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To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sailthru_shortcode\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-widget sailthru-signup-display-area sailthru-signup-hill-position-main\">\n        <span class=\"sailthru-signup-widget-close\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"#sailthru-signup-widget\">Close<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sailthru_form\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-success-message\" hidden=\"hidden\">\n<p class=\"thanks\">Thank you for signing up!<\/p>\n<p class=\"watch\">Subscribe to more newsletters here<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"sailthru-subscribe-grid-display\">\n<div class=\"sailthru-signup-display-message-wrapper\">\n<p>                            <span>The latest in politics and policy.<br \/>\nDirect to your inbox.<br \/>\nSign up for the Morning Report newsletter<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong>Will Trump be indicted today?<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Today may be the day that a former president who is a current presidential candidate is indicted based on allegations he illegally organized hush money payments to a porn star in the runup to his election.<\/p>\n<p>Former <strong>President Trump\u2019s <\/strong>indictment is expected today,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/politics\/grand-jury-wont-vote-trump-indictment\/\"> NewsNation<\/a> reported, and political analysts are split over whether charges of illegal payments tied to a sleazy alleged affair with <strong>Stormy Daniels<\/strong> will change the GOP presidential field one way or another. An indictment, even a conviction, would not impede Trump\u2019s candidacy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/donald-trump-grand-jury-to-reconvene-as-potential-indictment-looms-629d1773?mod=hp_lead_pos1\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>: The Manhattan grand jury is set to meet today.<\/p>\n<p>That verdict rests with the voters, and Trump, who anticipated a Manhattan grand jury would indict him this week, has encouraged his supporters to protest what he calls another partisan witch hunt. Trump, who has been impeached twice, is also at the center of state and federal investigations.<\/p>\n<p>The Hill\u2019s Brett Samuels lays out what to watch for and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/how-a-potential-indictment-and-arrest-of-donald-trump-could-unfold-456b06d5?mod=hp_featst_pos3\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> describes how an indictment and arrest could unfold.<\/p>\n<p>New York City law enforcement personnel erected barriers near the courthouse, blocked off streets and increased security in advance of public reaction to the grand jury\u2019s decision. A source close to the Trump legal team <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/21\/politics\/manhattan-da-trump-hush-money-investigation\/index.html\">told CNN<\/a> that should Trump be indicted, lawyers do not expect any arrest or initial <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance before next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><em>\u201cHe wants to be defiant \u2014 to show the world that if they can try to do this to him, they can do it to anyone,\u201d<\/em> one person who spoke to Trump over the weekend told <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/21\/us\/politics\/trump-pending-indictment.html\">The New York Times<\/a>. The former president is described by the Times\u2019s sources as less concerned with the particulars of where he would be seen than with being assured of the opportunity to show the public he is not slinking away in shame.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa The Hill: Trump could face a variety of charges stemming from an investigation under Manhattan District Attorney <strong>Alvin Bragg<\/strong> (D).<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6264703\/trump-stormy-daniels-statements\/\">Time<\/a>: Here\u2019s what Trump has said in the past. Trump has denied having an affair with Daniels and denied that any campaign money went toward paying her through his former lawyer, <strong>Michael Cohen<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/03\/21\/trump-2024-ny-case-republicans\/\">The Washington Post:<\/a> The Trump campaign raised more than $1.5 million since Saturday and is preparing should the former president be under indictment while seeking the GOP nomination.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-addresses-potential-stormy-daniels-indictment-late-night-video-address-truth-social\">Fox News<\/a>: Trump addressed a potential indictment tied to Daniels during a Monday night video he posted to Truth <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a>, referring to the \u201cStormy-horse-face-Daniels extortion plot\u201d as \u201ca continuation of the most disgusting witch hunt in the history of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/21\/upshot\/trump-indictment-polling.html\">The New York Times\u2019s Nate Cohn<\/a>: An indictment would seem particularly unlikely to hurt Trump\u2019s base of support<strong>. <\/strong>The public already knows about Daniels. His supporters decided, long ago, that they did not especially care about the case\u2019s underlying facts.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Speaker <strong>Kevin McCarthy<\/strong> (R-Calif.) on Tuesday, sounding like a leader who has seen some internal polling and read the former president\u2019s social media postings, downplayed Trump\u2019s alleged actions with Daniels \u201cseven years ago\u201d (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/03\/21\/mccarthy-trump-hush-money-alvin-bragg\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy told reporters during a House Republican retreat in Orlando that the case involved \u201cpersonal money\u201d and shouldn\u2019t rise to prosecution under what he described in an apparent repetition of a Trump social media post as a \u201cstatute of limitations.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><em>\u201cI think you know in your heart of hearts that this is just political,<\/em>\u201d<\/strong> McCarthy said. <em>\u201c<strong>And I think that\u2019s what the rest of the country thinks. And we\u2019re kind of tired of that.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\">He later added, \u201c<em>We\u2019re not coming here to defend President Trump, we\u2019re coming to defend equal justice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Hill: Democrats worry about Trump\u2019s protest calls over possible indictment.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong>Related Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong>\u25aa <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2023\/03\/20\/indictment-trump-bad-vote-00087892\"><strong>Politico Magazine<\/strong><\/a><strong>, Alexander Burns, columnist: Stop overthinking it: An indictment would be bad for Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25aa <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/white-collar-and-criminal-law\/bomb-threat-called-in-to-ny-court-where-trump-hearing-held\"><strong>Bloomberg Law<\/strong><\/a><strong>: A bomb threat on Tuesday was called in just as a judge in lower Manhattan was about to start a hearing over <\/strong><strong>a $250 million lawsuit by New York Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General<\/a> Letitia James against Trump involving his real estate.<\/strong><strong> The courthouse was closed, searched and the threat was unfounded.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25aa <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/fox-news-dominion-defamation-pretrial-arguments\/\"><strong>\u200b\u200bCBS News<\/strong><\/a><strong>: <\/strong><strong>Legal teams return to a Delaware court for a second day today to find out whether Dominion Voting system\u2019s $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News and Fox Corporation goes to trial in April.<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>Arguments before a Superior Court judge went on all day on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p><strong>\u25aa <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/fox-dominion-seek-pretrial-wins-16-billion-defamation-case-2023-03-21\/\"><strong>Reuters<\/strong><\/a><strong>: Fox faces skeptical judge in $16 billion defamation case.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><u>LEADING THE DAY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4<\/strong><strong> ECONOMY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Federal Reserve Chairman <strong>Jerome Powell<\/strong> this afternoon is expected to maintain the central bank\u2019s focus on lowering inflation with rising interest rates. At the same time, he\u2019s expected to try to soothe rattled investors, depositors and consumers amid banking turmoil that apparently wasn\u2019t visible on the Fed\u2019s radar before the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.<\/p>\n<p>Powell, who repeatedly insists the Fed is data-dependent with every move it makes, will be asked at an afternoon news conference to show those cards and map out the future on all fronts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary <strong>Janet Yellen<\/strong>, speaking to the American Bankers Association on Tuesday, said the situation among some banks this month is stabilizing but she sidestepped offering any reactions to proposed legislative fixes endorsed by lawmakers in both parties (The Hill).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yellen said her department and the Federal Reserve are ready to step in to help smaller banks that may face liquidity problems but would not customarily be eligible for special treatment because they do not pose systemic risks to the financial system (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-03-21\/yellen-says-us-will-intervene-if-needed-to-protect-smaller-banks\">Bloomberg News<\/a>). Her comment appeared to depart from her Senate testimony last week, in which she explained that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation\u2019s (FDIC) $250,000 insurance cap on deposit accounts was lifted to 100 percent of deposits in a decision reached with the Treasury and the Fed because the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank risked runs on other banks.<\/p>\n<p>Some members of Congress are looking for ways to boost that cap, at least temporarily, in order to stop depositors from pulling their money out of smaller institutions like those that have been at the center of recent bank runs. Others are opposed, so it\u2019s unclear that legislation adjusting the FDIC limit even temporarily would pass. While such a move could calm nervous depositors, it could have drawbacks, including removing a big disincentive for banks to take on too much risk (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/21\/business\/economy\/banks-insurance-deposit-cap.html\">The New York Times<\/a> and The Hill).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>House and Senate leaders are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-03-21\/despite-us-bank-failures-congress-is-slow-walking-a-fix?srnd=premium&amp;leadSource=uverify%20wall\">slow-walking<\/a> action amid the banking turmoil without better clarity about why the banks collapsed, the consequences of various proposals and bipartisan support for any major legislation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On a separate subject with partisan ramifications, Yellen told the bankers group in response to a question that if Congress does not vote to lift the cap on borrowing known as the debt ceiling in time to avert U.S. default, the result would be \u201cabsolutely catastrophic.\u201d House Republicans are using the debt ceiling as leverage to try to secure deep spending cuts to lower the federal debt over the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/21\/business\/economy\/silicon-valley-bank-fed-oversight.html\">The New York Times<\/a>: A big question for the Fed: What went wrong with bank oversight?<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/graphics\/2023-job-cuts-global-charts\">Bloomberg News<\/a>: Global job cuts extend beyond Big Tech.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/home-prices-fell-in-february-for-first-time-in-11-years-73df0107\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>: Home prices fell in February for the first time in 11 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/03\/21\/junk-fees-cost-consumers-tens-of-billions-annually-according-to-the-white-house.html\">CNBC<\/a>: \u201cJunk fees\u201d cost consumers tens of billions of dollars annually, according to the White House. Biden is pushing Congress to enact the Junk Fees Prevention Act, which he says would be a first step in cracking down on extraneous surcharges attached to purchases such as airfares, concert tickets, vehicle rentals and hotel reservations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 ADMINISTRATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 Biden will make his first <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> as president to Canada on Thursday and Friday, accompanied by first lady <strong>Jill Biden<\/strong>. Wide-ranging discussions with Prime Minister <strong>Justin Trudeau<\/strong> are expected to include security, Biden\u2019s Buy America policies and migration from the U.S. into Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian sources <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/politics\/article-us-joe-biden-canada-visit\/\">told The Globe and Mail<\/a> that the Trudeau government is hoping that Canada can be included in renewed Buy America provisions to ensure Canadian exporters still have access to the U.S. market. Biden, in turn, is expected to focus his asks on boosting defense spending and playing a bigger role to bring stability to crisis-torn Haiti.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After Haitian Prime Minister <strong>Ariel Henry<\/strong> made a plea for a \u201cspecialized armed force\u201d from abroad to restore order, the White House soon drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution proposing a \u201cnon-U.N. international security assistance mission\u201d to support the Haitian police. The Biden administration has asked Canada to take a \u201cleadership role\u201d in an international force to stabilize Haiti. White House national security adviser <strong>Jake Sullivan<\/strong> told reporters in January that Canada itself had \u201cexpressed interest\u201d in such a role, but U.S. optimism has waned as months have passed without any commitment from Ottawa (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/03\/21\/canada-united-states-haiti-sanctions\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/politics\/biden-visit-ambassadors-1.6783960\">CBC<\/a>: Thorny issues on the table as Biden makes presidential visit to Canada this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/biden-trudeau-talk-ukraine-defense-spending-haiti-ottawa-2023-03-21\/\">Reuters<\/a>: Biden, Trudeau to talk Ukraine, defense spending, Haiti in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-03-21\/justin-trudeau-set-to-pick-a-lane-in-green-incentive-race-against-joe-biden\">Bloomberg News<\/a>: Trudeau set to pick a lane in the clean-tech race against Biden.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s charm offensive with Africa continues, as U.S. officials make visits to shore up diplomatic relations and counteract Russia and China\u2019s possible influence over the continent. With <strong>Vice President Harris\u2019s<\/strong> trip to the continent on Friday, the White House continues sending its envoy of officials. Secretary of State <strong>Antony Blinken<\/strong> visited Niger and Ethiopia last week, and the first lady, Yellen and the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, <strong>Linda Thomas-Greenfield<\/strong>, have all made trips in recent weeks (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-reidout\/reidout-blog\/biden-africa-harris-blinken-rcna75819\">MSNBC<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a key pandemic policy of guaranteed eligibility ends, Biden administration and state health officials are bracing for chaos as states begin to determine for the first time in three years who is eligible for Medicaid. The Hill\u2019s Nathaniel Weixel reports that the administration is giving states a year to go through the once-routine process, though some are moving much faster. But concern is growing among health advocates that without a safety net, tens of millions of vulnerable people will fall through the cracks and lose coverage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/03\/21\/labor-coalition-letter-biden-investigation-demand\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>: Coalition urges probe of large federal contractor\u2019s diversity efforts.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><u>IN FOCUS\/SHARP TAKES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 INTERNATIONAL\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>China\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>Xi Jinping <\/strong>left Russia early Wednesday after meeting with<strong> Russian<\/strong> President <strong>Vladimir Putin<\/strong> Tuesday in Moscow. The two leaders affirmed plans to deepen Chinese-Russian political and economic cooperation for years to come and sent a message to the West about pushing back against the United States\u2019s global domination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was no visible progress on China\u2019s cease-fire plan for <strong>Ukraine<\/strong> (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/03\/21\/xi-putin-russia-china-alliance\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>). Xi\u2019s visit to Moscow \u2014 long touted by the Kremlin as a show of support from its most powerful friend \u2014 featured plenty of demonstrative friendliness, but Xi barely mentioned the conflict, saying that China had an \u201cimpartial position\u201d on it (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/putin-meets-dear-friend-xi-kremlin-ukraine-war-grinds-2023-03-20\/\">Reuters<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Putin says Russia is fighting an existential war against the West and seeks to defend its sovereign history, writes The Hill\u2019s Brad Dress. By casting Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine as homeland security, Putin taps a common psychological tool to strengthen his standing with the Russian people, according to several analysts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ukraines-leadership-doubles-down-on-bakhmut-defense-as-russians-get-closer-960ae225\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>: Ukraine\u2019s leadership doubles down on Bakhmut defense as Russians get closer.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/volodymyr-zelenskyy-play-long-game-xi-jinping-ukraine-russia-war-china\/\">Politico EU<\/a>: Call me anytime: Ukrainian President <strong>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong> plays the long <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> with Xi.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/03\/21\/japan-fumio-kishida-ukraine-visit\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>: <strong>Japanese<\/strong> Prime Minister <strong>Fumio Kishida<\/strong> ended his visit to Kyiv on Wednesday and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-war-xi-china-japan-kishida-summit-07af10f35b16472d12549875af420d08?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=TopNews&amp;utm_campaign=position_05\">will be in Poland until Thursday<\/a> after presenting a sharp contrast with Xi\u2019s meetings in Moscow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/21\/world\/europe\/ukraine-russia-crimea.html\">The New York Times<\/a>: Its forces under siege, Ukraine hits distant, Russian-held Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa The Hill: Eastern Europe ups pressure on U.S. to send jets to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The Pentagon is working to expedite delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine by the fall, speeding up delivery by nine months. Biden, under pressure from Ukrainian officials, agreed in January to pledge 31 M1 tanks as part of a long-term arrangement that afforded <strong>German<\/strong> leaders political cover to approve the immediate provision of Leopard battle tanks (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-03-21\/us-will-speed-up-the-delivery-of-abrams-tanks-to-ukraine\">Bloomberg News<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2023\/03\/21\/abrams-tanks-ukraine\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/03\/21\/ukrainian-soliders-patriot-missile-training-oklahoma-00088166\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cAbsolutely a quick study\u201d: Ukrainians master Patriot missile system faster than expected.<\/p>\n<p>After years of extreme scarcity, some <strong>Venezuelans<\/strong> lead lives of luxury as others scrape by. After the country\u2019s economy imploded nearly a decade ago, the nation of grinding hardship has increasingly become one of haves and have-nots as a dizzying wealth gap emerges (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/21\/world\/americas\/venezuela-economy-wealth-gap.html\">The New York Times<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/finance\/switzerlands-secretive-credit-suisse-rescue-rocks-global-finance-2023-03-21\/\">Reuters<\/a>: <strong>Switzerland\u2019s<\/strong> secretive Credit Suisse rescue rocks global finance.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/uganda-passes-sweeping-new-antigay-legislation-78f02bce\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>: <strong>Uganda<\/strong> passes sweeping new anti-LGBTQ legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/italy-belgium-document-qatargate-monica-bellini-andrea-cozzolino\/\">Politico EU<\/a>: <strong>Italy<\/strong> and <strong>Belgium\u2019s<\/strong> red-tape row snarls Qatargate.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><u>OPINION<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0 Trump\u2019s stormy weather could be DeSantis\u2019s ray of sunshine, <\/strong>by Joshua Green, Bloomberg Opinion. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bloom.bg\/3LEU8KW\">https:\/\/bloom.bg\/3LEU8KW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u25a0 The climate warnings are consistently bad. And about to get worse, <\/strong>by Eugene Robinson, columnist, The Washington Post. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3yZaIxL\">https:\/\/wapo.st\/3yZaIxL<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><u>WHERE AND WHEN<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcf2 <strong>Ask<\/strong> <strong>The Hill<\/strong>: Share a news query tied to an expert journalist\u2019s insights: The Hill launched something new and (we hope) engaging via text with Editor-in-Chief <strong>Bob Cusack<\/strong>. Learn more and sign up HERE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The House<\/strong> will convene at noon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Senate<\/strong> meets at 10 a.m. The Senate Commerce Committee at 10 a.m. convenes a hearing about rail safety with witnesses including Norfolk Southern CEO <strong>Alan Shaw<\/strong> and Ohio Gov. <strong>Mike DeWine<\/strong> (R).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The president<\/strong><strong> <\/strong>will receive the President\u2019s Daily Brief at 9 a.m. Biden and first lady <strong>Jill Biden<\/strong> will host a Women\u2019s History Month reception at the White House at 5 p.m. in the East Room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vice President Harris <\/strong>and second gentleman <strong>Doug Emhoff<\/strong> will also speak during the evening reception at the White House for Women\u2019s History Month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary Yellen<\/strong> will appear before a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/hearings\/review-of-the-fy-2024-budget-for-the-department-of-the-treasury\">Senate Appropriations subcommittee<\/a> at 2:30 p.m. and on Thursday before the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/legislation\/hearings\/budget-and-oversight-hearing-president-biden-s-fiscal-year-2024-budget-request\">House Appropriations subcommittee<\/a> at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Secretary of State Antony Blinken<\/strong> will testify at 10 a.m. before a Senate <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/hearings\/review-of-the-fiscal-year-2024-budget-request-for-the-us-department-of-state\">Appropriations subcommittee <\/a>about his department\u2019s proposed budget. A few hours later, he will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at 2:30 p.m. about budget requests, and on Thursday, he will testify at 2 p.m. before a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/appropriations.house.gov\/legislation\/hearings\/budget-hearing-fiscal-year-2024-request-department-state\">House Appropriations subcommittee<\/a>, also about the budget.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell<\/strong> will hold a news conference at 2:30 p.m. following the release of a written statement at 2 p.m. capping the two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra <\/strong>testifies about his department\u2019s proposed budget at 10 a.m. before the Senate Finance Committee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The White House daily press briefing<\/strong> is scheduled at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><u>ELSEWHERE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u27a4 HEALTH &amp; PANDEMIC\u00a0<\/strong>Ahead of the 2024 election, Republican presidential candidates and likely contenders are taking increasingly extreme positions when it comes to transgender young people, particularly regarding gender-affirming healthcare and access to facilities consistent with their gender identity. As The Hill\u2019s Julia Manchester and Brooke Migdon report, Trump has pledged to ban transgender women and girls from competing on female sports teams if he is reelected, and in February he vowed to punish doctors who provide gender-affirming care to youth.DeSantis, meanwhile, has called for physicians who provide gender-affirming care to transgender minors to be sued and championed two new state health care rules that block transgender youths and adults from accessing puberty blockers, hormone therapies and surgeries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAcross the community, there\u2019s a broad array of reactions. Some people are afraid; others are motivated; others are angry; others are fighting back,<\/em>\u201d said <strong>Imara Jones<\/strong>, the founder of TransLash Media. \u201c<em>Other members are trying to literally figure out what states are going to be safe for them as these state laws continue to pass.<\/em> <em>There\u2019s a combination of responses and emotional responses that you would expect from a community that\u2019s under attack.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Flashback: While it is generally known that morale at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention plummeted during the early months of the pandemic, as Trump administration officials sought to quash dissent among career scientists who disagreed with the White House\u2019s handling of COVID-19, few employees have described the despair inside the agency as hospitals overflowed with patients and bodies piled up in makeshift morgues. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/21\/health\/covid-cdc.html\">The New York Times spoke with<\/a> current and former CDC scientists, who spoke of guilt, anger and a rising sense of powerlessness as administration officials meddled with or simply disregarded important scientific research.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2023\/03\/covid-pandemic-origins-missing-evidence-debate\/673460\/\">The Atlantic<\/a>: A major clue to COVID-19\u2019s origins is just out of reach. A key set of data could shore up the case for a purely animal origin. So why aren\u2019t scientists sharing it?<\/p>\n<p>Mortality rates for children are rising significantly for the first time in at least 50 years, and across several categories, according to a new analysis of CDC data, writes The Hill\u2019s Daniel de Vis\u00e9. More children died in car crashes, homicides, suicides and overdoses in 2021 than two or three years earlier. Guns accounted for nearly half of the increase, as many Americans purchased firearms during the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2023\/03\/21\/candida-auris-symptoms-spread-explained\/\">The Washington Post<\/a>: A deadly fungal infection is spreading in hospitals and nursing homes among the most vulnerable seniors and immunocompromised patients. Here\u2019s what to know.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa The Hill: Cases of rare tick-borne disease on the rise in eight states, CDC says.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/21\/health\/surgeon-general-adolescents-mental-health.html\">The New York Times<\/a>: The Surgeon General\u2019s new mission: adolescent mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Information about the availability of COVID-19 vaccine and booster shots can be found at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/vaccines.gov\">Vaccines.gov<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Current U.S. COVID-19 deaths are 1,706 for the most recent week, according to the<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>. (Data is reported on Fridays.)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong><u>THE CLOSER<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>And finally \u2026 <\/em>\ud83c\udf93 Commencement season is near, in which graduates and their relieved families sit through ceremonies that crawl through rosters of names, honors and diplomas. At the end are tidbits of wisdom and bonhomie dispensed during addresses by world leaders, lawmakers, business titans, famous alumnus and celebrities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Harvard University has announced its 2023 commencement speaker, two-time Oscar winner <strong>Tom Hanks<\/strong>, who also counts a Golden Globe award, seven Emmy awards and the American Film Institute\u2019s Lifetime Achievement Award among his achievements (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2023\/3\/21\/tom-hanks-commencement\/\">The Harvard Crimson<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Other universities will share their picks in the coming weeks, and eagle-eyed readers are sure to spot a variety of White House officials announcing commencement bookings in May and June. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/michaeltnietzel\/2023\/03\/21\/college-commencement-speakers-for-2023-hanks-at-harvard-marsalis-at-michigan-cheney-at-colorado-college\/\">Forbes is tracking a list<\/a> of announced commencement speakers for the class of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.wm.edu\/2023\/03\/21\/comedian-and-alumnus-patton-oswalt-91-to-return-to-william-mary-as-the-2023-commencement-speaker\/\">W&amp;M News<\/a>: Comedian and alumnus <strong>Patton Oswalt<\/strong> is set to return to the College of William and Mary as the 2023 commencement speaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/today.marquette.edu\/2023\/03\/academy-award-winner-marlee-matlin-to-serve-as-marquette-universitys-2023-commencement-speaker\/\">Marquette Today<\/a>: Academy Award winner <strong>Marlee Matlin<\/strong> is to serve as Marquette University\u2019s 2023 commencement speaker.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"><strong>Stay Engaged<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We want to hear from you! 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