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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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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 …
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 …
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court maintains FDA approval of abortion pill, preserving access for now
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Mercury News
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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Washington Post:
Trump touts authoritarian vision for second term: ‘I am your justice’
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Playbook: How to lose friends and alienate people, by Ron DeSantis
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  —  The federal judge known for his abortion pill ruling and conservative advocacy holds a single stock worth at least $5 million.  The stock's name is redacted on financial disclosure forms.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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.
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
Discussion: Daily Kos and CNN
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Republicans' Proposed Medicaid ‘Work Requirements’ Would Affect 10 Million
Discussion: Axios and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Enraged by GOP debt limit extortion? Blame MAGA's moderate enablers.
Discussion: Washington Times
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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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 …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Smartmatic wants more than Dominion's $787 million payout, plus a retraction from Fox for its 2020 election lies, lawyer says
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)
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.
Discussion: Raw Story and WCMH-TV
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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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:   Department of Defense riddled with ‘Three Percenters and Boogaloo guys’: report
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 …
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 …
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” …
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
Discussion: The Hill
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.
Discussion: Raw Story, BizPac Review and Daily Kos
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 …
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 …
Discussion: The Information
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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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Birth Control Is Next
NBC News:
Biden admin leaning toward evacuating U.S. personnel from Sudan, sources say
Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Princeton students perform in musical titled: To All the Babies I've Killed Before
Discussion: Louder With Crowder
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Kari Lake says she told ‘Morning Joe’ hosts to stop ‘badmouthing’ her
Claire Goforth / The Daily Dot:
Brewery tapped to make Ultra Right beer backed out when they found out what it was
Discussion: Brewbound, Wired and Joe.My.God.
J.M. Berger / WORLD GONE WRONG:
Liable Sources  —  If you're wondering why your AI is racist, here's a clue
 Earlier Items: 
Kyle Hopkins / ProPublica:
In Secret Recording, a Top City Library Official Calls Alaska Natives “Woke” and “Racists”
Gerrard Kaonga / Newsweek:
Nikki Haley's White Dress at Daughter's Wedding Sparks Fierce Debate
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
We will hold the country hostage until our demands are met — once we know them
Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
They're the Happiest People in America. We Called Them to Ask Why.
Discussion: Breitbart
The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Revitalize Our Nation's Commitment to Environmental Justice for All
Washington Post:
Abortion ban states see steep drop in OB/GYN residency applicants
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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