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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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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 …
Christina Jewett / New York Times:
Drug Company Leaders Condemn Ruling Invalidating F.D.A. Approval of Abortion Pill
Drug Company Leaders Condemn Ruling Invalidating F.D.A. Approval of Abortion Pill
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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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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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Natasha Korecki / NBC News:
Democrats choose Chicago as the site of the 2024 convention — Atlanta and New York were also finalists. Republicans will hold their convention in Milwaukee. — The Democratic Party has chosen Chicago as the site of its 2024 convention. — President Joe Biden called Illinois …
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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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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Nouran Salahieh / CNN:
Reinstated Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones says he'll continue to call for gun reform
Reinstated Tennessee lawmaker Justin Jones says he'll continue to call for gun reform
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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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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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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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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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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.
Deidre McPhillips / CNN:
Gun violence has affected most families in the US, new survey finds
Gun violence has affected most families in the US, new survey finds
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Joan E Greve / The Guardian:
‘People will die’: why is Ron DeSantis loosening gun laws that most Floridians support?
‘People will die’: why is Ron DeSantis loosening gun laws that most Floridians support?
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Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Trump Files Appeal To Stop Pence From Testifying In Jan. 6 Investigation: Reports — The former vice president indicated he would testify in the probe after a judge agreed that the Constitution's “speech and debate clause” applied to him. — Donald Trump is planning to fight an order …
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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.
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Punchbowl News:
NEWS: Gang of Eight is getting classified docs from Trump, Biden, Pence homes — Breaking News: The Biden administration has started giving the congressional “Gang of Eight” access to the classified documents that were recovered from the homes of former President Donald Trump …
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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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Neil Vigdor / New York Times:
Sinema's Senate Seat Draws First Major Republican Contender — Mark Lamb, a sheriff and an ally of former President Donald J. Trump, will run for the seat held by Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat-turned-independent. — Mark Lamb, a right-wing sheriff and an ally of former President Donald J. Trump known …
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David Wright / CNN:
Trump-aligned Arizona sheriff to officially enter key Senate race
Trump-aligned Arizona sheriff to officially enter key Senate race
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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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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 …
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
Washington's Mideast Pullout Sets Israel and Iran on a Collision Course — Emboldened by new alliances and Israel's adventurism, Iran is ready to take higher risks in its shadow war ■ With the situation in the Palestinian territories deteriorating, a spark at the Al-Aqsa Mosque could plunge Israel into a multi-front war
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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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Adam Zivo / National Post:
Pediatric trans care is often conversion therapy for gay children — There's clear evidence that, in many cases, pediatric gender identity services amount to conversion therapy for homosexual children. Young, gay children, particularly effeminate boys and masculine girls …
Mark Follman / Mother Jones:
Louisville Mass Shooter Is the Seventh in 11 Months to Open Fire With an AR-15 — The suicidal gunman used a highly lethal weapon increasingly popular with rampage killers. — With Nashville still reeling from a devastating mass shooting two weeks ago at an elementary school …
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Sovereign Citizens Turn on Each Other Over $200K Fake License Plates — A well-known member of the far-right movement who is known for his outlandish legal theories has been given the boot as two prominent branches turn on each other. — Members of the far-right sovereign citizen movement …
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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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Melissa Brown / The Tennessean:
Gov. Bill Lee calls for ‘order of protection law’ to keep guns away from dangerous individuals — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday will sign an executive order aimed at strengthening background checks for firearm purchases, in addition to calling for lawmakers to pass an order of protection law …
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 …