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8:30 AM ET, March 21, 2023

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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Inside the 3 Months That Could Cost Fox $1.6 Billion  —  The decision by Fox News executives in November 2020 to treat the more hard-right Newsmax as a mortal threat spawned a possibly more serious danger.  —  Since 2002, when Fox News first overtook CNN as the most-watched cable news channel …
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The Daily Beast:
Fox News Tries to Silence a Tucker Carlson Producer Threatening to Reveal Internal Convos
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Stop Overthinking It: An Indictment Would Be Bad For Trump  —  Yes, the Trump diehards can be expected to rise up against Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.  But that still wouldn't earn him a single additional vote.  By ALEXANDER BURNS The widely expected indictment of Donald Trump in Manhattan …
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Erica Orden / Politico:
By-the-book DA confronts unpredictable opponent in Trump Progressive policies pushed by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg have made him a convenient target for Trump, who has a history of claiming bias by those investigating him.  —  NEW YORK — As an indictment looms for Donald Trump …
New York Times:
For the G.O.P., a Looming Trump Indictment Takes Center Stage  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida spoke on Monday about Donald Trump's expected indictment, as Republicans weighed whether to heed the former president's call to protest.  —  Republicans on Monday braced for the impact …
NBC News:
With possible indictment looming, Trump dominates House Republican retreat  —  House Republicans are supposed to be huddling in Florida this week to talk about policy and messaging.  Instead, once again, they're having to discuss Donald Trump.  —  ORLANDO, Florida — They came to a sunny …
Fox News:
Trump probe: law enforcement don't expect arraignment until next week, virtual option not considered … Law enforcement officials met behind closed doors Monday to discuss the logistics of arraigning former President Trump following his possible indictment over hush-money payments …
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Rachel Maddow Obliterates The Right's Trump Indictment Hysteria
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey Blehar / National Review:   Just Shut It, Donny  —  Donald Trump's penchant for verbal intemperance is nothing new …
Politico:
Trump indictment could land soon, sending law enforcement scrambling
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy's desperate plea to MAGA reveals a glaring GOP failure
Kimberly Leonard / Insider:
DeSantis breaks his silence on the ‘manufactured circus’ around expected Trump indictment: 'I don't know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star'
Politico:
Trump seeks to stave off another indictment — this time in Georgia
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
DeSantis Jabs Trump Over Potential NY Hush-Money Indictment
Thom Hartmann / Raw Story:
America has ignored GOP crimes for long enough — it's time to put Trump in prison
Discussion: The Nation
Gary Fineout / Politico:
DeSantis says he won't get involved with Trump's potential indictment ‘in any way’
Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
George W. Bush misrepresented our work at CIA to sell the Iraq invasion.  It's time to call him what he is: ‘A liar.’ … Alice: Nobody in Washington comes out and calls Bush a liar.  Everybody is too polite.  They use some other term for what he did.  But he lied.  I want to be clear about what I mean by that.
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Matthew Loh / Insider:
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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HuffPost:
Dismal Crowd At NYC Trump Rally Despite Ex-Prez's Call For Action As Arrest Looms
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The war on drag shows  —  On February 3, the State of Florida filed an administrative complaint against the operators of the Plaza Live theater in Orlando for hosting a drag show.  According to the complaint, the drag show performed on December 28, 2022, at Plaza Live included …
Bloomberg:
US Studies Ways to Guarantee All Bank Deposits If Crisis Expands  —  US officials are studying ways they might temporarily expand Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. coverage to all deposits, a move sought by a coalition of banks arguing that it's needed to head off a potential financial crisis.
Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
Judge blocks California law requiring safety features for handguns  —  A federal judge on Monday blocked California from enforcing a state law requiring new semiautomatic handguns to have certain safety features, finding it violates the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
New York Times:
Comer, Republicans' Investigative Chief, Embraces Role of Biden Antagonist  —  The fourth-term Kentuckian and chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee has become an aggressive promoter of sinister-sounding claims about the president and his family.
Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Saudi Arabia frees American imprisoned over critical tweets  —  Saudi Arabia on Monday freed an American citizen, a 72-year-old Florida retiree, it had imprisoned for more than a year over his old tweets critical of the kingdom's crown prince, his son said.  Neither Saudi nor U.S. officials …
Discussion: CNN and New York Post
New York Times:
Who's Behind the Judicial Overhaul Now Dividing Israel?  Two New Yorkers.  —  Kohelet, the once-obscure think tank that conceived and now champions a revamped court system, is an American import.  —  Reporting from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv  —  As part of a recent “national day of resistance …
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Linda Carroll / NBC News:
Deadly fungal infection spreading at an alarming rate, CDC says  —  A drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus has been spreading rapidly through U.S. health care facilities, a new government study finds.  —  The fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris, or C. auris …
Geoff Ziezulewicz / Navy Times:
Petty officer died on secret mission after a roof collapse  —  A Navy cryptologic technician died during a secretive mission to an undisclosed country in 2021 after a freak windstorm caused part of the building in which her team was operating to collapse, according to an internal investigation obtained by Navy Times.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Washington Post:
Video shows Va. deputies pile on top of Irvo Otieno before his death  —  Seven sheriff's deputies and three hospital workers have been charged with murder in the case.  —  As many as 10 sheriff's deputies and medical staff at Virginia's Central State Hospital can be seen piling on top …
Discussion: NBC News
Washington Post:
Drone strikes, sabotage, shelling: Russia's war on Ukraine comes to Russia  —  Three drones buzzed through the night sky on Feb. 27 over Belgorod, a Russian city just a couple dozen miles from the Ukrainian border.  One drone smashed through the window of a sixth-floor apartment, startling a couple who were watching television.
Anne Applebaum / The Atlantic:
Zelensky Has an Answer for DeSantis  —  In an interview, the Ukrainian president makes a pragmatic case for continued American support.  —  Imagine that someone—perhaps a man from Florida, or maybe even a governor of Florida—criticized American support for Ukraine.
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Nikki Haley / Wall Street Journal:
China Wins if Russia Conquers Ukraine
 
 
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Brutal Things Republican Voters Say About Mike Pence
Discussion: New York Times
Tori Otten / New Republic:
South Carolina Abortion Bill Loses Co-Sponsors After Death Penalty Backlash
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
FBI data on good guys with guns called ‘garbage’ as critic finds many more cases
Discussion: RedState
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Gadfly Reporter Throws White House Presser Into Chaos With Over-the-Top Tantrum
Te-Ping Chen / Wall Street Journal:
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