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Alex Kirshner / Slate:
Elon Musk's Weekend-Long Masterclass in Business Failure — It's not that easy to get a hold of LeBron James' people. Few celebrities are accessible, but James occupies a rarefied strata of fame where even getting his representatives to acknowledge you on some matter or another isn't a given for most reporters.
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Colin Woodard / Politico:
Gun Violence Is Actually Worse in Red States. It's Not Even Close. — America's regions are poles apart when it comes to gun deaths and the cultural and ideological forces that drive them. — POLITICO illustration/Source: Nationhood Lab at Salve Regina University
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Rolling Stone:
‘Destroy This Guy’: Why Trump's Campaign Against DeSantis Is So Personal — Trump's 2024 orbit is loaded with DeSantis alums. Some say DeSantis made his staff's lives miserable. They want to return the favor — DONALD TRUMP LOATHES Ron DeSantis for the Florida governor's “disloyal” …
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Steve Contorno / CNN:
Ron DeSantis, facing challenges at home, will test presidential ambitions overseas
Ron DeSantis, facing challenges at home, will test presidential ambitions overseas
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Inside the pro-DeSantis super PAC that could make or break his 2024 run
Inside the pro-DeSantis super PAC that could make or break his 2024 run
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News poll: Nearly 70% of GOP voters stand behind Trump amid indictment, investigations — But large majorities of all Americans are sour on a Trump v. Biden rematch in 2024. — A whopping two-thirds of Republican primary voters say they stand behind former President Donald Trump …
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CNN:
House Republicans punt on national abortion ban amid fears of 2024 backlash — House Republicans are abandoning a years-long push by their party to pass a federal abortion ban and are exploring other ways to advance their anti-abortion agenda - a remarkable shift that underscores how the GOP …
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
The GOP Civil War Over Abortion Is Just Getting Started
The GOP Civil War Over Abortion Is Just Getting Started
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Katie Balevic / Insider:
Gov. Chris Sununu calls Trump ‘a loser’ who won't get the GOP nomination for 2024 — Growing Republican support for Donald Trump's re-election won't be enough, Chris Sununu said. — On NBC, the New Hampshire governor said Trump is a “four-time loser” who has cost the GOP seats in Congress.
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Sununu: Trump is positioning himself to be a ‘four-time loser’ in 2024
Sununu: Trump is positioning himself to be a ‘four-time loser’ in 2024
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Washington Post:
The conservative campaign to rewrite child labor laws — The Foundation for Government Accountability, a Florida-based think tank and lobbying group, drafted state legislation to strip child workplace protections, emails show — When Iowa lawmakers voted last week to roll …
CNN:
Biden poised to name Julie Chavez Rodriguez as 2024 campaign manager — President Joe Biden is poised to name Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a senior White House adviser, to oversee his reelection campaign, two senior Democratic advisers tell CNN - a decision that paves the way for his announcement …
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Lindsey Graham Erupts at CNN's Dana Bash in Tense Exchange Over Abortion Access — ‘NO! NO! NO!’ — Graham touted false claims and resorted to attacking the media when asked about abortion. — When pressed on abortion rights during a tense CNN interview on Sunday, Sen. Lindsey Graham …
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Axios:
House GOP's money machine — House Republicans in competitive districts dominated their Democratic counterparts in fundraising during the first three months of 2023, according to an Axios analysis. … - On average, the Republicans raised $686,075, while the Democrats brought in $404,687.
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Robert Silverman / The Daily Beast:
Why Phil Jackson's Anti-BLM Screed Is No Surprise — The coaching legend claimed he no longer watches hoops because it got too damn political. Don't be shocked by the Zen Master's turn towards reactionary politics. … Phil Jackson, the Hall-of-Fame NBA coach and current quasi-adviser …
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Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Dick Durbin: Clarence Thomas would have ignored our request anyway — Durbin asked Chief Justice John Roberts to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee next month. — Sen. Dick Durbin, chair of the Judiciary Committee, said Sunday he expects Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas …
James Gordon / Daily Mail:
Disgraced ABC Journalist James Meek ‘knew’ the age of the 16-year-old girl he pressured for nude photos, docs reveal, before FBI raid on his home — A 16-year-old girl told investigators that journalist James Meek sent explicit messages to her despite her informing him of her age
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E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
McCarthy's debt ceiling plan is theater unworthy of a high school gym — When Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) nominated Kevin McCarthy for House speaker on the eighth ballot in January's 15-ballot spectacle, he spoke words meant to reassure the party's right-wing holdouts about the California Republican.
New York Times:
Losing Ballot Issues on Abortion, G.O.P. Now Tries to Keep Them Off the Ballot — After abortion rights supporters swept six ballot measures last year, Republican legislatures seek to make it harder to get on the ballot, and harder to win if there is a vote.
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ABC News:
9 teenagers shot, wounded at after-prom party in Texas — None of the injuries are considered life-threatening, police said. — LIVE — At least nine teenagers were injured following a shooting at an after-prom party in Texas, according to authorities. None of the victims' injuries are considered life-threatening.
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
US urges South Korea not to fill China shortfalls if Beijing bans Micron chips — White House has tried to enlist Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix in its semiconductor battle with Beijing — The White House has asked South Korea to urge its chipmakers not to fill any market gap in China …
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The Guardian:
These men can save Russia: we must not desert them — Vladimir Putin must not be allowed to let leading Russian opposition figures Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza die in jail, write Bernard Guetta, Timothy Garton Ash, Ezio Mauro and Adam Michnik — Alexei Navalny and Vladimir Kara-Murza …
Washington Post:
How Washington allowed bank CEOs to pocket huge bonuses amid failure — Executive pay rules are getting new scrutiny after Silicon Valley Bank's collapse — but still they may not change — The 44-page PowerPoint presentation to federal banking regulators was clear and direct …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
Tunisia Arrests Its Most Prominent Opposition Leader — Rached Ghannouchi has been a voice for democracy in his nation and across the Muslim world. — Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring, was the last place where it failed. After a decade of freedom and democracy, in 2021 a new strongman …
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Danté Stewart / CNN:
I can't look away from the house where Ralph Yarl was shot — Editor's Note: Danté Stewart is writer, speaker and author of “Shoutin' In The Fire: An American Epistle.” Named by Religion News Service as one of “Ten Up-And-Coming Faith Influencers,” his work has appeared in The New York Times …