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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Abortion Pill Ruling May Face Headwinds at the Supreme Court — Even justices hostile to abortion and the administrative state may think twice, legal scholars said, before embracing a Texas judge's decision. — WASHINGTON — The conservative legal movement has long had two key goals …
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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 …
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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.
NBC News:
Judge's abortion pill decision embraces extreme language and ideology of anti-abortion movement, experts say — Experts highlighted examples of the unprecedented nature of Judge Kacsmaryk's ruling on abortion pills, including his politicized language and nod to the idea of fetal personhood.
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Pressured by Their Base on Abortion, Republicans Strain to Find a Way Forward — Some in the party are urging compromise, warning of dire electoral consequences for 2024, while other stances, on guns and gay rights, also risk turning off moderates. — Republican leaders have followed …
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace says FDA should ignore judge's abortion pill ruling
GOP Rep. Nancy Mace says FDA should ignore judge's abortion pill ruling
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Washington Post:
Egypt secretly planned to supply rockets to Russia, leaked U.S. document says — President Abdel Fatah El-Sisi in February planned to produce 40,000 rockets for Russia and instructed officials to keep production and shipment secret ‘to avoid problems with the West’
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Punchbowl News:
4/11/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … This is a major victory for Congress and, more broadly, a validation of lawmakers' role as overseers of the U.S. intelligence community. … The Biden administration began producing the documents last week, we're told.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The leaked documents on the Ukraine war are chilling
The leaked documents on the Ukraine war are chilling
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New York Times:
Clues Left Online Might Aid Leak Investigation, Officials Say
Clues Left Online Might Aid Leak Investigation, Officials Say
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Associated Press:
Leaked US intel: Russia operatives claimed new ties with UAE
Leaked US intel: Russia operatives claimed new ties with UAE
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Nomaan Merchant / Associated Press:
Leaked documents may have origin in chatroom for gamers
Leaked documents may have origin in chatroom for gamers
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Lara Seligman / Politico:
'I'm sick to my stomach': Pentagon officials shocked by intel leaks
'I'm sick to my stomach': Pentagon officials shocked by intel leaks
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention — The Democratic convention, to run from Aug. 19-22, 2024, is expected to draw up to 50,000 visitors to Chicago. Chicago last hosted a convention in 1996. — WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee selected Chicago to host …
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New York Times:
Chicago Will Host 2024 Democratic Convention as Party Returns to Midwest — For their flagship gathering, President Biden and Democrats chose a city in the heart of a battleground region, which had argued that it embodied the party's liberal values. — President Biden and his party …
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Slate:
Twitter Isn't a Company Anymore — In a court filing on Tuesday, April 4, Twitter Inc. quietly revealed a major development: It no longer exists. The company is currently being sued by right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer, who accused it of violating federal racketeering laws when it banned her account in 2019.
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Adam Cohen / New York Times:
54 Years Ago, a Supreme Court Justice Was Forced to Quit for Behavior Arguably Less Egregious Than Thomas's — There are two distressing aspects to the scandal of Justice Clarence Thomas's years of accepting luxurious vacations and private jet trips from a billionaire, as revealed last week in a damning investigation by ProPublica.
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ProPublica:
Congress Members Announce Hearing, Demand Chief Justice Investigate Clarence Thomas' Trips
Congress Members Announce Hearing, Demand Chief Justice Investigate Clarence Thomas' Trips
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Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Senate Democrats call on Chief Justice Roberts to investigate Thomas' undisclosed trips
Senate Democrats call on Chief Justice Roberts to investigate Thomas' undisclosed trips
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Kerry Byrne / Fox Business:
Bud Light suffers bloodbath as longtime and loyal consumers revolt against transgender campaign — 'In Bud Light's effort to be inclusive, they excluded almost everybody else,' says a St. Louis bar owner — Bud Light suffered a bloodbath this past weekend.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Tennessee Speaker admits his family lives hours away from the district he represents — Yesterday, Popular Information published an article that posed this question: Where does the Tennessee House Speaker actually live? — The issue is that Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) represents District 25 …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announces Parkinson's disease diagnosis — The 54-year-old Democrat makes the announcement on World Parkinson's Day — Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.) announced Tuesday that she has Parkinson's disease, sharing her diagnosis on a day designated to raise awareness …
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Washington Post:
Popular handgun fires without anyone pulling the trigger, victims say … One warm afternoon in May, Dwight Jackson was getting dressed for a visit to his favorite cigar lounge. He slipped his holstered SIG Sauer P320 pistol onto his belt, put on a button-down shirt and leaned across his bed for his wallet.
Washington Post:
Meet the young Democrats waging war on MAGA from behind enemy lines — Catalyzing events in U.S. history have a tendency to shape generations of public officials. In the 1920s, Prohibition and the GOP's depression economics gave rise to the New Deal Democrats.
Charlie Sykes / Morning Shots:
Numbed America — Another mass shooting. Cue the doom loop. — Yesterday's murder of five Americans in Louisville was the 145th mass shooting here, so far this year. And it is only mid-April. Last year, there were 647 mass shootings in our country. — It is staggering that we are not staggered by this.
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Associated Press:
Judges block Tennessee move to cut Nashville council in half — The ruling stymies an effort by state Republican lawmakers to cut the council in half after it blocked the 2024 Republican National Convention from coming to the Music City. — NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Democratic-leaning city …
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Bloomberg:
Israel Generals Give a Stark Warning: Its Enemies Smell Blood — Israel's Passover holiday week has been a deadly one filled with rocket barrages, enemy drones, drive-by shootings and a car-ramming, prompting a deeply divided society to agree on one thing: its enemies smell blood.
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Amos Harel / Haaretz:
Washington's Mideast Pullout Sets Israel and Iran on a Collision Course
Washington's Mideast Pullout Sets Israel and Iran on a Collision Course
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Vladimir Kara-Murza / Washington Post:
Vladimir Kara-Murza's last statement to Russian court: A reckoning will come — Vladimir Kara-Murza delivered these remarks on Monday at the closing session of his trial in Moscow. — MOSCOW CITY COURT — Members of the court: I was sure, after two decades spent in Russian politics …
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Reuters:
Tennessee Democrats push to bring second expelled lawmaker back to House — Tennessee Democrats on Tuesday will press for the reinstatement of the second of two state representatives who were expelled for leading a rule-breaking gun policy protest on the floor of the statehouse, after the first was reinstated on Monday.
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The Texas Tribune:
State Rep. Bryan Slaton retains criminal defense lawyer in possible ethics investigation — The complaint came after an incident in which Slaton and the staffer allegedly met up at his Austin apartment last weekend. A separate staffer told The Texas Tribune that Slaton drank alcohol with an intern under 21 years old.
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CNN:
An officer was shot in the head trying to stop a mass shooting at a Louisville bank. He graduated from the police academy just 10 days ago. — A 26-year-old rookie Louisville police officer - who graduated from the police academy just 10 days ago - was hospitalized after being shot in the head …
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Chelsea Simeon / WKBN-TV:
Truck carrying toxic soil from East Palestine overturns in Columbiana County — EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (WKBN) - A truck carrying toxic soil from the East Palestine train derailment site overturned just before 1 p.m. Monday in Columbiana County. — According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol …
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Summer Concepcion / Associated Press:
Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters sentenced to home detention and community service in obstruction case — Peters, a prominent 2020 election denier, had faced up to six months in jail for allegedly obstructing government operations. — Former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters …
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David Wright / CNN:
Ohio GOP businessman Moreno files for Senate bid — Bernie Moreno, a wealthy Ohio businessman, has filed paperwork to run for Senate in 2024 and challenge Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown in what's likely to be one of the most competitive races of the upcoming cycle.
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Slate:
The Effort to Suppress the Vote Is Spreading to the Republican Mainstream — They've been at it for a long time, and they're picking up steam. — It's bad enough when a trio of voter suppression groups led by charlatans gets together at an annual secret conference sponsored in part …
The San Francisco Standard:
Downtown San Francisco Whole Foods Closing a Year After Opening — One of the largest supermarkets in Downtown San Francisco—the Whole Foods Market at Eighth and Market streets—intends to shut down at the close of business Monday just a little more than a year after the store opened, company officials told The Standard.
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Citing Trump's attacks on ‘hush money’ judge, court keeps E. Jean Carroll rape jury completely anonymous — Some weeks after cloaking a jury in complete anonymity to preside over E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit accusing former President Donald Trump of rape, a federal judge refused to relax …
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Ed Shanahan / New York Times:
House Panel Plans Manhattan Hearing. Bragg Calls It a ‘Political Stunt.’ — The Republican-led Judiciary Committee hopes to tarnish the Democratic prosecutor who is leading the criminal case against former President Donald J. Trump. — The Republican-led House Judiciary Committee …