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8:35 PM ET, March 7, 2024

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Brian Melley / ABC News:
Trump is ordered to pay legal fees after failed lawsuit over the Steele dossier  —  Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay legal fees to a company founded by a former British spy that he sued for making what he claimed were false claims that harmed his reputation
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump's Money Problems Are Very Real and Very Bad  —  His political fortunes may be looking up, but his business problems are dire.  —  The danger posed to Donald Trump's finances by two recent judgments against him has been, if anything, underappreciated.
Discussion: Raw Story
Chauncey DeVega / Salon:
Dr. John Gartner: The world is watching “a fundamental breakdown in Trump's ability to use language”  —  Experts say Trump's decline may be “caused by his incapacity to manage the stress caused by multiple indictments”  —  It has become undeniably clear and obvious to any reasonable person …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
The Case Trump Really Hates  —  Prosecutors want to present steamy details at the hush money trial.  —  For the past couple of weeks, the spotlight has been focused on the timing of Donald Trump's four criminal trials and the prospect that at least two of them might not go to a jury before this fall's election.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Judge Rules Trump Has to Come Up With $91 Million for E. Jean Carroll Appeal  —  Trump is essentially out of time to appeal his E. Jean Carroll defamation ruling—unless he can come up with $91 million in a matter of days.  —  A federal judge on Thursday denied Donald Trump's last-minute plea …
David Boling / The Hill:   In Shinzo's shadow, Japan fears ‘if Trump’
Washington Post:
Navy demoted Ronny Jackson after probe into White House behavior  —  Ronny Jackson, the former White House physician turned GOP congressman, regularly touts his military bona fides.  —  “As a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral with nearly three decades of military service I understand the commitment …
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Oren Liebermann / CNN:
Navy demoted Ronny Jackson in 2022 after scathing watchdog report  —  The Navy demoted Rep. Ronny Jackson in 2022 after a scathing report from the Defense Department watchdog found the former White House physician drank on the job, routinely screamed at subordinates and acted inappropriately.
Discussion: DefenseScoop
Misty Severi / Washington Examiner:   Former White House physician Ronny Jackson was quietly demoted to retired Navy captain after investigation
HotAir:
These New Ads Targeting Biden Are Absolutely Brutal  —  Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, Building America's Future, and Senator Ted Cruz all recently put out new ads targeting Joe Biden...and they're BRUTAL.
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Axios:
Exclusive: Biden plans feisty economic reset
Robert B. Hubbell / Today's Edition Newsletter:
Supporting Joe Biden is hard. Doing the right thing always is.
Discussion: Washington Post
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Why is New York Times campaign coverage so bad?  Because that's what the publisher wants.  —  It's an increasingly common critique of the New York Times: The largest, most influential news organization in the nation is not warning sufficiently of the threat to democracy …
Discussion: NPR
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Biden to announce US will build port on Gaza shore for large-scale aid delivery  —  President to make announcement in State of the Union speech while senior US official says ‘We are not waiting on the Israelis’  —  US forces will build a temporary port on the Gaza shoreline in the next few weeks …
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Fritz Farrow / ABC News:
Biden to announce ‘emergency’ US military mission to build port on Gaza coast to deliver aid
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Spate of Mock News Sites With Russian Ties Pop Up in U.S.  —  The fake news organizations, experts say, represent a technological leap in the Kremlin's efforts to spread false and misleading narratives.  —  Into the depleted field of journalism in America, a handful of websites have appeared …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Maira Garcia / Los Angeles Times:
Stormy Daniels alleges in new documentary that Donald Trump cornered her the night they met  —  Stormy Daniels goes into new detail in a documentary about her alleged 2006 sexual encounter with former President Trump, saying she was cornered by him in his hotel room the night they met and that she blames herself for not stopping him.
Discussion: Raw Story, Reuters, UPI and Rolling Stone
NBC News:
GOP Rep. Michelle Steel rescinds her co-sponsorship of the Life at Conception Act after winning her primary  —  Steel says she supports IVF, which the bill could threaten.  She has put forward a nonbinding resolution backing IVF but has not signed on to a bill offering legal protection for it.
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Michelle Steel / Orange County Register:
Setting the record straight on what I think about IVF
Discussion: New Republic
Ivana Saric / Axios:
Charted: Trump world allies sentenced to prison … - He is expected to be sentenced to five months in prison in April. … - Former Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell — one of Trump's co-defendants in the sprawling Georgia election subversion case — took a plea deal to testify against co-defendants that helped her avoid prison.
Alex Thomas / New Republic:
The Republicans Who Sold Their Souls to Vladimir Putin  —  In American politics, a presidential campaign cannot coordinate with its associated political action committee.  The campaign can wink and nod publicly in the press and on its official website, but a direct line of communication is, technically, illegal.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Santos to make surprise appearance at Capitol for State of the Union  —  Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) will make a surprise appearance at the Capitol Thursday for President Biden's State of the Union address, two sources familiar confirmed to The Hill, roughly three months after he was expelled …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
How millions in corporate cash could help a radical conspiracy theorist become governor  —  Judd Legum, Tesnim Zekeria, and Rebecca Crosby  —  On Tuesday, Mark Robinson (R) won the Republican nomination for Governor of North Carolina.  Robinson, currently North Carolina's lieutenant governor …
Associated Press:
Sweden officially joins NATO, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality  —  Sweden on Thursday formally joined NATO as the 32nd member of the transatlantic military alliance, ending decades of post-World War II neutrality and centuries of broader non-alignment with major powers …
Washington Post:
Biden to propose new $5,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers  —  The president will also add to earlier pushes to tame rent costs and boost U.S. housing supply  —  President Biden will propose a set of new housing initiatives in Thursday's State of the Union address …
Marcy Wheeler / MSNBC:
Merrick Garland isn't to blame for delays in Trump's election interference case  —  The popular narratives attributing delay to Garland ignores real-world obstacles and early moves against Trump's co-conspirators.  —  After the Supreme Court delayed consideration of Donald Trump's immunity claim until April …
Discussion: emptywheel
NBC News:
‘Done deal’: Allies say Trump aide Brian Jack would be favorite in Georgia congressional race  —  Trump posted on social media Thursday encouraging his aide to run for Congress ahead of a Friday filing deadline.  —  Former President Donald Trump is urging a longtime political aide to run …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
FrameLab:
If 2024 is about freedom, Trump loses.  That's why he's yelling about ‘the border’  —  So why are Democrats helping him keep the focus on immigration?  —  L O L G O P … It may be the most obvious ploy in the glaring annals of obvious ploys.  —  After months of negotiations in Congress …
Discussion: ABC News, The White House and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Third-party group No Labels is expected to move forward with a 2024 campaign, AP sources say  —  The third-party presidential movement No Labels is planning to move toward fielding a presidential candidate in the November election, even as high-profile contenders for the ticket have decided not to run …
 
 
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Acacia Coronado / Associated Press:
Uvalde City Council to release investigation of the police response to 2022 school massacre
Fox News:
VA official who tried to ban iconic WWII kissing photo has controversial history: ‘Unequivocally offensive’
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Post
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
CPAC Tax Docs Reveal Big Losses After Matt Schlapp Sex Abuse Allegations
Brian Fung / CNN:
House panel unanimously approves bill that could ban TikTok
Breccan F. Thies / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department leadership accepted left-wing briefing calling Moms for Liberty ‘extremist’
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Larry Hogan declines to say whether he'd support a federal law to codify Roe v. Wade
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Political Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
House panel passes measure blocking Biden administration from finalizing nursing home staffing rule
The White House:
The White House Announces Guest List for the First Lady's Box for the 2024 State of the Union Address
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Steve Bannon's Refusal to Pay His Bills Is Costing Him Big
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Ex-Congressional Candidate Endorsed by Trump Wanted for Murder
Lisa Hagen / NPR:
PragerU is a conservative video giant. Here's why it's trying to get into schools
 

 
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Pew Research Center:
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The Guardian:
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