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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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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Is in Line for a $3.5 Billion Windfall From Stake in Truth Social — Supporters who have driven up share price are expected to vote Friday to take company public — Donald Trump's supporters are pushing to hand him a nearly $3.5 billion windfall by driving up the value …
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Gives Trump Organization's Babysitter ‘Enhanced’ Control
Judge Gives Trump Organization's Babysitter ‘Enhanced’ Control
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Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money
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Politico:
Playbook: Inside the minibus — and the latest Green New Deal
Playbook: Inside the minibus — and the latest Green New Deal
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump lawyers' head-scratching legal filings just keep coming
Trump lawyers' head-scratching legal filings just keep coming
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Trump is broke. That's bad news for the GOP.
Trump is broke. That's bad news for the GOP.
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NBC News:
Manhattan DA tells judge not to further delay Trump trial: ‘Enough is enough’
Manhattan DA tells judge not to further delay Trump trial: ‘Enough is enough’
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Harry Litman / Los Angeles Times:
Aileen Cannon's handling of Trump's classified records case just went from bad to horrible
Aileen Cannon's handling of Trump's classified records case just went from bad to horrible
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Raw Story
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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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!
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.
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CNN:
Biden and Trump's post-Super Tuesday campaign schedules are a study in contrasts
Biden and Trump's post-Super Tuesday campaign schedules are a study in contrasts
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Politico:
Biden camp feels a reprieve from Democratic unease
Biden camp feels a reprieve from Democratic unease
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden's stutter surges into the presidential campaign
Biden's stutter surges into the presidential campaign
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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 …
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NPR:
Sen. Menendez, who is facing corruption charges, won't seek reelection as a Democrat — Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who is fighting federal corruption charges, said Thursday that he will not file to run for reelection in the Democratic primary but added he hopes to be exonerated and run as an independent.
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Mia McCarthy / Politico:
Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez declines reelection as Democrat, may run as independent
Indicted Sen. Bob Menendez declines reelection as Democrat, may run as independent
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Menendez won't file for Democratic primary, opening door to independent run
Menendez won't file for Democratic primary, opening door to independent run
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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.
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New York Times:
Trump Told Pence Certifying Election Would Be ‘Career Killer,’ Valet Testified — President Donald J. Trump warned his vice president against failing to overturn the 2020 election results, according to an account by the White House valet by his side on Jan. 6.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Federal judge sentencing a Jan. 6 rioter worries Trump could spur another attack
Federal judge sentencing a Jan. 6 rioter worries Trump could spur another attack
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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Reuters:
Apple accused of monopolizing smartphone markets in US antitrust lawsuit
Apple accused of monopolizing smartphone markets in US antitrust lawsuit
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Chris Christie not ruling out No Labels bid — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is not ruling out running on a potential No Labels ticket in the 2024 presidential election. — The former GOP presidential candidate, who dropped his White House bid in January …
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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.