capitol rioters
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Deadline, Politico, New Jersey Online, Raw Story and CBS News
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Behind Trump's campaign cash crunch: Small-dollar donor fatigue, major donor hesitation
Behind Trump's campaign cash crunch: Small-dollar donor fatigue, major donor hesitation
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Majority in US reject Trump's immunity claim, including half of Republicans
Majority in US reject Trump's immunity claim, including half of Republicans
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Mike Pence Should Be the Biggest Story of the 2024 Campaign
Mike Pence Should Be the Biggest Story of the 2024 Campaign
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump sues ABC and Stephanopoulos, alleging defamation over Mace interview — Former President Trump sued ABC News and George Stephanopoulos, alleging defamation over the anchor's questioning of Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) about her endorsement of Trump. — The March 10 interview on “This Week” …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Ego Has Crash-Landed — Donald Trump dominated the news cycle this weekend. Everybody's talking about the outrageous things he said at his rally in Dayton, Ohio—above all, his menacing warning of a “bloodbath” if he is defeated in November. To follow political news is to again be immersed in all Trump, all the time.
Elizabeth Stauffer / Washington Examiner:
The Left turns on Fani Willis after judge finds ‘an odor of mendacity remains’ in her case against Trump — Many of us were demoralized by Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee's decision on Friday to allow District Attorney Fani Willis to continue prosecuting the RICO case against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants.
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ABC News:
Judge rules evidence related to ‘Access Hollywood’ tape admissible in Trump hush money trial
Judge rules evidence related to ‘Access Hollywood’ tape admissible in Trump hush money trial
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IJR, NBC News and BizPac Review
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump loses bid to block Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels testimony at hush money trial
Trump loses bid to block Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels testimony at hush money trial
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Trump seeks appeal of Georgia prosecutor disqualification ruling
Trump seeks appeal of Georgia prosecutor disqualification ruling
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Golf Club Settlement Hangs Alina Habba Out to Dry — The former president's lawyer may still face fallout for her involvement in an ex-employee's hush money deal over harassment claims at Trump's Bedminster club. … Donald Trump's golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey …
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Peter Navarro Compares Prison Sentence to Dead American Soldiers — The day before heading to prison for contempt of Congress, the ex-Trump aide stood by his decision, describing it as a “much smaller sacrifice.” — On the eve of Peter Navarro's first day in prison, the former White House aide …
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Maureen Groppe / USA Today:
Supreme Court says Trump White House official Peter Navarro must begin prison sentence
Supreme Court says Trump White House official Peter Navarro must begin prison sentence
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Politico:
Navarro's bid to stave off jail sentence denied at Supreme Court
Navarro's bid to stave off jail sentence denied at Supreme Court
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Breitbart, CBS News, NBC News and The Moderate Voice
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court refuses to delay prison time for Trump aide Peter Navarro
Supreme Court refuses to delay prison time for Trump aide Peter Navarro
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The Detroit News:
Pro-Trump lawyer arrested on bench warrant in Washington, D.C. — Stefanie Lambert, a Michigan lawyer who has championed dubious claims of election fraud, was arrested in Washington, D.C., Monday afternoon because of a bench warrant, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Marshals Service.
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Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Biden to target ‘rent gouging’ landlords as high housing costs factor into 2024 race — President Biden plans to target landlords he claims are keeping rents artificially high. — Biden's attack on ‘rent gouging’ seeks to shift the blame for stubbornly high housing costs partly onto …
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Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Biden starts making his affordable housing pitch on the trail
Biden starts making his affordable housing pitch on the trail
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Tom Sykes / The Daily Beast:
Trump Hints Again at Deporting Harry Over Drug Use: 'We'll Have to See' — Prince Harry's admission of drug use in his memoir could make him vulnerable to politically motivated action if Trump wins in November. — Donald Trump has once again hinted that, under a second Trump administration …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
The most important Senate primary of the year is just one of today's elections — The races will also test Donald Trump's hold on the GOP, and the Democratic divide over the Israel-Hamas war. — Donald Trump's trying to drag a few allies across the finish line on Tuesday.
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Business Tax Breaks Face ‘Now or Never’ Moment in Senate — Republicans not budging amid warnings of dire consequences for small companies — WASHINGTON—U.S. businesses, big and small, have united behind a bipartisan bill to revive expired tax breaks for research and equipment spending …
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