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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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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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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Not Quite Midnight at the Supreme Court
Not Quite Midnight at the Supreme Court
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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
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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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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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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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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
SpaceX's Starship Kicked Up a Dust Cloud, Leaving Texans With a Mess
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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Twitter removes labels from state-controlled media, helping propaganda — The move comes the same week that Russia and China were revealed to be operating armies of fake profiles — SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has removed labels designating global media accounts as government-controlled or funded …
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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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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 …
Kansas City Star:
Claims that fueled Missouri GOP crackdown on trans care ‘unsubstantiated,’ university says — A St. Louis transgender center's internal review of allegations that it harmed children found them to be unfounded, after the explosive claims from a former employee fueled an aggressive effort …
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Morgan Sung / TechCrunch:
Missouri trans ‘snitch form’ down after people spammed it with the ‘Bee Movie’ script
Missouri trans ‘snitch form’ down after people spammed it with the ‘Bee Movie’ script
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Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Biden is running out of time to avoid calamitous debt ceiling outcomes — The GOP's willingness to court economic disaster without major spending cuts leaves White House aides in a bind — President Biden is running out of time and options to avert an unprecedented default on the federal debt …
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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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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 …
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MSN:
Trump Wants to End DeSantis's 2024 Campaign Before It Even Begins — (Bloomberg) — Former President Donald Trump is girding to take a swing at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on one of the things his chief rival is proudest of: his handling of his state's economy.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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 …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
A Gun in the Home Makes Murder More Likely, Not Less — In most of the world, going to the wrong house is not a deadly risk. — But in the United States it is, because we're awash in an estimated 450 million guns and suffer from a mass delusion that a gun in the home makes us safer.
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Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:
A California journalist documents the far-right takeover of her town: 'We're a test case' — Doni Chamberlain's been a journalist in Shasta county for nearly 30 years. Now she's targeted by the extremists who are looking to reshape the region — The fight for democracy is supported by
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 …
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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