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New York Times:
Here's what we know about the leader of the online group where secret documents were leaked. — Federal investigators are searching for the person who shared classified documents that revealed government secrets about the Ukraine war. — The leader of a small online gaming chat group …
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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
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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 …
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CNN:
FBI arrests suspect in connection with intelligence leaks — A member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was arrested by the FBI on Thursday in connection with the leaking of classified documents that have been posted online, according to a US official familiar with the matter.
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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 …
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NBC News:
U.S. officials identify leaked classified documents suspect as 21-year-old Air National Guardsman
U.S. officials identify leaked classified documents suspect as 21-year-old Air National Guardsman
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emptywheel:
The Narcissist with a Top Secret Clearance Trying to Impress Teenagers in a Ukraine-Russia Chat Room
The Narcissist with a Top Secret Clearance Trying to Impress Teenagers in a Ukraine-Russia Chat Room
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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 …
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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 …
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Florida's Legislature passes a 6-week abortion ban — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has said he would sign it into law. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's Republican-dominated Legislature on Thursday passed a ban on most abortions after six weeks, sending the highly controversial bill to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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New York Times:
Florida Legislature Passes Six-Week Abortion Ban — The prohibition would be among the most restrictive in the country, and Florida would no longer be a destination for women from across the Deep South seeking abortions. — MIAMI — Florida lawmakers voted to prohibit abortions after six weeks …
Washington Post:
Florida legislature passes ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
Florida legislature passes ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy
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Arek Sarkissian / Politico:
Meet the Florida Republicans who oppose the 6-week abortion ban
Meet the Florida Republicans who oppose the 6-week abortion ban
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Politico:
Where Democrats go from here on Feinstein's perilous absence — The senior California senator greenlit a temporary replacement for her Judiciary Committee seat as she recovers from shingles, but filling it requires Republican buy-in. — Amid growing doubts that she will ever return to Washington …
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NBC News:
Republicans want to make it difficult for Senate to replace Feinstein on key panel — At Feinstein's request, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he'll seek to temporarily swap her out of the Judiciary Committee. But such a move requires GOP consent.
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Nancy Pelosi Suggests Calls for Feinstein to Resign Are Sexist
Nancy Pelosi Suggests Calls for Feinstein to Resign Are Sexist
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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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Associated Press:
Federal appeals court preserves access to abortion pill for now but tightens rules
Federal appeals court preserves access to abortion pill for now but tightens rules
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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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Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Florida Mayor Wonders Why DeSantis Hasn't Called Him as City Floods
Florida Mayor Wonders Why DeSantis Hasn't Called Him as City Floods
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Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Ron DeSantis, Down in Polls and Taking Flak From Donald Trump, Looks to Rebound
Ron DeSantis, Down in Polls and Taking Flak From Donald Trump, Looks to Rebound
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Romance novel cover model who dragged Capitol officer on Jan. 6 sentenced 3 years in prison — Logan Barnhart, a Trump fan who dragged a Capitol Police officer down the stairs and attacked officers in the western tunnel, was identified by online sleuths. — WASHINGTON — A former bodybuilder …
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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Appeals court declines to rule if Trump was acting in official capacity when he allegedly defamed E. Jean Carroll — Trump has argued that the DOJ should be substituted as the defendant. — The D.C. Court of Appeals has declined to answer whether then-President Donald Trump was acting within the
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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 …
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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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Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Nazi-admiring Jan. 6 rioter sentenced to 3 years in separate weapons case — A federal judge rebuked Hatchet M. Speed, 41, for trying to emulate Hitler and the Unabomber — A convicted Jan. 6 rioter who expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler and studied high-profile killers was sentenced …
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Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Navy veteran who stormed Capitol gets 3 years on gun charges
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.
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
If Tennessee's Legislature Looks Broken, It's Not Alone
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.
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.
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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.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court allows $6 billion student loan debt settlement — The justices declined to intervene over a class-action settlement that could lead to the cancellation of more than 200,000 loans based on claims that colleges misled students. — WASHINGTON — A settlement that will allow thousands …
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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 …
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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 Y. Su / The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Affiliates Slam Ken Griffin Donation, Citing Support for DeSantis — Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences is now $300 million richer, and its Graduate School of Arts and Sciences has taken a new name — that of billionaire hedge fund CEO and Republican megadonor Kenneth C. Griffin '89.
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