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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court's Alito cancels conference appearance after abortion ruling leak  —  (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has canceled an appearance at a judicial conference set to begin on Thursday after a draft decision he wrote indicating the high court would overturn …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
With Roe Under Threat, Biden Is an Unlikely Abortion Rights Champion  —  Over the course of a half-century in national politics, President Biden has evolved from an outright critic of Roe to a seemingly reluctant and largely quiet supporter.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
Politico:
The possible post-Roe roadmap  —  HURDLES, RISKS, DECISIONS — If the Supreme Court overrules Roe v. Wade entirely, as the draft opinion published on Monday by POLITICO suggests, patients who want to terminate a pregnancy but live in a state that outlaws doing so will have three choices …
Molly Crabapple / Forever Wars:
Despair Is Premature And Rage Is Insufficient  —  When the country that considers itself the definition of freedom takes away the most basic freedom of more than half its people, the only response is to resist until the end.  —  THE BASTARDS DID IT, like they always said they would.  —  I was naïve.
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Republicans, on cusp of abortion win, seek to change the subject  —  They had been on the rhetorical offensive against Democrats.  After the Supreme Court leak, it's the GOP searching for the right message.  —  Every January, congressional Republicans have marked the anniversary …
Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Blackburn Warns Dems Could Try To Pack Court With Ketanji Brown Jackson Before Breyer Retires To Try To Save Roe v. Wade
Discussion: HotAir and Politico
Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
The Fight Over Abortion History
Washington Post:
Opinion Alito's aggressive ruling would reach way beyond Roe
Discussion: CNN, The Intercept, Daily Kos and The Hill
New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Is Helping Ukraine Kill Russian Generals, Officials Say  —  Targeting assistance is part of a classified effort by the Biden administration to provide real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine.  — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Washington Post:
Kremlin is targeting Ukraine resupply infrastructure, officials say  —  The Kremlin is carrying out strikes on infrastructure that is critical to Ukraine's efforts to resupply its forces in their defense against Russia's invasion, Ukrainian officials and the Pentagon said Wednesday.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The book J.D. Vance doesn't want you to read  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TWO TOP POLITICS READS:  — “A Biden-Trump rematch is increasingly likely.  But neither side wants to move first,” by Jonathan Lemire and Meridith McGraw: “President JOE BIDEN and former President DONALD TRUMP …
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Oath Keeper details pre-Jan. 6 planning, pleads to seditious conspiracy  —  William Todd Wilson of North Carolina is the third member of far-right group to cooperate with prosecutors in Capitol riot cases  —  For two months after the 2020 presidential election, William Todd Wilson …
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ABC News:   DOJ, Jan. 6 committee staff clash in interview with former U.S. attorney: Sources
Politico:
Donald Trump Jr. interviews with Jan. 6 select panel
Rolling Stone:
The Jan. 6 Committee Has a Subpoena for Parler's Founder
Discussion: Raw Story
Niki Griswold / Austin American-Statesman:
Abbott says Texas could ‘resurrect’ SCOTUS case requiring states to educate all kids  —  Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that Texas would consider challenging a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court decision requiring states to offer free public education to all children, including those of undocumented immigrants.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Politico:
Trump reasserts dominance over GOP  —  Mitt Romney and Josh Hawley, polar opposites in today's GOP, agree on one thing: Donald Trump's status as Republican kingmaker.  —  After the former president's endorsement of a former critic rocketed J.D. Vance to the GOP Senate nomination in Ohio …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Farewell to the dumbest Senate primary ever
Politico:
A Biden-Trump rematch is increasingly likely.  But neither side wants to move first.  —  The 2024 election begins as a high-stakes staring contest.  —  President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both told aides and confidants that they're more likely to run for the White House next cycle …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media fell for ‘pro-life’ rhetoric — and helped create this mess  —  A conversation with the journalist son of the doctor who endured Buffalo's abortion wars (and delivered my firstborn).  —  About three decades ago, an obstetrician and gynecologist named Shalom Press delivered my first child at Children's Hospital in Buffalo.
NBC News:
Covid's toll in the U.S. reaches a once unfathomable number: 1 million deaths  —  1 million people in the U.S. have now died from Covid  —  The U.S. on Wednesday surpassed 1 million Covid-19 deaths, according to data compiled by NBC News — a once unthinkable scale of loss even for the country …
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Jennifer Millman / NBC New York:
5th Wave? New York COVID Hospitalizations Top 2,000, Nearly Tripling in a Month
Discussion: Governor Kathy Hochul and The Hill
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Blinken tests positive for coronavirus, State Department says
CNN:
New audio: McCarthy said 25th Amendment ‘takes too long’ and wanted to reach out to Biden after January 6 attack  —  House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy discussed the 25th Amendment on a call with GOP leadership days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and said the process …
Bloomberg:
U.S. Considers Unprecedented Sanctions on China Tech Giant Hikvision  —  Shares of Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. tumbled 10% as the U.S. considers imposing new sanctions on surveillance-technology giant, potentially the harshest measures so far against a major Chinese company.
Discussion: Al Jazeera and TechCrunch
Washington Post:
Oligarch's effort to broker peace falters even as it shields him from sanctions  —  Billionaire Roman Abramovich has sought to wield influence beyond Russia's borders to protect his empire  —  As hundreds of Ukrainians faced annihilation in an encircled steel plant, Russian oligarch Roman …
Politico:
The Harris-Biden student debt divide  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  Early in April, Vice President KAMALA HARRIS' office began collaborating with the White House …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and ABC News
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Gabriel T. Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Mass Student Debt Cancellation Legally Risky, Says Top Obama Education Lawyer
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 
 
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Bloomberg Government:
Democrats Raise $12 Million After Top Court Draft Leak (Correct)
Discussion: The Hill
Katrina Manson / Bloomberg:
U.S. Sent Cyber Team to Lithuania Over Threat of Russian Hacking
Wanna Ver / Washington Post:
Why I must confront the Philippines' painful past — including my father's role
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Fed raises rates by half a percentage point — the biggest hike in two decades — to fight inflation
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Ex-NBA Star Snaps at ESPN Pundit for Sounding Like Fox News
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Wire
 Earlier Items: 
Azeen Ghorayshi / New York Times:
Few Transgender Children Change Their Minds After 5 Years, Study Finds
Discussion: UPI
Associated Press:
Sinn Fein eyes historic win in Northern Ireland election
Discussion: Foreign Policy
Jerusalem Demsas / The Atlantic:
The Right to Move Is Under Attack
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

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