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TOP STORIES
Wednesday, March 31
MATT GAETZ FACES INVESTIGATION The Justice Department is investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for possible sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl. The staunch conservative and Donald Trump ally may have paid for her to travel with him across state lines, which would violate sex trafficking laws. Gaetz denied the allegations in what Fox News host Tucker Carlson said was one of his "weirdest interviews." [HuffPost]
JOURNALISTS GET LOOK AT BORDER FACILITY Journalists were allowed into a border detention facility in Donna, Texas, for the first time and it was a grim picture. More than 500 migrant children were packed into plastic-walled rooms built for 32 people at the largest U.S. Customs and Border Protection holding facility for unaccompanied children. The average stay at the facility was 133 hours. [AP]
INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN IS HERE! President Joe Biden today will unveil a massive proposal aimed at overhauling the nation's roads and bridges, boosting manufacturing and mitigating climate change. The $2 trillion plan faces an unclear path in Congress, though. Read all about it here. [HuffPost] |
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TEEN WITNESSES TESTIFY IN CHAUVIN TRIAL The second day of testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murdering George Floyd, brought emotional statements from four young eyewitnesses, including a 9-year-old girl. A firefighter's 911 call was also played. [HuffPost]
GOP REP TOUTS STIMULUS FUNDS HE VOTED AGAINST Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) sent a tweet touting some funds that community health centers in his district will be receiving — even though he voted against the American Rescue Plan, which made the funds possible. “You can’t have your cake and vote against it, too,” North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Bobbie Richardson said. [HuffPost]
BIDEN'S ANTI-RACISM PLAN The Biden administration released a detailed plan outlining how it will prevent and respond to growing violence and racism against the Asian American community. Planned actions include reinstating the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and building out the COVID-19 Equity Task Force committee to address xenophobia against AAPI people. [HuffPost] |
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WHAT'S BREWING
MCCONNELL'S VACCINE APPEAL TO GOP MEN Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) urged fellow Republican men to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as possible. Recent polls show that Republican men are passing up the shots. "There's no good argument not to get the vaccination," he said. [HuffPost]
STIMULUS CHECKS ON THE WAY AFTER DELAY People on Social Security who don't file tax returns will begin receiving their $1,400 stimulus payments this weekend, the Internal Revenue Service said. The payments had been delayed by a holdup at the Social Security Administration. [HuffPost]
PROTECTING ONE OF AMERICA'S LAST WILD LANDSCAPES An unlikely alliance of ranchers, Indigenous communities and environmentalists is trying to save the Owyhee Canyonlands of southeastern Oregon, a sagebrush-dominated ecosystem. Make some time for this fascinating story and the stunning photos that accompany it. [HuffPost]
PENCE FACES UPHILL BATTLE FOR 2024 Former Vice President Mike Pence is steadily reentering public life as he eyes a potential run for the White House in 2024. But he's now viewed with suspicion by many Republicans for doing his constitutional duty in January to facilitate a peaceful transfer of power to the Biden administration, which still angers Trump. [AP]
185 ENDANGERED BABY TORTOISES FOUND IN SUITCASE Officials in the Galápagos Islands found 185 endangered baby tortoises stuffed inside airport luggage. A customs declaration said the luggage only contained "souvenirs." Some of the tortoises died and the surviving hatchlings were in poor health. A police officer was arrested and expected to be charged. [HuffPost]
WATERGATE MASTERMIND DEAD AT 90 G. Gordon Liddy, a mastermind of the Watergate burglary and a radio talk show host, died Tuesday at age 90 at his daughter's home in Virginia. Liddy spent four years and four months in prison for conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping in his role in the Watergate scandal, which led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon. “I’d do it again for my president,” he said years later. [AP] |
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