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3:55 PM ET, April 13, 2024

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Myah Ward / Politico:
Majority of voters think Trump committed ‘serious federal crimes,’ according to NYT poll  —  The new poll comes as jury selection will begin in Trump's New York trial on Monday.  —  A majority of voters believe former President Donald Trump has committed “serious federal crimes,” …
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Shrinks Trump's Edge in Latest Times/Siena Poll  —  The president's popularity has ticked up slightly, though voters still view Donald J. Trump more favorably and have dour views of the economy.  —  President Biden has nearly erased Donald J. Trump's early polling advantage …
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Voters think the nation is going off rails — just not in their state  —  Polls show voters believe their own state is doing much better than the country.  The size of that gap could determine who wins in November.  —  Voters are not shy about saying how bad they perceive things are.
Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
Republicans in swing state Wisconsin unenthused by Trump: ‘A bad candidate’  —  Fervent Trump supporters from last elections air doubts over abortion and the man himself in state where turnout will be key  —  Terri Burl has come full circle.  —  The local Republican party official …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Trump the Front-Runner?  Not So Fast.  —  As foreign leaders trek to Mar-a-Lago to restore their ties to the once and future president, they might be surprised to learn that the election isn't as sealed as they seem to think.  —  Just as the stock market's record gains this year have been driven …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and USA Today
Washington Post:
Mike Pence pushes a post-Trump path for conservatives and GOP  —  The former vice president, who decided not to endorse his old running mate, believes many in the conservative movement have lost their way to populism  —  Mike Pence became vice president by bearing witness to Donald Trump …
Discussion: Politico
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump boosting efforts to wrest Pennsylvania back to GOP victory  —  Former President Trump is turbocharging his efforts to win back Pennsylvania with visits set in critical swing areas of the state on Saturday.  —  It's part of an aggressive push by the former president to make inroads …
ABC News:
Trump holds Mar-a-Lago joint appearance with Johnson amid speakership threat
Maha El Dahan / Reuters:
Vessel seized in Strait of Hormuz amid Iran tensions, shipping firms say  —  Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, days after Tehran said it could close the crucial shipping route and warned it would retaliate for an Israeli strike on its Syria consulate.
New York Times:
Donald Trump Says He Will Testify in Hush-Money Trial  —  Jury selection begins Monday in the prosecution of Donald J. Trump on charges of covering up a sex scandal.  He said he would try to sway jurors personally, though he has backed away in the past.  —  Donald J. Trump …
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Associated Press:
Judge declines to delay Trump's NY hush money trial over complaints of pretrial publicity  —  Trump the defendant and 2024 presidential candidate aims to campaign at New York hush money trial  —  The judge in Donald Trump's hush money criminal case on Friday turned down the former president's request …
Benjamin Guggenheim / Politico:
‘The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthy  —  Greased by lobbying and campaign cash, tax breaks for retirement savings are one thing Congress agrees on.  But they also blow out the deficit and add to income inequality.
Shira Moolten / Sun-Sentinel:
DeSantis signs controversial bill banning civilian boards from investigating police misconduct  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a controversial bill Friday stripping citizen oversight boards of their power to investigate police misconduct.  —  The bill, HB 601, instead allows local chiefs …
NBC News:
Judge rejects Hunter Biden's bid to dismiss the federal gun charges against him  —  The judge denied all of Biden's attempts to have the case thrown out.  —  The federal judge overseeing a case involving gun charges against Hunter Biden rejected efforts by the president's son to have the case dismissed.
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Associated Press:
Judge rejects defense efforts to dismiss Hunter Biden's federal gun case
Lloyd Green / The Guardian:
For all his bombast, Trump is plummeting - financially, legally and politically  —  He's losing cash reserves and legal gambits, and his eponymous stock - DJT - took an embarrassing tumble this week  —  Donald Trump is doing his best Wizard of Oz imitation.
Discussion: Raw Story, Barron's Online and CNBC
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Infuriated Democrats grapple with GOP vote to blast Biden … - “There's the work that all of the serious adults are trying to work on [to address] an incredibly complicated and gut-wrenching situation, and then there is this nonsense,” Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) told Axios.
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Miles Parks / NPR:
Republicans aim to stop noncitizen voting in federal elections. It's already illegal
Reuters:
If Trump wins, he plans to free Wall Street from ‘burdensome regulations’
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
US ex-diplomat sentenced to 15 years for spying for Cuba over decades
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Mared Gwyn Jones / Euronews:
Belgium investigating Russian influence network suspected of paying EU lawmakers
Danielle Douglas-Gabriel / Washington Post:
Biden administration cancels another $7.4 billion in student loans
 

 
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