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2:45 PM ET, March 20, 2024

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Jennifer Gould / New York Post:
Donald Trump may not pay bond — and instead let Letitia James seize Trump Tower: insiders  —  As Donald Trump faces a Monday deadline to post a $454 million bond in the civil fraud case against him in New York, insiders said he may be weighing a little-discussed option: Do nothing.
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Shadowing Trump's attacks on mental fitness — his own father's dementia  —  Trump avoids mention of his father's Alzheimer's disease as he lashes Biden for being ‘cognitively impaired’  —  Donald Trump invited his extended family to Mar-a-Lago in the mid-1990s.
Ella Lee / The Hill:
New York AG urges appeals court to make Trump pay full bond  —  The New York attorney general's office urged a state appeals court to make former President Trump put up a full bond before pausing the multimillion-dollar judgment in his civil fraud case.  —  The state's filing follows claims …
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Panic mode sets in for Trump as he faces deadline for massive bond  —  Former President Donald Trump is in panic mode as the deadline approaches to secure a half-billion-dollar bond to appeal his civil fraud case in New York, according to multiple sources familiar with his thinking.
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Is Trump Cracking Under the Pressure of the Election?  —  Trump has repeatedly stumbled during the first couple of weeks of the general election  —  Donald Trump made it through the Republican primary largely unscathed.  He never had to get on a debate stage or adopt a position to outflank a rival.
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
Donald Trump Isn't Running A Presidential Campaign  —  It's a campaign for immunity from the law, and Democrats aren't doing nearly enough to counter it.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Every now and again it's fun to hold the unfiltered public comments of normal politicians up against the Donald Trump's ravings on social media.
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Axios:
Trump's “crazies” are back in his mix … - They're returning as Trump more aggressively touts Jan. 6 rioters as “patriots,” ramps up his racist, incendiary rhetoric — and embraces some of his most provocative loyalists. … - Trump's team is in talks to hire 2016 campaign advisers Paul Manafort …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump has indefinitely delayed his Jan. 6 criminal trial. Hundreds of his supporters haven't been so lucky.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Zac Anderson / USA Today:
Trump saluted the J6 Prison Choir. It likely included defendants who attacked cops
Discussion: Just Security and The Root
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Divided Supreme Court lifts stay on a Texas law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants  —  A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally while a legal battle over the measure plays out.
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The Texas Tribune:
Texas' new immigration law is blocked again
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Des Moines Register:
Iowa law enforcement could arrest undocumented immigrants under bill headed to Reynolds' desk
Politico:
Playbook: Sherrod Brown's dilemma  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ABOUT LAST NIGHT — The biggest story from yesterday's elections was in Ohio, where former car dealer BERNIE MORENO …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Political Wire
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
3 takeaways from primaries in Illinois, Ohio and elsewhere
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Biden Administration Announces Rules Aimed at Expanding Electric Vehicles  —  The regulations would require automakers to sell more electric vehicles and hybrids by gradually tightening limits on tailpipe pollution.  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday issued one of the most significant …
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Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent  —  Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.  —  Glassdoor, where employees go to leave anonymous reviews of employers, has recently begun adding real names to user profiles without users' consent …
Max Burns / The Hill:
No Labels can't get a ‘yes’ on a candidate for 2024 — and there's a good reason why  —  It's tough to understand what's going on at No Labels, the centrist political group that is trying — and repeatedly failing — to find a candidate for its presidential ticket this year.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Trump, others can appeal Fani Willis removal ruling, judge allows  —  Judge Scott McAfee says he'll continue work on other aspects of case  —  Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee on Wednesday granted permission for former President Donald Trump and seven others to appeal …
NBC News:
Lev Parnas, ex-Giuliani associate, testifies allegations against Bidens are false and ‘spread by the Kremlin’  —  In his opening statement, Parnas maintained there is no evidence showing that Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden were linked to corruption in Ukraine.
Axios:
Scoop: House GOP weighs inviting Netanyahu to address Congress … - Netanyahu is slated to address the Senate Republican lunch on Wednesday virtually. … - “It was suggested by several folks” to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), one House Republican said.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Johnson may invite Netanyahu to address Congress after Schumer comments
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Florida Democrat wears Putin mask to impeachment hearing  —  Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) donned a rubber mask of Russian President Vladimir Putin on his way to the House Oversight and Accountability Committee's hearing investigating Hunter Biden's business dealings Wednesday, mocking the GOP effort.
The Hill:
Biden delivers remarks on investment in America: Watch live  —  President Biden is expected to announce a multi-billion dollar CHIPS & Science Act award for the major chip manufacturer Intel while visiting its campus Thursday in Chandler, Ariz. — just outside Phoenix.
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Up To $8.5 Billion Preliminary Agreement with Intel under the CHIPS & Science Act
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Banning abortion was the first step, not the last  —  They also won't stop with ending privacy rights. … When the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion smugly declared that …
David Milliken / Reuters:
Gloomy youth pull US and western Europe down global happiness ranking  —  Rising unhappiness among younger people has caused the United States and some large western European countries to fall down a global wellbeing index, while Nordic nations retain their grip on the top spots.
Washington Post:
Post-UMD poll: GOP's Hogan leads both Democrats in Maryland Senate race  —  Rep. David Trone polls slightly ahead of Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks in a Democratic primary contest with more voters undecided than settled on a candidate  —  With control of the U.S. Senate in play …
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Texts Reveal More Russia Ties for Key Anti-Biden Witness  —  Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, is expected to testify publicly on Wednesday.  —  House Republican leaders behind the sputtering impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden scheduled a public hearing …
NBC News:
Kennedy family set to step up its efforts to help Biden's campaign  —  The Kennedys recent visit to the White House, and big family photo with the president, previewed the coming push.  —  WASHINGTON — For President Joe Biden's re-election campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s independent candidacy looms as a potential political spoiler.
Discussion: MeidasTouch, The Hill and BizPac Review
 
 
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USA Today:
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Jessica Moore / CBS News:
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