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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Appeals court upholds Steve Bannon's conviction for defying Jan. 6 probe — The ruling could send the longtime Donald Trump adviser to federal prison. — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to Donald Trump …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Bannon's Contempt Conviction — Stephen Bannon, a longtime ally of Donald Trump, had been found guilty of defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. He now faces a four-month prison sentence. — A federal appeals court on Friday upheld …
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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 …
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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 …
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Politico, New York Times, WRIC-TV and USA Today
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israeli war cabinet votes to expand Rafah operation area, amid growing U.S. concerns … - The third source said the approved expansion includes actions that could be interpreted by the U.S. as crossing Biden's red line. … - The three sources said the cabinet also instructed …
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Alexander Ward / Politico:
‘We would need to make choices’: Why Biden is threatening Israel now
‘We would need to make choices’: Why Biden is threatening Israel now
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Mike Wendling / BBC:
Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat
Gaza war: Netanyahu vows to defeat Hamas in Rafah despite US arms threat
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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 …
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 …
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Politico:
Kari Lake keeps giving Republicans new reasons to worry — 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.
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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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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.”
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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” …
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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The Hill, USA Today, Raw Story and Mother Jones
Muvija M / Reuters:
Elderly climate activists damage Magna Carta case at British Library — Two climate protesters aged 82 and 85 smashed parts of the reinforced case holding an original text of the Magna Carta in the British Library in London on Friday before the pair - one an Anglican priest - were stopped by security staff.
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Karen Townsend / HotAir:
Riot Charges Dismissed by El Paso Judge Against 211 Illegal Aliens — El Paso County Judge Ruben Morales dismissed rioting charges against 211 illegal aliens. — On March 21, hundreds of illegal immigrants stampeded the southern border at El Paso to cross into Texas.
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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.
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Is Not Invincible — In the folk wisdom of recent American politics, Donald Trump is a figure of herculean invulnerability to traditional scandal. What lands as a crippling blow to most politicians leaves nary a scratch on Trump, who effortlessly deflected the slings and arrows …
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Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
GOP rep files impeachment articles using Dem precedent set during Trump administration — Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills accused Biden of a ‘quid pro quo’ — FIRST ON FOX: Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., formally filed articles of impeachment against President Biden on Friday over his recent comments …
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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 …
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 …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Raging Solar Storm Could Bring Northern Lights and Communications Snafus — FLARING UP — NOAA officials have issued a “Severe G4” level of space storm watch for the first time in almost 20 years. — A huge burst of energy produced by a powerful solar storm could strike the Earth as early as Friday …
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US Department of Justice:
Billionaire Chinese National Sentenced to Seven Months in Prison and Removal from United States for Straw Donor Campaign Contribution Scheme and Other Frauds — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York — Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip …
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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 …
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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.
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