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New York Times:
Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known — A Discord user matching the profile of Jack Teixeira distributed intelligence to a larger chat group, days after the beginning of the Ukraine war. — The Air National Guardsman accused …
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FBI leak investigators home in on members of private Discord server — Investigators have spoken to online friends of alleged leaker Jack Teixeira, who hung out and viewed secret documents in a gaming chatroom — The FBI has been interviewing members of a private Discord server …
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NBC News:
Supreme Court allows abortion pill to stay on the market for now — The Justice Department and Danco Laboratories, which makes the brand version of mifepristone, Mifeprex, had asked the court to step in immediately. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will allow the most commonly used abortion pill …
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Supreme Court keeps medication abortion drug available, with eased access, during appeals — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday evening issued a full stay of U.S District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's order purporting to remove approval of the medication abortion drug mifepristone during appeals of the ruling …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Both Sides in Abortion Debate Vow to Keep Fighting — The order halts a sweeping ruling by a federal judge in Texas as an appeal moves forward in a case that could have profound implications for abortion access and the F.D.A.'s regulatory authority. — Here's what you need to know about the abortion ruling.
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court maintains FDA approval of abortion pill, preserving access for now
Supreme Court maintains FDA approval of abortion pill, preserving access for now
Politico:
Supreme Court maintains abortion pill access for now as legal fight continues
Supreme Court maintains abortion pill access for now as legal fight continues
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill
Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill
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Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
SpaceX didn't want to blow up its launchpad. It may have done just that. — Videos show a war-like barrage of shrapnel blasting away from the launch site into nearby beaches, wetlands and at least one car — Big rockets emit tremendous amounts of energy — and none more than SpaceX's Starship …
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Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
SpaceX's Starship Kicked Up a Dust Cloud, Leaving Texans With a Mess — Residents of Port Isabel said that their city was covered in grime following SpaceX's rocket launch on Thursday. The city said there was no “immediate concern for people's health.” — As the most powerful rocket …
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John Poulos / New York Times:
Dominion's C.E.O.: We Settled the Lawsuit Against Fox News, but We're Not Done Yet — Vindication. Shame. Triumph. Tragedy. Surrender. These are a few of the characterizations I've heard following our recent settlement with Fox News in our historic defamation case against the network …
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Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Jim Jordan Just Got Busted With Evidence Of His Hunter Biden Lies — Jim Jordan and House Judiciary Republicans got caught editing witness interviews to smear the Sec. of State and push their Hunter Biden laptop scandal. — Here is what Rep. Jordan's House Judiciary Republicans tweeted.
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Matt Binder / Mashable:
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to ‘Block the Blue’ paid checkmarks — After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays. — On Thursday, April 20, Elon Musk made a rare move: He delivered on a promise.
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CNN:
Details about multimillion-dollar stock holding concealed in abortion pill judge's financial disclosures — The federal judge who issued a nationwide ruling blocking the approval of a common abortion medication redacted key information on his legally mandated financial disclosures …
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Jon Springer / Ad Age:
Bud Light's marketing leadership undergoes shakeup after Dylan Mulvaney controversy — Alissa Heinerscheid, who has led the brand since June, takes leave of absence and is replaced by Budweiser global marketing VP Todd Allen — Anheuser-Busch InBev has changed marketing leadership …
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Retired Navy Officer Takes on Florida's Book-Ban ‘Fascism’ — “I didn't sacrifice 21 years of my life to stand idly by while religious fanatics and other fanatics try to impose fascism on my country.” — A retired Navy officer who was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt …
John Paul Schmidt / KOLR:
Springfield man charged with demanding meat at gunpoint — REPUBLIC, Mo. — On April 18, Republic Police Department officers were called to a Price Cutter to respond to a call about a robbery in which a man held an employee at gunpoint so that he would be served meat.
Washington Post:
In a thriving Michigan county, a community goes to war with itself — Ottawa County offers a glimpse of what happens when one of the building blocks of American democracy is consumed by ideological battles — WEST OLIVE, Mich. — The eight new members of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners …
Jake Sheridan / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police investigating officers' response to mob attack in Loop after witness says police declined to help — Large groups of youths gather in downtown Chicago, April 15, 2023. Two teens were shot in the area during the evening. (Network Video Productions)
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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Birth Control Is Next — At first glance, what's happening right now in Iowa looks like a rosy vision for the future of reproductive rights. — The Republican-controlled state Senate recently passed a bill that would increase access to certain types of contraception by allowing pharmacists …
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Sickening Déjà Vu of Watching Trump Manhandle DeSantis — Watching the nascent Republican primary race, I have a sickening sense of déjà vu. As much as I abhor Donald Trump's opponents, I'm desperate for one of them to prevail.
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Eric Daugherty / Florida's Voice:
Trump campaign releases lengthy statement trashing Florida: ‘Misery and despair’
Trump campaign releases lengthy statement trashing Florida: ‘Misery and despair’
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US Department of Justice:
Two Men Sentenced for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Plot to Attack Power Grids in the United States — Domestic Terrorism Plot was in Furtherance of White Supremacy — Two men were sentenced in federal court today to crimes related to a scheme to attack power grids in the United States in furtherance white supremacy.
CNN:
Ex-Manhattan prosecutor set to testify before GOP-led House Judiciary Committee in May — The Manhattan District Attorney's Office and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee have settled a court dispute where the prosecutor's office tried to block congressional testimony …
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:
Exclusive: Text messages reveal Trump operatives considered using breached voting data to decertify Georgia's Senate runoff in 2021 — In mid-January 2021, two men hired by former President Donald Trump's legal team discussed over text message what to do with data obtained from a breached voting machine …
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Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
Republicans end the week short on votes for their debt ceiling plan — Kevin McCarthy has his work cut out for him next week. — As of Friday afternoon, the House speaker still hadn't wrapped up enough votes to pass Republicans' party-line debt-ceiling bill, according to sources keeping tabs on the whip count.
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Politico:
Jim Justice plans Senate launch for next week — Justice will challenge Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. — Gov. Jim Justice is planning to launch a long-awaited campaign against Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) next week, handing Republicans a well-funded and popular recruit in their best opportunity to flip a Senate seat.
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Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Missouri trans ‘snitch form’ down after people spammed it with the ‘Bee Movie’ script — A Missouri government tip site for submitting complaints and concerns about gender-affirming care is down after people flooded it with fanfiction, rambling anecdotes and the “Bee Movie” script.
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Associated Press:
Montana transgender lawmaker silenced: What to know — The latest high-profile example of state legislative leadership deciding who can be heard during statehouse debates is playing out in Montana where a transgender lawmaker was silenced by Republican leaders for a second day Friday.
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Emily Bloch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Florida students say they're walking out and teaching themselves banned history lessons to protest censorship and anti-LGBTQ laws in education — Some Florida students are opting to skip class for part of Friday, choosing to learn a banned history lesson instead.Hundreds of high school …
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Anthony L. Fisher / The Daily Beast:
America's Tragedy Is Its Culture of Fear—Armed With Millions of Guns — “Patriotic” culture warriors are terrified of drag queens, “illegals,” and extremely rare vaccine injuries. But tens of thousands of annual gun deaths—meh. … I've long avoided writing about anything related to guns …
MSNBC:
A new clue in the Fani Willis investigation — Willis' latest motion appears ominous for a pair of defense lawyers — and signals accelerating accountability for fake elector ringleaders. — By Norman Eisen, senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institute, Josh Stanton …
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Bob Hoge / RedState:
18-Year-Old Transgender Athlete Exposes Himself to Freshman Girls in Locker Room — The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) wants answers from Sun Prairie Area School District (SPASD) after an 18-year-old transgender athlete exposed himself to four 14-year-old girls in the shower area …
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US Department of Justice:
Texas Man Indicted on Federal Charges for Alleged Death Threats to U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California — LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today indicted a Houston man on federal charges for allegedly making …
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