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5:15 PM ET, March 16, 2024

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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Johnson: Second Trump term would be like first ‘on turbo’  —  In a recent interview with New Yorker Magazine, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) argued that if former President Trump were reelected, his second term would be much like his first, except it'd be “on turbo.”
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump's big lie in Arizona  —  The state Republican party is undaunted by electoral defeats for those claiming voting is rigged - and election officials are bearing the brunt of their fury  —  On a glorious spring day in Phoenix …
April Rubin / Axios:
Trump and Biden's key campaign stances in sequel election … Abortion and reproductive rights  —  Trump has repeatedly boasted about appointing the conservative Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade, making abortion a state-level policy.  — But since the Dobbs decision …
Discussion: HuffPost
New York Times:
How Trump Is Scrambling to Raise Cash  —  The former president is facing converging financial crunches as he and the Republican Party confront a shortfall against President Biden and the Democrats.  —  As many as three nights a week, Donald J. Trump has been hosting private dinners at Mar-a-Lago …
Discussion: Raw Story, UPROXX and Jacobin
New York Times:
Republican Senate Slugfest in Ohio Fuels Jitters About Trump's Candidate
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Mike Pence Says He Won't Endorse Donald Trump For President
Associated Press:
Former Vice President Mike Pence says he's not endorsing Trump
NBC News:
Residents in suburban Philadelphia township told to shelter in place after ‘confirmed shootings’  —  The suspected shooter, Andre Gordon, knew the three people killed, police said.  —  Three people were killed in multiple shootings Saturday morning outside of Philadelphia, police said, and a search for the suspect continues.
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KFTC-TV:
3 killed in Falls Township shootings, suspect Andre Gordon barricaded in Trenton with hostages: officials  —  FALLS TOWNSHIP, Pa. - A man accused of killing three people during a violent rampage in Falls Township, Pennsylvania Saturday morning is now believed to have barricaded himself inside of a home in Trenton with hostages.
Associated Press:
Police: Suspect is barricaded in New Jersey home after killing 3 people in Philadelphia suburb  —  A suspect has barricaded himself in a home in New Jersey after allegedly killing three people in a shooting in suburban Philadelphia on Saturday, authorities said.
Reuters:
Exclusive: Musk's SpaceX is building spy satellite network for US intelligence agency, sources say  —  SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a U.S. intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program said, demonstrating deepening …
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Michael Tomasky / New Republic:
We Have to Beat Donald Trump. Clearly, the Broken Legal System Won't.
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Laura Ingraham Apologizes for Graphic of Wrong Black Lawyer
Discussion: Raw Story and DNyuz
WSB-TV:
Nathan Wade resigns from Trump Georgia case following judge's ruling
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Creditors demand Rudy Giuliani sell his $3.5 million Florida condo to pay debts  — Creditors want to force Rudy Giuliani to sell his $3.5 million Florida condo to help pay off his nearly $152 million in debt.  — Giuliani has argued that he does not have the funds to pay his debts …
Associated Press:
New Welsh leader ‘honored’ to be Europe's first Black national leader  —  Vaughan Gething, son of a Welsh father and Zambian mother, said he is honored to be “the first black leader in any European country.”  —  Vaughan Gething won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest on Saturday …
Discussion: BBC, DNyuz and Politico
Karen Dolan / The Hill:
Biden's populist budget marks the overdue end of trickle-down economics  —  A president's budget proposal is seldom passed into law.  Instead, it's an expression of the priorities the president promises to fight for, often coming on the heels of an agenda laid out in the State of the Union address.
Discussion: DNyuz
Kate Plummer / Newsweek:
GOP Base Has Shriveled Compared to Last Presidential Election  —  The number of people who describe themselves as Republican has slightly declined since the last presidential election.  —  The polling firm Gallup, which tracks party affiliation monthly, says that those identifying as Republicans …
Discussion: Raw Story, Bloomberg, Reuters and DNyuz
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
The Great Resignation hits Congress: Lawmakers are quitting, too  —  The 118th Congress has been so unpopular among members of the House themselves that it's leading to an unprecedented number of resignations  —  Despite all the congressional gridlock these days, lawmakers have succeeded …
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
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Reuters:
Ukraine attacks Russian city and refinery on second day of presidential election  —  A Ukrainian missile attack killed two people in western Russia and a separate drone strike set an oil refinery ablaze on Saturday, the second day of an election that President Vladimir Putin has accused Kyiv of trying to disrupt.
 
 
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Craig Simpson / Telegraph:
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Security footage of Boeing repair before door-plug blowout was overwritten
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