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3:20 PM ET, April 13, 2023

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New York Times:
Leader of Online Group Where Secret Documents Leaked Is Air National Guardsman  —  Federal investigators are searching for the person who shared top secret documents that revealed government secrets about the Ukraine war.  —  The leader of a small online gaming chat group where a trove …
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Washington Post:
Leaker of U.S. secret documents worked on military base, friend says  —  The man behind a massive leak of U.S. government secrets that has exposed spying on allies, revealed the grim prospects for Ukraine's war with Russia and ignited diplomatic fires for the White House is a young …
New York Times:
Leaked Documents Live Updates: Leader of Online Group Where Secrets Appeared Is Air National Guardsman  —  Federal investigators are searching for the person who shared classified U.S. intelligence revealing government secrets about the Ukraine war, but they have not identified a suspect.  —  Pinned
New York Times:
New Leaked Documents Show Broad Infighting Among Russian Officials  —  The additional documents also suggest the breach of American intelligence agencies could contain far more material than previously believed.  —  The depth of the infighting inside the Russian government appears broader …
Reuters:
U.S. Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking intel to be arrested Thursday  —  An Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking highly classified U.S. documents will be arrested on Thursday in Massachusetts, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.  —  The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not elaborate.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The most shocking intel leak reveals new Chinese military advances  —  China has tested and deployed a new longer-range hypersonic missile that is likely able to evade U.S. defenses, according to an overlooked top-secret document among those recently leaked.
Discussion: LifeSite
NBC News:
U.S. officials identify leaked classified documents suspect as 21-year-old Air National Guardsman  —  President Joe Biden suggested on Thursday morning that officials appeared to be nearing a breakthrough in their investigation into who leaked the documents online.
Washington Post:
Russia says China agreed to secretly provide weapons, leaked documents show  —  U.S. eavesdropping reveals that Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service believed it had a deal with Beijing for the provision of ‘lethal aid’  —  China approved “provision of lethal aid” to Russia in its war …
The Guardian:
Pentagon leaks: US air national guardsman, 21, identified as suspect
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP source: Investigators narrow suspect pool in leak probe
Discussion: Associated Press
ProPublica:
Billionaire Harlan Crow Bought Property From Clarence Thomas.  The Justice Didn't Disclose the Deal.  —  In 2014, one of Texas billionaire Harlan Crow's companies purchased a string of properties on a quiet residential street in Savannah, Georgia.  It wasn't a marquee acquisition …
Joe Eskenazi / Mission Local:
Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec's alleged killer also worked in tech  —  Mission Local is informed that the San Francisco Police Department early this morning made an arrest in the April 4 killing of tech executive Bob Lee, Mission Local is told that San Francisco police …
Associated Press:
DOJ to ask Supreme Court to put abortion pill limits on hold  —  A federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the drug can be taken and said it could not be dispensed by mail.
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Politico:
Appeals court keeps abortion pill on the market but sharply limits access
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Justice Department to take abortion pill fight to Supreme Court: Garland
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Nancy Pelosi Suggests Calls for Feinstein to Resign Are Sexist  —  'IT'S INTERESTING...'  —  Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) appeared to imply that she thinks calls for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to resign over her vote absences on health grounds are sexist.  Democrat lawmakers have urged …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Pelosi on calls for Feinstein to resign: 'I've never seen them go after a man who was sick in the Senate'
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Feinstein, Under Pressure to Resign, Asks to Step Down From Judiciary Panel
New York Times:
Trump Faces Questioning in N.Y. Attorney General's Lawsuit  —  Letitia James, the attorney general, has sued Donald J. Trump and three of his children, accusing them of a “staggering” fraud.  —  Donald J. Trump was being questioned under oath on Thursday in a civil fraud lawsuit brought …
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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Hear Trump Officials Tell Fox Their Election Fraud Claims Were Bogus  —  Not only did Giuliani and others say they had no proof to back their Dominion claims, a Trump official told Fox News in early December 2020 to save the date for January 6.  —  The Kraken has been released.
Miami Herald:
‘What are you waiting for?’:  DeSantis' 2024 supporters worry he's launching too late  —  Ron DeSantis' critics have spent weeks knocking his national political rollout, attacking his operation's slow-motion pace and raising doubts about whether he's already fallen irrevocably behind Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP presidential primary.
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Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Ron DeSantis, Down in Polls and Taking Flak From Donald Trump, Looks to Rebound
Discussion: NBC News, The Federalist and The Hill
New York Times:
Dan Snyder Agrees to Sell Washington Commanders for $6 Billion  —  The N.F.L. team is on track to be sold to a group led by Josh Harris for a record figure, as investigations into sexual harassment claims and the team's finances mount.  —  Daniel Snyder, the owner of the scandal-plagued …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Trump steps into center of youth-led “Tennessee Three” backlash  —  Former President Trump will travel this week to Nashville, the epicenter of a growing youth-led backlash over the Tennessee House's expulsion of two Black Democratic state lawmakers for joining protests against gun violence.
Discussion: Politico
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
If Tennessee's Legislature Looks Broken, It's Not Alone
Discussion: Ordinary Times
J. Michael Luttig / The Atlantic:
The Court Is Likely to Reject the Independent State Legislature Theory  —  And that offers hope for American democracy  —  It is often difficult, if not impossible, to tell what the Supreme Court is thinking about a case from the questions the justices ask counsel.
Punchbowl News:
NEWS: The House GOP debt limit proposal  —  There are a few behind-the-scenes developments happening on the debt limit that we want to share with you. … The legislation would lift the debt limit until May 2024.  Leadership is considering either a cap on non-defense discretionary spending …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's new stunt reveals the folly of ‘governing by Fox News’  —  Who could have predicted that structuring congressional hearings around the overriding goal of generating content for Fox News would prove to be a recipe for buffoonish failure?  —  After winning the House last November …
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Legal expert: Jack Smith could charge Donald Trump with espionage after latest revelations  —  A little over a week ago, The New York Times reported that among the things former President Donald Trump was doing with the documents he took from the White House was showing them off to people visiting him at Mar-a-Lago.
Maggie Tokuda-Hall / Pretty Ok Maggie:
Scholastic, and a Faustian Bargain  —  Recently, I got an email with an offer from Scholastic's Educational Division to license Love in the Library for an AANHPI narratives collection, I was thrilled.  If you've been in kids' books for more than ten minutes then you are aware of the staggering reach of Scholastic.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
The Dangerous Rise of ‘Front-Yard Politics’  —  Many public crusaders are private reactionaries.  —  Several months ago, while walking through my neighborhood in Washington, D.C., I noticed an impressive number of front-lawn placards celebrating and welcoming refugees.  The signs made me proud.
Amanda Carpenter / Bulwark+:
Tim Scott Looks at Joe Biden and Thinks Civil War  —  SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT, one of those affable Republicans often touted as “the future” of an optimistic, inclusive GOP, carefully selected the timing and location for the announcement of his exploratory committee for his party's 2024 presidential nomination.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
George Santos has a possible challenger, as ex-Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi considers a run for his old seat  — Former New York Rep. Tom Suozzi is considering running for his old seat, which embattled Republican Rep. George Santos holds.  — Suozzi has spoken with political leaders …
Philip Oltermann / The Guardian:
'I'm all for climate change': Axel Springer CEO faces heat over leaked messages  —  Mathias Döpfner's reported comments on climate, Muslims and east Germany - and his apparent political manoeuvring - create shock waves  —  The German CEO of Europe's largest media publisher tried to use …
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Arek Sarkissian / Politico:
Meet the Florida Republicans who oppose the 6-week abortion ban  —  They are unlikely to face any blowback from their caucus.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's days as a swing state seem over, but the state's GOP isn't monolithic: A handful of Republicans are defying Gov. Ron DeSantis and opposing a six-week abortion ban.
 
 
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Mitch McConnell tweets he will return to the Senate on Monday after treatment for a concussion
Discussion: The Hill and CBS News
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What you reject when you assert Trump's complete innocence
The White House:
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Tim Miller / Bulwark+:
Ron DeSantis's “Insidious” Immigration Bill
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Dramatic realignment swings working-class districts toward GOP
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