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Tom LoBianco / The Messenger:
Former Vice President Mike Pence to Launch Campaign for White House Within 2 Weeks (Exclusive)  —  Pence, who is polling in single digits, believes he has a lane with evangelicals in the GOP primaries. … Former Vice President Mike Pence is set to launch his run for the White House against his old boss …
Discussion: Fox News
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Mike Pence is set to launch his presidential campaign next week
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia GOP convention: Mike Pence out, Kari Lake in
Karen Townsend / HotAir:
There is no defense for Trump's attack on Kayleigh ‘Milktoast’ McEnany  —  Kayleigh McEnany came under attack by her former boss on Truth Social last night.  His very thin skin was pierced by the former White House press secretary, now a Fox News host and contributor.
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David Weigel / Semafor:
In Iowa, DeSantis saves his toughest Trump hits for the press
Peter Schorsch / The Daily Beast:
Leaked Audio From a Ron DeSantis Donor Event Is Really Bad News for His Campaign
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Tuberville's top military adviser bows out  —  Morgan Murphy says he resigned after a Washington Post story suggested he took credit for the senator's military nomination blockade.  —  Sen. Tommy Tuberville's (R-Ala.) national security adviser told POLITICO that he has resigned …
Discussion: al.com and Raw Story
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Tuberville adviser resigns after report on role in stalling military promotions
New York Times:
Trump White House Aides Subpoenaed in Firing of Election Security Expert  —  The special counsel is scrutinizing the dismissal of Christopher Krebs, who contradicted baseless claims by the former president that the 2020 election was marred by fraud.  —  The special counsel investigating …
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
As the debt ceiling deal clears its first major hurdle, its conservative opponents begin to admit defeat  —  The News  —  Hard-right Republicans spent much of Tuesday furiously denouncing Washington's new debt ceiling deal as it began moving through Congress, promising to use any means within their reach to derail it.
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Chris Casteel / The Oklahoman:
Oklahoma Supreme Court strikes down two state abortion bans  —  The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down two state laws that ban most abortions because they require a “medical emergency” before a doctor could terminate a pregnancy to save a mother's life.
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Madlin Mekelburg / Bloomberg:   Oklahoma Abortion Laws Struck Down by State Supreme Court
Barbara Hoberock / Tulsa World:
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules two abortion ban laws unconstitutional
Nadine El-Bawab / ABC News:
Tennessee woman gets emergency hysterectomy after doctors deny early abortion care  —  Tennessee's ban went into effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned.  —  Mayron Hollis said she had just started taking contraceptives when she found out she was pregnant again a few months after giving birth in February 2022.
William Thornton / al.com:
Tommy Tuberville's musician brother ‘compelled to distance’ himself over ‘racial stereotypes, white nationalism’  —  The brother of U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville is speaking out on social media, saying he is “compelled to distance” himself from some of the lawmaker's recent statements.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Game, set and almost match to Biden on the debt ceiling  —  Republican drama barely dents US president's agenda  —  Shakespeare foretold the tale of America's latest debt-ceiling crisis — full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.  The final deal, which will probably be passed this weekend …
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Politico:   How Biden world gets its Shakshuka
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump's latest policy pitch: A massive birthday party for the nation  —  The former president is proposing a yearlong bash to commemorate 250 years of independence.  —  Donald Trump's latest idea to enshrine American greatness is to throw the country “the most spectacular” birthday bash — one that will last all year.
Meredith Deliso / ABC News:
Jury finds Danny Masterson guilty on 2 counts in rape retrial  —  The “That '70s Show” actor was accused of raping three women.  —  A Los Angeles jury has found former “That '70s Show” actor Danny Masterson guilty of two counts of forcible rape in a retrial of a case involving three women.
Chloe Xiang / VICE:
Eating Disorder Helpline Disables Chatbot for ‘Harmful’ Responses After Firing Human Staff  —  “Every single thing Tessa suggested were things that led to the development of my eating disorder.”  —  Chloe Xiang  —  The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) has taken its chatbot called Tessa offline …
Discussion: NPR and The Overspill
Alex Henderson / Raw Story:
GOP being crushed in Wisconsin as state ‘shifts leftward’: report  —  Democratic strategists once regarded Wisconsin as a reliably blue state.  Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis lost California, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ohio, Maine and Florida to Republican George H.W. Bush …
New York Times:
Climate Shocks Are Making Parts of America Uninsurable.  It Just Got Worse.  —  The largest insurer in California said it would stop offering new coverage.  It's part of a broader trend of companies pulling back from dangerous areas.  —  Christopher Flavelle, who has long covered the impacts …
Natasha Lennard / The Intercept:
Atlanta Police Arrest Organizers of Bail Fund for Cop City Protesters  —  Part of a brutal crackdown on dissent against the police training facility, the SWAT raid and charges against the protest bail fund are unprecedented.  —  On Wednesday morning, a heavily armed Atlanta Police Department SWAT team raided …
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Project Veritas Sues James O'Keefe for Bullying Staff, Misusing Funds  —  O'Keefe left the right-wing sting org in February after employees accused him of becoming a “power-drunk tyrant.”  —  Right-wing media group Project Veritas is suing its founder James O'Keefe, accusing him of bullying employees …
Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
DOJ Sues Jim Justice's Coal Operation Over $5 Million In Unpaid Fines  —  The judgments were related to health, safety and environmental violations.  —  The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against the coal empire of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice over $5 million in unpaid fines related …
NBC News:
‘Trump Bucks’ retailers' websites taken down, days after being exposed for selling bogus currency  —  “Now if they could be arrested and put behind bars!” one buyer said.  —  The companies who appear to have swindled supporters of former President Donald Trump out of tens of thousands …
Mariya Knight / CNN:
Woman who accused Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993 defects to Russia  —  A former staffer who accused Joe Biden of sexual assault has defected to Moscow and spoken to Russian state media in a news conference that lasted several hours.  —  Tara Reade drew headlines during the 2020 presidential race …
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘We want dictator Trump’: America First activist publicly calls for ‘Trumpian Reich’  —  Tyler Russell, a Canadian nationalist leader of the America First movement, has called for Donald Trump to be installed as “dictator” in a “Trumpian Reich.”  —  In a clip obtained by Right Wing Watch …
New York Times:
James Beard Foundation, Whose Awards Honor Chefs, Is Now Investigating Them  —  The group behind “the Oscars of the food world” created a new process to weed out nominees with problematic pasts.  But that process has troubles of its own.  —  In more than 25 years of covering food …
Discussion: KRDO
NBC News:
A verified AOC parody account got a boost from Elon Musk's Twitter  —  The account impersonating the congresswoman was suspended in 2019.  Musk brought it back and helped it go viral.  —  A verified Twitter account mocking Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has skyrocketed in followers …
Mark Scott / Politico:
EU's Breton wants to ‘stress test’ Silicon Valley giants  —  Internal market chief says he'll use California trip to check how social media giants are preparing to comply with EU content rules  —  LULEÅ, Sweden — The European Union's Thierry Breton wants Big Tech to know that he's “the enforcer.”
Discussion: LewRockwell
Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Nikki Haley's husband to deploy with National Guard to Africa as she seeks 2024 GOP nomination  —  Nikki Haley's husband will soon begin a yearlong deployment with the South Carolina Army National Guard to Africa, a mission that will encompass most of the remainder of his wife's campaign for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Suspected Chinese spies, disguised as tourists, attempted to infiltrate Alaskan military bases  —  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Chinese citizens posing as tourists but suspected of being spies have made several attempts in recent years to gain access to military facilities in this vast state studded …
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Says Ring Employees Illegally Surveilled Customers, Failed to Stop Hackers from Taking Control of Users' Cameras  —  Under proposed FTC order, Ring will be prohibited from profiting from unlawfully accessing consumers videos, pay $5.8 million in consumer refunds
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Chris Christie to announce GOP presidential campaign next week … - Being joyful and hitting a more hopeful note aimed at America's “exhausted majority.”  — Being authentic — a happy warrior who speaks his mind, takes risks and is happy to punch Donald Trump in the nose.
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Armie Hammer won't face sexual assault charges in LA case  —  The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office says Armie Hammer won't face sexual assault charges due to “insufficient evidence.”  —  In 2021, the Los Angeles Police Department launched an investigation into an allegation …
Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
Chicago City Council to spend $51M of budget surplus on Texas immigrants  —  Chicago will allocate over $50 million to create housing for immigrants arriving in the Windy City from Texas as immigration at the southern border continues to increase.  —  Since August 2022, over 10,000 asylum-seekers …
 
 
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
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Washington Post:
11-year-old charged in robberies as D.C. struggles to quell youth violence
Discussion: HotAir
Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
US govt sent $1.3 billion to China, Russia for gender equality, cat experiments and Wuhan lab research
Discussion: New York Post and Washington Times
Fox News:
Virginia Gov. Youngkin sending National Guard troops to southern border to aid Texas with migrant crisis
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Bloomberg:
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NBC News:
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Tom Morgan / Telegraph:
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Matthew D. Taylor / Bulwark+:
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