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Colby Smith / New York Times:
Trump Threatens to Fire Powell if He Does Not Resign From Fed  —  Although Jerome H. Powell's term as Fed chair officially ends on May 15, he can stay on as a governor until 2028 and said he would not leave until a criminal investigation was over.  —  President Trump on Wednesday vowed …
Discussion: Raw Story
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C. Ryan Barber / Wall Street Journal:
Jeanine Pirro's Prosecutors Make Surprise Visit to Fed Headquarters  —  A pair of Pirro's deputies were turned away after showing up at the construction site for central-bank renovation project  —  WASHINGTON—Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office showed up unannounced Tuesday …
New York Times:
Prosecutors Make Surprise Visit to Fed as Pirro Defends Investigation  —  The Justice Department's criminal inquiry into the Federal Reserve threatens to delay the confirmation of the next chair.  —  Prosecutors sent by Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia …
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:   Is Swalwell the Straw That Broke Congress's Back?
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
U.S. sends thousands more troops to Mideast as Trump seeks to squeeze Iran  —  The deployment includes sailors and Marines due to arrive as the administration attempts to enforce a maritime blockade against the regime in Tehran.  —  Summary  —  The Pentagon is sending thousands …
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
‘Be careful.’ Vance issues warning to Pope Leo when discussing theology  —  Vance said it was wrong for Pope Leo to criticize those who wield the sword because Europe would never have been liberated during WWII without the U.S. military.  —  After President Donald Trump clashed with Pope Leo XIV …
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Associated Press:
Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys  —  The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Another pardoned Jan. 6 rioter to admit guilt in child sexual abuse case  —  David Daniel has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors after a judge ruled that President Donald Trump's pardons in the Capitol attack did not apply to child exploitation.
Discussion: TMZ.com and Raw Story
Washington Post:
DOJ moves to undo Jan. 6 rioters' convictions for seditious conspiracy
Discussion: Mother Jones and Raw Story
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Woman accuses Eric Swalwell of rape in 2018, reports it to authorities  —  Her attorney said at a news conference that she will not present evidence to the media.  —  Summary  —  A woman accused former congressman Eric Swalwell (D-California) of raping her in a West Hollywood hotel in 2018 …
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Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
How Eric Swalwell rose to the top of Democratic politics as rumors followed him
Discussion: NPR, LAmag and One America News Network
Bernie Becker / Politico:
Tax Day arrives with Republicans struggling to sell their cuts … That's one reason why Republicans are still doing everything they can to keep last year's tax cuts top of mind this Tax Day, even as they also might be guilty of overpromising on refunds.  —  GOP officials also have another problem …
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Daniel J. Wakin / New York Times:
Pope Leo to Trump: ‘I Have No Fear’  —  One world leader is immune to threats from President Trump.  —  He has no worries about jacked-up tariffs.  His tiny spot of a state lacks an Arctic land mass to be coveted.  He's not part of a military alliance that can be sundered on a whim.
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Politico:
Johnson says he told Trump to take down image of president-as-Jesus  —  Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday he asked that President Donald Trump take down an AI-generated image he'd posted on social media depicting himself as Jesus.  “I did ask him to delete it,” Johnson said.
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HuffPost:
Republicans Dismiss Concerns About Trump's Mental Fitness
Discussion: Mediaite
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Americans grow a bit friendlier toward China
Discussion: Pew Research Center and Bloomberg
Washington Post:
Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka seeks top counterterrorism job  —  The maneuvering comes a month after Joe Kent, the National Counterterrorism Center's previous director, resigned in protest over the Iran war.  —  Summary  —  Sebastian Gorka, a national security aide to President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Reuters
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Dems file 5 impeachment articles against Hegseth  —  House Democrats will introduce five articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday accusing him of abuse of power, war crimes and other serious wrongdoing. … - Democrats previously pushed …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Iran's Regime Has Changed—for the Worse  —  The U.S.-Israeli attack fast-tracked the ascent of hard-liners and apocalyptic religious followers, raising doubts about a lasting peace  —  On March 13, a massive billboard appeared in Tehran's Enqelab Square.  It showed Iran's newly selected …
New Republic:
Trump Spirals into Fury at Bad Iran News as Polls Hit Shocking New Low  —  Donald Trump is now raging at a staunch ally, Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni.  After she sided with the Pope's criticism of the Iran war, which had infuriated Trump, he unloaded again, ripping her as “unacceptable” …
Isabel Van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
Wounded Trump, 79, Scrambles to Downplay Stinging Defeat  —  🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️  —  The president insisted he wasn't actively campaigning for his ally.  —  Donald Trump awkwardly brushed off his ally Viktor Orban's crushing defeat …
Discussion: The Hill, Chatham House and Raw Story
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Trump's litigation extortion machine  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  📖 Subscribe to PN 📖  —  Another day, another Trump trollsuit bites the dust.  —  This time it was his $10 billion defamation claim against the Wall Street Journal …
Andrew Perez / Zeteo:
EXCLUSIVE POLL: Michigan's Dem Senate Race Is Wide Open, AIPAC Is Toxic, Hasan Piker Is Not  —  The Michigan Senate primary is effectively a tie, and Democratic voters are more worried about AIPAC's influence than Hasan Piker.  Plus, a fifth accuser waves Eric Swalwell out of Congress.
Alyssa Lukpat / Wall Street Journal:
Maine Lawmakers Pass Ban on Large Data Centers  —  The bill, which blocks centers that draw over 20 megawatts of power until late 2027, heads to Democratic Gov. Janet Mills  —  Maine lawmakers on Tuesday passed a ban on large data-center construction, making it the first state to enact …
Wall Street Journal:
Europe Is Accelerating a NATO Fallback Plan in Case Trump Pulls Out  —  The Continent is drawing up a contingency for greater European involvement as tensions rise over Iran war  —  A fallback plan to ensure Europe can defend itself using NATO's existing military structures if the U.S. departs …
Anna Venarchik / New York Times:
Virginia Governor Ends Tax Breaks for Confederate Groups  —  The new law signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger is the culmination of a long, Democrat-led push to distance Virginia from its Confederate past.  —  Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia has signed into law a bill to end tax exemptions …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and RedState
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Hungary's New Leader Reveals Viktor Orbán Was Paying CPAC … Turns out the Hungarian government has been bankrolling the Conservative Political Action Conference for years.  —  Péter Magyar, who unseated Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Sunday in a landslide …
Joe St. George / Scripps News:
Middle East war drives consumer sentiment to its lowest level in 70 years  —  President Donald Trump is predicting higher gas prices could last through November as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and tensions with Iran continue to impact the American economy.
BBC:
Legal advisers help migrants pose as gay to get asylum, undercover BBC investigation finds  —  A shadow industry of law firms and advisers is charging thousands of pounds to help migrants pretend to be gay in order to stay in the UK, the BBC has found.  —  In the first part …
Discussion: Breitbart and spiked
Robert Schmad / Washington Examiner:
Lone Democrat, Republicans who voted against housing bill have financial ties to its opponents  —  Senators from both parties who voted against legislation to rein in the ability of large investors to acquire rental properties have a series of financial ties to those same investors.
 
 
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Rep. Thomas Massie puts his Republican ‘brand’ against Trump's in Kentucky
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Trump's reversal on day care upends a bipartisan push to lower costs
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Top CDC director pick Erica Schwartz tests White House political balancing act
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Reuters:
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Isabella Simonetti / Wall Street Journal:
Netflix chairman and co-founder Reed Hastings will step down from the company's board after his term expires in June to focus on philanthropy and other pursuits

Reshmi Basu / Bloomberg:
QVC Group, owner of TV shopping channels QVC and HSN, files for bankruptcy as part of a plan to cut more than $5B in debt; shares closed down 69% on Thursday

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