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Editor's Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative March 2023 news and viewsNote: 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, Prosecutor in Trump Hush-Money Case Fires Back at House Republicans
- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Recognizing symbols of hate and right-wing rebellion in the United States
New York Times, Republicans Say Spending Is Fueling Inflation. The Fed Chair Disagrees
- New York Times, Former Iran Hostages Are Divided on Jimmy Carter and a Sabotage Claim, Michael Levenson
- Greg Palast Investigates, Commentary: Reagan’s Treason, Two Bushes and the $23 Million Payoff, Greg Palast
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
- New York Times, TikTok Claims It’s Limiting Teen Screen Time. Teens Say It Isn’t
- New York Times, Meet the lonely New York progressive who says TikTok is the victim of anti-China “hysteria”
- New York Times, Commentary: The A.I. Chatbots Have Arrived. Time to Talk to Your Kids, Christina Caron
Pandemics, Public Health, Privacy
- New York Times, Biden Plan to Cut Billions in Medicare Fraud Ignites Lobbying Frenzy
- Washington Post, Troubled U.S. organ transplant system targeted for overhaul, Lenny Bernstein
- Washington Post, New liver transplant rules yield winners, losers as wasted organs reach record high
- New York Times, Commentary: The A.I. Chatbots Have Arrived. Time to Talk to Your Kids, Christina Caron
New York Times, China Approves an mRNA Covid Vaccine, Its First
- Washington Post, Idaho hospital to stop delivering babies, partly due to ‘political climate’
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
- New York Times, Opinion: Trump Faces Prosecution. America Faces a Test, Charles M. Blow
- MeidasTouch Network, Commentary: Trump gets HUMILIATED after demand for protests GOES BUST, Kristofer Goldsmith
- Palmer Report, Opinion: Donald Trump’s violent new social media post about Alvin Bragg is going to come with consequences he doesn’t like, Bill Palmer
More On U.S. Election Deniers, Insurrectionists
- New York Times, Arizona Supreme Court Turns Down Kari Lake’s Appeal in Her Election Lawsuit
- Politico, Judge sentences Jan. 6 defendant who breached Pelosi’s office to 36 months in prison
Top Global News
- New York Times, Leader of Indian Party Opposing Modi Is Sentenced in Defamation Case
- New York Times, A ‘New Cold War’ Looms in Africa as U.S. Pushes Against Russian Gains
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
- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary, Finland in NATO will be a gateway to the subjugated Finno-Ugric peoples of Russia, Wayne Madsen
U.S. Banks, Economy, Jobs
Washington Post, Fed raises benchmark rate by 0.25 point despite bank turmoil
- New York Times, Double-Barreled Economic Threat Puts Congress on Edge
U.S. Election Deniers, Insurrectionists
- New York Times, Arizona Supreme Court Turns Down Kari Lake’s Appeal in Her Election Lawsuit,
- New York Times, Man at Center of Jan. 6 Conspiracy Theory Demands Retraction From Fox
U.S. Politics, Elections, Governance
- Politico, Sinema Trashes Dems: ‘Old Dudes Eating Jell-O,’ Jonathan Martin
- Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee principal ousted after complaints about Michelangelo's 'David' in art lesson
- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: Resistance to DeSantis: Woke African-American History Lesson Sheet #18, Jackie "Moms" Mabley, Wayne Madsen
- Insider, The ex-prosecutor in the "Rust" case suggested it may help her political campaign, the NYT reported
More On Ukraine War
- New York Times, Zelensky Tours Kherson as Ukraine Tries to Pressure Russian Forces
New York Times, Ukrainian Tank Commanders Grow Impatient: ‘Give Me an Abrams!’
- New York Times, She Posted About the War in Ukraine. Then She Faced a Prison Term
U.S. Courts, Crime, Immigration, Guns
New York Times, 1 Dead and Multiple Hostages Rescued in Houston F.B.I. Operation
- New York Times, In Memphis, Car Seizures Are a Lucrative and Punishing Police Tactic
- Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School, Analysis: Constitution watchers brace for upcoming Supreme Court rulings on the Voting Rights Act, affirmative action, and the “independent state legislature theory,” Michael Waldman
- Politico, Fear, burnout and insubordination: Insiders spill details about life at the highest levels of FBI, Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney
- New York Times, Trial of 2016 Twitter Troll to Test Limits of Online Speech
- New York Times, Video Shows Virginia Man’s Death in Custody
Washington Post, Gladys Kessler, federal judge in landmark tobacco lawsuit, dies at 85
Disasters, Climate, Environment, U.S. Transportation, Energy
Washington Post, World is on brink of climate calamity, definitive U.N. climate report warns
- New York Times, A Water System So Broken That One Pipe Leaks 5 Million Gallons a Day
- New York Times, First Official Estimate of Somalia’s Drought Shows 43,000 Dead
- Washington Post, Senate hearing to focus on Norfolk Southern’s safety record
- New York Times, Storm-Ravaged California Prepares for More Rain and Snow
U.S. Abortion, #MeToo, Stalking, Rape Laws, Politics
- Washington Post, Opinion: Senate Democrats should be holding oversight hearings of their own, Jennifer Rubin
- Washington Post, Oklahoma must allow abortion if mother’s life is threatened, court rules
- New York Times, For Years She Said a Coach Abused Her. Now She Has Named a Legend
- Washington Post, Abortion foes seek vows from 2024 GOP hopefuls
- New York Times, Wyoming Becomes First State to Outlaw Abortion Pills
- Associated Press via Politico, Wyoming governor signs measure prohibiting abortion pills
- New York Times, Opinion: All-or-Nothing Abortion Politics Will Leave Women With Nothing, Sarah Osmundson
- New York Times, N. Dakota Supreme Court Blocks Abortion Ban; Says Constitution Protects Procedure
- Washington Post, Legal battle over abortion pill may have broader implications for FDA drug approval
U.S. Media, Education, Arts, Sports- Washington Post, Jake Paul, Lindsay Lohan among 8 charged in SEC cryptocurrency case
- New York Times, DNA From Beethoven’s Hair Unlocks Medical and Family Secrets
- Guardian, Ecuadorian TV presenter wounded by bomb disguised as USB stick
- Washington Post, Judge sounds skeptical of some Fox arguments in Dominion lawsuit
- New York Times, A Fox News producer sued the network, saying she was coerced into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion case
- New York Times, Inside the 3 Months That Could Cost Fox $1.6 Billion
- New York Times, A Fox News producer sued the network, saying she was coerced into giving misleading testimony in the Dominion case
Top StoriesNew 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.
- New York Times, Migration Tops Agenda as President Biden Visits Canada, Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai
Justice Department Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, left, and former President Donald Trump, shown in a collage via CNN.
New York Times, Appeals Court Orders Trump Lawyer to Hand Over Records in Documents Inquiry, Alan Feuer, March 23, 2023 (print ed.). The ruling compelling the lawyer, M. Evan Corcoran, to turn over documents came after a lightning round of appeals court filings overnight.
A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that a lawyer representing former President Donald J. Trump in an inquiry into his handling of classified materials had to give prosecutors what are likely to be dozens of documents related to his legal work for Mr. Trump.
The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia came after a lightning round of filings that began on Tuesday evening when Mr. Trump sought
an order to stop the lawyer, M. Evan Corcoran, right, from handing over documents to investigators.
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