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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Montana GOP Senate candidate says he lied to ranger about gunshot wound in 2015 — Tim Sheehy was cited for illegally discharging a weapon in a national park but says he made up the gunshot to cover up a bullet wound he received as a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan that he never reported to superiors
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
GOP Candidate Says He Lied to Ranger About How He Was Shot — CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER — One of the Republican Party's top recruits for 2024 has reportedly been telling inconsistent accounts of how he received a gunshot wound in his arm. — Montana Senate candidate Tim Sheehy …
Axios:
Trump's team shows growing pains in pivot to general election … - It's the latest in a series of reversals by Trump's team at the RNC, now led by chair Michael Whatley and Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law. — Those who've been rehired include most of the RNC's staff in key states …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden campaign raises $90M in March, enters second quarter with $192M on hand
Biden campaign raises $90M in March, enters second quarter with $192M on hand
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UPI, Axios, Associated Press and Washington Examiner
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden campaign announces pulling in $90M in March
Biden campaign announces pulling in $90M in March
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Vanity Fair, Daily Caller News Foundation, KDFX-TV and The Daily Caller
NPR:
March fundraising numbers show Biden significantly outpacing Trump
March fundraising numbers show Biden significantly outpacing Trump
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Rolling Stone, HuffPost, USA Today, New York Times, New York Post, CBS News, Fox News and The Hill
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden campaign hits Trump over guests at upcoming Palm Beach high-dollar fundraiser
Biden campaign hits Trump over guests at upcoming Palm Beach high-dollar fundraiser
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PoliticusUSA, Associated Press, Forbes, Washington Times and Bloomberg
NBC News:
Biden may have trouble getting on Ohio's general election ballot, state's top elections official warns — In a letter to Ohio's Democratic Party chair, Secretary of State Frank LaRose warns that the Democratic National Convention will take place after a state deadline to declare a candidate.
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New York Post, ballot-access.org and WKYC-TV
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ABC News:
Biden could face challenges getting on Ohio general ballot — The state's Dems were alerted Joe Biden could be non-compliant with state law. — President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a campaign event with Vice President Kamala Harris in Raleigh, N.C., March 26, 2024.
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The Gateway Pundit, KDFX-TV and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Anonymous users are dominating right-wing discussions online. They also spread false information — NEW YORK (AP) — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user on the social platform X who uses a pseudonym claimed that a government website had revealed …
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Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
Trump's bizarre, vindictive incoherence has to be heard in full to be believed — Excerpts from his speeches do not do justice to Trump's smorgasbord of vendettas, non sequiturs and comparisons to famous people — Donald Trump's speeches on the 2024 campaign trail so far have been focused …
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Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
When a top Republican says Russian propaganda has infected the GOP — House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul is the latest to point out such a problem in his party — During the first impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump in 2019, former Trump national security aide Fiona Hill made an extraordinary plea.
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Fox News and PoliticusUSA
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Is Accidentally Exposing Aileen Cannon's Shady Pro-MAGA Game — When Judge Aileen Cannon handed down her latest ruling in the prosecution of Donald Trump for stealing classified documents, many legal observers immediately understood the shady gamesmanship lurking behind it.
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Alternet.org, Digby's Hullabaloo, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, NBC News and Politico
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
April 5, 2024 — Today offered yet more evidence that Biden's rejection of the Republicans' supply-side economics in favor of investing in ordinary Americans is paying off with high growth, low unemployment, and strong wages. — Today's jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor …
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BizPac Review, Axios, New York Times, Fox News, Los Angeles Times, Semafor, USA Today, Forbes and KDFX-TV
Douglas MacKinnon / The Hill:
Do our leaders, ‘experts’ and pundits want World War III? — At least within the circles I run, people who encounter purposely-created insanity and danger openly acknowledge the insanity and danger and, for reasons of self-protection and survival, want it stopped as fast as possible.
Shannon Pettypiece / NBC News:
Major mail delivery delays raise concerns about voting in the 2024 elections — Residents and businesses nationwide have been reporting slowdowns in mail and package delivery by the U.S. Postal Service, raising concerns that mail-in ballots could be affected in the upcoming election.
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Washington Examiner, Raw Story and RedState
Shanti Das / The Guardian:
‘Extreme’ US anti-abortion group ramps up lobbying in Westminster — The UK branch of the Alliance Defending Freedom has increased its spending and is forging ties with key MPs — A rightwing Christian lobby group that wants abortion to be banned has forged ties with an adviser …
ProPublica:
Trump's Lawyers Told the Court That No One Would Give Him a Bond. Then He Got a Lifeline, but They Didn't Tell the Judges. — An appeals court reduced Trump's bond by more than 60% after his attorneys claimed it was a “practical impossibility” to pay the full amount.
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