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10:30 AM ET, April 24, 2023

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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Susan Rice to step down as Biden's domestic policy chief  —  Rice's departure next month will bring to a close her prolific, wide-ranging and at times controversial tenure.  —  President Joe Biden's domestic policy adviser, Susan Rice, is stepping down from her post next month …
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden  —  I surprised a lot of people when I named Ambassador Susan Rice as my Domestic Policy Advisor.  Susan was synonymous with foreign policy, having previously served as National Security Advisor and UN Ambassador.  But what I knew then and what we all know now …
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Susan Rice to step down as domestic policy adviser  —  Rice, who also served as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, helped the Biden administration with expanding the Affordable Care Act.  —  Domestic policy adviser Susan Rice is stepping down from her post.
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Democrats reluctant about Biden 2024, but they see no other choice  —  They are lukewarm about picking Biden as their nominee, but many believe he may be the best hope of preventing a second Trump term and fighting extremism  —  The leftover pizza was divvied up, the Girl Scout cookies had been exchanged …
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Bradford Betz / Fox News:
RNC launches fact-checking website ahead of Biden's expected re-election announcement
Discussion: Washington Examiner and NBC News
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Trump's insane lies on DeSantis trash successful conservative policies  —  Presidential primaries get very dirty, and that's to be expected.  —  But here in April 2023, the GOP one has already descended into a disgusting spiral of lies and insanity — because of the increasingly disordered and amateurish Donald Trump campaign.
Discussion: Instapundit, Breitbart and HotAir
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden lawyer seeks ethics probe of Greene for ‘verbal abuses’  —  A lawyer for Hunter Biden called Monday for a congressional ethics investigation into the behavior of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), alleging that she has repeatedly directed “unmoored verbal abuses” at the president's son …
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill and Raw Story
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Miranda Devine / New York Post:
Hunter Biden may be living at the White House to evade legal papers from his baby mama  —  Hunter Biden is believed to be hiding out at the White House while his baby mama goes on the warpath.  —  Lawyers for former stripper Lunden Roberts asked an Arkansas court Friday to jail the First Son …
Politico:
'Nobody knows when it's going to happen': Wall Street wakes up to default threat.  —  The government has until the summer to strike a deal.  —  NEW YORK — For months, Wall Street has barely focused on the possibility that the government might default on its debt.  It's paying attention now.
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
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.
Washington Post:
At U.S. behest, Ukraine held off anniversary attacks on Russia  —  Kyiv's head of military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, planned bold strikes deep behind enemy lines that unnerved officials in Washington  —  In February, with the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine days away …
Discussion: Fox News
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Positively disgraceful’ John Roberts buried by ethics expert for refusal to talk about Clarence Thomas  —  During an appearance on MSNBC early Sunday morning, the former director of the United States Office of Government Ethics trashed Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts for saying nothing …
Discussion: HuffPost
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MSNBC:
Clarence Thomas didn't learn anything from Watergate, apparently
Discussion: NPR, Boston Herald and Raw Story
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Florida school district bans dozens of books based on proposed bill  —  Schools in Clay County, Florida, are withholding dozens of books from students, citing legislation that has been proposed but not approved by the state legislature or signed into law.  —  In a spreadsheet published …
Discussion: National Review
Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Eleni Kounalakis first to launch campaign for California governor in 2026  —  The state's lieutenant governor has assembled an A-team of political strategists and fundraisers for her run.  —  SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis on Monday launched her campaign to become …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
House GOP warns FBI to stay out of controversial surveillance talks  —  The bureau is at the heart of a fight over a controversial surveillance program.  But its toxic relationship with the House GOP means it has to stay far away from reauthorization talks.
Discussion: Breitbart
Harvard University:
SPRING 2023 POLL  —  Cambridge, MA - A national poll released today by the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School indicates that among18-to-29-year-olds, President Biden's approval rating stands at 36%, a drop of three percentage points since last fall (39%) and five percentage points since last spring (41%.)
Punchbowl News:
4/24/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  THE TOP … Both the House and Senate come back into session tomorrow.  —  This is the most important week for Speaker Kevin McCarthy since he won the grueling floor fight in January to get the gavel.  —  The House is set to vote this week …
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Ukraine, China main focus as South Korean president visits White House  —  SEOUL — President Biden and his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Suk Yeol, don't have a whole lot in common.  —  They come from different ends of the political spectrum.  Biden is liberal and a lifelong politician …
Discussion: UPI, Reuters, Bloomberg and USA Today
Gabrielle Fonrouge / CNBC:
Bed Bath & Beyond files for bankruptcy protection after failed turnaround efforts  — Bed Bath & Beyond filed for bankruptcy protection and has asked the courts for permission to auction its assets.  — The struggling home goods retailer has been warning of a potential bankruptcy since early January.
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Control of the House goes through the Empire State  —  Dems fared shockingly poorly in 2022.  The one lawmaker who defied that trend has some thoughts about the future.  —  NEWBURGH, N.Y. — When Democrat Pat Ryan won a special House election in upstate New York last summer …
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Suddenly, the GOP wants to pack some courts  —  Funny how that works. … Given how often it happens, it can feel futile to call out the GOP for its rank hypocrisy.  But sometimes, the party's actions are so blatant that they can't be overlooked.  Witness what is happening in Texas right now …
Wall Street Journal:
Bud Light Brewer Puts Two Executives on Leave After Uproar Over Transgender Influencer  —  Alissa Heinerscheid, who oversaw Bud Light marketing, and her boss Daniel Blake placed on leave  —  Anheuser-Busch InBev SA said it had placed on leave two executives who oversaw a Bud Light collaboration with a transgender activist.
 
 
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Associated Press:
Jury selection begins over 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack
Discussion: UPI, NPR and New York Times
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
State leaders targeting climate investing have quiet stakes in the fossil fuel industry
Miriam Jordan / New York Times:
Biden Opens a New Back Door on Immigration
Laura Santhanam / PBS NewsHour:
Supreme Court's move on abortion pill in line with majority of Americans
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
The Week Ahead  —  Lots of interesting legal issues surfaced last week, and we're headed for more in the week ahead.
Patrick Wintour / The Guardian:
Baltic states condemn China envoy's remarks over sovereignty of ex-Soviet nations
Clare Ansberry / Wall Street Journal:
The Surprising Surge of Faith Among Young People
 Earlier Items: 
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
AOC: ‘Better for country’ if Dominion had secured Fox News apology
David D. Kirkpatrick / New Yorker:
Tunisia Arrests Its Most Prominent Opposition Leader
Discussion: middleeastmonitor.com
Danté Stewart / CNN:
I can't look away from the house where Ralph Yarl was shot
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
Discussion: Breitbart
ABC News:
9 teenagers shot, wounded at after-prom party in Texas
Axios:
House GOP's money machine
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
The conservative campaign to rewrite child labor laws
Discussion: Raw Story and Outside the Beltway
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports Q3 digital subscribers hit 260K, for 11.9M in total, digital ad revenue rose 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic turned its first profit

Porter Anderson / Publishing Perspectives:
PEN America: 10,046 school books bans across 29 states were recorded from July 2023 to June 2024, up ~200% YoY; Florida had 4,500+ bans and Iowa had 3,600+ bans

Ross Raihala / Twin Cities:
Q&A with Aaron Rupar on leaving Vox to start Public Notice on Substack, watching ~400 Trump rallies to share clips with his 989K followers on X, and more

 
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