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Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Jane Roberts, who is married to Chief Justice John Roberts, made $10.3 million in commissions from elite law firms, whistleblower documents show  — Jane Roberts was paid more than $10 million by a host of elite law firms, a whistleblower alleges.  — At least one of those firms argued …
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Nicholas Reimann / Forbes:
Chief Justice John Roberts' Wife Made Over $10 Million As Legal Consultant, Report Says  —  Jane Roberts, the wife of Chief Justice John Roberts, made more than $10 million in commissions over an eight-year stretch where she matched top lawyers with elite law firms—including some that had cases …
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Samuel Alito: ‘This Made Us Targets of Assassination’  —  The author of the Dobbs abortion ruling answers attacks on the court's ‘legitimacy.’ He says he thinks he knows who leaked the draft and is certain about the motive.  —  Washington  —  Justice Samuel Alito was supposed …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Alito thinks he knows who Dobbs leaker is — and says it's not a conservative  —  Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. said in an interview earlier this month that he has a “pretty good idea” who leaked his draft Supreme Court opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade and its constitutional right to abortion last year …
Bryan Metzger / Insider:
Justice Alito says he has a ‘pretty good idea’ who leaked the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade but doesn't have the proof to name them publicly
Discussion: Political Wire
Politico:
DeSantis allies go to war with an unlikely foe: Nikki Haley  —  When the super PAC supporting Ron DeSantis turned its fire on Nikki Haley, it said volumes about the shifting dynamics of the 2024 campaign.  —  For months, the presidential primary looked like the Ron DeSantis-Donald Trump show.
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Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
DeSantis can run for president and stay governor, Fla. lawmakers decide
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Kit O'Connell / The Texas Observer:
Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Doubles Down on Transphobic Dress Code  —  Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) Commissioner Sid Miller has received an avalanche of media attention about a new memorandum that requires agency employees to dress “in a manner consistent with their biological gender.”
Discussion: DCReport.org and LGBTQ Nation
Nicole Girten / Daily Montanan:
Zephyr working from bench outside House floor; while her committee meetings cancelled
Victor Swezey / The Daily Beast:
Montana Lawmaker Suggests She'd Rather Her Daughter Die by Suicide Than Transition  —  “Someone once asked me, 'Wouldn't I just do anything to help save her?'  And I really had to think and the answer was, ‘No,’” Rep. Kerri Seekins-Crowe said.  —  Intern  —  A Montana state representative …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Montana state lawmaker's remarks about trans daughter draws backlash
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Jason Zengerle / New York Times:
Fox News Gambled, but Tucker Can Still Take Down the House  —  For the quarter-century-plus that the Fox News Channel has been coming into America's living rooms, it has operated according to a cardinal tenet: No one at the cable network is bigger than Fox News itself.
Discussion: Mercury News
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Politico:
Biden's New Hampshire mess  —  Presented by American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers  —  ‘CLEANUP IN AISLE NEW HAMPSHIRE’ — Does the name Keith Judd ring a bell?  Probably not.  —  He's the convicted felon who, while incarcerated at a federal prison in Texas, managed to win 10 counties …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump Could Definitely Beat Biden
Michael Wines / New York Times:
North Carolina Gerrymander Ruling Reflects Politicization of Judiciary Nationally  —  When it had a Democratic majority last year, the North Carolina Supreme Court voided the state's legislative and congressional maps as illegal gerrymanders.  Now the court has a Republican majority, and says the opposite.
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:
North Carolina Supreme Court clears way for partisan gerrymandering
Brenda Goodman / CNN:
Doctors watching for more cases after mysterious cluster of brain infections strikes kids in southern Nevada  —  Disease detectives with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are investigating a cluster of rare and serious brain abscesses in kids in and around Las Vegas, Nevada …
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Kevin McCarthy Is Not Good at This  —  The debt limit bill narrowly passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Wednesday evening contains few surprises.  The measure is cruel and draconian; it is full of deep and devastating cuts to a series of essential federal programs.
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Dennis Aftergut / Verdict:
Trump's Nonsensical Letter to Congress Attacking the DOJ's Mar-a-Lago Case Shows He Has No Defense  —  On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump's lawyers sent a desperate, 10-page letter to Rep. Mike Turner, chair of the House Intelligence Committee.  The punch line comes in its conclusion …
Patrick Whittle / ABC News:
What to know about tick, Lyme season following a mild winter  —  After a mild winter in the U.S., scientists are watching to see if there will be an uptick in ticks this year  —  PORTLAND, Maine — After a mild winter in the U.S., will there be an uptick in ticks this year?
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Over half of registered voters say political attacks on trans kids, families are a ‘major problem’: poll  —  More than half of registered voters believe political attacks on transgender children and families are a “major problem,” according to a Fox News poll.
Mary Kay Mallonee / CNN:
US Army orders aviation safety stand down following deadly helicopter crashes  —  The chief of staff of the US Army has grounded all Army aviators not involved in critical missions following two recent helicopter crashes that left 12 soldiers dead.  —  The order from Army Chief …
Mike Baker / New York Times:
Homeless in the City Where He Was Once Mayor  —  Craig Coyner's descent onto the streets of Bend, Ore., came after decades spent fighting as a lawyer and politician for those on the edge of society.  —  BEND, Ore. — As he navigated one day last fall through a crowded grid of beds …
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
All 9 Supreme Court justices push back on oversight: ‘Raises more questions,’ Senate chair says  —  In a rare joint statement, the judges said they wanted to “provide new clarity.”  —  There's no conservative-liberal divide on the U.S. Supreme Court when it comes to calls for a new, enforceable ethics code.
Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Hunter Biden's Ex-Mistress Wants to Know Who's Paying His ‘Stable of American Super Lawyers’  —  President's son says he can't afford to pay child support, has been ordered to appear in Arkansas court on Monday  —  Hunter Biden's ex-mistress Lunden Alexa Roberts is asking a court to force …
Discussion: RedState and New York Post
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Frost calls out GOP silence on Greene's ‘not a mother’ attack  —  Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) is calling out Republicans for their silence on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) attack on American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten, in which she said the union leader is …
Politico:
A somber WHCD affair  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  Unlike most of the people headed Saturday to the Washington Hilton ballroom, DEBRA TICE would give everything in the world …
Elliott Wenzler / The Colorado Sun:
Colorado governor signs four gun bills into law in a historic change to the state's firearm regulations  —  Gov. Jared Polis signed four gun measures into law Friday in what's likely the most consequential tightening of gun regulations in Colorado history.  —  The bills expand …
 
 
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The White House:
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‘The Most Dangerous Person in the World Is Randi Weingarten’
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CNN:
When a conservative podcaster came to campus, students did not want to listen
Discussion: Newsbusters
The Daily Beast:
Rudy Giuliani's Company Hauled Into Court Over Unpaid Phone Bill
Discussion: Raw Story
Lee Fang:
How The FBI Helps Ukrainian Intelligence Hunt ‘Disinformation’ On Social Media
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
How McConnell is trying to front-run Trump ahead of 2024
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to The NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Alyson Krueger / New York Times:
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