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9:20 AM ET, March 21, 2024

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NBC News:
Trump is having trouble getting cash for his bond.  And he's growing frustrated.  —  The former president is in the unprecedented position of attempting to raise cash for both his campaign and his legal battles.  —  The prospect that Donald Trump may fail to post a bond by Monday's deadline …
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Politico:
Trump leadership PAC racks up millions in legal bills amid courtroom fights  —  The PAC paid $5.6 million in legal bills last month.  —  Donald Trump's leadership PAC spent another $5.6 million on legal expenses in February, furthering a trend that has seen the former president put valuable campaign dollars into his courtroom fights.
NBC News:
Trump eyes Sen. Marco Rubio as a potential VP pick  —  The short list remains on the long side.  But the Florida senator is gaining traction, six sources tell NBC News.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., is moving up the list of former President Donald Trump's potential …
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump is broke.  That's bad news for the GOP.  —  President Biden, meanwhile, is loaded. … Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump owes the state of New York $454 million for being a fraudulent businessman who lied about the value of his assets for years.
Washington Post:
Bankruptcy is one way out of Trump's financial jam.  He doesn't want to take it.  —  People close to the presumptive 2024 Republican nominee say he is not considering bankruptcy, even though it could ease his immediate cash crunch  —  As Donald Trump faces dwindling options to pay off …
Politico:
Trump has an early lead on Biden.  But problems are piling up around him.  —  Missteps and unresolved policy problems are mounting for the former president.  —  Donald Trump is walking back recent comments about cutting Social Security.  He's searching for an elusive abortion message …
Adam Kinzinger:
Trump Stumps With Fascist Cosplay
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
The Daily Beast:
Trump's PAC Burned $230,000 a Day on Legal Bills in February
Discussion: Forbes and Political Wire
Ray Brescia / The Daily Beast:
These Under-the-Radar Rulings in the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case Are Really Bad for Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
What Trump Supporters Think When He Mocks People With Disabilities
Discussion: Raw Story, The Dispatch and Off Message
Rachel Dobkin / Newsweek:
Barron Trump ‘Fair Game’ Comment Enrages Republicans
The Hill:   Nostalgic for the Trump years? That's because his draconian budget cuts never passed.
Kelly Rissman / The Independent:
Biden impeachment hearing descends into chaos as lawmaker caught on hot mic branding it ‘Jurassic Park’  —  'You can't make this stuff up,' someone can be heard saying  —  A hot mic captured a lawmaker labelling the heated House Oversight Committee's impeachment inquiry hearing …
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Impeachment inquiry appears on ice as House GOP tries to wrangle support  —  ‘Ultimately the American people will be voting ... to decide whether or not this president is suitable for office,’ one Republican said  —  Lacking support and evidence, the GOP-led impeachment inquiry …
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez demands GOP specify actual crimes in Biden impeachment inquiry
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
House Republican budget calls for raising the retirement age for Social Security  —  A budget by the Republican Study Committee, a group of more than 170 GOP lawmakers, highlights how many in the party would seek to govern if Republicans win in November.  —  WASHINGTON — A new budget …
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Nikki Haley's campaign had cash left over as her primary run ended  —  The former U.N. ambassador reported more than $11 million on hand at the end of February.  —  Nikki Haley's presidential campaign had $11.5 million in the bank at the end of February, just days before the former U.N. ambassador dropped …
Discussion: Morning Call, Political Wire, UPI and CNBC
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Do ‘Zombie Votes’ for Nikki Haley Expose Trump's Weakness?
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Democrats Prepare Aggressive Counter to Third-Party Threats
Associated Press:
Mississippi ex-deputy gets 40-year sentence as judge decries brutal attack on 2 Black men  —  Two former Mississippi deputies wept in court Wednesday as a federal judge sentenced them to years in prison and condemned their cruelty for breaking into a home with four other white officers and torturing two Black men.
Discussion: WJTV, Associated Press and RedState
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans Are Counting on Millionaires to Flip the Senate  —  With Democrats at a fund-raising advantage, the G.O.P. has backed candidates who can self-fund.  But their wealth is likely to factor in the fight for Senate control.  —  Since his rise to the presidency …
Discussion: The Hill
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Could Republicans blow it with bad candidates — again?
Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
Secretary Antony J. Blinken With Christiane Baissary of Al Hadath  —  RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA  —  QUESTION: Mr. Secretary, thank you for joining us.  —  SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank you for having me.  —  QUESTION: This is your sixth tour in the region since the war started in October.
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Nearly $6 Billion in Student Debt Cancellation for 78,000 Public Service Workers  —  Today, my Administration is cancelling student loans for an additional 78,000 public service workers - teachers, nurses, firefighters, and more - through Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
Pilar Melendez / The Daily Beast:
Mass Shooter Father's Chilling Prison Calls to Prosecutor Revealed  —  An investigation is now underway after threatening calls from prison by James Crumbley were revealed by the prosecutor handling his case.  —  The alleged jailhouse threats the father of the Oxford High School mass shooter …
Tesnim Zekeria / Popular Information:
Georgia's Medicaid system is a disaster.  Other states want to copy it.  —  In 2018, the Trump administration issued a rule allowing states to tie Medicaid eligibility to employment, a first in the program's 50-year history.  The policy shift was the result of decades of work by Republicans who believe …
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Airman Accused of Sharing Classified Info With Boogaloo Buddies  —  USAF intel analyst and alleged extremist Jason Travis Gray ran a high-profile anti-government Facebook group, according to the feds. … A U.S. Air Force intelligence analyst advocated publicly for a second Civil War …
 
 
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Axios:
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Los Angeles Times:
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
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Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
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Discussion: The Daily Beast
Eli Stokols / Politico:
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Kelly O'Donnell / NBC News:
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