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Ben Pershing
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Supervising Editor @CNN Washington Bureau. Former @WSJ, @nationaljournal, @washingtonpost & @rollcall. @UCBerkeley alum. L.A. native. Vin Scully forever.
Washington, DC Katılım Ocak 2010
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Last year, Donald Trump Jr. invested in a rare earths startup at a $200 million valuation.
Then three months later, the US government announced a huge loan backstop for the company and now it's worth around $2 billion.
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Commemorative Trump coin should be ‘as large as possible,’ key commission says in granting design approval cnn.com/2026/03/19/pol…
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Cracks emerge in GOP over Iran war cost as administration floats more than $200B request to Congress cnn.com/2026/03/19/pol…
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Jeff Bezos is in early talks to raise $100 billion for a new fund that would buy up manufacturing companies and seek to use AI technology to accelerate their path to automation wsj.com/tech/jeff-bezo…
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Kash Patel said that he fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked with monitoring threats from Iran over “ethical violations.” cnn.com/politics/live-…
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This is basically the SNL “Taco Town” commercial youtu.be/evUWersr7pc?si…

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The Marlins' new "Machete" menu item is served in a custom carrying case 😳 This TWO-FOOT homemade flour tortilla is griddled on the flat top with melted mozzarella and Oaxaca cheeses, house-marinated carne asada, smoky guajillo pepper sauce, salsa verde and cilantro 👀 (via @LevyRestaurants)
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The new head of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel is protected by bodyguards—and the U.S. Constitution. wsj.com/world/americas…
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The demise of the mass market paperback—as an affordable object aimed at improving access to written materials AND as an aesthetic object with its own forms and beauties—is deeply depressing.
John McNally / Johnny Mack@JMcNallyBooks
Quintessential 1970s mass market paperbacks.
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CALIFORNIA POLL - Governor (top two advance)
🟥 Steve Hilton: 17%
🟥 Chad Bianco: 16%
🟦 Katie Porter: 13%
🟦 Eric Swalwell: 13%
🟦 Tom Steyer: 10%
🟦 Xavier Becerra: 5%
🟦 A. Villaraigosa: 4%
🟦 Matt Mahan: 4%
🟦 Betty Yee: 1%
🟦 Thurmond: 1%
Berkeley IGS (A) | 3/9-15 | 3,889 LV
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Been working on this for a bit with the 🐐 @Maddie_Marshall, stoked to put it out today.
What happens when the Fed loses independence?
Our @CNN Explains dive into the history, the economics, the people and this moment, from the people in the room.
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Testimony by top intelligence officials on Wednesday did not back up many of Trump's claims about Iran.
In some cases, it flatly contradicted it.
cnn.com/2026/03/18/pol…
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NEW: Former Google executive Matt Brittin expected to be named the BBC’s next director general within days.
The decision will be discussed at a regular BBC board meeting on Thursday.
No broadcasting experience - but a strategic brain.
Story: theguardian.com/technology/202…
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An unanswered question from Mullin hearing: What was his secret "mission"? cnn.com/politics/live-…
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INSIDE THE ROOM w @bresreports -- BLOW UP IN RSC -- RSC is meeting today. Nebraska Rep. DON BACON brought a hemp lobbyist to the meeting and yielded time to him to speak.
ANDY HARRIS said he would resign from the RSC
RSC Chair AUGUST PFLUGER said it was inappropriate for Bacon to bring the lobbyist
BACON told us he apologized and should've spoken to Pfluger first. The lobbyist was a friend from Nebraska who wanted to talk to RSC about their issues.
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Mullin says calling Alex Pretti a “deranged individual” was a mistake cnn.com/politics/live-…
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Mullin says accusations of stolen valor are a “misunderstanding” cnn.com/politics/live-…
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