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Washington Post:
Nashville council votes to reinstate Black Tennessee lawmaker — The expulsions of two lawmakers put Tennessee's issues of race, gun control and freedom of speech and into the national spotlight — NASHVILLE — Local officials voted Monday to reinstate one of the two Black Democratic lawmakers expelled …
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Nashville council votes to reinstate ousted Tennessee legislator Justin Jones — A majority of councilmembers had told NBC News they would vote to reinstate Jones, opening up a possible avenue for him to be sent back to the Legislature as early as Monday. — The Nashville Metropolitan Council …
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Rolling Stone, Fox News, Insider, The Post Millennial, Deseret News, ABC News and UPI
Cassandra Stephenson / The Tennessean:
Nashville Council votes overwhelmingly to reappoint Justin Jones to state legislature
Nashville Council votes overwhelmingly to reappoint Justin Jones to state legislature
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Tennessee Lookout, BuzzFeed News, The Hill, CBS News, Reuters, WPLN News and WKRN-TV
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Expelled Tennessee House Democrat Justin Jones Just Got His Job Back
Expelled Tennessee House Democrat Justin Jones Just Got His Job Back
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The Guardian and Fox News
Liz Crampton / Politico:
Nashville Council reinstates exiled Tennessee lawmaker
Nashville Council reinstates exiled Tennessee lawmaker
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New York Times, Reuters, The Daily Caller, Semafor and Tennessee Lookout
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
Drug Company Leaders Condemn Ruling Invalidating F.D.A. Approval of Abortion Pill — More than 250 executives said that the decision ignored both scientific and legal precedent and, if it stands, would create uncertainty for the pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Dueling abortion pill rulings put Biden administration in legal pickle — As the Justice Department sought to keep one decision on hold, it asked for clarification on the other. — The Biden administration is asking a judge to clarify how the federal government is supposed to comply …
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
White House says it is ‘prepared to have a long legal fight’ over abortion pill ruling
White House says it is ‘prepared to have a long legal fight’ over abortion pill ruling
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Politico
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 …
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WAVE-TV:
LMPD: 4 dead, 8 injured including 2 officers from downtown Louisville shooting; suspect dead
LMPD: 4 dead, 8 injured including 2 officers from downtown Louisville shooting; suspect dead
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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” …
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Raw Story and Crooks and Liars
Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
Exclusive: Florida GOP Congressman Backs Trump for President, as More Prepare to Follow Suit — As Republicans in Congress mull whether to back a candidate in next year's presidential race, the choice facing Florida's delegation is particularly fraught. The battleground state is home …
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Forbes, Florida's Voice, Right Side Broadcasting …, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller and Florida Politics
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Politico:
As Trump dominates the airwaves, ‘it feels like f—king 2016’
As Trump dominates the airwaves, ‘it feels like f—king 2016’
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Orlando Sentinel, Mediaite, Just The News, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, Political Wire, Florida Politics, Raw Story and NBC News
Sam Adler-Bell / New York Times:
The One Thing Trump Has That DeSantis Never Will
The One Thing Trump Has That DeSantis Never Will
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The Hill and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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Alternet.org, Reuters and Political Wire
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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.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What the Bud Light backlash has in common with today's Republican Party
What the Bud Light backlash has in common with today's Republican Party
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Fox News, Newsweek, Daily Mail, BizPac Review, RedState, The Last Refuge, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Louder With Crowder, Washington Examiner, Newsbusters, The Daily Caller, OutKick and TheBlaze
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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Blue Virginia and Raw Story
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 …
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.
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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:
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Mediaite
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump Ignores Deadline for Personal Financial Disclosure to F.E.C. — The disclosure will eventually provide the first look at the former president's businesses since leaving the White House. — Former President Donald J. Trump has a minor addition to his mounting pile of legal challenges …
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Raw Story and PoliticusUSA
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.
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Raw Story, Mediaite and Digby's Hullabaloo
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 …
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Political Wire
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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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.
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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.
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Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Rishi Sunak plans autumn 2024 general election in hope of shock victory — Well-placed sources believe going late maximises the chance of the economy improving — Downing Street is planning an autumn 2024 general election, believing a vote later that year brings the best chance of a shock victory, The Telegraph can reveal.
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Bloomberg
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 …
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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 …
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Slate
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
How Stormy Daniels Sees It Ending … Stormy Daniels saged the room and shuffled the oracle deck. It was the evening of April 1, and the woman at the center of the legal drama that led to the first criminal indictment of a U.S. president had agreed to ask the guides for help to see more clearly the past …
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The Bulwark, Fox News and The Hill
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.
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Fox News, CNN, Alternet.org, Bloomberg, TheBlaze, National Review, The Daily Caller, Just The News and Political Wire
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
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Al-Monitor and The Atlantic
Andrew Perez / The Lever:
America's First Dark Money Ballot Line — The latest scheme to launch a centrist, third-party “unity” ticket comes from a dark money front for corporate interests. — In 2024, billionaires and corporate executives are preparing to go from using shadowy front groups that influence politics …
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