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6:40 PM ET, April 13, 2023

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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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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
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.
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.
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:
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 …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The most shocking intel leak reveals new Chinese military advances
Discussion: Fox News and LifeSite
Washington Post:   Russia says China agreed to secretly provide weapons, leaked documents show
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:   AP source: Investigators narrow suspect pool in leak probe
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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Sarah Jones / PoliticusUSA:
Unfit: Clarence Thomas Hid Real Estate Deal with GOP Billionaire  —  If you thought the Nazi memorabilia collector secretly funding Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was bad, just hold on.  It appears that Clarence Thomas might have violated the law in the process of hiding a real estate deal with that same Republican billionaire.
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 …
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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.
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 …
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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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 …
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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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The FDA Should Not Enforce the 5th Circuit's Indefensible Abortion Pill Decision
Discussion: Politico and Common Dreams
Washington Post:
U.S. to ask Supreme Court to restore full access to abortion pill
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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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Bloomberg:
Trump's Immunity Defense Narrowed by DC Appeals Court  —  Donald Trump will get another chance to fend off a defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll, but it will be harder for him to argue that because he was president at the time, he is immune from being sued.
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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
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
CNN:
Former Trump intel official testifies in Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe  —  Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell testified Thursday before a grand jury investigating Donald Trump's handling of classified documents.  —  CNN identified Grenell as he was departing the courthouse in Washington, DC.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Legal expert: Jack Smith could charge Donald Trump with espionage after latest revelations
Discussion: New York Post
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Jonathan V. Last / The Triad:
Trump Is Forever  —  How to ruin your day with this one weird trick.  —  ∙ Paid  —  1. Fatalism  —  Republicans have talked themselves into believing that 2024 is absolutely, positively, the last time they'll have to deal with Donald Trump.  Yesterday Benjy Sarlin brought the room …
Discussion: The Dispatch
Kiera Butler / Mother Jones:
How MAGA Conspiracies Infected Autism Groups  —  By any measure, Stephanie Seneff is an accomplished scientist.  A senior researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, she's been a leader in the emerging field of computer response to human speech.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:
New Details Emerge Over ‘Mistake’ That Led To Bud Light's Paid Marketing Engagement With Trans Influencer  —  New details have emerged over what allegedly happened inside Anheuser Busch earlier this Spring that led to a highly controversial transgender influencer landing a paid marketing engagement …
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 …
ProPublica:
Collapsing Roofs, Broken Toilets, Flooded Classrooms: Inside the Worst-Funded Schools in the Nation  —  Co-published with Idaho Statesman … Jan Bayer sank into the couch in the family room of her Bonners Ferry, Idaho, home and stared at her phone, nervously awaiting a call.
 
 
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Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe testifies to grand jury in January 6 probe
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Nazi-admiring Jan. 6 rioter sentenced to 3 years in separate weapons case
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Amanda Y. Su / The Harvard Crimson:
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Discussion: The Boston Globe and Power Line
Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
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