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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 …
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Ensures, for Now, Broad Access to Abortion Pill — 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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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’ — The former president is proposing deploying the military domestically, purging the federal workforce and building futuristic cities from scratch — Mandatory stop-and-frisk. Deploying the military to fight street crime, break up gangs and deport immigrants.
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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 — 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.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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
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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 …
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” …
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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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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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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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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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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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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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Kari Lake says she told ‘Morning Joe’ hosts to stop ‘badmouthing’ her — Former Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says she confronted the hosts of MSNBC's “Morning Joe” at an airport in Florida this week. — “I happened to be at the airport in Palm Beach and I happened …
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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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Aaron Zitner / Wall Street Journal:
They're the Happiest People in America. We Called Them to Ask Why. — Only 12% of respondents in a recent WSJ poll said they were ‘very happy.’ We called to ask what makes them different. — America's happiest people have a few traits in common: They value community and close personal relationships.
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Madison Alder / Bloomberg Law:
Justice Thomas Is ‘Man of Integrity’ Says Ex-Colleague Breyer — Retired Justice Stephen Breyer said Clarence Thomas is a “man of integrity,” as his former US Supreme Court colleague faces ethics questions over ties to a Republican donor. “As far as I'm concerned, I sat next to him on the bench for 28 years.
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
We will hold the country hostage until our demands are met — once we know them — It's a stickup! Don't move! We are serious! There is a reason we are holding up this bank, and it's because — well, the point is, we can agree, things are out of control with the money!
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