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5:35 PM ET, March 4, 2023

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CNN:
Trump seeks to block Pence's grand jury testimony in 2020 election interference probe  —  Former President Donald Trump has asked a federal court to block former Vice President Mike Pence from speaking to a grand jury about certain matters covered by executive privilege as part …
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump easily wins CPAC straw poll  —  Former President Donald Trump easily won the Conservative Political Action Conference's (CPAC) closely watched straw poll on Saturday, notching a symbolic win among the Republican grassroots as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024.
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New York Times:
Eyeing DeSantis, Trump Readies for a Long Primary Battle  —  Donald Trump will be basking in affection from activists at CPAC on Saturday.  But his campaign is preparing for an ugly, protracted primary fight for the nomination.  —  OXON HILL, Md. — Inside the MAGA-clad corridors …
Wall Street Journal:
Twitter's Revenue, Adjusted Earnings Fell About 40% in Month of December  —  The company recently made a first interest payment to banks that lent $13 billion to help pay for Elon Musk's buyout, people familiar with the matter said  —  Twitter Inc. reported a drop in revenue and adjusted earnings …
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Erin Woo / The Information:
Musk Delayed Paying Twitter's Amazon Cloud Bill, Sparking Ad Threat
Nancy Cook / Bloomberg:
Between Rounds of Golf, Trump's Searching for the Perfect DeSantis Diss  —  Holed up at his resort in Palm Beach, Florida, former President Donald Trump spends many mornings golfing and then, in the afternoons, plots his political comeback.  —  Maybe he'll shoot videos on policy proposals for his latest presidential campaign.
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
The last New Jersey reporter on Capitol Hill just got laid off  —  Jonathan Salant covered Washington on behalf of Newark's Star-Ledger for a decade.  Now, the same elected officials he scrutinized are protesting the decision to eliminate his job.  —  Anyone elected to Congress from New Jersey …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi untethered: The former speaker revels in newfound freedom  —  The former speaker isn't in charge of anything now but is doing exactly what she wants in what some call ‘Pelosi 3.0’  —  BALTIMORE — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) felt that sense of tension, or agita as her Italian family might say …
Discussion: Publishers Weekly
Ruby Cramer / Washington Post:
A life in Congress: Lauren Underwood learns what it costs  —  As a single Black woman in the House, the 36-year-old Illinois Democrat tries to balance who she is versus what she does.  —  Was this what she signed up for?  —  Not exactly.  But Lauren Underwood was here to do the job …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Former Trump Adviser Kellyanne Conway and George Conway Are Planning to Divorce  —  The political odd couple had bewildered Washington when Ms. Conway was serving as an adviser to President Donald J. Trump and her husband was one of his fiercest critics.  —  WASHINGTON — Kellyanne Conway …
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Page Six:
Kellyanne Conway and George Conway to divorce after 22 years of marriage
Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway's Hubby Shades Trump After Divorce Reports
Discussion: CNBC
Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
At CPAC, A Call For Trans People To Be ‘Eradicated’ Gets Big Cheers  —  The conservative movement's annual confab was creepily obsessed with trans kids and showcased the GOP's alarming and intensifying anti-trans rhetoric.  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Thousands of conservatives …
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Dems want to cut Fox off after lawsuit revelations  —  The thunderclap of stories showing Fox News' role in pushing 2020 election fraud conspiracies and aiding Donald Trump's campaign has intensified calls among Democrats to black out the network.  —  The revelations, made public as part …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Republicans at CPAC make false claims about Biden, Zelensky, the FBI and children  —  The Conservative Political Action Conference is underway in Maryland.  And the members of Congress, former government officials and conservative personalities who spoke at the conference on Thursday …
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Syria mission worth the risk, top U.S. general says after rare visit  —  The nearly eight-year-old U.S. deployment to Syria to combat Islamic State is still worth the risk, the top U.S. military officer said on Saturday, after a rare, unannounced visit to a dusty base in the country's northeast to meet U.S. troops.
NBC News:
Biden bucks liberals and tells Democrats to get tough on crime  —  WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's decision Thursday on a local crime law is sending a national message to fellow Democrats about how he thinks they should address Republican criticism of the nation's rising crime rates.
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Republicans Use Arcane Political Tactic to Thwart Democrats
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Former Army Private Sentenced to 45 Years in Neo-Nazi Plot to Kill Soldiers  —  Prosecutors said he planned an attack on his own U.S. Army unit, sharing sensitive details about it with a white supremacist, neo-Nazi and pro-jihadist group.  —  A former U.S. Army private was sentenced on Friday …
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert / Insider:
Florida courts could take ‘emergency’ custody of kids with trans parents or siblings — even if they live in another state  — Florida Senate Bill 254 would grant courts emergency custody of kids who receive gender-affirming care.  — The bill, introduced Friday, would also allow …
Peter Beaumont / The Guardian:
Race to get last children out of Bakhmut as city becomes ‘hell on earth’  —  With Russian forces closing in, police try to persuade remaining citizens to get out and access routes come under fire  —  War breeds euphemism and metaphor.  In the battle for the Donbas city of Bakhmut …
NBC News:
Marianne Williamson announces another longshot presidential bid  —  Marianne Williamson, the self-help author and spiritual adviser, launched her 2024 presidential campaign Saturday in an unlikely space: Union Station, the Washington, D.C., transportation hub where commuters catch Amtrak and metro trains.
Hayden Vernon / The Guardian:
Russian minister's claim Ukraine war ‘launched against us’ met with laughter  —  Sergei Lavrov says Moscow ‘trying to stop’ war in remarks at India's Raisina Dialogue conference  —  Comments by Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, were met with laughter at an international conference in India …
iaea.org:
Joint Statement by the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)  —  Video Video of (2023-03-04) Press Conference with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi  —  IAEA Director General H. E. Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi visited the Islamic Republic of Iran on 3 and 4 March 2023.
Susannah George / Washington Post:
Divorced and remarried, these Afghan women are outlaws under Taliban rule  —  Taliban law has voided thousands of divorces, experts say, and many remarried women are now considered adulterers  —  KABUL — After her stepfather sold her into marriage at the age of 13 to support his drug habit …
Washington Post:
In a crowded place, a face mask or respirator keeps the virus away  —  The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, a respected biomedical journal, surprised the public recently with a peer-reviewed article raising doubts about the effectiveness of wearing face masks and respirators during the pandemic.
Fox News:
Former Vice President Mike Pence reveals his potential 2024 advantage if he launches a White House run … Mike Pence on his potential 2024 presidential advantage: ‘The American people love competition’  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. - EXCLUSIVE: Former Vice President Mike Pence says Republican voters' familiarity …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CBS News
Blake Brittain / Reuters:
U.S. court says French, Swiss groups cannot restrict ‘gruyere’ cheese label  —  The name “gruyere” can be used to label cheeses from outside of the Gruyère region of Switzerland and France, a U.S. appeals court said on Friday, in a victory for U.S. dairy groups and others.
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and Reuters
 
 
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