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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Liz Cheney Nukes the Supreme Court Over Trump Delay—and Hands Dems a Weapon — In the wake of the Supreme Court agreeing to hear Donald Trump's demand for absolute immunity from prosecution—potentially delaying his insurrection-related trial until after the election—Democrats …
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Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden should hope Trump wins his immunity case — The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that it will hear former President Donald Trump's appeal in his Jan. 6 criminal case arguing that he has immunity from prosecution for his actions during his time as president.
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Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Donald Trump Says Local Police Will Play Key Role In His Mass Deportation Plan — The front-runner in the Republican presidential primary contest said he would give officers immunity to carry out his plan. — LOADING — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested that local police …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Nikki Haley calls for all Trump legal cases to be ‘dealt with’ before November — The Republican presidential candidate's comments came in an interview with NBC News' “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in Virginia. — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley …
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Erin Doherty / Axios:
Trump arrives at Florida courthouse for key hearing in classified docs case … - Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the classified documents trial, could set a new timeline on Friday, potentially delaying the current start date of May 20. … - Trump's team argued that the trial …
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
We're Going To Need More Coffee — The legal landscape in three of the four criminal cases …
We're Going To Need More Coffee — The legal landscape in three of the four criminal cases …
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CBS News:
Trump, special counsel back in federal court in classified documents case
Trump, special counsel back in federal court in classified documents case
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Rolling Stone:
Trump's Team ‘Literally Popping Champagne’ Over Supreme Court Taking Up Immunity Claim
Trump's Team ‘Literally Popping Champagne’ Over Supreme Court Taking Up Immunity Claim
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How the Biden-Trump Border Visits Revealed a Deeper Divide
How the Biden-Trump Border Visits Revealed a Deeper Divide
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Kathleen Culliton / Raw Story:
‘Visible cringe’: Serviceman scowls amid Trump rant on 'people who don't speak languages'
‘Visible cringe’: Serviceman scowls amid Trump rant on 'people who don't speak languages'
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump says he'll use local police for mass deportations if he's elected
Trump says he'll use local police for mass deportations if he's elected
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Justin Green / Axios:
“Join me,” Biden tells Trump
“Join me,” Biden tells Trump
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Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Jack Smith wants July 8 classified documents trial, Trump says after the election, please
Jack Smith wants July 8 classified documents trial, Trump says after the election, please
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Julie Zauzmer Weil / Washington Post:
Thousands of millionaires haven't filed tax returns for years, IRS says — About 125,000 notices will be sent to high-income earners, including 25,000 people with income more than $1 million, the tax agency said — Thousands of high-income earners have not filed tax returns for several years …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Hunter Biden's point-by-point rebuttal of allegations against his father — It has been abundantly clear for months that the House Republican case suggesting that President Biden was corruptly involved in his son Hunter's business engagements was a function of frenzied cherry-picking.
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Alison Durkee / Forbes:
Trump Has One Week To Pay $83.3 Million To E. Jean Carroll—And She's Expressing ‘Very Serious Concerns’ — Former President Donald Trump's scramble to cover millions in legal fines could start to come to a head next week, as the ex-president has only until next weekend to pay the $83.3 million verdict …
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Tyler Pager / Washington Post:
The private chats and chance encounters that shape Joe Biden's thinking — After conversations with his grandchildren, fellow churchgoers and Delaware neighbors, the president brings their worries to the Oval Office — In the early months of his presidency, as the pandemic dragged …
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Pam Belluck / New York Times:
CVS and Walgreens Will Begin Selling Abortion Pills This Month — The pill mifepristone will be available with a prescription at pharmacy counters in a few states to start. — The two largest pharmacy chains in the United States will start dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone this month …
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Garvey now in statistical tie with Schiff in California Senate race: Poll — Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Republican candidate Steve Garvey are now in a statistical tie in California's nonpartisan Senate primary, polling released Friday shows. — The poll from the Institute of Governmental Studies …
Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
Journalist Catherine Herridge held in contempt for not revealing source — The veteran correspondent for CBS and Fox News was ordered to pay $800 a day in a case that had triggered alarm for press advocates — In a case that has worried press advocates, veteran journalist Catherine Herridge …
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Brian Beutler / Off Message:
“I Don't Know If Most People Even Know What Party Is In The Senate Majority” — AOC explains the value of accountability, excoriates Senate Democratic leaders for shirking oversight obligations, and lays out a vision for a more fearless, effective party — If you've been following the news recently …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
GOP's post-Roe peril spreads like wildfire — Republicans are trapped in a political minefield over reproductive rights, paralyzed in fear that their vulnerabilities on abortion and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) could hand Democrats the 2024 election.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Fox News' “migrant crime” hysteria is a sign of GOP weakness — When you've got nothing else, run on hate. … The Republican Party wanted to run a 2024 election campaign on inflation and the economy. That made some sense in June 2022, when inflation was at a 40-year high of 9.1 percent.
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Associated Press:
Arizona's new voting laws that require proof of citizenship are not discriminatory, a US judge rules — PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge is upholding provisions of new Arizona laws that would require counties to verify the status of registered voters who haven't provided proof of U.S. citizenship …
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News guest decrying “migrant crime” previously arrested after getting violent over a grilled cheese sandwich he deemed too cheesy — On February 28, Fox News host Jesse Watters hosted “James Lee” on his show to discuss the murder of Laken Riley on the campus of the University of Georgia.
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FrameLab:
Putin failed to conquer Navalny or Ukraine. He's had better luck with Trump's GOP — Alexey Navalny was one thing Vladimir Putin can never be: heroic. — Navalny's murder, carried out by Putin's agents in an Arctic Circle prison on February 16, is a testament to this fact.
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Ronny Reyes / New York Post:
Scientist claims ‘smoking gun’ evidence COVID-19 intentionally created by researchers in Chinese lab — Covid-19 may have been created in a Chinese lab, a British professor told the UN Wednesday, with another expert claiming that evidence of the likelihood has reached “the level of a smoking gun.”
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