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Matt Berg / Politico:
South Carolina Republican says to ignore FDA abortion pill ruling
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
DOJ asks appeals court to pause ‘extraordinary’ Texas abortion pill ruling
Associated Press:
Police: 4 killed in shooting at downtown Louisville building  —  A shooting at a bank in downtown Louisville killed at least four people and wounded at least eight others Monday, police said.  The suspected shooter was also dead.  —  The shooting, the 15th mass killing in the country this year …
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CNN:
Suspect who killed 4 in mass shooting at Louisville bank believed to be former employee, police say  —  A gunman opened fire at a bank in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday morning, killing four people and sending at least eight to the hospital before he died by gunfire at the scene …
WAVE-TV:
LMPD: 4 dead, 8 injured including 2 officers from downtown Louisville shooting; suspect dead
Politico:
As Trump dominates the airwaves, ‘it feels like f—king 2016’  —  Trump's opponents are struggling to find a spotlight of their own in the 2024 campaign.  —  With the volume blaring on The Donald Trump Show, other Republican presidential hopefuls are struggling to make any noise of their own.
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Sam Adler-Bell / New York Times:
The One Thing Trump Has That DeSantis Never Will
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump appeals order for Pence to testify in Jan. 6 probe  —  Special Counsel Jack Smith is seeking Pence's testimony in the federal probe of Trump's bid to undermine the 2020 election.  —  Donald Trump has appealed a judge's order requiring his former vice president, Mike Pence …
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NBC News:
Trump moves to block Pence from testifying in special counsel's Jan. 6 probe
Discussion: CNBC and Washington Press
Chris Perez / Denver Westword:
Lauren Boebert's Eldest Son's Car Wreck Injured Friend, Led to Criminal Charges  —  Representative Lauren Boebert with her son Tyler. … Like mother, like son.  —  On September 17, 2022, Representative Lauren Boebert's eldest son, Tyler, was issued a “careless driving causing bodily injury” …
Discussion: Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
CNN:
Biden judicial push hits roadblocks with GOP veto-power and Democratic absences  —  The remarkable pace with which President Joe Biden has sought to remake the federal bench has been put into jeopardy by dual threats: Democratic Senate absences and a Senate rule that gives Republicans the ability …
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NBC News:
Biden's 2024 campaign is starting to take shape, minus the announcement
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Hounded by baseless voter fraud allegations, an entire county's election staff quits in Virginia  —  In Buckingham County, four people quit their jobs after a feud between local Republicans and the general registrar consumed the small community.  —  BUCKINGHAM, Virginia — Lindsey Taylor loved running elections here.
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CNN:
Dalai Lama apologizes after video asking child to ‘suck’ his tongue sparks outcry  —  New Delhi and Dharamshala, India CNN —  The Dalai Lama has apologized after a video emerged showing the spiritual leader kissing a child on the lips and then asking him to “suck my tongue” at an event in northern India.
Vivian Salama / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Deems WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich ‘Wrongfully Detained’ by Russia  —  Official designation enables U.S. to press a foreign government, unlocks other resources to free detainee  —  The State Department on Monday designated as “wrongfully detained” Evan Gershkovich …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
White House launching $5 billion program to speed coronavirus vaccines  —  ‘Project Next Gen’ would succeed ‘Operation Warp Speed’ with a mission to develop next-generation vaccines and therapies.  —  The Biden administration is launching a $5 billion-plus program to accelerate development …
Discussion: Political Wire
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
Two friends were denied care after Florida banned abortion.  One almost died.  —  New abortion restrictions have disrupted the standard of care for a pregnancy complication both women experienced late last year  —  MIRAMAR, Fla. — Anya Cook did not want to push.
Rex Huppke / USA Today:
Why I decided to shoot all my Bud Light: A letter to my ‘woke’ liberal neighbors  —  The company I have long supported by getting day drunk caved to the absurd liberal notion that we should treat everyone with respect by partnering with Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer.  —  Dear neighbors:
Discussion: Mediaite
John-Henry Perera / Houston Chronicle:
Rep. Dan Crenshaw posts #boycottbudlight video with fridge full of Karbach, owned by same company  —  Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate  —  Rep. Dan Crenshaw has jumped on the #boycottbudlight bandwagon but he made a critical mistake in the execution.
Discussion: Washington Post
Bill Chappell / NPR:
What to know as Gov. Abbott pushes to pardon a man who was just convicted of murder  —  One day after a jury convicted U.S. Army Sgt. Daniel Perry of murder for shooting and killing Garrett Foster at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said he wants Perry to receive a pardon.
CNN:
Senate Republicans confront 2024 primary challenges and Trump's influence  —  Kari Lake - the unapologetic supporter of former President Donald Trump and vanquished candidate for Arizona governor - privately made a trip to National Republican Senatorial Committee headquarters in February …
Larry Neumeister / Associated Press:
Judge seeks to learn whether Trump will go to his rape trial  —  A federal judge wants to know if ex-President Donald Trump plans to attend a New York trial this month resulting from a columnist's claims that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Jim Jordan subpoenas FBI Director Wray  —  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray in connection with a now-withdrawn memo that explored avenues for gaining information on white supremacists' interaction with local Catholic churches.
Michael Hauser Tov / Haaretz:
In U-turn, Netanyahu Announces That Gallant Will Remain Defense Minister  —  Netanyahu also said that Israel's opposition and the movement against his government's efforts to overhaul the judiciary are responsible for the military escalation between Israel and its neighbors
David Folkenflik / NPR:
The loneliness of Fox News' Bret Baier  —  Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier is perhaps the best personification of Fox Corp chief Lachlan Murdoch's description of Fox News as a network that targets the “center-right.”  While his selection of stories and analysts often appeal …
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
Conspiracy theorists made Tiffany Dover into an anti-vaccine icon.  She's finally ready to talk about it.  —  The Tennessee nurse stayed quiet in hopes that her silence would quiet false claims of her death.  Now, she says it only hurt.  —  HIGDON, Ala. — Tiffany Dover is alive.
Max Moran / American Prospect:
If the Law Is Legitimate, Clarence Thomas Must Stand Trial  —  The Supreme Court justice repeatedly broke the law for two decades.  But do the laws even apply to the leaders on our judicial branch?  —  ProPublica reported last week that for two decades, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
Discussion: The Guardian and Slate
 
 
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump Ignores Deadline for Personal Financial Disclosure to F.E.C.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Manhattan DA assails GOP hearing on N.Y. crime as ‘political stunt’
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America's First Dark Money Ballot Line
Discussion: Jacobin and Los Angeles Times
Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
Likely Senate candidate Mark Lamb appeared on network that attacks “seditious Jews” and “Jewish tyrants”
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Behind the Scenes of Barack Obama's Reading Lists
Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
Illustrated Anne Frank book removed by Florida school
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Grand jury indicts the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his Virginia teacher
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Republican efforts to be the party of parents suffer a setback
NBC News:
How a Nashville suburb's LGBTQ pride festival became a bitter flashpoint
Robert Reich:
Is the GOP becoming the American fascist party?
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Alternet.org and NPR
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
How Stormy Daniels Sees It Ending
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Financial Times:
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