Top Items:
Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion:
CNN, Insider and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
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 …
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 …
Discussion:
The Daily Beast, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Joe.My.God., HuffPost, The Information, Raw Story, Reuters, VICE and CBS News, more at Mediagazer »
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
Everybody Knows What Fox News Is Now — Even without a trial, the Dominion suit made plain that the network's main goal is the maintenance of a reality bubble. — On Tuesday, Fox News reached a settlement in the Dominion Voting Systems defamation suit over the spread of election disinformation.
Discussion:
Washington Post, The Atlantic, Iowa Capital Dispatch and The National
New York Times:
The Tax Break That Could Save Fox Millions in Its Dominion Settlement
Discussion:
CoinDesk, The Independent, Financial Times, NBC News and Mediaite, more at Techmeme »
Matthew Dallek / New York Times:
How Fox Helped Break the American Right
Discussion:
Alternet.org and Mercury News
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Last minute brinkmanship and overseas assist end Fox case
Discussion:
Just The News, Bloomberg, Semafor, Washington Press and CNBC, more at Mediagazer »
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 …
Discussion:
New York Times
RELATED:
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
DeSantis's Electability Pitch Wobbles, Despite G.O.P. Losses Under Trump
Discussion:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Politico:
Republicans are alarmed about a Mastriano for Senate bid. Even Trump.
Discussion:
Raw Story
Rachael Bade / Politico:
'I'm not a paid assassin': Inside Chris Christie's 2024 decision
Discussion:
ABC News, Fox News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Patterico's Pontifications, New York Times and Breitbart
Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
Exclusive: Two More Congressmen From Florida Plan to Endorse Trump in Blow to DeSantis
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 …
RELATED:
Politico:
Biden rejects McCarthy's debt-limit plan — The speaker on Wednesday unveiled House Republicans' plan to raise the debt limit while cutting federal spending, saying he hopes to pass the package next week. — President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a sweeping rebuke …
Discussion:
Bloomberg, The Hill, Washington Times, NBC News, CNBC, Just The News, Roll Call, Alternet.org, CNN, Breitbart, Washington Examiner, BizPac Review, ABC News, UPI, Associated Press, NPR, PoliticusUSA, Fox News, USA Today and Political Wire
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House GOP unveils bill to cut spending, lift debt ceiling. Here's how.
Discussion:
CNBC, The Dispatch, Semafor, Bloomberg and Washington Times
Wall Street Journal:
IRS Whistleblower Says U.S. Is Mishandling Hunter Biden Probe — In letter to lawmakers, Internal Revenue Service supervisor says he has information of ‘preferential treatment and politics’ — WASHINGTON—An IRS supervisor has told lawmakers he has information that suggests the Biden administration …
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
New York Post, Raw Story and New York Times
RELATED:
Marianna Sotomayor / Washington Post:
House Republicans to vote on barring trans athletes from women's sports — House Republicans are set to pass a bill Thursday that would amend a landmark federal civil rights law to bar transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. — The two-page bill proposed …
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Roll Call, Fox News, FOX8 WGHP, Alabama Reflector and MyNorthwest.com
RELATED:
David Badash / Alternet.org:
Gen-Z congressman: Republicans 'want government to be in children's pants'
Discussion:
NBC News
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 …
Discussion:
Sun-Sentinel
RELATED:
Gary Fineout / Politico:
‘Deeply frustrated’: Florida legislators worn out by DeSantis
Discussion:
Joe.My.God.
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.
Discussion:
PCMag, Joe.My.God., Quartz, The Information, TechCrunch, NDTV, The Post Millennial and The Verge, more at Techmeme »
RELATED:
Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica:
Twitter quietly edited its hateful conduct policy to drop transgender protections
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Washington Press, CBS News, Quartz, HotAir, NBC News, The Post Millennial and Mashable
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 …
Discussion:
The Guardian, Off the Kuff, New York Magazine, Political Wire and Crooks and Liars
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
‘I got duped’: Republican senator fumes over Trump-appointed judge's ethics scandal — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) is upset that a controversial Trump-appointed judge concealed his involvement in an article attacking abortion rights and transgender people during his confirmation hearing, reported POLITICO on Wednesday.
Discussion:
Joe.My.God. and Politico
RELATED:
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Democrats' Numbers Problem
Discussion:
The Hill, Los Angeles Times, Mercury News, NBC News, Sacramento Bee and New Republic
Washington Post:
Supreme Court extends nationwide abortion pill access through Friday — Decision had been expected by Wednesday evening, but the justices gave themselves more time — The Supreme Court on Wednesday gave itself more time to decide whether a key drug that has been used by millions of women …
Discussion:
The Hill, The Free Press, Associated Press, NPR, New York Times, STAT, Axios, Roll Call, El País, Bulwark+, The Bulwark, CBS News, Wired, LifeNews.com, Talking Points Memo, Los Angeles Times, The Daily Caller, National Review, New Republic, CNN, ABC News and Politico
RELATED:
Jack Resneck Jr / New York Times:
This Could Be One of the Most Brazen Attacks on Americans' Health Yet
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court temporarily extends access to abortion drug, sets Friday night deadline
Discussion:
Iowa Capital Dispatch, Washington Post, CBS News, Daily Kos, Twitchy, LifeNews.com, SCOTUSblog, Fox News, who13.com, Politico, Washington Examiner, USA Today, Just The News, UPI and NewsNation
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion:
WSOC-TV, The Daily Beast, HotAir, New York Post and Washington Examiner
Dell Cameron / Wired:
The Hacker Who Hijacked Matt Walsh's Twitter Was Just ‘Bored’ — The breach of the right-wing provocateur was simply a way of “stirring up some drama,” the attacker tells WIRED. But the damage could have been much worse. — The hacker who claims to have compromised the Twitter account …
Discussion:
Washington Post, Alternet.org, The Post Millennial, BizPac Review, Twitchy, The Wrap, The Daily Beast, Rolling Stone, VICE, Mediaite, Forbes and Advocate, more at Techmeme »
Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
‘No one is above the law’: Federal judge trolls Manhattan DA as she green lights ex-deputy's deposition by House GOP — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's legal team lost their bid to block the deposition of his former deputy on Wednesday, as a federal judge appointed …
Discussion:
Associated Press, Politico, CNN, Bloomberg, BizPac Review, UPI, Breitbart, Twitchy, Roll Call, Forbes, Rolling Stone, Washington Times, Raw Story, CBS News, New York Daily News, The Hill and Political Wire
Output Producer, CA — 
China Markets Correspondent, Shanghai — 
Senior Assignment Editor, DC — 
Breaking News Editor, Tokyo — 
Senior Correspondent - Wealth, NY — 
Reporter - Ottawa Bureau — 
Local Government Reporter, IA — 
Research Director, CA — 
Immigration Enforcement Reporter — 
Presque Island Reporter, ME — 
Contributing Parks Ed. - SW, CA — 
AI Content Editor, WA — 
Legislative Reporter, TN — 
Editorial Assistant, Remote US — 
Elon Musk Reporter, NY or CA — 
Government & Politics Editor, WA — 
Business & GA Reporter. VT — 
Sports Reporter, WA — 
Energy Reporter, TX — 
Senior Reporter, SC — 
Trade & Climate Correspondent, DC — 
Reporter, WI — 
Political Newsletter Writer, CO — 
Jackson Reporter, MS — 
Music Editor, AZ — 
Breaking News Reporter, NV — 
Fearless Reporter/Producer, IA — 
Reporter II - Technology, Remote — 
Editor, Remote US — 
City Reporter, WA — 
Executive Editor, OR — 
Education & Budget Reporter, CA — 
Senior Writer/Editor, FL — 
Media Editor, Remote — 
