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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Why Donald Trump Was So Mad at Mark Milley That He Confessed to a Crime
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
Rolling Stone:
Trump Demanded ‘My Documents’ Back Even After His Lawyers Told Him He'd Be Indicted
Discussion: Raw Story
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Electoral College Ratings: Expect Another Highly Competitive Election  —  Small edge to Democrats but neither side over 270 to start  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Our initial 2024 Electoral College ratings start with just four Toss-up states.  — Democrats start …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
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NBC News:
For some Republicans who endorsed Biden in 2020, the next election looks bleak
Discussion: New York Post
Cami Mondeaux / Washington Examiner:   Both parties fall short of magic 270 number in first Electoral College projections
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Race-Based Admissions at Harvard and U.N.C.  —  In disavowing race as a factor in achieving educational diversity, the court all but ensured that the student population at the campuses of elite institutions will become whiter and more Asian and less Black and Latino.
Discussion: CNBC, Why Evolution Is True and TVLine
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court restricts use of race in college admissions  —  The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down admissions programs at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that relied in part on racial considerations, saying they violate the Constitution.  —  The votes split along ideological grounds …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action programs at Harvard and UNC  —  The ruling is the culmination of a decades-long effort to end the consideration of race in admissions.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday struck down affirmative action programs at the University of North Carolina and Harvard University.
NBC News:
Mike Pence meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy in surprise trip to Ukraine  —  The former vice president made an unannounced trip to the country, becoming the first GOP presidential candidate to meet with the Ukrainian leader during the campaign.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Former Vice President Mike Pence …
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and The Messenger
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ABC News:   Mike Pence makes surprise trip to Ukraine, in move to set himself apart from GOP field
Financial Times:
Russia detains ‘General Armageddon’ in crackdown on pro-Wagner elites  —  Sergei Surovikin was known to have had good relations with warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin  —  Top Russian army general Sergei Surovikin has been detained as the Kremlin cracks down on Wagner sympathisers following the militia's failed mutiny last week.
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Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic:
The Mysterious Case of the Fake Gay Marriage Website, the Real Straight Man, and the Supreme Court  —  Long before the Supreme Court took up one of the last remaining cases it will decide this session—the 303 Creative v. Elenis case, concerning a Colorado web designer named Lorie Smith …
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
Chinese spy balloon used American-made parts, did not transmit data: Officials  —  Determining if the parts came from illegal trade is a very serious concern.  —  The Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic Ocean in early February was built — at least partly …
Discussion: RedState
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New York Times:
Twitter's New Chief Eases Into the Hot Seat  —  Linda Yaccarino, who initially could not take ad sales meetings because of a noncompete clause, is adjusting to her new role reporting to Elon Musk.  —  Ryan Mac reports on Twitter, Tiffany Hsu on advertising and misinformation, and Ben Mullin on media.
Reuters:
Aspartame sweetener used in Diet Coke a possible carcinogen, WHO's cancer research agency to say - sources  —  One of the world's most common artificial sweeteners is set to be declared a possible carcinogen next month by a leading global health body, according to two sources with knowledge of the process …
Francesca Bacardi / Page Six:
Madonna rushed to hospital, intubated in ICU after being found unresponsive  —  Madonna was found unresponsive and rushed to a New York City hospital Saturday, Page Six can exclusively reveal.  —  We hear the “Material Girl” singer, 64, was intubated for at least one night before having the tube removed …
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers  —  The magazine, which remains among the most read in the U.S., has struggled in the digital era to command the kind of resources that fueled the deep reporting it became known for  —  Like one of the endangered species whose impending extinction …
FiveThirtyEight:
Nonreligious Americans Are The New Abortion Voters  —  When Roe v. Wade was overturned last year, many white evangelical Protestants didn't just see the Supreme Court's ruling as a political win — it was a spiritual victory.  For decades, religious conservatives have been singularly focused …
P Gosselin / NoTricksZone:
Huge Nebraska Solar Park Completely Smashed To Pieces By One Single Hail Storm!  —  Multimillion dollar solar project gets reduced to a heap of toxic rubble by one single hail storm.  —  The Scottsbluff, Nebraska 5.2 MW Community Solar project was part of the NPPD's Sunwise program …
A.G. Gancarski / Florida Politics:
Chris Christie rips Ron DeSantis' ‘ridiculous’ Jan. 6 take  —  Ron DeSantis is taking fire from a 2024 rival for a non-answer to a question about the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.  —  During a CNN interview, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pilloried a response DeSantis delivered during …
Washington Post:
DeSantis agency sent $92 million in covid relief funds to donor-backed project  —  Mori Hosseini, who lent a golf simulator for the governor's mansion, championed a new exchange on Interstate 95 that feeds into his housing and shopping center project  —  The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis …
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
Ginny Hogan / The Nation:
Is Josh Hawley All Right?  Is Josh Hawley All Right?  —  His new book Manhood advocates for a return to ancient values of family and masculinity.  In reality, it reveals the Missouri senator's weird fixations.  —  Josh Hawley, best known for fleeing a mob he helped incite, has written a book on manhood.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Attorney Gave to Kentucky Republicans While Investigating State  —  He's overseeing a federal probe into Kentucky.  He's also given money to the Republicans involved with that investigation. … A U.S. attorney overseeing a federal probe into the commonwealth of Kentucky has made thousands …
Dylan Byers / Puck:
Tucker's New Mediaco  —  Life inside the Fox News bunker, the Watters-Hannity-Gutfeld Cerberus, and news on Tucker Carlson's new media ambitions.  —  On Monday morning, while Fox News C.E.O. Suzanne Scott was announcing the network's new evening lineup—confirming Jesse Watters' long-anticipated ascension …
New York Post:
Accused J train stabber acted in self-defense, won't face charges in fatal NYC subway brawl: sources  —  The Big Apple straphanger charged with stabbing a rowdy ex-con to death on a Brooklyn J train was found to have acted in self-defense — leading to his manslaughter case being dismissed Wednesday, The Post has learned.
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules for Christian postal worker who refused to work on Sundays  —  The case concerns an evangelical Christian who claimed the U.S. Postal Service did not do enough to accommodate his request not to work on Sundays.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier …
Olivia Land / New York Post:
Mayor Adams goes off on woman complaining about rent, compares her to plantation owner  —  Mayor Eric Adams did not take kindly to one of his constituents wagging her finger at him and criticizing him for the city's new rent increase rules Wednesday, likening her behavior to that of a plantation owner.
Miles Taylor / Vanity Fair:
“It Will Be a Revenge Machine”: Why a Second Trump Administration Would Be Much Worse  —  Expect career officials purged and MAGA loyalists in charge if Trump returns to the White House, warns Miles Taylor.  The ex-DHS chief of staff spoke out as “Anonymous” during the first term and …
Discussion: Raw Story
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Roberts' Majority Opinion Preserving the Status Quo in Alabama Voting Rights Act Case Must Be Seen in Light of His Killing of Affirmative Action in Education in Today's Students for Fair Admissions Case  —  A few weeks ago, after the Supreme Court preserved the (weak) status quo for Section 2 …
Discussion: Yellowhammer News
Politico:
DeSantis angers Rockland's GOP chair  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis irked an influential New York Republican after his presidential campaign failed to coordinate a Rockland County fundraiser with the local party leader.  —  The suburban county's GOP Chair Lawrence Garvey told POLITICO he got …
Discussion: Raw Story and Gothamist
Ally Mutnick / Politico:
Senate Republicans try to stop messy Montana primary  —  GOP leaders are working to clear the field for former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy, who is challenging Democratic Sen. Jon Tester.  —  Senate GOP leaders got their dream recruit in Montana.  Now they have to work to keep their 2018 loser out.
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis says he would eliminate four federal agencies if elected president  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, said he would seek to abolish the departments of education, commerce and energy, as well as the IRS.  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that if elected president …
Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Wave of gun arrests on Capitol Hill, including for a gun in baby stroller, as tourists return  —  Nearly two dozen people have been charged with illegally carrying guns on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., so far this year, including four in the past month, according to a CBS News review of court records and U.S. Capitol Police reports.
Matthew Goldstein / New York Times:
Two Charged With Illegally Trading Ahead of Trump Media Merger  —  The arrests come after an investigation by federal prosecutors into trading in the securities of Digital World Acquisition Group, which merged with former President Trump's social media platform.
Discussion: ABC News and CNBC
 
 
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