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New York Times:
On Eve of Trial, Discovery of Carlson Texts Set Off Crisis Atop Fox  —  Private messages sent by Tucker Carlson that had been redacted in legal filings showed him making highly offensive remarks that went beyond the comments of his prime-time show.  —  The day before Dominion Voting Systems …
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Tucker Carlson Drops First Video After Fox News Ouster
Anthony L. Fisher / The Daily Beast:
Nobody Sold Out Harder Than Tucker Carlson
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump still top 2024 Republican preference, DeSantis slipping  —  Poll also shows President Biden with a strong lead over his Democratic challengers  —  Former President Donald Trump maintains his advantage in the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race …
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NBC News:
Ron DeSantis is set to jump into the 2024 presidential fray in mid-May  —  The Florida governor is poised to launch his presidential exploratory committee next month.  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to jump into the presidential fray as soon as mid-May …
Politico:
Playbook: How Kevin McCarthy proved his naysayers wrong  —  Presented by National Association of Realtors®  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — FRANKLIN FOER has written the first comprehensive insider account of the Biden White House.
Discussion: CNN
Washington Post:
Trump is racking up GOP endorsements, even amid criminal jeopardy  —  The former president is consolidating support among GOP members of Congress and others, even as he faces a thicket of legal woes  —  Former president Donald Trump, fighting criminal charges in New York and multiple …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:   Is Trump Inevitable? Some in the GOP Are Starting To Wonder
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Trump loses appeal to block Pence from testifying about direct communications  —  Former President Donald Trump has lost an emergency attempt to block former Vice President Mike Pence from testifying about their direct conversations, in the latest boost to a federal criminal investigation examining Trump's …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Trump can't stop Pence from testifying to Jan. 6 grand jury, court rules  —  Donald Trump cannot block his former vice president from testifying before a grand jury investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Shaylee Ragar / NPR:
Montana House votes to formally punish transgender lawmaker, Rep. Zooey Zephyr  —  HELENA, Mont. - Republicans, who dominate the Montana House of Representatives, have voted Wednesday to formally punish Democratic Rep. Zooey Zephyr.  —  Zephyr, who is transgender, has been blocked …
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Associated Press:
Montana transgender lawmaker barred by GOP from House floor  —  Montana Republicans barred transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from the House floor on Wednesday, wielding “decorum” rules after she rebuked colleagues supporting a ban on gender-affirming care for children and protested their efforts to silence her.
Mara Silvers / Montana Free Press:
Gianforte's son one of many lobbying governor against trans bills
LZ Granderson / Los Angeles Times:
Disney's lawsuit will show what DeSantis' war on LGBTQ+ allies is really about  —  While the lawsuit brought by Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Inc. against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his handpicked oversight board came as a surprise to many, the defendants apparently saw it coming.
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Disney Sues DeSantis Over Control of Its Florida Resort
Tori Otten / New Republic:
Disney Tells Ron DeSantis: Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
Charles Homans / New York Times:
Man vs. Mouse: Ron DeSantis Finds Taking On Disney Is a Dicey Business
Discussion: HotAir
Mitchell Epner / The Daily Beast:
Jury Has Likely Decided Trump's Fate in Rape Case Already  —  E. Jean Carroll took the stand on Wednesday—and jurors have likely already made up their minds about whether she is telling the truth. … On the first day of trial testimony Wednesday, E. Jean Carroll took the witness stand …
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Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
DeSantis-backed New College board scraps 5 professors tenure  —  The New College of Florida trustees now dominated by conservatives appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis voted Wednesday to deny tenure to five professors, overriding concerns by faculty and students that the decision poses a threat to academic freedom.
Discussion: Florida Politics and BizPac Review
Associated Press:
US to send nuclear ballistic submarines to Korean Peninsula  —  President Joe Biden and South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol unveiled a new plan Wednesday to counter North Korea's nuclear threat, with the U.S. leader issuing a blunt warning that such an attack would “result in the end of whatever regime” took such action.
CNN:
House votes to pass debt ceiling bill in win for McCarthy  —  The House voted Wednesday to pass a bill raising the nation's debt ceiling, after days of wrangling Republican lawmakers to unify behind the package, which would bolster House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's position at the negotiating table with the White House.
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Joshua Green / Bloomberg:
One Neat Trick to Raise the Debt Limit
Discussion: Forbes and ABC7
Slate:
John Roberts Is Acting Like Justices Are Kings  —  Last Thursday, Sen. Dick Durbin invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about, well, to put it directly—the Supreme Court's diaphanous ethics regime.  On Tuesday evening, in his letter to Durbin …
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Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Biden cheat sheet shows he had advance knowledge of journalist's question  —  A cheat sheet held by President Biden during a Wednesday press conference revealed that the 80-year-old commander in chief had advance knowledge of a question from a journalist.  —  “How are YOU squaring …
Associated Press:
Founder of the We Build The Wall group linked to Steve Bannon is sentenced to 4 years  —  NEW YORK — The co-founder of a fundraising group linked to Steve Bannon that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border was sentenced to four years and three months …
New York Times:
The Tiny, Tight-Lipped Circle of Aides Guiding Biden 2024  —  They rarely give on-the-record interviews.  Only two are on Twitter.  But they will be the main force behind the president's political strategy.  —  When President Biden announced his re-election campaign and its top two staff members …
David Zipper / Slate:
The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature  —  Automakers are starting to admit that drivers hate touchscreens.  Buttons are back!  —  You don't see a lot of good news about road safety in the United States.  Unlike in most peer countries, American roadway deaths surged during the pandemic, and have barely receded since.
Sara Fischer / Axios:
WSJ, WaPo, NYT leaders run joint ad demanding reporter's release  —  The publishers and top editors at the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and New York Times on Thursday will run a joint letter as a full-page, color advertisement in all three of their papers urging support …
ProPublica:
As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Crossings Force Kids to Crawl Under Trains to Get to School  —  When crossings are blocked for hours, kids risk their lives to get to school by crawling through trains that could start at any moment.  Ambulances and fire trucks can't get through.  The problem has existed for decades.
Washington Post:
Buildup resumed at suspected Chinese military site in UAE, leak says  —  American spy services detected construction at a suspected Chinese military facility in the United Arab Emirates in December — one year after Washington's oil-rich ally announced it was halting the project because of U.S. concerns …
Discussion: Associated Press
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Texas Woman Who Nearly Died Tears Into Ted Cruz at Abortion Hearing  —  Amanda Zurawski said she was denied an abortion until her pregnancy went septic as “a direct result of the policies” that her senators support.  —  A Texas woman testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Senate votes to overturn Biden truck pollution limit  —  The Senate on Wednesday passed a Republican-led effort to undo a Biden administration rule that aims to cut pollution from heavy-duty trucks.  —  The vote was 50-49.  Sen Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) voted with Republicans to get rid of the rule.
 
 
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Andy Pierrotti / Atlanta News First:
Georgia man behind bars 10 years, still waiting for his day in court
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
DeJoy says USPS will keep raising prices, follow abortion pill rulings
Discussion: Breitbart
Chris Geidner / Law Dork with Chris Geidner:
Indiana lawyers say they're too busy to address all of the lawsuit challenging new anti-trans law
Discussion: Reuters
Rachel DuRose / Vox:
One big idea that could prevent thousands of gun deaths
Discussion: NBC News
Washington Post:
D.C. police chief Robert Contee is retiring, will take job with FBI
Discussion: The Hill, CBS News and New York Post
Wall Street Journal:
The College Board's Secret Apology
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Faler / Politico:
Goldman Sachs sees late July deadline for hiking debt limit
Discussion: HuffPost and CBS News
Devan Cole / CNN:
Missouri judge temporarily blocks limits on gender-affirming care for trans youth and adults from going into effect
Discussion: Associated Press
Leor Sapir / City Journal:
Oregon's Reckless Medicine
Discussion: Associated Press
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Challenges Tennessee Law that Bans Critical, Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Youth
Sam Borcia / Lake and McHenry County Scanner:
79-year-old man charged with ‘senselessly’ murdering his neighbor who was doing yard work near Antioch
Discussion: ABC7 and Law & Crime
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

CNBC:
Sources: Greek media company Antenna Group is in early talks to acquire Time from Marc Benioff, who bought the magazine in 2018 for $180M

 
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