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10:45 AM ET, March 22, 2024

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CNN:
CNN Polls: Majority of voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania are dissatisfied with their presidential choices  —  Voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania - two states that flipped from red to blue in the 2020 presidential election - begin this year's general election campaign more dissatisfied …
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Politico:
Biden camp feels a reprieve from Democratic unease
Discussion: Political Wire
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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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Farah Griffin: There's ‘no question’ Trump would accept money from Russian oligarchs  —  Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said there is “no question” that former President Trump would accept money from foreign sources to secure the funds needed in his civil fraud case.
Discussion: HuffPost and Mediaite
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Politico:
Why Trump's big Wall Street payday won't bail him out of financial trouble  —  The approval from investors would come as Trump faces a severe financial crunch: He's been hit with more than $500 million in civil penalties, not to mention ongoing legal fees as he appeals verdicts against him.
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Letitia James Is Prepared to Seize One of Trump's Favorite Assets  —  Donald Trump has just days left to post the nearly half-billion-dollar bond in his New York civil fraud case before the state attorney general can start seizing his assets, and Letitia James seems to know exactly where she wants to start: Westchester.
Ryan Grenoble / HuffPost:
Trump's Lawyer Won't Deny If He's Asked Russia, Saudi Arabia For Bond Money
Kara Scannell / CNN:
New York Attorney General takes initial step to prepare to seize Trump assets
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Ken Buck's parting gift to GOP: Signing Democrats' Ukraine discharge petition … - The measure needs 218 signatures to force a vote, however, and many progressives have said they won't sign onto it.  — Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) has a competing discharge petition on a $66 billion munitions …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Feared a ‘One-Term Presidency’ After Passing Health Care Law  —  A set of oral histories released on Friday documents the behind-the-scenes drama of President Barack Obama's drive to pass the Affordable Care Act, his most important legislative achievement.
New York Times:
Inside Garland's Effort to Prosecute Trump  —  In trying to avoid even the smallest mistakes, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland might have made one big one: ending up in a race against the clock.  —  After being sworn in as attorney general in March 2021, Merrick B. Garland gathered …
Discussion: Politico
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Dan Primack / Axios:
Trump's Truth Social is going public after winning DWAC merger vote … - As Axios reported earlier today, this ends a multiyear saga that's included civil lawsuits, criminal lawsuits, closing extensions and vote postponements.
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 …
Financial Times:
US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries  —  Washington told Kyiv that drone attacks risk driving up crude prices and provoking retaliation  —  The US has urged Ukraine to halt attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure, warning the drone strikes risk driving up global oil prices …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's lawsuit against ABC is not the flex he thinks it is  —  In a sane world, the underlying facts would be disqualifying. … As if Trump wasn't already spending enough donor money defending himself against a truly staggering number of civil and criminal lawsuits, he just inexplicably decided …
Erin Cox / Washington Post:
Congressman apologizes for using racial slur instead of saying ‘bugaboo’  —  U.S. Senate hopeful Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) made the comment while discussing tax rates in a budget hearing  —  Senate hopeful Rep. David Trone (D) used a racial slur during a congressional budget hearing Thursday …
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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Andrea Shalal / Reuters:
IMF board okays $880 million loan payment for Ukraine, sees war winding down in '24
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Brandon Gillespie / Fox News:
Dems flip script on GOP crime agenda, targeting RNC convention plans with surprising name
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Leonard Leo, Koch networks pour millions into groups prepping for potential second Trump administration
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