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8:30 PM ET, April 18, 2023

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New York Times:
Live Updates: Fox News Settles Defamation Suit, Averting Trial  —  Fox News reached a last-minute settlement with Dominion Voting Systems, which accused Fox News of pushing conspiracies that harmed the company.  —  Pinned  —  The settlement averts what would have been a landmark trial.
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Reuters:
Fox settles Dominion defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million, avoiding trial  —  Fox Corp (FOXA.O) and Fox News on Tuesday settled a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million, averting a high-profile trial putting one of the world's top media companies in the crosshairs …
Bill O'Reilly / No Spin News:
Special Message: Fox News Settlement  —  Big energy in liberal media corridors as Fox News is punished for foolish coverage of the 2020 election.  FNC will pay almost $800 million to the Dominion Voting Machine company and has admitted some of its programs misled viewers, and some Fox personnel knew that was happening in real-time.
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Fox News settles Dominion defamation lawsuit  —  The terms of the settlement were not immediately known.  —  WILMINGTON, Del. — Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems said Tuesday that they have reached a settlement agreement just moments before opening arguments were set to begin.
Washington Post:
Jury selected in Dominion v. Fox News trial  —  The judge reminded jurors they cannot talk about the case, among themselves or with members of...  The judge is now giving instructions to the newly sworn-in jury.  “You have to follow every...  The judge decided to replace one of the alternate jurors with a new juror after the...
Reuters:
Exclusive: Fox investors seek records in possible step toward suing directors
CNBC:
Fox to pay Dominion Voting Systems $787.5 million to settle election defamation lawsuit
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Fake Georgia Electors Are Now Ratting on Each Other  —  The fake GOP electors Trump recruited in Georgia are now turning on each other, according to new court documents.  —  The fake GOP electors in Georgia that former President Donald Trump recruited as part of his failed attempt …
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Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton prosecutors offered immunity deals to some GOP electors
Discussion: Washington Post
US Department of Justice:
U.S. Citizens and Russian Intelligence Officers Charged with Conspiring to Use U.S. Citizens as Illegal Agents of the Russian Government  —  Defendants Sought to Sow Discord, Spread Pro-Russia Propaganda and Interfere in Elections Within the United States  —  A federal grand jury in Tampa …
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Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Alleged U.S. Cult Members Accused of Working for Russian Spies
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:   U.S. charges four Americans with aiding Kremlin efforts
Washington Post:
Complaints about Justice Thomas's disclosures sent to judicial committee  —  Allegations from congressional Democrats that Justice Clarence Thomas likely violated federal ethics laws in his dealings with a Republican donor have been sent to a committee of federal judges responsible for …
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NBC News:
Senate Democrats eye a hearing on Clarence Thomas as Republicans shrug off gift revelations
Greg Woodfield / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Prominent DeSantis ally who shot himself dead last year was under investigation for using sold out Taylor Swift tickets to lure teen to his office and show him her breasts - then trying to buy family's silence  — Kent Stermon, 50, of Jacksonville, was facing allegations …
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Ex-Member of Menudo Says He Was Raped by Father of the Menendez Brothers  —  The allegation, made in a forthcoming docuseries, resembles the claims of abuse by the brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents.  —  It was a gripping case that was one of the first to draw …
CNN:
‘I want justice to look the same’: The aunt of a Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell and was shot by a White homeowner reacts to charges  —  A White, 84-year-old homeowner charged with shooting Ralph Yarl after the Black teen went to the wrong Kansas City address to pick up his siblings told police …
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Poll: Trump's big post-indictment bounce is fading fast  —  The former president's lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the Republican primary has shrunk 10 points since late March.  —  Former President Donald Trump got a big bounce among Republican primary voters after his indictment …
Discussion: Washington Post
Associated Press:
Littlest intruder: Toddler crawls through White House fence  —  A curious toddler on Tuesday earned the title of one of the tiniest White House intruders after he squeezed through the metal fencing on the north side of the executive mansion.  U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers …
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Grand jury indicts torch carriers in 2017 Charlottesville rally  —  At least three men who marched with blazing tiki torches at the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville are now facing criminal charges, according to indictments unsealed this week.  —  A grand jury in Virginia indicted …
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Russia unveils secretive weapon to target SpaceX's Starlink in Ukraine  —  Russia's quest to sabotage Ukrainian forces' internet access by targeting the Starlink satellite operations that billionaire Elon Musk has provided to Kyiv since the war's earliest days appears to be more advanced …
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Sarah Motter / WIBW-TV:
Topeka man brought down in Walmart after allegedly exposing himself to teen  —  TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A Topeka man is behind bars he allegedly exposed himself to a teen and was brought down in a local Walmart.  —  The Topeka Police Department tells 13 NEWS that around 9 p.m. on Monday …
Discussion: Forbes
Ann M. Simmons / Wall Street Journal:
Russian Court Upholds WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich's Detention  —  Journalist to remain in pretrial detention at Moscow's Lefortovo prison  —  A Moscow court upheld the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich at the prison where he has been held since his arrest last month.
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
The one thing Trump and McConnell agree on: A hatred for this group  —  The anti-tax group wants to pick Senate candidates.  Republicans see a 2022 repeat.  —  Former President Donald Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell don't agree on much, but there's still one thing that unites them: A disdain for the Club for Growth.
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Mitch McConnell Refuses To Discuss Trump Indictment
Discussion: Sputnik News and Joe.My.God.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Donald Trump's Lawyers Just Made a Big Mistake  —  Their plan is to discredit Michael Cohen.  Instead, they're undermining their own client's case.  —  Washington, DC, Bureau Chief  —  Last week, when Donald Trump filed a $500 million civil lawsuit in federal court against his former lawyer …
Willy Staley / New York Times:
What Was Twitter, Anyway?  —  Whether the platform is dying or not, it's time to reckon with how exactly it broke our brains.  —  The trouble began, as it usually does, when I saw something funny on my computer.  It was the middle of the morning on a Wednesday, a few years back …
Hell Gate:
Who Taught House Republicans to Cynically Fearmonger About Crime in NYC Like That?  —  The House Judiciary Committee came to town yesterday to hold a “field hearing” in a federal building in Lower Manhattan.  On the agenda of the Republican-controlled body was Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Hill
Reuters:
Alleged leaker Teixeira's unit ordered to halt intelligence mission, Air Force says  —  The U.S. Air Force's 102nd Intelligence Wing, which the alleged leaker of classified information belonged to, has been ordered to halt its intelligence mission as the service's inspector general carries …
Discussion: New York Times
Greg Minchak / The Lincoln Project:
Statement From The Lincoln Project On No Labels' Desperate Lies  —  Yesterday No Labels issued a false and deceptive statement claiming senior leaders of The Lincoln Project and Third Way are involved in a “extreme dark-money group” called “No Principles” designed to stop No Labels' plan …
Discussion: Florida Politics and Raw Story
Reuters:
Facing brutal climate math, US bets billions on direct air capture  —  The world is failing to cut carbon emissions fast enough to avoid disastrous climate change, a dawning truth that is giving life to a technology that for years has been marginal - pulling carbon dioxide from the air.
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
‘The justices were kidding themselves’: Supreme Court takes up abortion after saying lawmakers should decide  —  The court is expected to rule by Wednesday on whether to allow an earlier decision from the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to take effect, sharply limiting access to a commonly used abortion pill nationwide.
Discussion: Washington Post, Slate, Axios and NBC News
George Walker Iv / Associated Press:
Gun safety demonstrators carry caskets to Tennessee Capitol  —  The recently reinstated Rep. Justin Jones carried an infant-sized casket into Tennessee's Capitol as protesters calling for gun safety legislation outside the Capitol were blocked from bringing caskets inside.
Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press:
Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people  —  Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals,” raising concerns that the Elon Musk-owned platform is becoming less safe for marginalized groups.
 
 
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