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Editor's Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative March 2023 news and views
Note: Excerpts are from the authors' words except for subheads and occasional "Editor's notes" such as this.
March 24
Top Headlines
New York Times, U.S. and Canada Reach an Agreement on Turning Away Asylum Seekers
New York Times, Republicans Say Spending Is Fueling Inflation. The Fed Chair Disagrees
Washington Post, Ukraine Live Updates: Zelensky visits Bakhmut; China’s Xi leaves Russia with no clear progress on ending war
Tik Tok, Social Media, Artificial Intelligence
New York Times, TikTok Chief Faces Scathing Questions From Both Parties in Congress
More On Trump Probes, Prospects, Allies
New York Times, Former President Trump is facing several investigations. See where they stand
Proof, Going Deep, Investigative Commentary: A Primer for the Imminent Indictment of Former President Trump, Seth Abramson
More On U.S. Election Deniers, Insurrectionists
Top Global News
More On Russia-China-West Rivalries
New York Times, Analysis: In a Brother Act With Putin, Xi Reveals China’s Fear of Containment, Chris Buckley
U.S. Banks, Economy, Jobs, CryptoCurrency
Washington Post, Fed raises benchmark rate by 0.25 point despite bank turmoilU.S. Election Deniers, Insurrectionists
U.S. Politics, Elections, Governance
More On Ukraine War
New York Times, Ukrainian Tank Commanders Grow Impatient: ‘Give Me an Abrams!’
U.S. Courts, Crime, Immigration, Guns
New York Times, 1 Dead and Multiple Hostages Rescued in Houston F.B.I. Operation
Disasters, Climate, Environment, U.S. Transportation, Energy
Washington Post, World is on brink of climate calamity, definitive U.N. climate report warns
U.S. Abortion, #MeToo, Stalking, Rape Laws, Politics
Pandemics, Public Health, Privacy
New York Times, Biden Plan to Cut Billions in Medicare Fraud Ignites Lobbying Frenzy
U.S. Media, Education, Arts, Sports
Top Stories
New York Times, U.S. and Canada Reach an Agreement on Turning Away Asylum Seekers, Michael D. Shear and Ian Austen, March 24, 2023 (print ed.). The deal allows both countries to turn away people who cross their borders without authorization at a time when migration has surged.
The deal, which is set to be announced Friday by President Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, after the two leaders meet in Ottawa, 
will allow Canada to turn back immigrants at Roxham Road, a popular unofficial crossing point from New York for migrants seeking asylum in Canada.
In exchange, Canada has agreed to provide a new, legal refugee program for 15,000 migrants who are fleeing violence, persecution and economic devastation in South and Central America, the official said, lessening the pressure of illegal crossings into the United States from Mexico.
Mr. Biden was due to arrive in Ottawa on Thursday evening for a 24-hour visit meant to underscore the unity of purpose between the United States and Canada after four years of frosty and even openly hostile exchanges between Mr. Trudeau and former President Donald J. Trump.
Justice Department Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, left, and former President Donald Trump, shown in a collage via CNN.
New York Times, Court Action Underscores Peril for Trump in Documents Investigation, Maggie Haberman, Alan Feuer, Ben Protess and William K. Rashbaum, March 24, 2023 (print ed.). Prosecutors are building a case that former President Trump obstructed efforts to reclaim classified files and that he may have misled his lawyer.
The behind-the-scenes legal fight over obtaining evidence from a lawyer who represented former President Donald J. Trump in the investigation into his handling of classified documents has brought into sharper view where the Justice Department might be headed with the case.
According to the wisps of information that have seeped out of sealed court filings and closed-door hearings, prosecutors believe they have compelling evidence that Mr. Trump obstructed the government’s efforts to reclaim the sensitive records and may have even misled his own lawyers.
This theory of the case has not changed much since federal agents obtained a search warrant in August based on three possible crimes, obstruction being one of them. The search turned up hundreds of sensitive government records being kept at Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s heavily trafficked compound in Florida, after his lawyers had earlier assured the Justice Department that all such documents had been returned.
Still, the more recent developments stemming from efforts to force testimony and other evidence from the lawyer, M. Evan Corcoran, in Federal District Court in Washington, indicate that prosecutors have continued to build a case and that the inquiry remains a serious threat to Mr. Trump.
New York Times, A Trump Rally Comes to Waco, 30 Years After Its Darkest Hour, Charles Homans, March 24, 2023. For some, it’s no accident that former President Trump will speak in a city where a fiery raid symbolizes government ...
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