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Yesterday’s (4/5) Top News/Talk Media Stories

The aftermath of the arraignment of former President Donald Trump in Manhattan on charges related to alleged hush money paid to Stormy Daniels; House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen in defiance of China’s wishes; Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visits the state of Michigan as he tests the waters for an anticipated presidential run; three Tennessee Democrats face state house expulsion hearing for taking part in anti-gun demonstration; RFK Jr. files paperwork to run for president as a Democrat; Idaho makes it a crime to help a minor get an abortion without parental consent; Kansas bans transgender athletes from girl’s and women’s sports; NPR and Twitter spar over the latter’s calling NPR a “state-affiliated media organization”; economic forecasters fear signs of a recession; French President Emanuel Macron meets with Xi Jinping in China and addresses the Russia-Ukraine war; and the severe storms and tornadoes affecting portions of the U.S. were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.

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Yesterday’s (3/28) Top News/Talk Media Stories

The deadly shooting at a Christian school in Nashville and the larger topic of gun control legislation; the legal battles facing former President Donald Trump and the ruling that former Vice President Mike Pence must testify before a grand jury in the DOJ’s investigation into the efforts to overturn the 2020 election; 38 migrants die in a fire at an immigration detention facility in Northern Mexico; U.S.-Taiwan-China relations as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in Los Angeles; the ongoing investigation into the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the U.S. banking system; the Russia-Ukraine war and debate over U.S. assistance to Ukraine; and the political upheaval in Israel over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to over haul the judicial system were some of the most-talked-about stories in news/talk media yesterday, according to ongoing research from TALKERS magazine.