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Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to two schools  —  School board members in Virginia's Shenandoah County voted early Friday to restore the names of two schools that previously honored Confederate leaders - four years after those names had been removed.
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Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff / Washington Post:
Virginia school board restores Confederate leaders' names to two schools  —  The change comes four years after the schools had removed the names during the national racial reckoning sparked by George Floyd's killing.  —  A Virginia school board voted to restore the names of two schools previously named …
Axios:
Biden's big donors fume over Israel criticism … - “Bad, Bad, Bad, decision, on all levels, Pls reconsider,” he wrote in a message obtained by Axios and other news outlets.  — He added: “Let's not forget that there are more Jewish voters, who care about Israel, than Muslim voters that care about Hamas.”
Discussion: New York Times, VINnews and IJR
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Alexander Ward / Politico:
‘We would need to make choices’: Why Biden is threatening Israel now
Mike Wendling / BBC:
Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat
Discussion: Reuters
NBC News:
Trump gets Barron's age wrong when asked about his youngest son's convention role  —  In an interview with Telemundo 51, Trump offered that Barron, who turned 18 in March, is 17 years old.  —  Former President Donald Trump misstated the age of his youngest son in an interview that aired Thursday …
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
The simple reason Republican Sunday show hits are disasters  —  It's hard to defend the indefensible. … Not so long ago, the Sunday morning news shows were a vital part of the political ecosphere.  Politicians and government officials clamored for the mainstream platform provided by ABC's This Week …
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Rubio Wants to Go From ‘Little Marco’ to Trump's VP  —  BIG GULP  —  Eight years after feuding with Trump about their relative penis sizes, Rubio is trying to glad-hand his way into The Donald's veep slot. … FROM ‘LITTLE MARCO’ TO VP CONTENDER  —  At Donald Trump's donor retreat …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
How Trump Should Choose a Vice President
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Doug Burgum emerges as an unlikely candidate to be Trump VP
Discussion: Fargo | KFGO and Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Biden to Quadruple Tariffs on Chinese EVs  —  Administration is preparing to announce higher levies on a range of Chinese goods next week  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is preparing to raise tariffs on clean-energy goods from China in the coming days, with the levy …
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Washington Post:
Trump team throws out GOP plan and builds a ‘leaner’ 2024 operation  —  The new plan calls for fewer offices, less staff and a focus on new partnerships with outside groups — raising concerns among some Republicans.  —  Donald Trump's 2020 campaign called itself a “juggernaut” …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Tamara Qiblawi / CNN:
Strapped down, blindfolded, held in diapers: Israeli whistleblowers detail abuse of Palestinians in shadowy detention center  —  By CNN's International Investigations and Visuals teams  —  Sde Teiman, Israel CNN —  At a military base that now doubles as a detention center in Israel's Negev desert …
Max Greenwood / Yahoo News:
Rick Scott tries to rewrite history on $1.7 billion Medicare fraud controversy  —  Conventional political wisdom would typically advise candidates to steer clear of mentioning their past controversies.  —  But U.S. Sen. Rick Scott went out of his way, quite literally, on Thursday …
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats' Surprise Campaign Play: Embracing Border Security  —  Republicans blamed Biden for surge in illegal crossings but blocked bipartisan deal  —  WASHINGTON—Some House Democrats are leaning into border security on the campaign trail after years of playing defense against Republican criticism …
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Politico:
Republicans are starting to wonder how hard to back Kari Lake  —  Lake keeps reversing her own positions and stirring up feuds, and some in the GOP see other states as better targets this fall.  —  National Republicans embraced Kari Lake's Arizona Senate bid, reasoning she was likely to win the primary with or without their support.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jasper Goodman / Politico:
Crypto is Trump's new weapon against Biden  —  It's the first time crypto has become an issue in the general election of a presidential race.  —  Donald Trump is making presidential history all over again: He's poised to be the first major party nominee to court cryptocurrency traders.
Washington Post:
Paul Manafort, poised to rejoin Trump world, aided Chinese media deal  —  The former Trump campaign chairman, who's likely to help manage this summer's GOP convention, resumed consulting work after being pardoned in 2020.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump White House aide Steve Bannon loses appeal of contempt of Congress conviction … Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, arrives to federal court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.  —  A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the criminal contempt …
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Hoping tensions ease, House Republicans still brace for more drama  —  Many House Republicans don't believe Marjorie Taylor Greene and other agitators are going to “move on” as Speaker Mike Johnson hopes.  —  Shortly after House lawmakers overwhelming rejected Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's attempt …
Discussion: Boing Boing
Axios:
Trump's trial trap: Voters to be his most important jury … - “It really is an all-or-nothing strategy in the sense that the delaying tactic could be a complete victory if he were to be elected president,” said Robert Mintz, a former federal prosecutor.  — Judges have latitude in sentencing …
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
A top Biden aide highlights a coming showdown with GOP over 2017 tax cuts that are due to expire  —  The Biden White House wants voters to know about its differences with Republicans over taxes, with a top aide making the case for higher rates on corporations and the ultra-wealthy.
Thomas Zimmer / Democracy Americana:
The Students Have Never Been the Enemy  —  Has there ever been a student protest movement that wasn't immediately derided by the political center and mainstream elite opinion as too radical, deluded, misguided, counter-productive, and dangerous?  —  That is certainly the prevailing opinion yet again …
Alexander Ward / Politico:
US to announce new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine  —  The package includes new Patriot missiles, Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, Bradley fighting vehicles, MRAPs, Javelin anti-armor systems and other munitions.  —  The United States will announce a new $400 million military aid package …
Discussion: Reuters
Wall Street Journal:
Corporate America Is Sitting Out the Trump-Biden Rematch  —  Business leaders felt in 2020 that they couldn't afford to stay silent on social and political issues.  In 2024, many hope to take a quieter approach.
 
 
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Is Not Invincible  —  In the folk wisdom of recent American politics …
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Los Angeles Times:
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Politico:
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Bloomberg:
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The Cornell Daily Sun:
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New York Times:
At a Dinner, Trump Assailed Climate Rules and Asked $1 Billion From Big Oil
Amanda Yen / The Daily Beast:
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House GOP drafting Biden impeachment articles over Israel aid cutoff threat
Reuters:
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Matthew Haag / New York Times:
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