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11:50 PM ET, March 31, 2024

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Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Caitlyn Jenner ‘Disgusted’ Over Trans Day Of Visibility Being On Easter  —  Transgender Day of Visibility has been on March 31 since its inception in 2009.  Easter is a different date each year, however.  —  LOADING  —  Caitlyn Jenner, a trans woman, wrote on social media Saturday that she is …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Here's what Trump and Biden said in their Easter messages  —  President Biden and former President Trump shared starkly different Easter messages Sunday.  —  Biden marked the holy day with a solemn message, while Trump lashed out at political opponents in an all-caps post on Truth Social.
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
The Trump camp and the White House clash over Biden's recognition of ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’  —  President Joe Biden is facing criticism from Donald Trump's campaign and religious conservatives for proclaiming March 31 — which corresponds with Easter Sunday this year — as “Transgender Day of Visibility.”
Peter Wade / Rolling Stone:
Trump Launches Another Attack on Judge's Daughter, This Time with Photos  —  The former president accused Judge Juan Merchan's daughter of presenting a conflict of interest, possibly violating a gag order  —  Donald Trump launched yet another attack against the daughter …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
David McAfee / Raw Story:
NBC host under fire for ‘profoundly irresponsible’ reporting on Trump's judicial attacks  —  NBC host Kristen Welker is in hot water after a report in which she told viewers that Donald Trump's attacks against the daughter of a judge in the former president's criminal case are a “reminder” that this is a “deeply divided nation.”
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
GOP congressman tempers ‘Nagasaki and Hiroshima’ comments on Gaza: ‘I used a metaphor’  —  Rep. Tim Walberg said he really wasn't advocating using nuclear weapons.  —  Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) on Sunday said that his recent comment that the war in Gaza should “be like Nagasaki and Hiroshima” was not meant to be taken literally.
Associated Press:
Turkey's opposition appears set to retain key cities, preliminary local election results show  —  Turkey's main opposition party appeared set to retain its control over key cities in Sunday's local elections, preliminary results showed, in a major upset to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan …
The Insider:
“Unit 29155's scope is global for conducting lethal operations and acts of sabotage.  Their mission is to find, fix, and finish, all in support of Vladimir Putin's imperial dreams."  —  Originally conceived as a training unit within the GRU, it was reorganized and expanded in 2008 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Axios
CNN:
Embittered Republicans plot to knock off House GOP's hard-right leader in Virginia primary feud  —  Rep. Derrick Van Orden is done with Rep. Bob Good.  —  Good, the leader of the House Freedom Caucus and one of eight Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership …
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Conservatives shell long-standing White House Easter Egg contest  —  Conservative outlets zeroed in on a flyer banning religious themes from an Easter Egg decorating contest, though the policy has been in place for decades, according to the White House.  —  Several conservative outlets did not …
Politico:
Trump's VP search is starting to get serious  —  The former president is considering around a dozen contenders, though the list is in flux.  —  Donald Trump's aides are vetting potential vice presidential candidates at Mar-a-Lago as the former president floats an expansive list of names in private conversations.
Daniel Borunda / El Paso Times:
El Paso judge orders release of migrants accused of ‘border riot’  —  An El Paso magistrate judge on Easter Sunday ordered the release of migrants accused in a “border riot” when a stampede overwhelmed National Guard troops along the Rio Grande.  —  Court officials noted that undocumented migrants …
Emmanuel Felton / Washington Post:
Baltimore mayor weathers racist attacks after bridge collapse  —  It was just after 1:30 Tuesday morning when Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D) says he received the call from the city's fire chief.  —  “He said, 'Sir, the Key Bridge collapsed,” said Scott, who was awake with a 3-month-old child when the call came in.
Politico:
Hill GOP to Trump: Tamp down the talk of grudges and Jan. 6  —  Donald Trump's bid to oust a Florida Republican who backed Ron DeSantis over him is reviving a long-running GOP anxiety: that he can't be dissuaded from the grudges and inflammatory rhetoric that plagued his party's lawmakers during his first term.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Democrats hope Biden could get a boost from down-ballot races under Wisconsin's new legislative map
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CBS News:
Transcript: Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott on “Face the Nation,” March 31, 2024
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Former RNC chair dissects Ronna McDaniel's NBC ouster
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Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
The “martyrdom” of Donald J. Trump
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Crews carefully start removing first piece of twisted steel from collapsed Baltimore bridge
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AT&T resets account passcodes after millions of customer records leak online
 

 
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Bill Donahue / Billboard:
Drake launches legal action against UMG and Spotify for allegedly using bots, payola, and more to inflate Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us, a track attacking Drake

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: NBC's new deal with Macy's to keep the Thanksgiving Day Parade on NBC and Peacock has an average annual fee of $60M+, up from ~$20M in the current deal

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Filing: Disney agrees to pay $43.25M to settle a 2019 lawsuit over pay equity for up to 14,000 female Disney employees; the trial was set to begin in May 2025

 
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