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A judge is holding a hearing Thursday on a motion to dismiss the Georgia 2020 election case against Donald Trump. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
Playbook: “At this point, we know about all there is to know about Biden and Trump. Both men have run for president before. Both men have won the White House. Both have been in the glare of public scrutiny since bell bottoms were fashionable and cars came with 8-track stereos.”
“And yet for all we know about these men and this campaign, it’s a third man — one who has been in the public consciousness for just as long, if not longer — who has emerged as the known unknown of the 2024 race: Robert F.
“President Joe Biden will shatter fundraising records with a star-studded event on Thursday, with his campaign saying that it will bring in $25 million for an event featuring former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton and late-night host Stephen Colbert,” Politico reports.
“The one-night extravaganza will all but certainly increase Biden’s sizable financial advantage over former President Donald Trump, who raised about $20 million in all of February.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bid to vote on firing Speaker Mike Johnson risks throwing the House back into leaderless paralysis for the second time in six months,” Politico reports.
“But it also holds real peril for the frustrated conservatives whom she claims to represent — with some worried she could possibly push Johnson into working with Democrats on Ukraine aid.”
“Hunter Biden’s effort to dismiss the federal tax charges against him got a chilly reception in court on Wednesday, as a federal judge sounded skeptical that the president’s son was a victim of a politically motivated prosecution,” Politico reports.
North Carolina Lt. Governor Mark Ronan (R) insulted Beyoncé’s singing abilities, called her a “skank,” and said she was teaching “young women how to be hyper-sexual whores,” The Root reports.