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Mary Ellen Klas / Miami Herald:
Disney tells investors state can't dissolve special district without paying debt — As Florida legislators were rushing through passage of a bill to repeal the special district that governs Walt Disney World last week, they failed to notice an obscure provision in state law that says the state …
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New York Times:
McCarthy Feared G.O.P. Lawmakers Put ‘People in Jeopardy’ After Jan. 6 — New audio recordings reveal Kevin McCarthy worried that comments by his far-right colleagues could incite violence. He said he would try to rein in the lawmakers, but has instead defended them. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Meadows' texts reveal new details about the key role a little-known GOP congressman played in efforts to overturn election — Washington (CNN)Newly obtained text messages and recent court filings fill in significant gaps about the key role a little-known Pennsylvania Republican …
Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Tucker Carlson calls Kevin McCarthy ‘puppet of the Democratic Party’ — Fox News host Tucker Carlson warned Republicans against supporting California Rep. Kevin McCarthy for House speaker if the GOP wins control of the lower chamber this fall. — The top-rated cable news personality reacted Tuesday …
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Marjorie Taylor Greene Can't Lie Her Way Out of the Fact That She Violated the 14th Amendment
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A top Democrat ties Pence's 'I'm not getting in the car' to Jan. 6 ‘coup’
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Politico:
Twitter's top lawyer reassures staff, cries during meeting about Musk takeover — Monday was an emotional day at Twitter — even for its executives. — Shortly after billionaire Elon Musk bought the powerful social media platform, top Twitter lawyer Vijaya Gadde called a virtual meeting …
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Twitter says mass deactivations after Musk news were ‘organic’ — How Elon Musk's Twitter takeover could change the platform — Twitter was flooded with user reports of high-profile accounts losing thousands of followers in the hours after news broke that Tesla CEO Elon Musk would purchase …
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Jesse O'Neill / New York Post:
Elon Musk says suspending NY Post from Twitter was ‘incredibly inappropriate’ — Elon Musk said Twitter's move to ban The New York Post's exclusive story about Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings ahead of the 2020 presidential election was “obviously incredibly inappropriate.”
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Molly Ball / TIME:
What Elon Musk Really Believes
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why Elon Musk Bought Twitter
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Craig Mauger / Detroit News:
Michigan Republican resigns from GOP committee citing ‘delusional lies’ — Lansing — Tony Daunt, a longtime Michigan Republican insider, resigned Tuesday night from the GOP's state committee, saying party leaders had made the coming election a test of “who is most cravenly loyal” to former President Donald Trump.
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Jonathan Oosting / Bridge Michigan:
Matt Maddock, a Trump favorite, ousted from Michigan GOP caucus
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Los Angeles Times:
Villanueva backs off investigation of Times reporter who revealed cover-up — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said Tuesday that his department was targeting a Times journalist in a criminal leak investigation for her reporting on a departmental cover-up, but after a barrage …
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Los Angeles Times:
L.A. Times protests sheriff's criminal leak investigation against reporter — This letter was sent Tuesday to Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva by the general counsel of the Los Angeles Times. It protests a criminal leak investigation of Times reporter Alene Tchekmedyian …
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NBC News:
U.S. intel helped Ukraine protect air defenses, shoot down Russian plane carrying hundreds of troops — As Russia launched its invasion, the U.S. gave Ukrainian forces detailed intelligence about exactly when and where Russian missiles and bombs were intended to strike …
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Before the Moskva, there was the Kursk: The sunken submarine that helped Putin consolidate power over Russia
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Misty Severi / Washington Examiner:
Russia claims Ukraine ‘saturated’ with weapons of mass destruction
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WSOC-TV:
Sources: Rep. Madison Cawthorn cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas — CHARLOTTE — Rep. Madison Cawthorn was cited for having a gun at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Tuesday morning, three sources tell Channel 9. — According to the TSA, a 9 millimeter handgun was discovered …
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Andrew Kerr / Washington Examiner:
Madison Cawthorn implicated in potential insider trading scheme, experts say — EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Madison Cawthorn may have violated federal insider trading laws as he hyped up an alleged pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scheme, multiple watchdog groups told the Washington Examiner.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Madison Cawthorn Is Trying to Commit Every Possible Scandal
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CBS News:
Biden tells Congressional Hispanic Caucus he's looking at forgiving some federal student loan debt — President Biden is looking at different options to forgive an unspecified but substantial amount of federal student loan debt — a move that would thrill some of his most loyal supporters …
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Matthew S. Schwartz / NPR:
Florida man asks schools to ban Bible following the state's efforts to remove books — A Florida activist known for his tongue-in-cheek petitions to local government agencies has asked school districts in Florida to ban the Bible. — In petitions sent to public school superintendents across the state …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Admits He Oversaw Pay for Executive Who Got Fishy Perks — Trump said in a just-released deposition that he personally oversaw the pay of the Trump Organization's chief operating officer. That could be a problem for him. — In a lawsuit's never-before-seen testimony …
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Politico:
Dems grow alarmed by lack of fear over Roe's future — For decades, Democrats insisted that Republicans would invite a major voter backlash if they took aggressive action to curtail abortion rights. — Now, as a growing number of GOP-led states do just that, passing a slew …
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Bloomberg:
DJI Becomes Most Prominent Chinese Firm to Halt Russia Business — Drone-maker SZ DJI Technology Co. has halted all business activities in Russia and Ukraine, becoming the highest-profile Chinese company to withdraw from the war-torn region. — The world's largest producer of unmanned aerial vehicles …
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Washington Post:
Opinion Biden shows once again why he is a huge upgrade from Trump — President Biden on Tuesday pardoned or commuted the sentences of 78 people convicted of nonviolent federal crimes. The president's move did not come soon enough for some who had hoped he would use his office to reform the criminal justice system.
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Trump judges audition for Supreme Court — A number of young and prominent Trump-appointed judges are writing their opinions with provocative language, diving into the culture wars in ways offering an audition for a future Supreme Court opening. … But with the specter …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Vance moves into top spot in Ohio GOP senate primary — Many primary voters remain undecided — Fox News Flash top headlines for April 26 — Support for author J.D. Vance has doubled in the Ohio Republican senate primary race, catapulting him ahead of earlier frontrunners …
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Libs of TikTok tweeted fake accusations about a school teaching second graders about furries — The school district was harassed by her followers as a result. — Second graders are learning about furries in school? — That's what the prominent right-wing Twitter account Libs of TikTok (@LibsofTikTok) said in a tweet on Monday.
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Jack Crosbie / Rolling Stone:
Republican Lawmaker Resigns After Texting Alleged Pedophile 72 Times — Ray Holmberg, a grandfather of five, was the longest-serving members of North Dakota's state Senate — The Republican Party has spent months, if not years, inciting a pedophilia panic in America …
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Kevin McCarthy keeps repeating false claim that attorney general called parents ‘terrorists’ for wanting to attend school board meetings — McCarthy tapes: Irresistible for some media outlets, ignored by others 03:51 — Washington (CNN)House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy keeps repeating …
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