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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
The court has generally supported the F.D.A.'s authority on drug safety. — 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.
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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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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill — The Supreme Court on Friday protected access to a widely used abortion drug by freezing lower-court rulings that placed restrictions on its usage as appeals play out. — As a result, the US Food and Drug Administration's approval …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Breaking: Supreme Court keeps medication abortion drug available, with eased access, during appeals — Judge Kacsmaryk's order is on hold in full while appeals continue through the courts. Justices Thomas and Alito dissent. — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday evening issued a full stay …
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Politico:
Supreme Court maintains abortion pill access for now as legal fight continues — Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented. — Access to a widely used abortion pill will remain at current levels for the time being, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision staving off sweeping restrictions ordered by lower courts.
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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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Alex Leary / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Tops Ron DeSantis in Test of GOP Presidential Field, WSJ Poll Finds — No candidate beyond the two leaders draws substantial support in the still-developing primary race — WASHINGTON—Donald Trump has gained command of the GOP presidential-nomination race over Ron DeSantis …
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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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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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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's financial reports include an unusual redaction
Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's financial reports include an unusual redaction
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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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Bloomberg:
McCarthy Is Coming Up Short in Support for House Debt-Limit Bill — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is coming up short in support for his first big legislative effort, a bill tying a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts, risking serious damage to both his stature and the US economy.
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Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
The Debt Ceiling Debate Is About More Than Debt
The Debt Ceiling Debate Is About More Than Debt
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Washington Post:
Enraged by GOP debt limit extortion? Blame MAGA's moderate enablers.
Enraged by GOP debt limit extortion? Blame MAGA's moderate enablers.
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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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Eric Daugherty / Florida's Voice:
Trump campaign releases lengthy statement trashing Florida: ‘Misery and despair’ — WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (FLV) - As a potential announcement for president in 2024 from Gov. Ron DeSantis nears, former President Donald Trump's campaign has ramped up attacks against the governor.
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
'I don't think he cares about people': DeSantis struggles with former Hill colleagues
'I don't think he cares about people': DeSantis struggles with former Hill colleagues
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Sickening Déjà Vu of Watching Trump Manhandle DeSantis
The Sickening Déjà Vu of Watching Trump Manhandle DeSantis
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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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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.
Ben Makuch / VICE:
Rightwing Edgelords Are the Real Threat to National Security — “The amount of Three Percenters and Boogaloo guys I work with is untenable,” said one Department of Defense worker. — Ben Makuch — Since the beginning of the Biden Administration, the GOP has painstakingly attacked the Pentagon as a …
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Steven Monacelli / The Texas Observer:
Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor — After an Austin jury unanimously convicted Sergeant Daniel Perry of murder, it took Governor Greg Abbott less than one full day to call for his pardon. — Legal experts and lawmakers have described …
Nancy Scola / Politico:
Washington's Angriest Progressive Is Winning Over Conservatives - and Baffling Old Allies — The activist who breathed new life into the antitrust movement wants support from the other side. But it could cost him. — American Economic Liberties Project Director of Research Matt Stoller speaks …
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.
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden lawyers to meet with Justice Department officials next week as scrutiny of investigation intensifies — Lawyers for Hunter Biden are scheduled to meet next week with US attorney David Weiss and at least one senior career official from Justice Department headquarters …
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Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Rightwing extremists defeated by Democrats in US school board elections — Republican-backed culture warrior candidates fare poorly in Illinois and Wisconsin, offering hope to the left — Scores of rightwing extremists were defeated in school board elections in April …
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Mary Anne Franks / Slate:
Chief Justice John Roberts' Mockery of Stalking Victims Points to a Deeper Problem — The justices take their own safety very, very seriously. Everybody else's? Not so much. — Stalking is so closely correlated with lethal violence that experts refer to it as “slow motion homicide” …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Smartmatic wants more than Dominion's $787 million payout, plus a retraction from Fox for its 2020 election lies, lawyer says — A top lawyer for Smartmatic, the voting technology company whose defamation lawsuit against Fox News is still pending, said Thursday that he won't accept …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans follow their new leader, Marjorie Taylor Greene — This is the price America pays for Kevin McCarthy's ambition. — To understand the consequences of the many concessions the House speaker made to get his job, look at what has happened to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
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Anthony L. Fisher / The Daily Beast:
America's Tragedy Is Its Culture of Fear—That Happens to Be 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.
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Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:
Brewery tapped to make Ultra Right beer backed out when they found out what it was — The brewery reportedly said it ‘took a pass’ after seeing the marketing. — A right-wing influencer appears to be having trouble finding a brewery willing to craft his anti-woke beer.
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Wall Street Journal:
JPMorgan's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein Were Deeper Than the Bank Has Acknowledged — The bank has said it shut the convicted sex offender's accounts in 2013, but its bankers were still meeting with him years later, people familiar with the matter said. — JPMorgan Chase & Co. had ties …
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Danielle Jackson / WSMV-TV:
Lawmakers speak out after Rep. Campbell's resignation — Rep. Justin Jones says Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton is part of the “coverup.” — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - As the legislative session wrapped up for the day, former Rep. Scotty Campbell's desk inside of the House chambers was empty Thursday evening.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Any Questions? Biden Holds Fewest News Conferences Since Reagan — As President Biden prepares to announce his bid for a second term as soon as Tuesday, his decision to keep the news media at arm's length is part of a deliberate strategy. — WASHINGTON — In the 100 years since Calvin Coolidge …
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