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10:25 PM ET, March 19, 2023

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New York Times:
Trump Grand Jury Could Hear From Critic of Prosecution's Star Witness  —  The grand jury considering the hush-money case against Mr. Trump might hear the testimony of lawyer Robert J. Costello, a critic of the ex-president's fixer.  —  A Manhattan grand jury that is expected to vote soon …
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump in panic mode as he braces for likely charges in Stormy Daniels case  —  Manhattan district attorney expected to file criminal charges against ex-president for payment to adult film star in 2016  —  Donald Trump is bracing for his most legally perilous week since he left the White House …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Dissecting Charges That Could Arise From the Trump Investigations  —  Prosecutors in New York, Georgia and the Justice Department face complex choices about what crimes to charge if they decide to indict Donald Trump.  —  WASHINGTON — Prosecutors like to say that they investigate crimes, not people.
Michael Rothfeld / New York Times:
Inside the Payoff to a Porn Star That Could Lead to Trump's Indictment  —  Manhattan prosecutors investigating a payout to Stormy Daniels may be poised to make Donald J. Trump the first former president ever to be criminally indicted.  —  Rothfeld, an investigative reporter on the Metro desk …
New York Times:
Trump Allies Pressure DeSantis to Weigh In on Expected Indictment  —  The effort previews how an indictment would jolt the still-nascent race for the Republican presidential nomination — and perhaps already has.  —  Former President Donald J. Trump's political operation is trying to use …
Politico:
Why an indictment may help Trump — and threaten the GOP
emptywheel:
Pavlov's Press Corps: Trump Once Again Got Journalists to Willingly Serve as His Incitement Mules
Discussion: The Jewish Press
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Proud Boys bloodied and jailed during NYC drag queen story hour protest  —  Clashes between Proud Boys and counter-protesters led to at least one arrest on Sunday.  —  The incidents occurred on 7th Avenue in New York City at the Drag Queen Story Hour with Attorney General Letitia James event.
Discussion: New York Daily News
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Ty Ross / Washington Press:
DRAGGED: Proud Boys get beat up at NYC drag queen story hour
Discussion: The Post Millennial
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
ABC's Jon Karl Confronts Pence With Stunning Audio of Trump Defending ‘Hang Mike Pence!’  Chanters: He's ‘Justifying’ People ‘Calling for You to Be Hanged!’  —  Former Vice President Mike Pence faced an intense interview from ABC News's Jon Karl — during which he was forced to directly respond …
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New York Times:
UBS Agrees to Buy Rival Credit Suisse  —  In a deal brokered by the Swiss government, Switzerland's largest bank will buy its smaller rival for about $3.2 billion.  —  Michael de la Merced, Maureen Farrell and Andrew Ross Sorkin cover global finance from London and New York.
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Financial Times:
UBS agrees to buy Credit Suisse for more than $2bn
Politico:
McCarthy pushes back against Trump's calls for protests: ‘We want calmness out there’  —  Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday pushed back on Donald Trump's calls for protests if he is ultimately indicted, instead calling for “calmness” and urging against any violence.
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John Walcott / Foreign Affairs:
Why the Press Failed on Iraq … Twenty years ago, the George W. Bush administration invaded Iraq to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and eliminate the weapons of mass destruction (WMD) officials said he had.  Getting the American public to support a war against a country that had not attacked …
Discussion: New York Times
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Why white Christian nationalists are in such a panic  —  You might find it strange that a large segment of the Republican base thinks Whites are the true victims of racism and that Christians are under attack.  After all, America's biggest racial group is still Whites; the most common religious affiliation remains Christianity.
Faiz Siddiqui / Washington Post:
How Elon Musk knocked Tesla's ‘Full Self-Driving’ off course  —  Tesla's campaign to deliver a fully autonomous vehicle has suffered amid mounting safety concerns — and the boss's Twitter distraction  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Long before he became “Chief Twit” of Twitter, Elon Musk had a different obsession …
Discussion: IJR, more at Techmeme »
Daniel W. Drezner / Politico:
Is the United States Creating a ‘Legion of Doom’?  —  Moscow has directed a lot of vitriol toward the West over the past year.  The volume of that rhetoric sometimes drowns out an awkward fact about Moscow's foreign policy reorientation away from the West and toward allies like China and Iran …
Discussion: HotAir
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Sen. Warren calls for lifting deposit insurance cap, blasts Fed  —  A longtime critic of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell, she also urged the Fed to pause its rate hikes  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Sunday called on Congress to lift the federal insurance levels …
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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
DeSantis's pivotal service at Guantánamo during a violent year  —  “Hey, you can actually force-feed,” Ron DeSantis advised, which detainee lawyers said amounted to torture  —  Ron DeSantis was a 27-year-old Navy lawyer fresh out of Harvard Law School when he arrived in Guantánamo Bay …
Rachel M. Cohen / Vox:
Stop requiring college degrees for jobs that don't need them  —  Employers are finally tearing down the “paper ceiling” in hiring.  —  When President Joe Biden recently touted the hundreds of billions of dollars invested into American manufacturing in the last two years …
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Businesses in Phoenix Struggle As Homelessness Crisis Continues  —  As homelessness overwhelms downtown Phoenix, a small business wonders how long it can hang on.  —  Reporting from Phoenix  —  He had been coming into work at the same sandwich shop at the same exact time every weekday morning …
Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
GOP donor faces trial on charges of sex trafficking minors  —  A formerly well-connected Republican donor, accused of plying petite, vulnerable teenage girls with cash, liquor and gifts, goes on trial Tuesday on federal charges of sex trafficking minors.  Anton “Tony” Lazzaro is charged …
 
 
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Max de Haldevang / Bloomberg:
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Discussion: Fox News
The White House:
Readout of President Joe Biden's Call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel
Politico:
Abortion on the ballot? Not if these Republican lawmakers can help it
Discussion: National Review and Plain Dealer
Francesca Ebel / Washington Post:
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Voters of color are a big reason Trump leads the GOP primary
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 18, 2023  —  Rumors that he is about to be indicted in New York in connection …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Jessica Piper / Politico:
George Santos never filed a key financial disclosure. Enforcement has been lax for years.
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
How Midwest roots shaped Ron DeSantis' political values and perspective
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Memo: CNN's Poppy Harlow is leaving the network; she joined in 2008 and most recently co-hosted CNN This Morning, which was effectively canceled earlier in 2024

 
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