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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 …
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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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NBC News:
'I think he's in trouble': Growing number of Ron DeSantis donors and allies hope for a shake-up
'I think he's in trouble': Growing number of Ron DeSantis donors and allies hope for a shake-up
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New York Times:
Florida Lawmakers Clear a Potential Presidential Roadblock for DeSantis
Florida Lawmakers Clear a Potential Presidential Roadblock for DeSantis
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Justine McDaniel / Washington Post:
DeSantis can run for president and stay governor, Fla. lawmakers decide
DeSantis can run for president and stay governor, Fla. lawmakers decide
Aila Slisco / Newsweek:
Kevin McCarthy Urges Ron DeSantis to End Disney Feud
Kevin McCarthy Urges Ron DeSantis to End Disney Feud
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New York Times:
Montana Governor Signs Law Banning Transgender Care for Minors — Gov. Greg Gianforte had been urged by his son, who is nonbinary, to reject the bill. A transgender lawmaker was barred from the House floor after the debate. — HELENA, Mont. — The Republican governor of Montana …
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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.”
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Amy Beth Hanson / Associated Press:
Montana latest to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors
Montana latest to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors
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Nicole Girten / Daily Montanan:
Zephyr working from bench outside House floor; while her committee meetings cancelled
Zephyr working from bench outside House floor; while her committee meetings cancelled
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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 …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
Montana state lawmaker's remarks about trans daughter draws backlash
Montana state lawmaker's remarks about trans daughter draws backlash
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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.
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Mary Yang / NPR:
Fired Tucker Carlson producer: Misogyny and bullying ‘trickles down from the top’
Fired Tucker Carlson producer: Misogyny and bullying ‘trickles down from the top’
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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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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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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 …
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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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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
House Republicans walk the plank
House Republicans walk the plank
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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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