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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 …
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CNN:
Arrest expected soon in connection with intelligence leak, source says — A member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard is expected to be arrested soon in connection with the leaking of classified documents that have been posted online, according to a law enforcement source.
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
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Daily Kos, The Daily Caller and Just The News
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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Washington Examiner, The Guardian, Mediaite, Human Events and Al Jazeera
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.
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Fox News, Bloomberg and Boston Herald
emptywheel:
The Narcissist with a Top Secret Clearance Trying to Impress Teenagers in a Ukraine-Russia Chat Room — It's something like 34 paragraphs deep into this WaPo report on how a bunch of documents got shared on a Discord server named “Thug Shaker” before WaPo reveals there was another name …
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Insider Paper, Washington Examiner, Fox News and The Daily Caller
Reuters:
U.S. Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking intel to be arrested Thursday
U.S. Air National Guardsman suspected of leaking intel to be arrested Thursday
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Wall Street Journal, Associated Press and Semafor
CNN:
Pentagon leak leads to limits on who gets access to military's top secrets
Pentagon leak leads to limits on who gets access to military's top secrets
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Politico
New York Times:
Miscommunication Nearly Led to Russian Jet Shooting Down British Spy Plane, U.S. Officials Say
Miscommunication Nearly Led to Russian Jet Shooting Down British Spy Plane, U.S. Officials Say
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Insider Paper, The Moscow Times, RedState, The Daily Caller, NBC News and The Hill
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Pentagon leaks linked to young gun enthusiast who worked at military base - report
Pentagon leaks linked to young gun enthusiast who worked at military base - report
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Al Jazeera and Washington Examiner
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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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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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Justice Department to take abortion pill fight to Supreme Court: Garland
Justice Department to take abortion pill fight to Supreme Court: Garland
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Politico:
Appeals court keeps abortion pill on the market but sharply limits access
Appeals court keeps abortion pill on the market but sharply limits access
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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' — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the former Speaker, questioned calls for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to step down over her health, arguing that she has never seen a man in that position face similar calls.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Feinstein, Under Pressure to Resign, Asks to Step Down From Judiciary Panel
Feinstein, Under Pressure to Resign, Asks to Step Down From Judiciary Panel
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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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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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Fox News, Washington Examiner and Florida Politics
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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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The Hill and Patterico's Pontifications
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
If Tennessee's Legislature Looks Broken, It's Not Alone
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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.
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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Raw Story, Grrr Graphics, Balloon Juice and Digby's Hullabaloo
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.
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Fact Sheet: President Biden Announces Plan to Expand Health Coverage to DACA Recipients — In 2012, President Obama and then Vice President Biden announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to allow young people to live and work in the only country they know as home.
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Clara Hendrickson / USA Today:
Two months after MSU mass shooting, Michigan governor signs gun safety legislation — EAST LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation Thursday aimed at preventing gun violence in Michigan by expanding background checks and establishing penalties for those who fail to keep firearms out of the hands of children.
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Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Whitmer signs gun control bills passed in response to deadly MSU shooting
Whitmer signs gun control bills passed in response to deadly MSU shooting
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Pluribus News, Breitbart, Michigan Advance and WOOD-TV
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 …
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.
Politico:
The RNC chose Fox for first debate but rankled conservatives by entertaining CNN — The committee got the easy debate decision out of the way. The ones after that are a lot harder. — A line of TV network executives made a pilgrimage to the Republican National Committee's headquarters …
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Fox News, The Daily Caller, New York Post and Rumble
Pew Research Center:
In a Growing Share of U.S. Marriages, Husbands and Wives Earn About the Same — Even when earnings are similar, husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure, while wives devote more time to caregiving and housework — Even when earnings are similar, husbands spend more time on paid work and leisure …
Franklin & Marshall College Poll:
Franklin & Marshall College Poll Release: April 2023 — I'm writing to share our summary report for the April 2023 Franklin & Marshall College Poll. I've highlighted a few of the key findings below, but I encourage you to read the full report, which is also included.
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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Popular Information:
If at first you don't succeed, defund the public library — Across the country, right-wing activists and politicians are pushing to ban hundreds of books from public school libraries. While this is often described as an effort to remove “pornography” from school libraries …
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BOOK RIOT, Axios, Florida Today, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, CNN and NBC News
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden's pick for Labor looking doubtful — President Biden's nomination of Julie Su as Labor secretary is in serious danger, as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has told the Biden administration he has deep reservations about her, according to people familiar with the situation.
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The Daily Caller and RedState
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Dramatic realignment swings working-class districts toward GOP — Nine of the top 10 wealthiest congressional districts are represented by Democrats, while Republicans now represent most of the poorer half of the country, according to median income data provided by Rep. Marcy Kaptur's (D-Ohio) office.
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HotAir, Outside the Beltway and al.com
Dallas Morning News:
Texas-Mexico border faces steep challenges as migrant numbers rise in Juárez-El Paso — North Texas nonprofits and immigrant advocates are watchful as the lifting of Title 42 nears and false social media pitches to desperate migrants grows. — CIUDAD JUÁREZ …
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BorderReport and Fox News