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8:20 PM ET, April 29, 2023

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Washington Post:
Gunman killed neighbors, child with AR-15-style rifle, sheriff says  —  A man using an AR-15-style weapon shot and killed five people Friday, including an 8-year-old — an angry response to the neighbors' request that he stop shooting in his yard while their baby was trying to sleep, Texas authorities said Saturday.
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ABC News:
5 dead in Texas shooting, suspect armed with AR-15 is on the loose  —  The shooting took place in Cleveland, Texas — about 55 miles north of Houston.  —  Five people are dead after being shot in a home by a suspect armed with AR-15 style rifle, police say.
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
Man kills 5 in Texas after family complained about gunfire  —  A man went next door with a rifle and began shooting his neighbors, killing an 8-year-old and four others inside a house near Houston, after the family asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard because they were trying to sleep, authorities said Saturday.
CBS News:
5 killed in Texas shooting, including 8-year-old child; manhunt underway for suspect
Maya Yang / The Guardian:
Giuliani admits using ‘dirty trick’ to suppress Hispanic vote in mayoral race  —  Former New York City mayor reveals voter suppression tactics from 1993 election to Steve Bannon and Kari Lake  —  Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani has admitted to a “dirty trick” that his campaign used …
Discussion: Political Dictionary
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David McAfee / Raw Story:
‘Tricking is not a crime!’:  Rudy Giuliani cops to ‘little dirty trick’ for vote suppression  —  Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has admitted to a self-described “little dirty trick” he used to suppress votes from certain communities.  —  Giuliani, who recently urged supporters …
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
He blew the whistle on Trump's Truth Social.  Now he works at Starbucks.  —  The former high-ranking executive of Trump's media company says he's shared 150,000 internal documents with federal investigators.  Many of his new strip-mall coworkers have no idea who he is.
Stefan Boscia / Politico:
Ron DeTedious: DeSantis underwhelms Britain's business chiefs  —  UK captains of industry lambast ‘low-wattage’ US presidential hopeful.  —  LONDON — He hopes to win the hearts and minds of devoted Donald Trump supporters ahead of next year's U.S. election.
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Trump ups competition with DeSantis in planning trip to Iowa
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
This Is What the Right-Wing Takeover of a Progressive College Looks Like  —  SARASOTA, Fla. — When I first met Matthew Lepinski, the faculty chair of New College of Florida, he was willing to give the right-wingers sent to remake his embattled progressive public school a chance.
John F. Harris / Politico:
How the Trump Years Weakened the Media  —  Reporters are on the side of the good guys, but they need to try harder to stay there.  —  Reporters raise their hands to ask questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on April 26.  Francis Chung/POLITICO
Discussion: RedState
The Hill:
Democrats reconstruct blue wall in lead-up to 2024  —  Democrats are rebuilding their strength in the “blue wall” states that former President Trump won in 2016, raising the party's hopes in a region that will prove critical to races up and down the ballot next year.
Discussion: Political Wire
Rolling Stone:
Top Fox Hosts Are Telling Friends They Could Be the Next to Go  —  Leak hunts, “snitches,” and anxiety reigned in the week after Fox fired Tucker Carlson … Management is on the prowl for leakers.  And the leakers themselves are dodging “snitches” by putting fake names in their phone to hide incoming calls from reporters.
Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and The Daily Caller
Zachary B. Wolf / CNN:
Dismantling the Supreme Court's ‘misdirection’ about its own ethics  —  A version of this story appeared in CNN's What Matters newsletter.  To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here.  —  CNN —  A series of findings about Supreme Court justices failing to fully disclose gifts …
Brian Murphy / Washington Post:
LeRoy Carhart, abortion doctor whose battles reached Supreme Court, dies at 81  —  LeRoy Carhart, a former Air Force surgeon who later became one of the country's few specialists in late-term abortions, defying threats and protests while spearheading two cases that went to the Supreme Court …
Oren Liebermann / CNN:
Russian pilots tried to ‘dogfight’ US jets over Syria, US Central Command says  —  Russian pilots tried to “dogfight” US jets over Syria, according to a spokesman for US Central Command, part of a recent pattern of more aggressive behavior.  —  The attempts have happened in several …
New York Times:
As Biden Runs Again, Black Voters' Frustration Bubbles  —  In interviews, Black voters, organizers and elected officials pointed to what some saw as unkept promises — raising questions about the enthusiasm of Democrats' most loyal voters.  —  President Biden began his re-election campaign …
Discussion: Politico
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
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