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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Jamie Dimon praises Trump, warns MAGA criticism could hurt Biden  — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon praised former President Donald Trump's positions on the economy, taxes and immigration.  — Dimon admonished Democrats to be “more respectful” toward Trump's supporters, or else risk hurting President Joe Biden's reelection bid.
Lindsey McPherson / The Messenger:
Speaker Johnson Can ‘Absolutely’ Expect to Be Toppled if He Keeps Caving, GOP Lawmaker Warns  —  Yet another GOP hardliner threatens to oust the speaker, predicting Johnson ‘will get rolled, just like we always do’  —  House Freedom Caucus member Eli Crane has joined a growing number …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Johnson gets squeezed by Biden, Senate GOP on Ukraine, border
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell expects Senate to take up Ukraine-border security package next week
Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
The Supreme Court Is About to Seize Way More Power From Democratic Presidents  —  This is part of Opening Arguments, Slate's coverage of the start of the latest Supreme Court term.  We're working to change the way the media covers the Supreme Court.  Support our work when you join Slate Plus.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Overturn Key Chevron Precedent  —  The Supreme Court considered whether to overrule the seminal 1984 Chevron decision, which requires judges to defer to agencies' interpretations of ambiguous statutes.  —  Members of the Supreme Court's conservative …
New York Times:
Shake-Up by a Desperate DeSantis Opens Wider Path for Haley in New Hampshire  —  Ron DeSantis's super PAC began layoffs on the same day he signaled he would largely bypass New Hampshire's primary election and train his efforts on South Carolina.  —  Straining to recover after a bruising defeat in Iowa …
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Politico:
Haley moves to preempt Trump's attacks on her
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Daily Kos
NBC News:
New Hampshire Republicans ‘disappointed’ Nikki Haley isn't fighting harder in the state
Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Judge threatens to throw Trump out of E. Jean Carroll defamation trial  —  The writer has sued former president Donald Trump for allegedly defaming her after she publicly accused him of sexual assault  —  NEW YORK — A federal judge threatened to throw Donald Trump out of court Wednesday …
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Brad Raffensperger / National Review:
Trump Recycles Tired 2020 Election Allegations  —  The former president just won't let his loss go, even if that means returning to long-disproven allegations about the outcome.  —  As originally conceived by its inventors, the concept of the “big lie” is supposed to be a tale so audacious and captivating that people can't doubt it.
Ben Feuerherd / The Messenger:
Judge Threatens to Kick Trump Out of E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial if He Disrupts Court
Associated Press:
Maine judge delays decision on removing Trump from ballot until Supreme Court rules in Colorado case
Kimberly Wehle / Politico:
The ‘Sleeping Giant’ Case that Could Upend Jack Smith's Prosecution of Trump  —  The Supreme Court has agreed to consider a case that doesn't mention the former president, but that could invalidate half of the Jan. 6 charges against him.  —  There's been a lot of attention paid …
Discussion: The Western Journal and Raw Story
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Congressman Daniel Goldman:
Congressman Dan Goldman to Introduce Resolution to Censure Congresswoman Elise Stefanik for Her Support of January 6th Insurrectionists
The Baltimore Banner:
New Baltimore Sun owner insults staff in meeting, says paper should mimic Fox45  —  In a tense, three-hour meeting with staff Tuesday afternoon, new Baltimore Sun owner David Smith told employees he has only read the paper four times in the past few months, insulted the quality of their journalism …
Solodev / Florida Department of Education Home:
State Board of Education Passes Rule to Permanently Prohibit DEI in the Florida College System  —  ~ State Board also replaced “Principles of Sociology” with an American History course as an option on the list of social studies general education core courses ~
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Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Texas defies federal threat to abandon border area, setting up legal showdown  —  The attorney general of Texas on Wednesday defied federal officials who demanded state authorities abandon a public park along the U.S.-Mexico border that state National Guard soldiers seized last week …
NBC News:
Ecuadorian prosecutor probing TV studio attack is killed  —  The Ecuadorian prosecutor who was investigating an attack at a television station in Guayaquil, the country's largest and one of its most dangerous cities, was shot to death Wednesday.  Prosecutor César Suárez …
Steve Helling / The Messenger:
‘Survivor’ Champ Kentucky Pol Whose Incest Bill Would Let Cousins Have Sex: ‘I Made a Mistake’ (Exclusive)  —  ‘I was thinking like a lawyer, not like a legislator,’ state Rep. Nick Wilson tells The Messenger  —  A Kentucky Republican introduced a bill on Tuesday that was intended to broaden …
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
‘Survivor’ Champ Lawmaker Backtracks on Kentucky Bill Legalizing Sex Between First Cousins
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
White House Phoned Asa Hutchinson to Apologize for DNC Slight  —  The call came after the DNC took a potshot at the former Arkansas governor, who was one of Donald Trump's biggest critics from the right.  —  President Joe Biden on Wednesday dispatched his chief of staff to call the former Arkansas …
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Harris says ‘no denying’ America's history of racism  —  Vice President Harris said clearly that the U.S. has racism in its history, bucking remarks to the contrary from GOP presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.  —  “There is no denying that we have …
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House GOP hit with another retirement announcement  —  Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) announced Wednesday he will not seek re-election to Congress after more than a decade in office, marking the latest in a series of GOP retirement announcements this month. … - “After 9/11, I felt a calling to serve my State or Nation in some capacity.
Steven Lemongello / Orlando Sentinel:
Democrat Keen wins state House 35 special election over GOP's Booth  —  In a race seen as a bellwether for Democratic chances in November, Democrat Tom Keen flipped what had been a Republican state House seat in Central Florida in a special election held Tuesday.
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Politico:
Phillips takes intra-party heat for scrubbing campaign website's reference to DEI
 
 
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Texas' floating barrier between US and Mexico can stay for now, court rules in reversal
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Johnson plagued by GOP leaks as tensions escalate
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
New Biden rule cracks down on insurers' use of prior authorization
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The Suicide of an Alabama Mayor Shows That Pre-Stonewall Horrors Aren't Just Coming Back. They're Here.
 

 
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