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Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Chef Jose Andres says Israel targeted his aid workers ‘systematically, car by car’ — Celebrity chef Jose Andres told Reuters in an emotional interview on Wednesday that an Israeli attack that killed seven of his food aid workers in Gaza had targeted them “systematically, car by car.”
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
The IDF Killing of World Central Kitchen Workers Isn't Going Away — The Netanyahu government is availing itself of the ancient legal principle of “Hey, sh*t happens.” — There is no reason for the United States to be engaged with any government that can do this. From the BBC:
Alexander Ward / Politico:
‘Angry’ Biden not changing Israel policy after deadly strike on aid workers
‘Angry’ Biden not changing Israel policy after deadly strike on aid workers
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NBC News:
Displeasure with Biden's handling of Hamas-Israel war was on display at closed-door White House meeting
Displeasure with Biden's handling of Hamas-Israel war was on display at closed-door White House meeting
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Tesnim Zekeria / Popular Information:
A humanitarian catastrophe — A U.N.-backed report published in mid-March found residents …
A humanitarian catastrophe — A U.N.-backed report published in mid-March found residents …
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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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US Department of Justice:
Two Individuals Plead Guilty To Participating In Insider Trading Scheme Based On SPAC Merger With Trump Media & Technology Group — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York — Michael Shvartsman and Gerald Shvartsman Made More Than $22 Million …
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Matt Egan / CNN:
Two investors in Trump Media insider trading case plead guilty
Two investors in Trump Media insider trading case plead guilty
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Brothers plead guilty to insider trading tied to Trump media company
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Leads Biden in Six of Seven Swing States, WSJ Poll Finds — Incumbent trails in most battlegrounds that decided 2016 and 2020 elections
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Nebraska Republicans' bid to help Trump win the Electoral College, explained — The state has an odd rule that gave Biden an electoral vote in 2020. Trump wants to change that. Can he? — On Tuesday, Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) urged his state's legislature to change its rules …
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NBC News:
Trump and GOP leaders push to change Nebraska electoral votes to winner-take-all — It's unclear if the bill has enough support or time to pass before the end of Nebraska's legislative session. But if it did, it could have a big 2024 effect. — Former President Donald Trump and Nebraska …
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man who used megaphone to lead attack on police during Capitol riot gets more than 7 years in prison — A Washington state man who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob's attack on police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Wednesday to more than seven years in prison.
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Federal judge condemns ‘normalization’ of January 6 while sentencing defiant rioter
Federal judge condemns ‘normalization’ of January 6 while sentencing defiant rioter
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
‘Sovereign citizen’ Jan. 6 rioter gets seven years for leading mob assault on officers
‘Sovereign citizen’ Jan. 6 rioter gets seven years for leading mob assault on officers
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Norman Eisen / CNN:
Why Judge Aileen Cannon is on thin ice in Trump's Mar-a-Lago case — Editor's Note: Norman Eisen, who served as counsel to House Democrats in the first Trump impeachment, is a senior fellow at Brookings. E. Danya Perry, a founding partner of Perry Guha LLP, formerly served as a federal prosecutor …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Frustrated Prosecutors Ask Trump Documents Judge to Act on Key Claim
Frustrated Prosecutors Ask Trump Documents Judge to Act on Key Claim
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Yuval Abraham / +972 Magazine:
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza — The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal.
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Reuters:
Trump loses bid to delay hush money trial until US Supreme Court review — A New York judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump's bid to delay his April 15 trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star until the U.S. Supreme Court reviews claim to presidential immunity in a separate criminal case.
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Ugly, Hateful Rants in Michigan Should Be Covered as a Scandal — Donald Trump has invented a new criminological category he describes as “Migrant Crime,” and in Michigan on Tuesday, he seized on the horrible murder of a young woman, allegedly by an undocumented immigrant, to underscore the point.
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Ken Kolker / WOOD-TV:
Family of woman found dead on highway angered by Trump's speech
Family of woman found dead on highway angered by Trump's speech
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José Andrés / New York Times:
Let People Eat — In the worst conditions you can imagine — after hurricanes, earthquakes, bombs and gunfire — the best of humanity shows up. Not once or twice but always. — The seven people killed on a World Central Kitchen mission in Gaza on Monday were the best of humanity.
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Associated Press:
Yes, we're divided. But new AP-NORC poll shows Americans still agree on most core American values — WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite the country's deep political polarization, most Americans share many core beliefs about what it means to be an American, according to a new poll.
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Laura Santhanam / PBS NewsHour:
1 in 5 Americans think violence may solve U.S. divisions, poll finds
1 in 5 Americans think violence may solve U.S. divisions, poll finds
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Anti-Trump lawyer George Conway gives $900,000 to Biden … The minimum gift for the event is $500. — The lead hosts are Melissa Moss, a strategic consultant who's very visible around Washington, and her husband, Jonathan Silver.
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Lachlan Cartwright / New York Times:
What I Saw Working at The National Enquirer During Donald Trump's Rise … I was outside Manhattan criminal court. It was a sunny spring day, and the Secret Service and the Police Department had blocked off the streets with barricades. The sidewalks were clogged with news crews from around the world.
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Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Bond Backer Repo'd Soldier Cars — HANKEY PANKY — Don Hankey's company agreed to a settlement with Trump's DOJ after systematically violating the rights of military employees by illegally repossessing their cars. … When billionaire financier Don Hankey underwrote Donald Trump's …
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Lauren Boebert for Congress:
Statement from Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's campaign: — Yesterday afternoon, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert was admitted to UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland after experiencing severe swelling in her upper left leg. After undergoing a CT Scan, doctors found an acute blood clot …
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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
In Tightening Presidential Battleground, Nevada Senate Moves To Toss Up — Democrats face an incredibly challenging 2024 Senate map that has them almost entirely on defense. While our three Toss Up races have remained constant and fairly obvious for some months now — Ohio, Montana and Arizona …
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