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Pacific Western Bank reported a sharp loss of over 9% of its total deposits last week, trailing the failure of First Republic Bank. We’ll discuss what’s behind the lingering banking problems. And, over 3 million viewers tuned in to watch CNN’s town hall event with former President Donald Trump, proving he’s still a ratings magnet. We’ll get into the ethical dilemma of the network’s decision to put Trump on that stage and what it means for the presidential race ahead. Plus, Saildrones and other superstorm hunting gadgets are giving us a glimpse into uncharted territory.

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• • “CNN tops 3 million viewers during Trump Town Hall” from The Hill

• • “CNN’s Trump town hall turns into a Trump rally” from Poynter

• • “Dianne Feinstein returns and Democrats advance Biden judicial nominees that had been stalled in committee” from CNN Politics

• • “PacWest Stock Sinks 23% After Disclosing Fresh Deposit Outflow” from The Wall Street Journal

• • “FDIC proposes big banks pay to recover losses in SVB and Signature failures” from Axios

• • “The Hurricane and the Saildrone” from The New York Times

• • “Turning to drones and other instruments to hunt hurricanes” from Marketplace

• • “New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in US” from AP News

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California Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein's months-long recuperation from shingles has hamstrung the Judiciary committee and led some of her fellow lawmakers to push for her resignation. The 89 year-old has not voted on legislation since February.

And the Environmental Protection Agency proposed aggressive new regulations that would all but mandate a shift to electric vehicle production over the next decade — and the move is largely backed by the auto industry.

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh, senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro, and cars and energy reporter Camila Domonoske.

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