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12:20 PM ET, April 28, 2021

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The White House:
Fact Sheet: The American Families Plan … Today, President Biden announced the American Families Plan, an investment in our kids, our families, and our economic future.  —  In March, the President signed into law the American Rescue Plan, which continues to provide immediate relief to American families and communities.
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Washington Post:
White House proposes $1.8 trillion package that would dramatically expand education, safety net programs  —  Universal preschool and free community college are among a plethora of initiatives that would be paid for by tax increases and IRS changes.  —  The White House on Wednesday unveiled …
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Biden to deliver first address to a joint session of Congress
New York Times:
Federal Investigators Execute Search Warrant at Rudy Giuliani's Apartment  —  Prosecutors obtained the warrant as part of an investigation into whether Mr. Giuliani broke lobbying laws as President Trump's personal lawyer.  —  Federal investigators in Manhattan executed a search warrant …
Discussion: Insider
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CNN:
DC police officer: 'It's been very difficult' seeing elected officials trying to whitewash brutal insurrection  —  Washington (CNN)A DC Metropolitan Police officer who was brutally assaulted while defending the US Capitol during the January 6 insurrection said Tuesday evening that it's …
Axios:
Scoop: Biden's secret talks with GOP  —  Top White House officials have quietly been meeting — on the Hill and over the phone — with Republican senators who drafted a counterproposal to President Biden's infrastructure plan, multiple sources tell Axios.  —  What we're hearing …
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Politico:
Inside Biden's bubble: How an insular White House has kept drama and leaks at a minimum  —  When President Joe Biden sat in one of his first Oval Office briefings to discuss the earliest acts of his presidency — impending executive actions — he brought only five people into the room.
Discussion: The Federalist
Gabby Orr / CNN:
‘Not an easy transition’: Inside Trump's unconventional first months out of office  —  Palm Beach, Florida (CNN)Most Mondays and Tuesdays, former President Donald Trump skips golf to confer with aides about the week ahead.  —  Together they decide which Republican candidates he will meet …
Discussion: Insider and The Hill
CNN:
CNN Poll: Majority of Americans approve of Biden and his priorities in first 100 days  —  (CNN)On the cusp of the 100-day mark of Joe Biden's presidency, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds 53% of Americans approve of the way he is handling the job and say he has had the right priorities …
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William Saletan / Slate:   What We Know About the People Who Don't Want to Get Vaccinated  —  Over the past three weeks …
Ben Leonard / Politico:
Joe Biden gets his 100-day report card
Laurie McGinley / Washington Post:
Biden administration expected to announce plan to ban menthol cigarettes  —  A prohibition on menthol cigarettes is a priority for Black health advocates and anti-tobacco groups, which note that African Americans have been disproportionately harmed by the product
Discussion: USA Today
Daniel Victor / New York Times:
Ten Years Ago, Ed Balls Tweeted ‘Ed Balls.’ How Is It Still Funny?  —  A decade is an eternity in internet years.  But people still haven't forgotten the British politician's errant tweet, and he's still playing along.  —  LONDON — Ten years ago on Wednesday, a politician who was a significant figure …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Fauci: Joe Rogan's COVID-19 comments ‘incorrect’  —  Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease doctor, early Wednesday shot down recent comments from Joe Rogan after the popular podcaster suggested young, health Americans do not need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
A New York Post story about Kamala Harris triggered conservative outrage.  Almost all of it was wrong.  Now the reporter has resigned.  —  A longtime New York Post reporter said she has resigned after being “ordered” to write a false story that claimed undocumented minors were being welcomed …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
New York Post temporarily deletes, then edits false story that claimed Harris' book was given out in migrant ‘welcome kits’
Mike Spies / New Yorker:
The Secret Footage of N.R.A. Chief Wayne LaPierre's Botched Elephant Hunt  —  The chief executive has cultivated his image as an exemplar of American gun culture, but video of his clumsy marksmanship—and details regarding his Rodeo Drive shopping trips—tells another story.
Peter Suciu / Forbes:
New Debate Over Masks Trending On Social Media Following Rant By Tucker Carlson  —  On Monday morning the issue of masks to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus was making the rounds on social media - but it was far from a debate.  As with so many issues that have divided the country …
Discussion: Salon
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Washington Examiner:
Ditch the mask, Mr. President  —  It's a tough call as to which time President Joe Biden looked more foolish in a mask.  —  Was it the picture of Biden alone in the middle of Arlington National Cemetery, vaccinated, outdoors, and physically distanced to the extent that nobody else appeared …
Discussion: Breitbart
Spectrum News NY1:
Andrew Yang set to announce sweeping $4B plan for affordable housing  —  NEW YORK — Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang is set Wednesday to unveil a sweeping affordable housing plan to invest $4 billion per year toward the goal of producing 250,000 units in eight years.  —  What You Need To Know
Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
How the Biden presidency looks from one pivotal Pennsylvania county, 100 days in  —  Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (CNN)Carol Erker vividly remembers the emotion that washed over her after Joe Biden won the 2020 election.  Even as she worried about the pandemic and the Oval Office that Biden was inheriting …
Discussion: RedState, The Sun, HotAir and HuffPost
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Navy SEALs to shift from counterterrorism to global threats  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten years after they found and killed Osama bin Laden, U.S. Navy SEALs are undergoing a major transition to improve leadership and expand their commando capabilities to better battle threats from global powers like China and Russia.
Will Wright / New York Times:
California Man Dies After Officers Pin Him to Ground for 5 Minutes  —  The death of Mario Arenales Gonzalez came one day before a former Minneapolis officer was convicted of murdering George Floyd.  Body camera footage was released on Tuesday.  —  Body camera footage was released on Tuesday …
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Matt Gaetz May Be the Only Man Who's Too Gross for Newsmax  —  HIM TOO … Finally, there's a network for men who wore out their welcome at famously woke Fox News.  —  Just before his incredibly torrid sex trafficking scandal broke, Matt Gaetz told Axios that he was thinking of “taking early retirement” and joining Newsmax.
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
West Virginia is offering an incentive to get vaccinated: Money  —  How its GOP governor came up with a plan to give a $100 savings bond to every young person who gets the shot  —  West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) told his staff last week he wanted every idea they had.
Sen. Ted Cruz / Fox News:
Biden's State of the Union update - here's the truth you won't hear from the president  —  Let me sum up Biden's speech in three words: boring, but radical  —  Ted Cruz: The Democrats' agenda is ‘power forever’  —  President Biden will address a joint session of Congress Thursday night …
Discussion: IJR
Eliza Collins / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats' Thin House Majority to Be Tested by Multitrillion-Dollar Plans  —  On infrastructure and antipoverty plans, lawmakers air differences on tax policy, Medicare expansion, child tax benefits  —  WASHINGTON—Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) is now leading the slimmest House majority since World War …
Discussion: Washington Post
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Is There a War Coming Between China and the U.S.?  —  阅读.体中 文.閱讀.體 中文.  —  If you're looking for a compelling beach read this summer, I recommend the novel “2034,” by James Stavridis, a retired admiral, and Elliot Ackerman, a former Marine and intelligence officer.
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
California Has Rejected 19.8% of Signatures in Gavin Newsom Recall Effort  —  California's Secretary of State has rejected nearly 20% of all the signatures gathered thus far to force a recall election of Governor Gavin Newsom, according to figures released on Monday.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Get woke, go broke: Pious, political Oscars crashes, loses tens of millions of viewers  —  The year was 1998.  The venue: the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for the 70th annual Academy Awards.  —  The movie everyone was buzzing about on the red carpet was “Titanic,” …
 
 
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Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
The CDC's reign of error has done incalculable harm to America
Tom LoBianco / Insider:
Mike Pence is returning to the public eye this week — and insiders say it could foreshadow a 2024 presidential run
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Are Democrats Too Woke for Voters?
Dave Boucher / Detroit Free Press:
Michigan GOP leader shares misinformation on masks that suggests suing employers
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Support for new gun laws falls from peak after Parkland shooting, Post-ABC poll finds
Discussion: The Hill, bearingarms.com and HotAir
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Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
Biden will pledge to tackle immigration overhaul in address to Congress, while signaling openness to more targeted deal
Arthur Tarley / Current Affairs:
How the Media Helped Democrats Spin the Pandemic
Politico:
How Trump's renewed election rhetoric is complicating Capitol rioters' legal fight
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
New GOP law in Iowa flags 294,000 voters as inactive because they didn't vote in the last election
 

 
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