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7:40 AM ET, May 3, 2023

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NBC News:
Person believed to be the man accused of killing 5 neighbors in Texas is apprehended after manhunt  —  Officials had been searching for Francisco Oropesa, 38, since Friday night when he allegedly shot his neighbors in Cleveland, Texas, after one asked him to stop firing rounds in his yard.
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Associated Press:
Suspected gunman caught after 5 dead in Texas mass shooting  —  Authorities near Houston say they have caught a man suspected of killing five of his neighbors, including a 9-year-old boy, with an AR-style rifle after the family confronted him late at night about firing rounds in his yard.
Bobby Allyn / NPR:
Elon Musk threatens to re-assign @NPR on Twitter to ‘another company’  —  Elon Musk has threatened to reassign NPR's Twitter account to “another company.”  —  In a series of emails sent to this reporter, Musk suggested he would transfer the network's main account on Twitter, under the @NPR handle, to another organization or person.
Daniel Strauss / New Republic:
How 18 Republicans Just Made Democratic Recapture of the House More Likely  —  When Congressman Anthony D'Esposito joined all but four House Republicans in passing the GOP debt limit increase proposal last week, he further marked himself as being among a group of Republicans he'd probably rather not be a part of.
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Politico:
Playbook: No one's blinking on the debt limit anytime soon  —  Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  PLEADING THE 25TH — “Is It Time for a Constitutional Amendment to Oust Incapacitated Senators?” by Joanne Kenen for POLITICO Magazine …
Discussion: Punchbowl News and New York Times
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP's best pals in debt talks: Manchin and Sinema  —  While their Democratic colleagues insist on no negotiations until the borrowing limit is lifted, the duo is positioning themselves as potential players in any future Senate talks.  —  Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema saved the filibuster …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
House Democrats Move to Force a Debt-Limit Increase as Default Date Looms  —  House Democratic leaders who have been quietly planning a strategy to force a debt ceiling increase to avert default began taking steps on Tuesday to deploy their secret weapon.  —  Reporting from Washington
Washington Post:
White House leaves door open to deal that resolves debt ceiling crisis
New York Times:
Carlson's Text That Alarmed Fox Leaders: 'It's Not How White Men Fight'  —  The discovery of the text message contributed to a chain of events that ultimately led to Tucker Carlson's firing.  —  A text message sent by Tucker Carlson that set off a panic at the highest levels of Fox on the eve …
Politico:
‘The DeSantis people are rookies’: Even Trump critics say he's running circles around DeSantis  —  Trump has something he didn't last time: organization.  —  Donald Trump has always been an agent of chaos.  But these days his campaign operation is a picture of order.
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Stephen Neukam / The Hill:
Florida GOP lawmakers approve shielding DeSantis travel records  —  Republican lawmakers in Florida on Tuesday approved a bill that would shield the travel records of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other state leaders from public disclosure.  —  The bill, which passed the Florida House along …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Forbes
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Saul Elbein / The Hill:
DeSantis signs bill targeting ‘discriminatory ESG’ in Florida  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law Tuesday a sweeping ban on sustainable investing.  —  House Bill 3 bars state and local governments from factoring in environmental, social or governance (ESG) …
Joan Biskupic / CNN:
New documents show how Sandra Day O'Connor helped George W. Bush win the 2000 election  —  Justice Sandra Day O'Connor provided the early framework that steered the outcome in the dispute over the 2000 presidential election and ensured George W. Bush would win the White House over Al Gore …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
FBI says former agent arrested over Jan. 6 called officers Nazis and encouraged mob to 'kill ‘em’  —  Jared L. Wise, who worked at the FBI for 13 years ending in 2017, was arrested Monday in Oregon.  —  WASHINGTON — The FBI this week arrested a former bureau supervisor in connection …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Wired:
An Anti-Trans Doctor Group Leaked 10,000 Confidential Files  —  A Google Drive left public on the American College of Pediatricians' website exposed detailed financial records, sensitive member details, and more.  —  A doctors' organization at the center of the ongoing legal fight …
Discussion: Bulwark+
Erica Orden / Politico:
Trump won't take the stand in lawsuit accusing him of rape  —  The former president's lawyer confirmed Tuesday that he won't testify in his own defense.  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump will not testify in the civil lawsuit accusing him of raping a woman in the mid-1990s, the former president's lawyer …
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Trans Montana Lawmaker's Girlfriend Narrowly Avoids ‘Swatting’ Incident  —  Rep. Zooey Zephyr is still banned from the state House, with Republican legislator's wives and mothers physically blocking her from using a bench outside the chamber on Monday.  —  The partner of Rep. Zooey Zephyr …
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Associated Press:
State asks Montana judge to reject Zooey Zephyr lawsuit
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US Department of Justice:
Attorney General Merrick B. Garland Deliver Remarks Announcing Results of the Largest International Operation Against Darknet Trafficking of Fentanyl and Opioids
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
In Tennessee, a cover-up is unraveling  —  On April 20, Tennessee Representative Scotty Campbell (R) abruptly resigned hours after News Channel 5 Nashville reported that a legislative subcommittee found that he had sexually harassed two legislative interns.  —  According to the report …
Discussion: WTVF-TV
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Corrupt High Court  —  THE BACKCHANNEL  —  The fact that one or more of the Supreme Court Justices appear to be venally corrupt in a rather fulsome fashion is a new addition to the story of the early 21st century.  But the heart of it remains this: The current corrupt majority wants …
Bloomberg.com:
Teenage Boy Kills Eight Children, Guard at School in Belgrade  —  BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A teenage boy opened fire in a school in central Belgrade Wednesday, killing eight children and a school guard, police said.  Six more children and a teacher were injured and hospitalized.
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Texas Women Hit Back After Husband Sues Them for Aiding Wife's Abortion  —  Marcus Silva said three women helped his ex-wife obtain an abortion pill.  Now, two of them are claiming that he knew about her plan all along.  —  A man in Texas who sued his ex-wife's friends for helping her to obtain an abortion …
Patrick Smith / NBC News:
More than 100 arrested across Europe in raids on notorious mafia group  —  Authorities have been waging an intense campaign against the 'ndrangheta, arguably the world's richest organized crime group, in recent years.  —  Police across Europe arrested more than 100 people Wednesday in a wave …
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Isabelle Khurshudyan / Washington Post:
Zelensky says White House told him nothing about Discord intelligence leaks  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has not had any conversations with the White House about a massive leak of top-secret U.S. intelligence documents, he said in a wide-ranging interview …
Discussion: CNN, The Guardian, The Drive, Forbes and The Hill
 
 
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Dave Lucas / WAMC:
Latest arrests in Rensselaer County voter fraud case ensnare top GOP figures
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CBS News:
Tim Scott to name longtime aide Jennifer DeCasper to run likely presidential campaign
Discussion: The Hill
Susan Noakes / CBC News:
Canadian folk music icon Gordon Lightfoot dead at 84
Austin Bailey / ArkansasTimes:
Arkansas owes a Jewish man $500 but won't pay up because he refuses to sign a pledge to not boycott Israel
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Woman arrested for allegedly throwing wine at Rep. Matt Gaetz
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
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Politico:
GOP senators call on Supreme Court to ‘update’ ethics oversight
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
The Next Front in the GOP's War on Women: No-Fault Divorce
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