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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.
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Erik Larson / Bloomberg:
NY Gears Up to Seize Trump Westchester Assets If Fraud Fine Is Unpaid — State registered $454 million judgment in Westchester County — Area is home to a Trump golf course and Seven Springs estate — New York state's $454 million judgment against Donald Trump in a civil fraud lawsuit …
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 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 …
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Ray Brescia / The Daily Beast:
These Under-the-Radar Rulings in the Stormy Daniels Hush Money Case Are Really Bad for Trump — The brief delay in the New York trial is just a small victory for Trump. The really consequential stuff hasn't gone his way lately. … Revelations that the Department of Justice recently disclosed …
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Associated Press:
Biden is using the ‘are you better off today’ question to contrast himself with Trump — President Joe Biden opened a new line of attack against former President Donald Trump on Wednesday, asking and answering the classic “are you better off today than you were four years ago” …
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NBC News:
Trump eyes Sen. Marco Rubio as a potential VP pick
Trump eyes Sen. Marco Rubio as a potential VP pick
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Rachel Dobkin / Newsweek:
Barron Trump ‘Fair Game’ Comment Enrages Republicans
Barron Trump ‘Fair Game’ Comment Enrages Republicans
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Lindsay Wise / Wall Street Journal:
Schumer Says He Criticized Netanyahu to Save Israel — Democrat's criticism of Israeli leader gets pushback from GOP, divides American Jews — WASHINGTON—To save Israel, Chuck Schumer decided, he had to denounce its leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Axios:
Mike Johnson says he will invite Netanyahu to address Congress
Mike Johnson says he will invite Netanyahu to address Congress
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NBC News:
Chuck Schumer rejects Netanyahu's request to talk to Democrats as Israeli leader addresses GOP
Chuck Schumer rejects Netanyahu's request to talk to Democrats as Israeli leader addresses GOP
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Simon Rosenberg / Hopium Chronicles:
Biden Leads in 6 New Polls, The Booming American Economy, The Republican Party Is Broke and Broken — Big Day Today - With Dems at 1pm ET, Ruben Gallego at 8pm - Join Us! — Happy Thursday all. Got a few things for you today: — 2 Events Today - Register, Join Us!
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Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
Kyle Rittenhouse Flees Stage After Face Off With Booing Protesters — He refused to answer a question about hate speech and was booed by the crowd. — Kyle Rittenhouse, who became a darling of the right after shooting three protesters in 2020, hightailed it off a stage at the University …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Elon Musk Pushes a Vile, Toxic Hate Video—and Exposes His Own Scam — For much of the last week, Elon Musk's mighty Twitter feed—sorry, his X feed—featured as its pinned tweet a video that purports to lay bare a vast conspiracy among Democrats to “flood” the country with “illegals” to lock in a “permanent voting majority.”
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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 …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: I'm not sure we ever had votes for impeachment
GOP lawmaker: I'm not sure we ever had votes for impeachment
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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.
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NBC News:
Manhattan DA tells judge not to further delay Trump trial: ‘Enough is enough’ — The district attorney's office said only about 300 of the over 170,000 documents recently turned over to Trump's lawyers have any relevance to the case. — State prosecutors in New York said Thursday that fewer …
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Trump Media, launched after an insurrection, faces rebellion of its own — Four lawsuits involving the founding boosters of Truth Social threaten to erode former president Donald Trump's grasp on a massive financial haul — When former president Donald Trump's Trump Media & Technology Group …
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The Guardian and Raw Story
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden's stutter surges into the presidential campaign — Trump mocks and exaggerates the speech impediment. Biden embraces it as reflecting compassion. — President Biden recently sent out a video of a meeting with a 9-year-old with a stutter, telling the young boy, “Don't let anybody tell you that you can't do anything.”
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Bloomberg:
US Backs $50 Billion Ukraine Bond Using Frozen Russia Assets — US wants G-7 to support a proposal to sell bonds for Ukraine — The debt would be backed by profits from frozen Russian assets — The US proposed to its Group of Seven allies that they create a special purpose vehicle …
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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.
Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
Prosecutor tells jury former Milwaukee official who requested fake ballots was no whistleblower — A jury found a former Milwaukee election official accused of obtaining fake absentee ballots guilty Wednesday of misconduct in office and fraud, rejecting her arguments that she was trying …
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The Hill, Blaze Media and The Gateway Pundit
Rob Wile / NBC News:
Apple sued by Biden administration over alleged iPhone ‘monopoly power’ — The Department of Justice and 16 state and district attorneys general launched a major lawsuit against the technology giant accusing it of harming consumers by limiting competition. — The U.S. Department …
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Washington Post:
Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion — Search for birth control on TikTok or Instagram and a cascade of misleading videos vilifying hormonal contraception appear: Young women blaming their weight gain on the pill. Right-wing commentators claiming that some birth control can lead to infertility.
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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 …
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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 …
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