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New York Times:
Biden Creating Commission to Study Expanding the Supreme Court — The White House is taking action after progressives pushed to add seats to the court to balance the conservative stamp put on it by President Trump. — WASHINGTON — President Biden on Friday will order a 180-day study …
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The White House:
President Biden to Sign Executive Order Creating the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States … President Biden will today issue an executive order forming the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States, comprised of a bipartisan group of experts on the Court and the Court reform debate.
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Naomi Lim / Washington Examiner:
White House steers clear of pressure campaign calling for Stephen Breyer to retire
White House steers clear of pressure campaign calling for Stephen Breyer to retire
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
Biden unveils commission to study possible expansion of Supreme Court
Biden unveils commission to study possible expansion of Supreme Court
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House Committee on Ethics:
Statement of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics Regarding Representative Matt Gaetz — Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement:
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Associated Press:
Gaetz hires prominent New York lawyers amid federal probe
Gaetz hires prominent New York lawyers amid federal probe
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CNN:
House Ethics Committee to investigate Matt Gaetz
House Ethics Committee to investigate Matt Gaetz
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New York Times:
Another aide to Matt Gaetz is said to have quit amid an intensifying Justice Department investigation.
Another aide to Matt Gaetz is said to have quit amid an intensifying Justice Department investigation.
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New York Times:
White House Border Coordinator to Step Down — Roberta S. Jacobson's departure comes amid the administration's efforts to reduce the flow of immigration from Central America. — WASHINGTON — Roberta S. Jacobson, the former ambassador to Mexico whom President Biden chose as his “border czar” …
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Gabrielle Fonrouge / New York Post:
White House considering cash payments to Central Americans to stem migration
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Biden Border Coordinator Roberta Jacobson stepping down
Biden Border Coordinator Roberta Jacobson stepping down
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New York Times:
Amazon Workers Appear to Defeat Union Drive at Alabama Warehouse — The company's victory deals a crushing blow to organized labor, which had hoped the time was ripe to start making inroads. — Amazon appeared to beat back the most significant labor drive in its history on Friday …
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Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Workers in Alabama Vote Against Forming a Union
Amazon Workers in Alabama Vote Against Forming a Union
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive: How Donald Trump upended Nancy Pelosi's plans, then she unraveled his — This story is adapted from “Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power,” which will be published April 20 by Twelve Books. Author Susan Page, the Washington Bureau chief of USA TODAY …
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Caitlin Owens / Axios:
America may be close to hitting a vaccine wall — There are growing signs that parts of the country may be close to meeting demand for the coronavirus vaccine — well before the U.S. has reached herd immunity. — Why it matters: For the last few months, the primary focus of the U.S …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Tucker Carlson Endorses White Supremacist Theory by Name — When Nazis marched in Charlottesville in 2017, they chanted “You will not replace us!” and, somewhat more clarifying, “Jews will not replace us!” The terrorist who gunned down 51 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, used this slogan …
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Max Boot / Washington Post:
How do the immigrants who run Fox feel about Tucker Carlson's anti-immigrant rants? — Tucker Carlson, the top-rated host on Fox “News” Channel, has been attracting attention for a while with his vile rhetoric against immigrants. Yet now he's reached a new low.
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump officials celebrated efforts to change CDC reports on coronavirus, emails show — Political appointees also tried to blunt scientific findings they deemed unfavorable to Trump, according to new documents from House probe — Trump appointees in the Health and Human Services department …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Josh Hawley's ugly rant unmasks the fraudulence of the anti-'wokeness' crusade — With Republicans increasingly attacking “woke” corporations for defending voting rights, one can theoretically envision a semi-understandable motive at play. It would be that conservative voters feel disempowered …
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Nicholas Grossman / Arc Digital:
Set Up the Steal — Georgia enacts, and other red states consider, new election laws …
Set Up the Steal — Georgia enacts, and other red states consider, new election laws …
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Justice News:
Four Members Of Militia Group Identifying With “Boogaloo” Movement Charged With Conspiracy To Obstruct Justice By Destroying Records And Destruction Of Records — Members of the “Grizzly Scouts” Allegedly Conspired to Obstruct Investigation and Proceedings Involving the Murder of a Federal Officer in Oakland, California
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BBC:
Nikolai Glushkov: Putin critic ‘strangled in London home by third party’ — A Russian exile was strangled in his own home by a third party, a coroner has ruled. — Businessman Nikolai Glushkov, who was critical of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was found dead in New Malden in south-west London in March 2018.
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
In 5-2 ruling, the Wisconsin Supreme Court keeps thousands of voters on the rolls — MADISON - The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that state election officials do not have to quickly take people off the voter rolls when they suspect they may have moved.
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Sara Goddard / Green That Life:
Talking to a Climate Change Skeptic? 6 Successful Communication Strategies — I live in a part of the country where people profess to be climate savvy. I don't know anyone who'd publicly label him- or herself a climate change skeptic, but there are plenty who have poked holes in the fundamental tenets of climate science.
New York Times:
How a Defeated Trump Is Making a Muddle of the G.O.P. — The former president's instincts for red-meat political fights over governing and policymaking have left party leaders in a state of confusion over what they stand for. — WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers are passing voting restrictions …
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John F. Harris / Politico:
The Tragic Mediocrity of the U.S. Congress
CNN:
Texas GOP chairman Allen West falsely says Texas could secede from the US: ‘We could go back to being our own Republic’ — (CNN)Texas Republican Party chairman Allen West falsely suggested that Texas could secede from the United States and become an independent country, a CNN KFile review of his comments in recent months shows.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Texas Man Charged With Intent to Attack Data Centers — A Wichita Falls man who allegedly plotted to blow up a data center in Virginia has been charged with a malicious attempt to destroy a building with an explosive, announced Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Prerak Shah.
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘60 Minutes’ embraces innuendo in Ron DeSantis story — Investigative TV journalism always benefits from a dramatic exchange or two. In a story about Florida's vaccine rollout that aired on Sunday, CBS's “60 Minutes” aired just such a moment from a media event with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
Marilyn Berger / New York Times:
Prince Philip, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II, Is Dead at 99 — The Duke of Edinburgh, who married the future queen in 1947, brought the monarchy into the 20th century, but his occasional frank comments hurt his image. — Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II …
Luke Thompson / National Review:
The Rise and Fall of the Lincoln Project — There have been plenty of grifters in the political world. But what made the Lincoln Project grift unique was that much of it played out on television. — here was nothing special about the Lincoln Project. Its ads were coarse …
Will Vitka / WTOP:
Pentagon officer charged with murder in Takoma Park shooting that left 2 dead … Takoma Park police have charged the off-duty Pentagon Force Protection Agency officer they say shot and killed two men Wednesday morning in Montgomery County, Maryland. — David Hall Dixon, of Takoma Park …
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Arkansas Online:
Transgender name ban advances — Arkansas teachers wouldn't be required to address students by a name or pronoun inconsistent with the student's biological sex under proposed legislation that passed Thursday in the House, one of the latest of several measures in the state Legislature …
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Revealed: Republican-led states secretly spending huge sums on execution drugs — Documents obtained by the Guardian show three states paying astronomical amounts to skirt - almost certainly illegally - a ban on pharmaceuticals for lethal injections — Republican-controlled states …
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