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Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
First Texas bus drops off migrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC  —  The buses are part of Gov. Greg Abbott's plan to counter the Biden administration's approach to illegal immigration  —  Texas agencies preparing for wave of illegal immigrant crossings in late May
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Pablo De La Rosa / TPR:   Truck drivers in Mexico begin plans to fully close the border in protest of Gov. Abbott
Ashley McElroy / Spectrum News 1 South Texas:
Texas Ag Commissioner Sid Miller calls on Gov. Abbott to end inspection policy at border
Discussion: Washington Post
Sara Boboltz / HuffPost:
Jen Psaki Says ‘Unnecessary’ Texas Border Inspections Causing Supply Delays [UPDATE]
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Manu Raju / CNN:
Book details tension with McConnell over Trump's bid to reverse Biden's electoral win  —  In the weeks after he lost the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump had a plan to stay in office - and he wanted Mitch McConnell to know about it.  —  If Trump could successfully pressure Republican …
Discussion: Insider, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump pours money into a midterm race for the first time  —  Former President Donald Trump's political operation is plowing cash into Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary — his organization's first major financial investment in a midterm race and an indication that he's willing to dig …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: The GOP bigwigs schooling Herschel Walker on federal policy
Joel Burgess / Asheville Citizen Times:
Mark Meadows removed from NC voter roll amid election fraud investigation  —  ASHEVILLE - Mark Meadows has been removed from North Carolina's voter rolls, a move made as the State Bureau of Investigation continues a probe into allegations the former White House Chief of Staff committed election fraud.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Mark Meadows removed from N.C. voter rolls amid fraud investigation  —  Mark Meadows, a former top Trump aide, has been removed from the voter rolls in North Carolina as the state investigates allegations that he committed voter fraud in the 2020 election, election officials said Wednesday.
Bryan Anderson / WRAL-TV:
Former NC congressman, chief of staff to Trump removed from state voter rolls
Discussion: Insider
Mike Ives / New York Times:
Live Updates: Brooklyn Subway Gunman Is Still at Large  —  The mayor said a 62-year-old man who had previously been identified as a “person of interest” after the mass shooting on a subway train in Brooklyn was now a suspect.  At least 23 people were injured.  —  Here's what you need to know:
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Associated Press:
Man arrested in Brooklyn subway attack, charged with terror  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway train was arrested Wednesday and charged with a federal terrorism offense after a daylong manhunt and a tipster's call brought police to him on a Manhattan street.
Amanda Rabines / Orlando Sentinel:
Two men from The Villages admit to casting multiple ballots in 2020 election  —  Two residents from The Villages confessed to voter fraud charges after filing two ballots in the 2020 Presidential election, court records show.  —  Charles F. Barnes and Jay Ketcik pleaded guilty to casting …
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Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:   Two Floridians caught double-voting in heavily MAGA retirement community plead guilty: report
Quinnipiac University Poll:
74% Of Americans Think Worst Of War In Ukraine Is Yet To Come, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; More Than 8 In 10 Think Vladimir Putin Is A War Criminal  — mail_outline  —  As the world witnesses the atrocities in Ukraine committed by Russian troops, the vast majority of Americans …
Discussion: The Hill
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Mark DiCamillo / mailchi.mp:
Californians hold mixed views of the job Biden is doing as President
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and NRCC
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
Democrats Are Doing Basically Nothing to Counter the GOP's ‘Pedophile’ Attacks  —  Democrats are rolling their eyes at GOP attacks that they're, as Marjorie Taylor Greene put it, the “party of pedophiles.”  Should they be?  —  CJ  —  Republicans are increasingly accusing Democrats …
Discussion: As I See It and The Guardian
Katie King / Virginian-Pilot:
Democrats ‘stunned’ as Youngkin vetoes 25 bipartisan bills — including 3 from Hampton Roads lawmakers  —  Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed 25 bills this week — all from Democrats — that received bipartisan support in the General Assembly, a move some lawmakers viewed as an act of retaliation.
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Are Democrats Headed for a Shellacking in the Midterm Election?  —  What the generic ballot model predicts  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Presidential party midterm losses are a regular feature of American politics.  — President Biden's numbers are weak as well.
Discussion: Insider and Sacramento Bee
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
How far will Biden go in helping Ukraine?  —  PROThe U.S. and other nations have vastly superior intelligence agencies than Ukraine, so some of the world's best intelligence about Russia's movements during the war is getting to Ukrainian fighters quickly.  —  CONThe U.S. has to be careful …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Isabelle Khurshudyan / Washington Post:   Ukrainian fighter pilots in old jets take on better-equipped Russians
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Expands Flow of Intelligence to Ukraine as White House Sends More Arms  —  Extra U.S. aid comes as Ukrainian forces try to hold off a major Russian offensive in the eastern part of Ukraine  —  The Biden administration is moving to significantly expand the intelligence it is providing …
Discussion: New York Times
Fox News:
Durham probe: Judge denies Sussmann motion to dismiss case; trial to begin next month  —  The trial for former Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman is set to begin on May 16  —  Special counsel John Durham releases evidence against Clinton lawyer: ‘The same lie in writing’
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Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Substack's Growth Spurt Brings Growing Pains  —  The publishing platform's founders want Substack to be an “alternate universe on the internet.”  But it faces copycat rivals, an exodus by writers and a need to move beyond newsletters.  —  There are things that the newsletter writer Kirsten Han misses about Substack.
ProPublica:
America's Highest Earners And Their Taxes Revealed  —  Secret IRS files reveal the top US income-earners and how their tax rates vary more than their incomes.  Tech titans, hedge fund managers and heirs dominate the list, while the likes of Taylor Swift and LeBron James didn't even make the top 400.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Herschel Walker Claims to Own Companies That Don't Exist  —  George Senate candidate Herschel Walker's history of exaggerating his business success is even worse than anyone thought.  —  Former NFL star Herschel Walker has made millions in business ventures since he retired in 1997 …
The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Before Joe Biden Cracked Down On Natural Gas, Hunter Biden Pushed It On China  —  Hunter Biden briefed Chinese energy investors on American natural gas production and sales shortly after a state-run energy corporation entered into a memorandum of understanding with the state of West Virginia.
Discussion: Melanie Phillips
Ewan Palmer / Newsweek:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says Joining Military Is ‘Throwing Your Life Away’  —  Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has said joining the military is like “throwing your life away” due to President Joe Biden's foreign policies.  —  Speaking to former Fox News host Lou Dobbs' podcast on April 9 …
Mona Charen / The Bulwark:
How to Disarm the Crazies  —  It starts with nonpartisan primaries.  —  (SHUTTERSTOCK)  —  There is probably no easy cure for the Marjorie Taylor Greene phenomenon.  That a woman with zero political experience, who inherited a business from her dad and spent her days fantasizing for fringe websites like …
Discussion: Raw Story
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
AP source: CDC to extend travel mask requirement for 2 weeks  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will extend for two weeks the nationwide mask requirement for public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases, according to a person familiar with the matter.
 
 
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Fox News:
Rep. Henry Cuellar not a target of DOJ investigation that saw his home and office raided, attorney says
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New York Times:
U.S. and Ukrainian Groups Pierce Putin's Propaganda Bubble
New York Times:
Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee
Victoria Kim / New York Times:
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