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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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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 …
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James Poniewozik / New York Times:
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
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Matthew Dallek / New York Times:
How Fox Helped Break the American Right
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Last minute brinkmanship and overseas assist end Fox case
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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 …
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4/20/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM — THE TOP … As of now, even the GOP senators most prone to deal-making say they'll oppose a clean debt-limit bill — a positive development for McCarthy in this saga. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it very clear …
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 …
Politico:
Biden rejects McCarthy's debt-limit plan
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Tony Romm / Washington Post:
House GOP unveils bill to cut spending, lift debt ceiling. Here's how.
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Three takeaways from McCarthy's debt limit bill
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Democrats' Numbers Problem
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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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Rachael Bade / Politico:
'I'm not a paid assassin': Inside Chris Christie's 2024 decision — The former New Jersey governor is eager to take on Donald Trump. But he's only running, he says, if he thinks he can win. — A few weeks ago, Chris Christie called up a former Republican presidential candidate and asked for some advice …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
DeSantis's Electability Pitch Wobbles, Despite G.O.P. Losses Under Trump
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Rolling Stone:
Trump Plotted for Weeks to ‘Mindf-ck’ DeSantis With Florida Endorsements
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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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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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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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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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Brittany Bernstein / National Review:
Trump Forgets His Own Record on Entitlement Reform — MAGA Inc., a super PAC supporting the campaign of former president Donald Trump, has made clear in a series of ads that it views Florida governor Ron DeSantis's past views on entitlement reform as a weakness heading into 2024.
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Will Saletan / Bulwark+:
Donald Trump Is Running a Democratic Campaign in a Republican Primary
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Why Biden's orbit isn't worried about Robert F. Kennedy's 2024 campaign — President Joe Biden's campaign didn't respond to the Robert F. Kennedy Jr. campaign kick-off because, though there is now a major donor summit on the books for next week, there still technically is no Biden campaign.
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Makes His White House Run Official
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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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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 …
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 …
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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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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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