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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Death of Roe Is Going to Tear America Apart — In his draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Samuel Alito blamed that 1973 abortion decision for sparking “a national controversy that has embittered our political culture for a half century.” He quoted Justice Antonin Scalia …
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Lexi Lonas / The Hill:
Pence hits Harris over abortion remarks: ‘How dare you?’ — Former Vice President Mike Pence blasted Vice President Harris in a speech Thursday over her support of abortion rights as the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. — On Tuesday at an EMILY's List conference …
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
PR giant advising corporate clients to stay silent on abortion rights — A massive public relations firm, Zeno, is privately advising its high-profile corporate clients to avoid commenting on the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, according to an internal communication obtained by Popular Information.
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Emily Galvin Almanza / Teen Vogue:
The Criminalization of Abortion: What to Expect In a Post-Roe United States
The Criminalization of Abortion: What to Expect In a Post-Roe United States
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Mother Jones
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Scooping the Supreme Court
Scooping the Supreme Court
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The Editorial Board, HotAir and Joe.My.God.
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Texas Governor Ready to Challenge Schooling of Migrant Children
Texas Governor Ready to Challenge Schooling of Migrant Children
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Sarah Nelson / The Indianapolis Star:
Lebanon man accused of killing wife among winners in Indiana primary race — A Lebanon man accused of killing his wife in March and dumping her body in a creek is among the candidates to advance in a local election after Indiana's primaries Tuesday. — Andrew Wilhoite, who's suspected …
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Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Man accused of killing his wife wins GOP primary from jail
Man accused of killing his wife wins GOP primary from jail
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CNN:
Peter Thiel plans to wind down his involvement in 2022 after Vance's victory in Ohio — (CNN)Billionaire tech mogul Peter Thiel won big when his longtime friend J.D. Vance succeeded in Tuesday's Ohio Senate GOP primary, surging to victory in the final days of the race after a last-minute endorsement …
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John Nichols / The Nation:
Meet the Poster Boy for the GOP's Trumpian Cult of Personality
Meet the Poster Boy for the GOP's Trumpian Cult of Personality
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
Biden Heads for JD Vance's Home Turf as Democrat Sits Out Event
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
Esper: Trump Wanted To Activate Retired Four-Stars To Court-Martial Them For Disloyalty — Secretary of Defense Mark Esper's new book recounts the episode. — President Donald Trump demanded that the military recall two retired four-star officers who criticized him so they could be court-martialed, a new book says.
Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News:
Biden makes head-scratching remark about American students learning Spanish — Biden appeared to misspeak during Cinco de Mayo comments about Spanish education — President Biden made an odd remark during his speech at the White House's Cinco de Mayo event on Thursday, as he talked about students in the U.S. learning Spanish.
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Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
Judge: Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified for reelection — ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Georgia on Friday found that U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is qualified to run for reelection, finding that a group of voters who had challenged her eligibility failed to prove she engaged in insurrection after taking office.
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Virginia Aabram / Washington Examiner:
Georgia judge says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene qualified to stand for reelection
Georgia judge says Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene qualified to stand for reelection
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Man who stormed Capitol in caveman costume gets prison — A New York City judge's son who stormed the U.S. Capitol wearing a furry “caveman” costume was sentenced on Friday to eight months in prison. — U.S. District Judge James Boasberg told Aaron Mostofsky that he was “literally on the front lines” …
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Pew Research Center:
America's Abortion Quandary — A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, but many are open to restrictions; many opponents of legal abortion say it should be legal in some circumstances — A majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases …
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
Pompeo Bastes Oz Over Turkey Ties — Former CIA director says Pennsylvania Senate candidate's ties to Erdogan's government raise national security concerns — Former CIA director and secretary of state Mike Pompeo wants celebrity doctor Mehmet Oz to talk Turkey.
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Kelsey Carolan / The Hill:
Pompeo holds briefing to raise concerns over Trump-backed Senate candidate in Pennsylvania
Pompeo holds briefing to raise concerns over Trump-backed Senate candidate in Pennsylvania
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Dan Zak / Washington Post:
The quid pro quos of Gordon D. Sondland — Long after his turn as a key witness at Donald Trump's first impeachment, the former E.U. ambassador wants another kind of public hearing — Gordon Sondland is a walking asterisk, a footnote that was once a headline, a man who made some history without really changing the course of it.
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Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
My Story: How I Was “Groomed” by My Elementary School Teachers … Anyone following the news knows the U.S. right is now obsessively accusing public school teachers, especially ones who are LGBTQ+, of being “groomers” — i.e., pedophiles. It's both astonishingly vile and horrifyingly cynical.
New York Times:
Amazon Abruptly Fires Senior Managers Tied to Unionized Warehouse — Company officials said the terminations in Staten Island were the result of an internal review while the fired managers saw it as a response to the recent union victory. — Give this article- - - Read in app
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Shannon Vavra / The Daily Beast:
‘I Simply Refuse’: Wiretaps Catch Putin's Troops Breaking Own Tanks in Sabotage Scheme — Russian troops have begun sharing tips with one another on how to deliberately damage Russian tanks and disobey orders, according to Ukrainian intelligence. — Russian fighters have been sharing tips …
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Olivia Beavers / Politico:
Amid an uproar over Capitol staff mistreatment, meet the House's ‘worst boss’ — Rep. Victoria Spartz topped a nonpartisan group's “Worst Bosses” list last year, winning the dubious title of most staff turnover in the House. Her retention record is only getting worse.
Ronda Kaysen / New York Times:
A Landlord ‘Underestimated’ His Tenants. Now They Could Own the Building. — When a new landlord bought their building in the Bronx and threatened to raise rents and kick them out, tenants banded together. They never expected how far they might get: the chance to buy their apartments for $2,500 each.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Payroll growth accelerated by 428,000 in April, more than expected as jobs picture stays strong — Nonfarm payrolls grew by 428,000 for April, a bit above the Dow Jones estimate of 400,000 and identical to March. — The unemployment rate held at 3.6% after being expected to nudge lower to 3.5%.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
U.K. Live Updates: Sinn Fein Is on Track to Win in Northern Ireland — Here's what you need to know: — In a seismic shift, the pro-unity Sinn Fein bloc is emerging as the largest in the North. — LONDON — The Irish nationalist party, Sinn Fein, was on track Friday night to emerge …
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Monika Richter / The Bulwark:
Is Biden's Disinfo Czar Qualified? — Nina Jankowicz unknowingly advanced Russian propaganda about the Czech Republic. Why has she been picked to lead DHS's new anti-disinformation board? — The rollout of the Biden administration's Disinformation Governance Board at the Department of Homeland Security …
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Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
How millions of Russians are tearing holes in the Digital Iron Curtain — A tremendous surge in VPN downloads represents a challenge to Putin and his version of the Ukraine war — RIGA, Latvia — When Russian authorities blocked hundreds of Internet sites in March, Konstantin decided to act.
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Billionaire Ken Griffin adds $25 million to his investment in Richard Irvin's GOP bid for governor — Billionaire Ken Griffin has upped his investment in Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin's Republican bid for governor, kicking in an additional $25 million to the campaign after seeding Irvin's candidacy …
Dave Levinthal / Insider:
Democratic Sen. Tom Carper violated a federal conflicts-of-interest law by failing to properly disclose his wife's gold mining investment — Sen. Tom Carper was months late disclosing one of his wife's stock trades. — The late disclosure violates the federal Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act.