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8:25 AM ET, March 20, 2024

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Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Shadowing Trump's attacks on mental fitness — his own father's dementia  —  Trump avoids mention of his father's Alzheimer's disease as he lashes Biden for being ‘cognitively impaired’  —  Donald Trump invited his extended family to Mar-a-Lago in the mid-1990s.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
Playbook: Sherrod Brown's dilemma  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  ABOUT LAST NIGHT — The biggest story from yesterday's elections was in Ohio, where former car dealer BERNIE MORENO …
Discussion: Political Wire
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
3 takeaways from primaries in Illinois, Ohio and elsewhere  —  With the general-election matchup between President Biden and former president Donald Trump solidified as of last week, Tuesday began the process of filling out the ballot in some key House and Senate races.
Axios:
Trump's “crazies” are back in his mix … - They're returning as Trump more aggressively touts Jan. 6 rioters as “patriots,” ramps up his racist, incendiary rhetoric — and embraces some of his most provocative loyalists. … - Trump's team is in talks to hire 2016 campaign advisers Paul Manafort …
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Trump-backed Bernie Moreno wins Ohio GOP Senate primary  —  Trump-backed candidate Bernie Moreno has won the Republican nomination for Senate in Ohio to face off against incumbent Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) this November, according to Decision Desk HQ.  —  Moreno, a former car dealership owner …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
This state senator eviscerated Trump's voter fraud claims.  Now, he's back on the Trump train.  —  Ed McBroom, a GOP state senator in Michigan who batted down voter fraud claims as part of a lengthy 2021 probe, explained his endorsement in an interview with NBC News.
Discussion: BizPac Review
Politico:
Playbook: Ukraine loan gains steam in GOP  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HAPPY ANNIVERSARY — Today marks the 45th anniversary of live gavel-to-gavel TV coverage of Congress, with C-SPAN first broadcasting the House of Representatives on March 19, 1979.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Liz Cheney still plans to make a difference in the election  —  Liz Cheney doesn't mince words about Donald Trump.  She calls the former president a “liar,” a “con man” and a potential “tyrant” who, if elected again, would “torch the Constitution” and its guarantees of free speech and rule of law.
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Trump-backed Moreno wins Ohio Senate primary
Bloomberg:
Doug Emhoff Decries ‘Antisemitic’ Trump Comments on Jewish Democrats
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Why Won't Rich Republicans Loan Money to Upstanding Businessman Donald Trump?
Ray Brescia / The Daily Beast:
Judge Aileen Cannon Could Get Herself Booted From Trump's Classified Documents Case  —  The Trump-friendly judge is so obviously putting her thumb on the scales of justice in favor of the ex-president that she might not end up adjudicating the trial at all.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Times
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Judge in Trump classified documents case proposes ‘insane’ jury instructions, experts say  —  U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon proposed to instruct jurors a president has sole authority to declare records personal, which legal experts say would amount to dismissing the case against Trump.
Madeline Halpert / BBC:
Trump needs a $464m bond in six days.  What if he can't get it?  —  The former president must pay the full amount in cash or secure a bond by 25 March  —  Donald Trump's lawyers are asking a New York court to put a $464m (£365m) fine in a civil fraud case on hold …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump Asks Supreme Court for Absolute Immunity on Election Charges
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge in Trump Documents Case Draws Attention for Slow Pace
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Divided Supreme Court lifts stay on a Texas law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants  —  A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed Texas to begin enforcing a law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the border illegally while a legal battle over the measure plays out.
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Emiliano Rodríguez Mega / New York Times:
Mexico Condemns Texas Law, and Says It Will Not Accept Deportations From the State  —  Mexico's top diplomat for North America rejected the Supreme Court's ruling, saying that immigration policy was something to be negotiated between federal governments.  —  Mexico will not accept deportations …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce immigration law
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
McCaul apologizes after telling GOP colleague to ‘go f—’ himself at hearing  —  Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) apologized for hurling an expletive at a GOP colleague after growing frustrated during a House committee hearing Tuesday.  —  McCaul told Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) to “go f …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Retired commander who oversaw Afghanistan withdrawal says he alone bears responsibility for airport attack
Associated Press:
Arizona lawmaker says she announced plans to get abortion to underscore out-of-touch laws  —  Democratic Sen. Eva Burch of Mesa told fellow lawmakers in a floor speech she was going to get an abortion because her pregnancy is no longer viable.  —  PHOENIX — A pregnant Arizona lawmaker …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Banning abortion was the first step, not the last  —  They also won't stop with ending privacy rights. … When the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022's Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, Justice Samuel Alito's majority opinion smugly declared that …
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Up To $8.5 Billion Preliminary Agreement with Intel under the CHIPS & Science Act  —  Funding catalyzes $100 billion in private investment from Intel to build and expand semiconductor facilities in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon and create nearly 30,000 jobs
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Jared Kushner says Gaza's ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’  —  Donald Trump's son-in-law also says Israel should bulldoze an area of the Negev desert and move Palestinians there  —  Jared Kushner has praised the “very valuable” potential of Gaza's “waterfront property” …
CBS News:
Dozen arrests, chambers cleared during Sacramento City Council discussion of Gaza ceasefire resolution  —  SACRAMENTO - Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg cleared the council chambers over outbursts during a debate over his proposed Gaza ceasefire resolution Tuesday night.  Twelve people were arrested, police say.
 
 
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Gavin Schmidt / Nature:
Climate models can't explain 2023's huge heat anomaly — we could be in uncharted territory
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emptywheel:
David Weiss Does Not Contest He Reneged on Hunter Biden's Plea Agreement to Chase Russian Lies
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Manchin warns Ukraine could be ‘worst atrocity in history’
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Biden wins Kansas Democratic primary
Discussion: Associated Press
Dave Bangert / Based in Lafayette, Indiana:
Q&A: Todd Young talks chips, pipelines and Trump
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Rep. Katie Porter regrets saying the California Senate primary she lost was rigged
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Trump II Architect Russ Vought Embraces A Christian Nationalist Vision For America
 

 
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