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NBC News:
Nebraska legislators buck Trump by blocking Electoral College vote change — for now — Former President Donald Trump and Republican Gov. Jim Pillen have called on lawmakers to change the state's Electoral College vote allocation to a winner-take-all system.
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WOWT-TV, Lincoln Journal Star, CNN, Nebraska Examiner, Breitbart, USA Today, KDFX-TV, New York Magazine, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and The Hill
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Politico:
Playbook: How Mike Johnson boxed himself in — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — WHAT JEN O'MALLEY DILLON IS READING — The GOP-backed bid to change Nebraska's presidential elector system to a winner-take-all setup — likely giving DONALD TRUMP …
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Raw Story, The Epoch Times, The Bulwark, RedState and Resolute Square
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Greene says Speaker Johnson is a ‘Democrat,’ comparable to Nancy Pelosi
Greene says Speaker Johnson is a ‘Democrat,’ comparable to Nancy Pelosi
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Washington Examiner, CNN, Raw Story, Mediaite and Breitbart
Politico:
Biden camp reaches out to Nebraska Dems as state considers denying president crucial vote
Biden camp reaches out to Nebraska Dems as state considers denying president crucial vote
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Semafor, ABC News, New Jersey Online, NBC News, Breitbart and Business Insider
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Jack Smith puts Judge Aileen Cannon on notice — Judge Aileen M. Cannon has left many legal experts dumbfounded with her handling of the criminal classified documents case against former president Donald Trump, the man who nominated her to the federal bench. — And special counsel Jack Smith appears to be losing patience with her.
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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 …
New York Times:
Judge Won't Delay Trump's Criminal Trial to Wait for Immunity Ruling — The former president had asked the judge to push back his Manhattan criminal trial, slated to begin April 15, until after the Supreme Court decides whether he is immune from prosecution.
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USA Today, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, Reuters, Mediaite, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, Axios, Voice of America and Associated Press
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Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
Rejected and ‘returned for correction’: Docs for Trump's $175M bond get bounced — A review of the New York County Supreme Court docket on Wednesday shows that paperwork for former President Donald Trump's newly-secured bond of $175 million was temporarily rejected and “returned for correction.”
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Raw Story
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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Salon, MeidasTouch, Law & Crime, The Hill, Associated Press and NBC News
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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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NBC News, The Hill, US Department of Justice, New Jersey Online, UPI, Axios, Breitbart, Law & Crime and CBS News
New York Times:
Trump Spoke Recently With Saudi Leader — It is not clear what the former president discussed with Prince Mohammed bin Salman, but news of their call came amid Biden administration negotiations with the Saudis over a Middle East peace plan. — Former President Donald J. Trump spoke recently …
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Raw Story, New York Post, Business Insider and Reuters
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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New York Times, New Republic, Business Insider, CBS News, UPI and Raw Story
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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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KDFX-TV, The Guardian, Mediaite, Vanity Fair, The Daily Beast, PoliticusUSA, Reuters, CNBC and Associated Press
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Brothers plead guilty to insider trading tied to Trump media company
Brothers plead guilty to insider trading tied to Trump media company
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Bloomberg
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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The Hill, The Guardian, The Moderate Voice, KDFX-TV, Caitlin Johnstone, CNBC, Politico, New York Daily News, New York Times, Al Jazeera, New York Post, Deadline, HuffPost, The Mahablog, NPR, Breaking Defense, Washington Examiner, RedState, Rolling Stone, Yahoo News, The US Sun, The Times of Israel, Washington Post, The Japan Times, Jerusalem Post, RTÉ, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Axios and Vox
The Guardian:
‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets — Israeli intelligence sources reveal use of ‘Lavender’ system in Gaza war and claim permission given to kill civilians in pursuit of low-ranking militants — The Israeli military's bombing campaign in Gaza used …
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Yuval Abraham / +972 Magazine:
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza
‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza
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Al Jazeera, Responsible Statecraft, CNN, ScheerPost, Informed Comment, Gizmodo, The Guardian, inews.co.uk, never was has been and Just some stuff
NBC News:
Top Israeli official Ron Dermer began yelling during a meeting with U.S. officials about Gaza, officials say — The meeting grew tense after the Americans questioned an Israeli plan to evacuate more than 1 million Palestinian civilians from Rafah and house them in tents.
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NBC Bay Area and The Times of Israel
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Democratic tactics against RFK Jr. are rattling his campaign — Recent digital and in-person protests have prompted the independent campaign to enact some evasive maneuvers. — A billboard truck paid for by the DNC has been circling Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign events.
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New York Times
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Elon Musk's viral lie about the 2024 election uses bogus data — In October 2022, Elon Musk completed his purchase of Twitter. He then dramatically changed the algorithm to boost his own tweets. The new algorithm, according to a February 2023 report by Platformer, “artificially boosted Musk's tweets …
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Gizmodo, Rolling Stone, The Texas Secretary of State and Mediaite
Associated Press:
EPA awards $20 billion in green bank grants for clean energy projects nationwide — DETROIT (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday awarded $20 billion in federal “green bank” grants to eight community development banks and nonprofit organizations to use on projects combating climate change …
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Washington Post, Axios, US EPA and Associated Press
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
GOP Senate candidates cash out at Mar-a-Lago — Republican Senate candidates have flocked to Mar-a-Lago in recent months to raise funds for their campaigns, and the results have been lucrative, Axios has learned. … - Republican Bernie Moreno, who won a contentious GOP Senate primary in Ohio last month …
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Breitbart, Washington Examiner and Fox News
Noah Bressner / Axios:
New Bill Clinton memoir coming after November election … - “I knew as I entered this new chapter of my life that I'd keep score the way I always have,” Clinton says in the announcement. — “Are people better off when you quit than when you started?
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Associated Press
Nick Niedzwiadek / Politico:
Biden moves to defang political assaults on federal workforce — The move is widely seen as a response to former President Donald Trump's efforts to root out what he called a “deep state” that thwarted his policies. — The Biden administration put the finishing touches Thursday on a plan …
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Fox News and GovExec.com
Alexander Ward / Politico:
‘Angry’ Biden not changing Israel policy after deadly strike on aid workers — It's another example of the United States criticizing Israel's conduct of the war against Hamas while remaining reluctant to use leverage to affect course corrections. — The Biden administration has no plans …
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Semafor, New York Times, Voice of America, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Bloomberg, Mediaite, Defense One, Vanity Fair, Haaretz, Washington Post, Rolling Stone and Reuters
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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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Daily Mail, HotAir, Rolling Stone, Associated Press, Al-Monitor, CBS News, NPR, New York Post, USA Today, KDFX-TV, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Fox News, HuffPost and ABC News
Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee:
Down Ballot Defenders — Join the DLCC's Down Ballot Defenders program, a coalition of monthly donors who are dedicated to expanding and defending Democratic majorities and loosening the GOP's grip on our statehouses. This is the best way for Democratic supporters to have a sustained, monthly commitment to our cause.
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MeidasTouch and Axios