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4:40 PM ET, April 19, 2023

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New York Times:
A $787.5 Million Settlement and Embarrassing Disclosures: The Costs of Airing a Lie  —  Fox News's late-stage agreement with Dominion Voting Systems came with a rare acknowledgment of broadcasting false claims by the conservative media powerhouse.  —  Reporting from Wilmington, Del.
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Washington Post:
Fox News still faces $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit from Smartmatic  —  Fox News's legal troubles related to the 2020 presidential election are far from over, despite its massive settlement with Dominion Voting Systems announced Tuesday afternoon.  —  The media company also faces …
Gideon Rubin / Raw Story:
New Lincoln Project ad uses Fox News' top talent to skewer right-wing network over 2020 election falsehoods  —  A newly released Lincoln Project video skewers Fox News over 2020 election falsehoods, and it uses the voices of the right-wing network's top talents to make its point.
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Don't get it twisted: Fox's $787.5M defamation deal is record-setting, massive and painful, experts say
Discussion: The Nation and Raw Story
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Putting the massive Fox News settlement in perspective
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Politico:
Playbook: How Trump ambushed DeSantis in D.C.  —  Presented by The U.S. Chamber of Commerce  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  POPPING THIS MORNING — We've gotten our hands on a “confidential discussion draft” of a debt ceiling proposal being circulated …
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
DeSantis is in a rut.  His trek to D.C. didn't help.  —  At a big moment for him, the Florida governor was overshadowed by rival Donald Trump's string of endorsements.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis values being in control.  Presidential candidate-in-waiting DeSantis is losing it.
Emily Singer / The American Independent:
Florida Republicans abandon DeSantis and endorse Trump for president
Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
So-called 'Don't Say Gay' rules expanded through 12th grade in Florida  —  Classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity is limited.  —  The Florida Board of Education has voted to  —  expand restrictions  —  on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Anthony Izaguirre / Associated Press:
'Don't Say Gay' expansion requested by DeSantis approved  —  The Florida Board of Education on Wednesday approved a ban on classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in all grades, expanding the law critics call “Don't Say Gay” at the request of Gov. Ron DeSantis as he gears up for an expected presidential run.
Joseph Ax / Reuters:
Florida education board extends ban on gender identity lessons to all grades
Discussion: Reason and Joe.My.God.
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion drug, sets Friday night deadline  —  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday temporarily extended a hold on a lower court ruling that would have imposed restrictions on access to an abortion drug, a move meant to give the justices more time to consider the issue.
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Washington Post:
Supreme Court extends nationwide abortion pill access through Friday
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Supreme Court extends brief pause on abortion pill ruling
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court extends stay on Texas abortion pill ruling until Friday
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, Joe.My.God. and Jezebel
Washington Post:
Inside the secret list of websites that make AI chatbots sound smart  —  AI chatbots have exploded in popularity over the past four months, stunning the public with their awesome abilities, from writing sophisticated term papers to holding unnervingly lucid conversations.
Daniel Strauss / New Republic:
No Labels Took More Than $100,000 From Clarence Thomas Buddy Harlan Crow  —  Years before megadonor Harlan Crow was reading ProPublica stories about his close ties with Clarence Thomas, often seen as maybe the most partisan justice on the Supreme Court, he was doling out donations …
New York Times:
Boris Epshteyn, Trump Legal Adviser, Is to Be Interviewed by Special Counsel  —  The interview is the latest example of the focus by the special counsel, Jack Smith, on the role of lawyers working for former President Donald Trump.  —  Boris Epshteyn, a top adviser to former President Donald J. Trump …
Discussion: USA Today
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Washington Post:
Top Trump lawyer may take limited role in Jan. 6 and documents cases
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Marjorie Taylor Greene silenced in committee after accusing Mayorkas of lying  —  Democrats twice sought to strike remarks from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) during a Tuesday hearing, with the House Homeland Security Committee failing to reprimand her for accusing a colleague …
Sean Murphy / Associated Press:
Oklahoma Official Who Discussed Killing Reporters Resigns  —  McCurtain County Commissioner Mark Jennings was caught on tape discussing killing reporters and lynching Black people.  —  A county commissioner in far southeast Oklahoma who was apparently caught on tape discussing killing reporters …
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Red-State Voters Give Democrats Tester, Manchin Opposite Marks Ahead of 2024  — 58% of Montana voters approve of Tester, while 55% of West Virginia voters disapprove of Manchin.  — Among the 59% of Montana voters who disapprove of Biden, 42% of them give Tester positive marks.
NBC News:
Boyfriend of N.Y. woman who was gunned down in the wrong driveway recalls her final moments  —  Blake Walsh said he was heartbroken after Kaylin Gillis, his girlfriend of four years, was fatally shot Saturday while they looked for a party.  —  SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — The boyfriend of a New York woman …
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Ex-Trump Organization CFO Weisselberg released from jail  —  Former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg was released from jail on Wednesday, according to New York City Department of Correction records.  —  Weisselberg was sent to New York's Rikers Island jail …
Liz Crampton / Politico:
Democratic governors lose their grip as Republicans nab supermajorities  —  A steady number of GOP wins and party-flipping have created a particularly challenging environment for Democratic governors in Kentucky, Kansas, Louisiana and North Carolina.  —  Kansas Rep. Heather Meyer …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches unlikely presidential bid backed by 14% of Biden voters  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launches his unlikely bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday with the support of 14% of voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020, an exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds.
Evan Mealins / The Tennessean:
Capitol riot: Nashville's ‘zip-tie guy’ guilty on all charges  —  A federal court Tuesday handed down guilty verdicts for the Nashville man best known as “zip-tie guy” and his mother for the pair's role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.  —  Eric Munchel, who infamously brandished zip ties …
Snejana Farberov / New York Post:
Ex-Biden official Sam Brinton to undergo mental health evaluation in luggage theft case  —  Sam Brinton, the disgraced former Biden administration official accused of stealing luggage on at least two separate occasions, has agreed to undergo a mental health evaluation as part of a Minnesota's adult diversion program.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Rioter who organized ‘fighters’ on Jan. 6 pleads guilty, agrees to cooperate with DOJ  —  Russell Taylor will likely testify at the upcoming trial of members of the Three Percenters far-right movement.  —  WASHINGTON — A California man who organized a group of “fighters” to travel to Washington …
Discussion: Raw Story and UPI
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Oklahomans terrified of right-wing extremists 28 years after Tim McVeigh's federal building bombing  —  Charlotte Cisneros came of age in Oklahoma City in the wake of the bombing that killed 168 people on April 19, 1995.  So, when she turned on the new Netflix documentary about Waco last month, it hit her hard.
Discussion: UPI, WHNT-TV and New York Times
Associated Press:
Maine quadruple murder suspect was recently released from prison  —  Joseph Eaton, 34, was released Friday from the Maine Correctional Center in Windham, where he had been sentenced in March 2021, a state official said.  —  BOWDOIN, Maine — A Maine man who police say killed four people …
New York Times:
Biden Summons Big Donors to Washington as 2024 Campaign Nears  —  The gathering is the latest in an intensifying series of planning moves ahead of Mr. Biden's expected announcement of a re-election bid.  —  Top donors to President Biden have received a last-minute invitation to travel …
Ashton / NPA:
South Carolina 2024 Presidential Primary Poll Findings  —  National Public Affairs conducted a poll among likely 2024 Presidential primary voters from April 11 to April 14, 2023.  We collected responses from 538 voters via landlines, text-to-web and online panel.
Jana Winter / Rolling Stone:
DHS Official Has Office Raided, Covered in Crime Scene Tape  —  The head of the office that tracks cross-border threats — including fentanyl and cartel activity — was walked out by security and questioned on Monday, sources tell Rolling Stone  —  THE DEPARTMENT OF Homeland Security intelligence official …
Discussion: Raw Story
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
‘Stand your ground’: the US laws linked to rising deaths and racist violence  —  The shooting of Ralph Yarl, the Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell, revives concerns about expanding self defense laws  —  The shooting of a Black teenager who rang the wrong doorbell in Kansas City …
Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal:
CFPB Says Staffer Sent 250,000 Consumers' Data to Personal Account  —  Agency describes the breach as a ‘major incident’ and says employee no longer works there  —  WASHINGTON—A Consumer Financial Protection Bureau employee forwarded to a personal email account confidential information …
 
 
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Judge who denied girl abortion over grades shortlisted for Florida's top court
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