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12:50 PM ET, March 28, 2021

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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Biden receives high marks on COVID-19, lags on immigration, guns: POLL  —  There are warning signs for Biden's “long-term” agenda, a new poll finds.  —  Pressure remains on what to do about crisis at the border  —  A delegation of Congressional Republicans, who visited a detention center …
Discussion: The Hill and New York Post
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Mallory Newall / Ipsos:
Three-quarters approve of Biden's coronavirus vaccine response
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
CNN:
Birx recalls ‘very difficult’ phone call from Trump following her Covid-19 warnings  —  (CNN)Dr. Deborah Birx revealed in a CNN documentary clip released Sunday that she received a “very uncomfortable” and “very difficult” phone call from Donald Trump after speaking publicly about the spread …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, KRDO and Insider
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New York Times:
The C.D.C.'s ex-director offers no evidence in favoring speculation that the coronavirus originated in a lab.
Discussion: CNN
Politico:
'He's toast': GOP leaves Raffensperger twisting in the wind  —  The former president is obsessed with defeating him next year.  He's getting mauled by his own state party.  Last week alone, a Republican congressman announced he'd challenge in the primary and the state legislature voted to strip his office of some official powers.
Kelly Mena / CNN:
Former Trump chief of staff calls ex-President's Capitol riot claims ‘manifestly false’  —  (CNN)The former chief of staff to ex-President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed back against his former boss' recent attempt to whitewash the history of the January 6 Capitol riot.
Discussion: Insider, HillReporter.com and The Hill
Washington Post:
‘Vaccine passports’ are on the way, but developing them won't be easy  —  White House-led effort tries to corral more than a dozen initiatives  —  The Biden administration and private companies are working to develop a standard way of handling credentials — often referred to as …
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Sidney Powell's ‘Just Kidding’ Defense Is Seriously, Literally Nuts  —  When people enter into the political arena, invent crazy conspiracy theories, and stoke violence and sedition, millions of Americans do take them seriously. … During the 2016 presidential campaign …
Nicholas Rowan / Washington Examiner:
Supreme Court sits on potentially blockbuster abortion case  —  The Supreme Court is sitting on a petition in a Mississippi abortion case that could blow the lid off Roe v. Wade.  —  The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, has been before the court since September without a word from the justices.
Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
We need to stop overlooking one politically incorrect COVID-19 death factor  —  The United States has the 13th highest COVID-19 death rate relative to population.  Many different factors shaped death rates in the pandemic.  But there's one uncomfortable reason that the U.S. likely experienced …
David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Census data delay scrambles plans for state redistricting  —  Stymied by delayed census data needed for redistricting, some states are considering postponing their 2022 primaries or turning to other population estimates to start the once-a-decade task of redrawing voting districts used for U.S. House and state legislative elections.
Discussion: The Hill
Delta News Hub:
Delta statement on SB202  —  Delta issued the following statement from CEO Ed Bastian on Friday following passage of election bills by the Georgia General Assembly.  —  Delta believes that full and equal access to voting is a fundamental right for all citizens.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Border tour: Senators heckled by ‘coyotes,’ Biden officials tried to block photos  —  Republican senators on a two-day whirlwind tour of several border facilities were heckled by Mexican “coyotes” across the Rio Grande and told not to take photos of holding areas crammed with children.
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Laura Ingraham:
Trump Says He Will Visit Southern Border
Discussion: New York Post and Fox News
American Greatness:
Christopher Lasch vs. the Elites of Our Time  —  One of the most trenchant critics and historians of American culture died more than 25 years ago.  What do his writings tell us about the present crisis?  Turns out, quite a lot.  —  Several friends who have been reading the work …
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Swiss Billionaire Joins the Bidding for Tribune Publishing  —  The philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss has teamed with the Maryland hotel executive Stewart Bainum in a bid to upend Alden Global Capital's plan to acquire the newspaper chain.  —  An octogenarian Swiss billionaire who makes …
Mica Soellner / Washington Examiner:
Blinken dodges questions on whether US will pursue repercussions on China's alleged role in pandemic  —  Secretary of State Tony Blinken was hesitant to say whether the Biden administration plans to take steps to hold China accountable for what he once called a lack of transparency over how the country handled the pandemic early on.
Discussion: Twitchy
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump the X-factor in Virginia governor race  —  Former President Trump is already deeply involved in the 2022 midterm elections, headlining fundraisers and backing primary challengers, but he has yet to weigh in on one of this November's few races: the vote for Virginia's next governor.
Tara Reade / RT:
‘Enemy’ leader or dissident like me, Democrat media's playbook is the same - demonize, dehumanize, delegitimize  —  Whether you are an American citizen daring to oppose the leadership or the leader of a nation designated ‘adversarial’, the methods of character assassination Washington's PR machine hits you with are not much different.
Meg Cunningham / ABC News:
Bipartisanship key to successful voting reform: GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan  —  Sen. Dan Sullivan, R- Alaska, appeared on ABC's “This Week.”  —  Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.  —  Brandon Bell-Pool via Getty Images, FILE  —  Bipartisan efforts are the key …
Discussion: The Hill
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
‘A Very Big Problem.’ Giant Ship in the Suez Remains Stuck.  —  A tiny Egyptian village has a front-row seat to the unfolding effort to dislodge the container ship that ran aground in the canal, holding up $10 billion in global trade every day.  —  MANSHIYET RUGOLA, Egypt …
Discussion: The Western Journal
 
 
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Stephanie McCrummen / Washington Post:
'We're going to take care of you, okay?'  —  In Alabama, the scramble to get vaccines to the people in greatest need
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
FBI whiffs again on Colorado mass shooting suspect
Leia Larsen / Salt Lake Tribune:
Republican women say they experienced a toxic environment in the Salt Lake County GOP
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
New Trade Representative Says U.S. Isn't Ready to Lift China Tariffs
Discussion: The Week
Brett T. / Twitchy:
US Special Operations Command welcomes aboard its new chief of diversity and inclusion (who compared Trump to Hitler)
Discussion: Instapundit
Masha Gessen / New Yorker:
The Movement to Exclude Trans Girls from Sports
Discussion: Althouse
David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Bombs That Never Went Off
 Earlier Items: 
Kyle Jaeger / Marijuana Moment:
New York Marijuana Legalization Bill Is Officially Released, With Votes Planned Within Days
Sean Hannity:
CAUGHT CHEATING: Biden Relied on Notes, Pictures, Prepared Statements During First Press Briefing
Rubén Rosario / WSVN-TV:
At least 114 killed in Myanmar in deadliest day since start of protests
Discussion: Reuters, Al Jazeera and KRDO
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
He's a Famous Evangelical Preacher, but His Kids Wish He'd Pipe Down
New York Times:
A Collapse Foretold: How Brazil's Covid-19 Outbreak Overwhelmed Hospitals
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money