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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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Washington Post:
Trump in ‘full sprint’ to close Biden's money lead as legal bills mount — Donald Trump is in a “full sprint” to narrow President Biden's substantial fundraising advantage, and talked to or met with big-money donors almost every day this week ahead of a planned blowout gala in Palm Beach on Saturday night …
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MeidasTouch, New York Post, Raw Story, Politico, NBC News, The Hill, Fox News and The American Conservative
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden campaign raises $90M in March, enters second quarter with $192M on hand — The Biden campaign on Saturday announced a staggering haul of $90 million in the month of March, buoyed by a major New York City fundraiser and another strong month of grassroots donations.
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Washington Examiner and Associated Press
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Biden campaign announces pulling in $90M in March — The president's war chest swamps that of former President Donald Trump — even if Biden is still struggling in the polls. — President Joe Biden's campaign said it raised $90 million in March, a sum that's likely to grow …
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Vanity Fair, Bloomberg, KDFX-TV and Daily Caller News Foundation
NPR:
March fundraising numbers show Biden significantly outpacing Trump — The Biden reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee significantly outraised former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the month of March, according to new fundraising numbers released by the Biden campaign today.
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Fox News, USA Today, HuffPost, Axios, New York Post, NBC News, CBS News and New York Times
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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Associated Press, Forbes, Washington Times and Bloomberg
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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Digby's Hullabaloo and Raw Story
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.
Discussion:
Fox News and PoliticusUSA
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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Reuters, Business Insider, Washington Examiner and Alternet.org
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.
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
NATO chief's final battle: Protecting Ukraine from Trump, US — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is putting his legacy behind a final push to shore up international support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. — The secretary-general, who will step down later this year …
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Interfax-Ukraine
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
The Trump Docket: A window into Trump's ‘private’ acts on Jan. 6 may soon be opened by a federal judge — Very soon, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., is expected to issue a ruling that could expose key pieces of discovery that some lawyers say prove Donald Trump acted in his “private” …
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Raw Story
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Trump relies on a doctor who is a member of his golf club to vouch for his health — Former president has declined to release details about his own condition beyond a short letter from his physician, contrasting with Biden's detailed report — BEDMINSTER, N.J. — As former president Donald Trump escalated …
Sandra Fish / The Colorado Sun:
Lauren Boebert secures top spot on Republican primary ballot in Colorado's 4th Congressional District — PUEBLO — U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert's name will be first on the June 25 Republican primary ballot in Colorado's 4th Congressional District after she won the district's GOP nominating assembly Friday.
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Washington Examiner, Colorado Newsline and The Hill
Molly Ball / Wall Street Journal:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Leading the Charge to Oust Mike Johnson. Will Anyone Follow? — 'Drama's inconvenient,' lightning-rod Georgia Republican says. ‘But the people are fed up.’
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Raw Story, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, USA Today, New York Magazine and Politico
Erin Mansfield / USA Today:
Voter ID and absentee-ballot limits: the South tightens key voting laws ahead of election — When Michael McClanahan was growing up, his grandmother would tell him stories about what it was like to vote during the pre-Civil Rights era in their small town in northwest Louisiana.
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Wisconsin Watch
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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Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, Alternet.org, Washington Examiner, NBC News and Politico
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.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Bloomberg:
China Providing Geospatial Intelligence to Russia, US Warns — Blinken briefed European allies on scope of Chinese support — China said to have stepped up help for Russian war on Ukraine — The US is warning allies that China has stepped up its support for Russia …
Discussion:
Washington Examiner
Debbie Kelley / Gazette:
Verdict: Colorado Springs-area resident found guilty on all charges in Capitol breach trial in D.C. — After a lengthy deliberation that's been rare for Capitol breach cases, Falcon resident Rebecca Lavrenz, known on social media as the “J6 Praying Grandma,” was convicted …
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The Gateway Pundit, Denver Post, Mediaite, The Colorado Sun, Media Matters for America and The Federalist
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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Trump embraces woman convicted of Jan. 6 crimes, helps raise money for legal costs
Trump embraces woman convicted of Jan. 6 crimes, helps raise money for legal costs
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NBC News
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Robert F Kennedy Jr vows to investigate January 6 prosecutions for political bias
Robert F Kennedy Jr vows to investigate January 6 prosecutions for political bias
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CNN, Associated Press, Balloon Juice, ABC News, MeidasTouch, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Vanity Fair, New York Times, Raw Story, Althouse, Rolling Stone, Axios and NBC News