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Statement from President Joe Biden on the Death of World Central Kitchen Workers in Gaza — I am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one American, in Gaza yesterday. They were providing food to hungry civilians in the middle of a war.
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Tesnim Zekeria / Popular Information:
A humanitarian catastrophe — A U.N.-backed report published in mid-March found residents of Gaza are facing “high levels of acute food insecurity.” According to aid groups, the number of people in Gaza experiencing “catastrophic hunger” has doubled since December.
Politico:
Why the strike killing World Central Kitchen workers is different
Why the strike killing World Central Kitchen workers is different
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
World Central Kitchen Says U.S. Citizen Among 7 Staff Killed in ‘Targeted’ Triple Israeli Attack
World Central Kitchen Says U.S. Citizen Among 7 Staff Killed in ‘Targeted’ Triple Israeli Attack
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Israel faces outrage from Democrats over strike that killed aid workers
Israel faces outrage from Democrats over strike that killed aid workers
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Ken Kolker / WOOD-TV:
Family of woman found dead on highway angered by Trump's speech — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The sister of murder victim Ruby Garcia said she and her family were home watching live, in disbelief, as former President Donald Trump told an audience in Grand Rapids that he had spoken with “some of her family.”
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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump said he spoke to murder victim's family. The victim's sister said it never happened. — GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Donald Trump used his campaign event in Michigan on Tuesday to denounce what he called “Biden's border bloodbath,” zeroing in on the case of a young woman killed …
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
‘Start the Steal’: Trump Once Again Planning to Overturn an Election — THERE IS A PLAN AFOOT to overturn the results of the November election, and for both parties it is fast becoming a major concern. The scheme is being hatched by Republicans on behalf of Donald Trump, who seeks to steal the election if Joe Biden defeats him again.
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Biden's aggressive campaign strategy involves swing-state stops and jabs at Trump
Biden's aggressive campaign strategy involves swing-state stops and jabs at Trump
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The Hill
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Ex-Trump Election Lawyer John Eastman Has Lost His Law License
Ex-Trump Election Lawyer John Eastman Has Lost His Law License
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Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo:
Amazon Ditches ‘Just Walk Out’ Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores — Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether. — Amazon is phasing out its checkout-less grocery stores with “Just Walk Out” technology, first reported by The Information Tuesday.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Frustrated Prosecutors Ask Trump Documents Judge to Act on Key Claim — The push for a quick decision on one of the former president's most far-fetched claims is an unusual and risky move in a case Judge Aileen Cannon has allowed to become bogged down. — In an open display of frustration …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation — Trump's social media company went public relying partly on loans from trust managed by person of interest to prosecutors — Donald Trump's social media company Trump Media managed to go public last week …
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Lauren Peller / ABC News:
House Republicans want to rename Virginia's Dulles Airport after Donald Trump — The bill seeks to rename the airport to “Donald J. Trump International Airport.” — Washington Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., on March 15, 2023. — House Republicans have introduced a bill …
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Lily Kepner / Austin American-Statesman:
Sources: UT lays off at least 60 employees previously in DEI-related position, closes DCCE — A week after state Sen. Brandon Creighton warned Texas university system administrators about the state's expectations for higher education institutions to comply with Senate Bill 17 …
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Rupert Neate / The Guardian:
Taylor Swift among 141 new billionaires in ‘amazing year for rich people’ — Combined assets of $14.2tn are more than the GDP of every country except China and the US — There are more billionaires than ever before. The world has 2,781 people with fortunes exceeding $1bn (£800m) …
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Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump wants “Christian visibility day” … - “You know what it's going to be called? … - His supporters — who queued in a half mile long line in hail and freezing temperatures — shouted their approval. … - “We must make America pray again,” said Trump, who encouraged supporters …
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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
REI Fired A Popular Manager For Not Immediately Reporting Union Chatter — The incident shows how aggressively the liberal-branded retailer is responding to union organizing — and how low-level managers are caught in the middle. — When William Littig showed up for work at his REI store on Feb. 21 …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Freedom Caucus chair backs Capitol rioter's bid for Congress … - Good said in a statement he is supporting former West Virginia legislator Derrick Evans, who was sentenced three months in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack, over Rep. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.).
Katya Schwenk / The Lever:
The Supreme Court May Give Us Another 2008 Financial Crisis — The United States Supreme Court will soon decide a case that could decimate consumer protections against abusive banking practices — potentially allowing banks to disregard state laws meant to prevent the kind of predatory lending that led to the 2008 financial crisis.
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Randall L. Kennedy / The Harvard Crimson:
Mandatory DEI Statements Are Ideological Pledges of Allegiance. Time to Abandon Them. — Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard — On a posting for a position as an assistant professor in international and comparative education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education …
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NBC News:
Oklahoma official with white nationalist ties is ousted in recall vote — Judd Blevins, who marched alongside neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017, lost his fight to remain on Enid's City Council. — ENID, Okla. — Voters in Enid decided by a nearly 20-point margin Tuesday …
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Wes Davis / The Verge:
President Biden is now posting into the fediverse — POTUS puts the ‘fed’ in ‘fediverse.’ — The official US president Threads account, currently helmed by President Joe Biden, has begun using Meta's ActivityPub integration, making Biden the first sitting US president to post on the decentralized networking protocol.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Tommy Tuberville accuses Dems of being part of ‘a Satanic cult’ — Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama has now declared, more than once, his belief that Democrats are “a Satanic cult.” This isn't normal. — Sen. Tommy Tuberville recently campaigned for an ally in Utah …
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Wisconsin becomes latest state to ban private funding of elections — The swing state's voters backed a measure to amend the Wisconsin Constitution following a Republican push to prohibit cash infusions of the sort that marked the 2020 vote — MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin voters opted Tuesday …
Reuters:
Uganda top court declines to block Anti-Homosexuality law but sees rights infringed — Uganda's constitutional court on Wednesday declined to nullify or suspend an Anti-Homosexuality law that prescribes the death penalty for certain same-sex acts, but found it inconsistent with certain fundamental rights.
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