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Fox was resigned to a tough trial. Then, a secret mediator stepped in. — Dominion held firm to its big-money claim, and the jury was seated, just before a dramatic ending to the defamation case — For months, as the pretrial proceedings wore on and the embarrassing internal messages kept spilling …
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Don't get it twisted: Fox's $787.5M defamation deal is record-setting, massive and painful, experts say — Listen to this episode on Apple, Spotify or wherever else you get your podcasts, and subscribe. — After Fox's $787.5 million settlement averted a historic defamation trial …
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Julia Rock / The Lever:
Fox Can Claim Tax Writeoff For Defamation Settlement — Fox's massive settlement with private equity-backed voting machine company Dominion Voting Systems didn't just spare the conservative news organization from a lengthy public defamation trial or a full public reckoning for its election lies …
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now
Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now
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New York Times:
The Tax Break That Could Save Fox Millions in Its Dominion Settlement
The Tax Break That Could Save Fox Millions in Its Dominion Settlement
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Associated Press:
Biden Blasts GOP ‘Wacko Notions’ Amid Debt Limit Standoff — President Joe Biden has lambasted the House Republicans' emerging proposal to raise the nation's debt limit in a speech at a union hall. — President Joe Biden lambasted Republicans' emerging trade-off plans to raise …
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Three takeaways from McCarthy's debt limit bill
Three takeaways from McCarthy's debt limit bill
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Wall Street Journal:
IRS Whistleblower Says U.S. Is Mishandling Hunter Biden Probe
IRS Whistleblower Says U.S. Is Mishandling Hunter Biden Probe
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House GOP unveils bill to cut spending, lift debt ceiling. Here's how.
House GOP unveils bill to cut spending, lift debt ceiling. Here's how.
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Democrats' Numbers Problem
Democrats' Numbers Problem
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Politico:
Biden rejects McCarthy's debt-limit plan
Biden rejects McCarthy's debt-limit plan
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Washington Post:
Mike Lindell's firm told to pay $5 million in ‘Prove Mike Wrong’ election-fraud challenge — MyPillow founder and prominent election denier Mike Lindell made a bold offer ahead of a “cyber symposium” he held in August 2021 in South Dakota: He claimed he had data showing Chinese interference …
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Sara Murray / CNN:
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell ordered to pay $5 million to expert who debunked his election data — My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell has been ordered to shell out $5 million to an expert who debunked his data related to the 2020 election, according to a decision by the arbitration panel obtained by CNN.
Gary Fineout / Politico:
‘Deeply frustrated’: Florida legislators worn out by DeSantis — The governor didn't wow D.C. It's not great in Tallahassee either. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' iron-clad grip on the Republican-controlled Legislature may be slipping amid growing frustration among GOP legislators.
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Berny Belvedere / The Bulwark:
Decoding DeSantis's Weird War on Disney — It may seem crazy for a governor to wildly attack one of his state's major employers—but you gotta understand MAGA logic. — This week, when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suggested that he might build a prison next to Disney World …
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Florida poised to make DeSantis' travel records secret — Open government advocates called it one of the worst ever proposed exemptions to the state's much-lauded Sunshine Law. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' use of state planes and other information about his official travel …
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Washington Post:
After high-flying start, DeSantis hits stumbling blocks on road to 2024
After high-flying start, DeSantis hits stumbling blocks on road to 2024
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Plotted for Weeks to ‘Mindf-ck’ DeSantis With Florida Endorsements
Trump Plotted for Weeks to ‘Mindf-ck’ DeSantis With Florida Endorsements
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — Florida Rep. Michael Waltz Endorses Trump for President in 2024 — Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) became the latest Florida Republican to endorse former President Donald Trump over Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 GOP presidential primary on Thursday, issuing an exclusive statement to Breitbart News endorsing Trump.
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Washington Post:
Abortion divides 2024 candidates and confounds many within the GOP — Presidential hopefuls have struggled to settle on a position amid warning signs that the party is on the wrong side of public opinion on the issue — When Republican donors arrived at the Four Seasons in Nashville last weekend …
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Politico:
Republicans are alarmed about a Mastriano for Senate bid. Even Trump. — The former president has privately conveyed concerns about having the Pennsylvania Republican on the top of the ticket alongside him this cycle. — MAGA firebrand Doug Mastriano is inducing panic among GOP officials …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
'I'm not a paid assassin': Inside Chris Christie's 2024 decision
'I'm not a paid assassin': Inside Chris Christie's 2024 decision
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
DeSantis's Electability Pitch Wobbles, Despite G.O.P. Losses Under Trump
DeSantis's Electability Pitch Wobbles, Despite G.O.P. Losses Under Trump
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Politico and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Kansas City Star:
‘Fear and paranoia.’ Grandson says Andrew Lester bought into conspiracies, disinformation — A grandson of the man charged with shooting a Black teen in Kansas City's Northland last week said he was “appalled” and “disgusted” at his grandfather's actions and is thankful Ralph Yarl is recovering.
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Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
SpaceX's Starship Rocket Will Try to Launch on 4/20: What to Expect — The most powerful rocket ever built got off the launchpad in South Texas, but did not achieve its most ambitious goals on Thursday. — A setback for Elon Musk and SpaceX, but not a fatal one.
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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 …
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Judicial record undermines Clarence Thomas defence in luxury gifts scandal
Judicial record undermines Clarence Thomas defence in luxury gifts scandal
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Matt Binder / Mashable:
Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform — Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter's new high-priced API. — Twitter is being removed from yet another big B2B platform. And this time it's one of the biggest companies in the tech industry.
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Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Twitter quietly edited its hateful conduct policy to drop transgender protections
Twitter quietly edited its hateful conduct policy to drop transgender protections
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Washington Post:
A new Smithsonian boss settled multiple employee retaliation lawsuits — The selection of Nancy Yao to run the American Women's History Museum is being re-evaluated because of questions about firing three sex-harassment accusers at a New York museum — When the Smithsonian Institution announced …
Queen City News:
Little girl, parents shot after basketball rolls into gunman's yard in Gastonia; suspect sought: police — GASTONIA, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) - A manhunt is underway for an “armed and dangerous” man accused of shooting several people including a six-year-old girl and her parents, according to the Gaston County Police Department.
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Ken Lemon / WSOC-TV:
6-year-old, parents shot in Gaston County; police search for gunman
6-year-old, parents shot in Gaston County; police search for gunman
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Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
DeKalb County releases autopsy in ‘Cop City’ protester Manuel Teran's death — Teran was protesting the development of a police training center. DeKalb County has released the autopsy results related to the death of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, who demonstrated against the construction …
Will Saletan / Bulwark+:
Donald Trump Is Running a Democratic Campaign in a Republican Primary — DONALD TRUMP IS PUMMELING RON DESANTIS in the battle for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. He accuses DeSantis of exaggerating Florida's economic success, failing to control crime, and locking down businesses during COVID.
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Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana Republicans want censure while misgendering lawmaker — A group of conservative Republican lawmakers in Montana deliberately misgendered a transgender colleague in demanding that she be censored for language she used on the floor while speaking against a bill that would ban gender-affirming medical care for children.
Jonathan Tirone / Bloomberg:
Global Warming Is Already Hitting Europe Hard — If water is life, then Europeans are under mortal threat. — That was the message in a nutshell transmitted today by the European Commission's scientific advisers at the Copernicus Climate Change Service. — Drought conditions not seen …
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George Wright / BBC:
Blinding flash over Kyiv was probably meteor, says Ukraine space agency — A mysterious flash which lit up skies over Ukraine's capital on Wednesday night generated much speculation. — Officials in Kyiv initially suspected it was a Nasa satellite falling to Earth but the US space agency told the BBC it was still in orbit.
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Trump Says He May Skip Rape Case to Spare New Yorkers Traffic Hassles — The trial of writer E. Jean Carroll's allegations that the former president assaulted her at a department store is to begin next week. — Former President Donald J. Trump wants to come to a Manhattan trial over allegations …
Associated Press:
More peril for Trump in pending probes than NY: AP-NORC poll — Former President Donald Trump has emerged largely unscathed politically from his New York indictment. But a new poll suggests that investigations in Georgia and Washington could prove more problematic.
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