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Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Mike Pence Says He Won't Endorse Donald Trump For President — This should come as “no surprise,” Trump's former vice president said. — Former Vice President Mike Pence confirmed Friday that he will not be endorsing Donald Trump for president. — “It should come as no surprise …
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Pence declines to endorse Trump, won't back Biden — Former Vice President Mike Pence has declined to endorse his onetime running mate, former President Trump, in a bombshell announcement Friday. — Pence, whose relationship soured with Trump after the January 6 riots wherein the president faulted …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Pence says he ‘cannot in good conscience’ endorse Trump — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday said he “cannot in good conscience” endorse presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, arguing that Trump is pursuing an agenda that is “at odds with the conservative agenda.”
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump hush money trial delayed until at least April, judge rules — Donald Trump's criminal trial stemming from hush money paid to a porn star before the 2016 U.S. election will start no earlier than April after the judge on Friday granted a 30-day delay due to the late disclosure of evidence to the former president.
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Trump aide Peter Navarro asks Supreme Court to keep him out of prison — A senior aide to former president Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to keep him out of prison while he appeals his conviction for refusing to testify before Congress about his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence says he's not endorsing Trump
Former Vice President Mike Pence says he's not endorsing Trump
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Washington Post:
Pence says he will not endorse Trump in 2024
Pence says he will not endorse Trump in 2024
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Mike Pence ran with Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. In 2024, he won't even endorse him
Mike Pence ran with Donald Trump in 2016 and 2020. In 2024, he won't even endorse him
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Associated Press:
Judge delays Trump's hush-money criminal trial 30 days, citing last-minute evidence dump
Judge delays Trump's hush-money criminal trial 30 days, citing last-minute evidence dump
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William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Laura Ingraham Apologizes for Graphic of Wrong Black Lawyer — On The Ingraham Angle, attorney Terrence Bradley was substituted for Nathan Wade in a graphic alongside Fani Willis. — Fox News host Laura Ingraham apologized Friday night for a graphic that erroneously identified attorney Terrence Bradley …
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Nathan Wade resigns from Trump Georgia case following judge's ruling
Nathan Wade resigns from Trump Georgia case following judge's ruling
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Fulton County DA Fani Willis must step aside or remove special prosecutor in Trump case, judge says
Fulton County DA Fani Willis must step aside or remove special prosecutor in Trump case, judge says
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Mike Johnson Suddenly Seems Ready to Stick a Shiv in MAGA — Poor Mike Johnson is in quite a bind. The House speaker simply doesn't have a governing majority: It is borderline impossible to pass anything with only Republican votes, because the hard-right MAGA bloc wants to thwart governing at all costs.
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CBS News:
Secret Service, Justice Dept locate person of interest in swatting attacks on DHS Secretary Mayorkas and other officials — Federal agents have located a person of interest in over 100 swatting calls, which included calls targeting Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas …
Samantha Chery / Washington Post:
Ginsburg family blasts plan to give RBG Award to Musk, Murdoch, others — The family of the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg and some of the Supreme Court justice's former colleagues have denounced this year's slate of honorees for an award that a philanthropic foundation bestows in the name of the liberal icon.
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Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch:
Leaked SpaceX documents show company forbids employees to sell stock if it deems they've misbehaved — ‘An act of dishonesty against the company’ is among the violations cited — SpaceX requires employees to agree to some unusual terms related to their stock awards, which have a chilling effect on staff …
Howard Blume / Los Angeles Times:
2 Orange school board conservatives ousted by recalls with LGBTQ+ policies at the center — Voters in the city of Orange appear to have ousted two conservative school board members who had spearheaded policies widely opposed by advocates for LGBTQ+ youth in a recall election viewed …
Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
Security footage of Boeing repair before door-plug blowout was overwritten — NTSB: Boeing “unable to find the records documenting” repair work on 737 Max 9. — A government investigation into a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane's door-plug blowout has been hampered by a lack of repair records …
Casey Newton / Platformer:
How CrowdTangle predicted the future — Eight years after buying the data analysis tool CrowdTangle, and four years after it began exasperating the executives responsible for it, Meta said Thursday that it would shut down the tool on August 14. — CrowdTangle, a data analysis tool …
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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
‘We are losing our kids to a satanic cult,’ Sen. Tommy Tuberville warns during Utah campaign stop — The Alabama Republican has endorsed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Trent Staggs in the race to replace Utah Sen. Mitt Romney in Congress. — Alabama Republican U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville …
New York Times:
Kushner Developing Deals Overseas Even as His Father-in-Law Runs for President — Donald Trump's son-in-law, who was also a senior White House official, said he was close to finalizing real estate projects in Albania and Serbia. — Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of Donald J. Trump …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Narrowly Interprets Landmark Reduced Sentencing Law — The justices sided with the government in a case focused on who is eligible for shorter prison sentences under the bipartisan First Step Act passed in 2018. — The Supreme Court sided with the government on Friday …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court denies ‘thousands’ of inmates a chance at shorter sentences
Supreme Court denies ‘thousands’ of inmates a chance at shorter sentences
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Justin Horowitz / Media Matters for America:
Lara Trump says she wants to hire QAnon conspiracy theorist Scott Presler to work for the RNC — Lara Trump, who was recently elected as co-chair to the Republican National Committee, said on March 14 that she is interested in hiring right-wing influencer, QAnon conspiracy theorist, and …
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Associated Press:
Brazil military leaders told police Bolsonaro plotted to remain in power despite election defeat — Two top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan for him to remain in power after the 2022 election he lost …
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Craig Simpson / Telegraph:
British countryside can evoke ‘dark nationalist’ feelings in paintings, warns museum — Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam institution overhauls displays with visitors informed that landscape images can stir dark emotions — The Fitzwilliam Museum has suggested that paintings …
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Reuters:
‘Squid Game’ actor O Yeong-su convicted of sexual harassment and given a suspended sentence — As he was leaving the court, O told reporters he planned to appeal against the decision. — SEOUL — South Korean actor O Yeong-su, who starred in the first season of the hit Netflix series …
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