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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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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.
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.
New York Times:
Trump Media Shares Slump as Early Fervor Fades  —  A rapid fall in price erased billions of dollars in the market value of the parent company of Truth Social, eating into some of the gains made in the volatile stock's public debut.  —  Shares of former President Donald J. Trump's social media company slumped …
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.
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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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.
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 …
ABC News:
Trump secures $175 million bond in New York civil fraud case  —  An appeals court last week reduced the amount of bond he was required to post.  —  Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Rome, GA, March 9, 2024.  —  Former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants …
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
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Associated Press:
Donald Trump has posted a $175 million bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty  —  Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets …
New York Times:
Gag Order Against Trump Is Expanded to Bar Attacks on Judge's Family  —  Donald Trump had in recent days targeted the daughter of Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing his criminal trial in Manhattan, in blistering social media posts.  —  The New York judge overseeing Donald J. Trump's upcoming …
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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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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
The Easter Madness Of Donald J. Trump
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 …
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 …
Discussion: STAT
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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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: Electrek, Quartz and Bloomberg
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 …
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 …
Discussion: WGN-TV
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?”
Discussion: Associated Press
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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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 …
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 …
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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Jonathan Swan / New York Times:
Trump's Call for Israel to ‘Finish Up’ War Alarms Some on the Right
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
KUSA-TV:
Denver warns new migrants to leave, says lack of resources means they will ‘suffer’
Washington Post:
Democrats spar over registration as worries over young and minority voters grow
Sarah Ewall-Wice / Daily Mail:
More than half of voters support slapping 10 percent tariffs on all imports, in boost for Trump's populist, protectionists policy
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Breitbart
Patrick Whittle / Associated Press:
Maine's trail system makes the state an outdoor destination. $30M in improvements could come soon
Discussion: Associated Press
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Frost endorses Alsobrooks in Maryland Senate race
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The GOP's extremism problem predates Trump
 

 
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