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10:40 PM ET, March 21, 2024

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Michelle L. Price / Associated Press:
Trump's invite to major donors prioritizes the committee paying his legal bills over the RNC  —  Donald Trump's new joint fundraising agreement with the Republican National Committee directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president's legal bills …
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Washington Post:
Joint committee allows Trump to raise money for legal bills, huge checks for RNC  —  The Trump 47 Committee can raise up to $814,600, according to a donor form obtained by The Washington Post  —  New Federal Election Commission filings this week illustrated the tremendous burden …
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Kara Scannell / CNN:
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets  —  The New York attorney general's office has filed judgments in Westchester County, the first indication that the state is preparing to try to seize Donald Trump's golf course and private estate north of Manhattan, known as Seven Springs.
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 …
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Attorney General Prepares to Seize Trump's Massive New York Estate  —  Letitia James has effectively put a “blanket lien” on his sprawling, 212-acre property north of New York City.  —  Donald Trump, unable to front a half billion dollars to pay off his recent bank fraud judgment …
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Letitia James Is Prepared to Seize One of Trump's Favorite Assets
NBC News:
The ex-Democrat catching Trump's and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s eyes  —  Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has gone from running for president as a Democrat in 2020 to interest in the open VP slots for Trump and Kennedy in 2024.  —  Tulsi Gabbard wanted to be president.  Now she wants to be vice president.
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TIME:
Biden's Campaign Is In Trouble.  Will the Turnaround Plan Work?  —  Last June, Barack Obama slipped into the White House to deliver a warning to Joe Biden.  The state of Biden's re-election campaign was shaky, Obama told him over a private lunch, according to a Democrat briefed about the meeting.
Simon Rosenberg / Hopium Chronicles:   Biden Leads in 6 New Polls, The Booming American Economy, The Republican Party Is Broke and Broken
Prem Thakker / The Intercept:
House Republicans Want to Ban Universal Free School Lunches  —  On Wednesday, the Republican Study Committee, of which some three-quarters of House Republicans are members, released its 2025 budget entitled “Fiscal Sanity to Save America.”  Tucked away in the 180-page austerity manifesto …
David Lat / Original Jurisdiction:
Cannon Fodder: Law Clerks Quit On Judge Aileen Cannon  —  Welcome to Original Jurisdiction, the latest legal publication by me, David Lat.  You can learn more about Original Jurisdiction by reading its About page, and you can email me at davidlat@substack.com.
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Leonard Leo, Koch networks pour millions into groups prepping for potential second Trump administration  —  A review by the progressive advocacy group Accountable.US shows $55 million flowing from Leo- and Koch-backed groups.  —  WASHINGTON — Huge funding from influential conservative donor networks …
NBC News:
House Republicans sue Justice Department tax attorneys in Hunter Biden probe  —  The lawsuit seeks to compel Mark Daly and Jack Morgan to take part in interviews with a Republican-led panel.  —  The House Judiciary Committee sued a pair of Justice Department attorneys Thursday in an effort …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: I'm not sure we ever had votes for impeachment
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
House Republicans Resurrect Plan to Gut Social Security and Medicare  —  While progressive politicians and unions are fighting to grant Americans four-day workweeks, Republicans are looking to achieve the complete opposite.  —  On Wednesday, the Republican Study Committee …
Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez declines reelection as Democrat, may run as independent  —  Menendez's announcement comes days before New Jersey's Democratic filing deadline, on March 25.  —  Sen. Bob Menendez — the New Jersey Democrat who got his start 50 years ago as an anti-corruption mayor …
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Menendez won't file for Democratic primary, opening door to independent run
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Ken Buck becomes first Republican to sign Democrats' discharge petition for Ukraine aid  —  Rep. Ken Buck (Colo.) became the first GOP member to sign the House Democrats' aid discharge position on Thursday, just one day before he is set to retire from Congress.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Tennessee Governor signs bill that protects musicians against artificial intelligence  —  Tennessee became the first state to protect its residents' voice rights on Thursday when Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the ELVIS Act, designed to protest musicians from artificial intelligence replication.
Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Dems flip script on GOP crime agenda, targeting RNC convention plans with surprising name  —  The DNC says reports Paul Manafort could help with RNC convention are evidence of Donald Trump's ‘soft-on-crime’ agenda  —  FIRST ON FOX: Democrats are launching a major attack on Republicans' plans …
Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
78,000 more public workers are getting student loans canceled through Biden administration changes  —  Another 78,000 Americans are getting their federal student loans canceled through a program that helps teachers, nurses, firefighters and other public servants, the Biden administration announced Thursday.
Discussion: WLTX-TV, WAGA-TV and New York Post
New York Post:
Over 100 migrants break through razor wire, knock down guards as they illegally cross El Paso border in wild scene  —  EL PASO, TEXAS — A group of over 100 migrants attempted to enter the US illegally by rushing a border wall Thursday, breaking through razor wire and knocking over guards in the process.
Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
IMF board okays $880 million loan payment for Ukraine, sees war winding down in '24  —  The International Monetary Fund's executive board on Thursday approved a third review of Ukraine's $15.6 billion loan program, allowing the release of $880 million for budget support and bringing total disbursements to $5.4 billion, the IMF said.
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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