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Rob Wile / NBC News:
Trump Media auditor warns that losses ‘raise substantial doubt’ about company's ability to continue — The Truth Social parent, which trades under the stock ticker DJT, said it lost more than $58 million last year. — An auditor has raised doubts about the ability of Donald Trump's publicly traded company …
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Yahoo Finance, New Republic, CNBC, Quartz and The Guardian
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump Media stock closes 21% lower after company reports $58 million loss for 2023 … This photo illustration shows an image of former President Donald Trump reflected in a phone screen that is displaying the Truth Social app, in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2022.
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Matt Egan / CNN:
Trump's net worth plunges $1 billion as his media stock tumbles — New York CNN — Shares of Truth Social owner Trump Media & Technology Group plunged Monday after the company disclosed that it lost more than $58 million and generated very little revenue in 2023.
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Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Axios, The Daily Beast, Forbes, HuffPost, Wonkette, CBS News, Fortune, Bloomberg, Raw Story, Associated Press and Diane Ravitch's blog
Dan Primack / Axios:
Trump's net worth plunges $1 billion, as Truth Social shares sink … - Trump Media & Technology Group disclosed a $58 million net loss for 2023 on just $4.1 million in revenue, all of which came from ads on Truth Social. — It also lost momentum at year end, generating only $751,500 in fourth-quarter revenue.
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Mediaite, Raw Story, Forbes and New York Post
Washington Post:
Florida Supreme Court allows one of nation's strictest abortion bans to take effect — The high court simultaneously ruled that a referendum enshrining abortion rights can go on the November ballot — Florida's conservative Supreme Court ruled Monday that the state's constitution does …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Florida Supreme Court hands down two key abortion decisions — The Florida Supreme Court on Monday upheld the state's 15-week abortion ban, yet also approved a ballot measure that would protect abortion access if voters pass it in November. — Facing an April 1 deadline to rule on the ballot measure …
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Florida's abortion ruling puts Trump on the spot over DeSantis' bans — The relationship between the two Republicans has deteriorated, and they're still throwing jabs. — Ron DeSantis made a risky political bet by signing abortion bans into law in Florida. Now, it's Donald Trump who could pay for it.
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
The Church of Trump: How He's Infusing Christianity Into His Movement — Ending many of his rallies with a churchlike ritual and casting his prosecutions as persecution, the former president is demanding — and receiving — new levels of devotion from Republicans.
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Vanity Fair, Sun-Sentinel, Mediaite and Althouse
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
The Easter Madness Of Donald J. Trump — A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM's Morning Memo. — Trump's Messianic Complex — I trust that most of you were offline celebrating the holiday, warming to the Spring, welcoming baseball back, or watching college basketball.
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Yahoo News, Politico and Washington Post
Politico:
First human case of avian flu in Texas raises alarm — Potential cow-to-cow avian flu transmission in Idaho is worrying pandemic experts. — A Texas dairy worker has tested positive for the avian flu, marking the first identified human case of an illness in the U.S. that has sickened …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump allies plot anti-racism protections — for white people … Targets would range from decades-old policies aimed at giving minorities economic opportunities, to more recent programs that began in response to the pandemic and the killing of George Floyd.
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The Guardian, New Republic, Mock Paper Scissors, Raw Story, RedState and Rolling Stone
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
Hospitals Must Get Written Patient Consent for Pelvic Exams, H.H.S. Says — In a letter to teaching hospitals, the federal health agency said that institutions could lose Medicare funding if they didn't comply. — The Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday …
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Melania Trump Is Back — But Maybe Not for Long — Melania Trump has been found, but don't throw out your “Where is Melania?” flyers or call off the search planes just yet. — The former First Lady appeared at Donald Trump's November 2022 presidential-campaign announcement.
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Metro.co.uk and Raw Story
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Israel's government passes law to temporarily shut down Al Jazeera — Israel's legislature passed a law Monday paving the way to shut down the Qatar-based Al Jazeera news network, under legislation allowing for the temporary ban of foreign news networks that the government deems a threat to national security.
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Reuters:
Would-be Tesla buyers snub company as Musk's reputation dips — The ranks of would-be Tesla buyers in the United States are shrinking, according to a survey by market intelligence firm Caliber, which attributed the drop in part to CEO Elon Musk's polarizing persona.
NBC News:
Ex-Trump aide Hope Hicks expected to testify in former president's New York criminal trial — The former White House communications director met with prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office last year. — Former White House communications director Hope Hicks is expected …
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Washington Examiner, Deadline, MSNBC, New York Post, New Republic, Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Mediaite
Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Driver rams into front gate of Atlanta FBI office, taken into custody — The car appeared to try to follow an authorized vehicle entering the gate. — A man rammed a vehicle into the FBI entrance gate at the Atlanta field office, April 1, 2024. — A driver rammed into the front gate …
New York Times:
China's Advancing Efforts to Influence the U.S. Election Raise Alarms — China has adopted some of the same misinformation tactics that Russia used ahead of the 2016 election, researchers and government officials say. — Covert Chinese accounts are masquerading online as American supporters …
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The Hill, Raw Story and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
How Republicans texted and emailed their way into a money problem — Small-dollar donations to Trump and the GOP are way down since 2019 and 2020. But the former president's team says they see a turnaround. — In the years after Donald Trump lost the presidency to Joe Biden …
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, The Hill and PJ Media
Lauran Neergaard / Associated Press:
A biased test kept thousands of Black people from getting a kidney transplant. It's finally changing — (AP Video by Tassanee Vejpongsa; Production by Shelby Lum) — Jazmin Evans had been waiting for a new kidney for four years when her hospital revealed shocking news …
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Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
US judge receptive to Trump documents claims in warning sign for prosecutors — A federal judge overseeing the criminal case that accuses Donald Trump of mishandling classified documents has signaled an openness to the former U.S. president's defense claims, in a sign that prosecutors might face a difficult road ahead.
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story, Washington Examiner and Ultimate Newswire
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
Migrants in Iowa wonder whether to leave over a bill that could see some arrested and deported — A bill in Iowa that would allow the state to arrest and deport some migrants is stoking anxiety among immigrant communities, leaving some to wonder: “Should I leave Iowa?”
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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Conservative US judge says AI could strengthen ‘originalist’ movement — A conservative federal appeals court judge on Monday said future developments in artificial intelligence could revolutionize how judges like himself tie their rulings to the past by interpreting the U.S. Constitution based on the nation's history and tradition.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
A U.S. Senator Is Shaming Universities Into Returning Native American Human Remains — “The worst kind of colonialism,” Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) said of schools and museums holding onto thousands of stolen bones. But it's complicated. — WASHINGTON - A couple of months ago …
State of Michigan:
Gov. Whitmer Signs Bills Decriminalizing Surrogacy and Protecting IVF — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Package of commonsense, pro-family bills removes criminal prohibitions on surrogacy and ensures LGBTQ+ parents are treated equally — LANSING, Mich. - Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed …
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The Hill, Axios, Detroit Free Press, CNN, Pluribus News, The Daily Caller, NBC News and Michigan Advance
Patrick Whittle / Associated Press:
Maine's trail system makes the state an outdoor destination. $30M in improvements could come soon — Maine's beloved outdoor trail network could receive millions of dollars of improvements under a proposal conservationists have asked lawmakers to put before voters.
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Associated Press