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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 …
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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 …
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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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Rolling Stone, Raw Story, CNN and Associated Press
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.
John Hendrickson / The Atlantic:
What Trump Supporters Think When He Mocks People With Disabilities
What Trump Supporters Think When He Mocks People With Disabilities
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Raw Story, The Dispatch and The Root
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Panic mode sets in for Trump as he faces deadline for massive bond
Panic mode sets in for Trump as he faces deadline for massive bond
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Washington Times, The Western Journal, Raw Story, The Hill, Wonkette, Off Message, BizPac Review, Mediaite, MeidasTouch and Semafor
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
Impeachment inquiry appears on ice as House GOP tries to wrangle support
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USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Political Wire, Washington Examiner and Breitbart
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez demands GOP specify actual crimes in Biden impeachment inquiry
Ocasio-Cortez demands GOP specify actual crimes in Biden impeachment inquiry
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Bonchie / RedState:
MUST-SEE: AOC Has a Mental Breakdown After Bobulinski Runs Circles Around Her
MUST-SEE: AOC Has a Mental Breakdown After Bobulinski Runs Circles Around Her
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NBC News:
Lev Parnas, ex-Giuliani associate, testifies allegations against Bidens are false and ‘spread by the Kremlin’
Lev Parnas, ex-Giuliani associate, testifies allegations against Bidens are false and ‘spread by the Kremlin’
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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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Rolling Stone, Digby's Hullabaloo, Breitbart and USA Today
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Jack Fitzpatrick / Bloomberg Government:
Republicans Call for Retirement Age Hike in Clash With Biden — Search by Topic — The largest caucus of House Republicans called for an increase in the Social Security retirement age Wednesday, setting up a clash with President Joe Biden over spending on popular entitlement programs.
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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.
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Financial Times, The Hill, Bloomberg, Political Wire and Axios
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Jessica Piper / Politico:
Nikki Haley's campaign had cash left over as her primary run ended
Nikki Haley's campaign had cash left over as her primary run ended
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UPI, Political Wire and CNBC
Associated Press:
Mississippi ex-deputy gets 40-year sentence as judge decries brutal attack on 2 Black men — A third former Mississippi sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to more than 17 years in federal prison for his part in torturing two Black men. In all, six former law officers are being sentenced …
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CNN:
A fourth former Mississippi officer is sentenced to 40 years in racially charged torture cases — A fourth former Mississippi law enforcement officer who pleaded guilty to torturing two Black men was sentenced to 40 years in prison Wednesday, as accounts of the horrifying brutality of a self-styled …
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Washington Post:
‘Very, very troubling’: Judges, lawyers flummoxed by Judge Cannon — The jurist overseeing Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida has raised eyebrows and alarms with her latest order — Lawyers and former judges said they are baffled by an order issued this week …
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Raw Story, Civil Discourse …, Default, The Bulwark, Los Angeles Times, Political Wire, The Gateway Pundit and New York Times
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Parnas calls out GOP rep at hearing for ‘doing the bidding’ of Russia — Lev Parnas, a convicted former aide to Rudy Giuliani, named members of Congress Wednesday who he alleged were “doing the bidding” of Russia by attempting to dig up “dirt” on President Biden during his 2020 campaign.
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Parnas calls for probe into Bill Barr over 2019 arrest
Parnas calls for probe into Bill Barr over 2019 arrest
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Raw Story, Mediaite and emptywheel
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Do ‘Zombie Votes’ for Nikki Haley Expose Trump's Weakness? — Donald Trump clinched his third consecutive Republican presidential nomination on March 12. His record in 2024 primaries and caucuses is 33 wins and two losses so far (Nikki Haley won the District of Columbia and Vermont primaries).
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Democrats Prepare Aggressive Counter to Third-Party Threats
Democrats Prepare Aggressive Counter to Third-Party Threats
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The Daily Caller and Political Wire
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 …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Biden met with billionaire Bucks owner in Milwaukee — Private sit-down continues a pattern of personal outreach to big donors. — During a campaign swing through Wisconsin last week, President Joe Biden met privately with the billionaire owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, Wes Edens …
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Biden wanders off stage after spotting baby in crowd at Arizona campaign event: 'Couldn't resist'
Biden wanders off stage after spotting baby in crowd at Arizona campaign event: 'Couldn't resist'
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden touts ‘landmark agreement’ with Intel during visit to Arizona
Biden touts ‘landmark agreement’ with Intel during visit to Arizona
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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 …
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Freedom Caucus votes to remove Ken Buck — The House Freedom Caucus voted to remove Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) from the group Tuesday night, a member of the conservative body told The Hill, a dismissal that comes days before he is set to retire from Congress. — The Freedom Caucus member …
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Los Angeles Times:
Shohei Ohtani's attorneys accuse interpreter of ‘massive theft’ tied to alleged gambling — Representatives of Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani on Wednesday accused his interpreter of engaging in a “massive theft” of the ballplayer's funds to place bets with an allegedly illegal bookmaker who is the target of a federal investigation.
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