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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
World Central Kitchen Says U.S. Citizen Among 7 Staff Killed in ‘Targeted’ Triple Israeli Attack — ‘UNFORGIVABLE’ — José Andrés' international aid organization said it would pause its work in Gaza in the wake of the killings. — A dual U.S.-Canadian citizen …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Israel faces outrage from Democrats over strike that killed aid workers … - “It's time to pull the plug on unconditional aid to Israel. … - “The WCK team was traveling in a deconflicted zone in two armored cars branded with the WCK logo and a soft skin vehicle,” the statement said …
Politico:
Blinken calls for ‘swift, impartial investigation’ into killing of aid workers in Gaza airstrike
Blinken calls for ‘swift, impartial investigation’ into killing of aid workers in Gaza airstrike
Discussion:
Voice of America, Middle East Monitor and Reuters
Associated Press:
Middle East Crisis: Netanyahu Says Israel ‘Deeply Regrets’ Strike That Killed 7 Aid Workers
Middle East Crisis: Netanyahu Says Israel ‘Deeply Regrets’ Strike That Killed 7 Aid Workers
Associated Press:
Iran vows response after strike it blames on Israel demolishes consulate in Syria
Iran vows response after strike it blames on Israel demolishes consulate in Syria
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Reuters, Axios, The Times of Israel, Bloomberg, Breitbart, PressTV, Iran International, CNN, Al-Monitor, Middle East Monitor, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Associated Press, Quartz, Jerusalem Post, Fox News, Agence France-Presse, The US Sun, New York Times, Algemeiner.com, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, KDFX-TV, Euractiv, WBT Charlotte's News Talk, Politico, FDD, Al Jazeera, Must Read Alaska, PBS NewsHour, NPR, RSS BelTA, The Japan Times, El País, USA Today, Forbes, One America News Network, JNS.org and The Daily Beast
Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel:
Israel acknowledges killing 7 aid charity workers in ‘tragic, unintentional’ airstrike
Israel acknowledges killing 7 aid charity workers in ‘tragic, unintentional’ airstrike
Discussion:
Reuters, USA Today, SBS News, Axios, KDFX-TV, JNS.org, National Review, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Middle East Monitor, Politico, FDD, CBS News and Bloomberg
NBC News:
Arizona abortion rights amendment backers says they've gathered signatures needed for 2024 ballot — First to NBC News: Arizona for Abortion Access says it's exceeded the state petition signature threshold by over 120,000, with plans to keep gathering until a July 3 deadline.
Discussion:
MeidasTouch, USA Today, Arizona Mirror, NBC 7 San Diego and Twitchy
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Washington Post:
Democrats eye Florida after abortion ruling — Good morning, Early Birds. April is the cruelest month. Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Was this forwarded to you? Sign up here. Thanks for waking up with us. — In today's edition ... Nevadans are close to securing abortion ballot measure …
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Washington Examiner, Sun-Sentinel, NBC News, PoliticusUSA, Associated Press, CBS News, The Guardian, The Federalist, Raw Story, New York Times, The Hill, Mock Paper Scissors, Daily Kos, The 19th, Politico, Bloomberg, UPI, Florida Politics, HuffPost, ABC News, USA Today and New York Daily News
NBC News:
Republicans pushing to embrace mail-in voting encounter widespread resistance — Trump's repeated attacks on mail-in voting have made it tougher for Republicans who see a desperate need for the GOP to encourage more ways to cast ballots. — When Donald Trump held a rally last year in Erie County …
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
House Republicans push to rename DC international airport after Trump — ‘In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J Trump’: Reschenthaler — FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans is pushing to rename Washington, D.C.'s …
Discussion:
Politico, The Hill, MeidasTouch, NBC News, The Guardian, New Jersey Online, CBS News, PoliticusUSA, RedState, Mediaite, Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Washingtonian
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Republicans push to rename Dulles airport after Trump … - The airport is currently named for John Foster Dulles, a former secretary of state under President Dwight Eisenhower who fought against communism during the early stages of the Cold War. — The bill was first reported by Breitbart News.
Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
JUST IN: Ex-Trump Election Lawyer John Eastman Has Been Disbarred — John Eastman, the former Donald Trump election lawyer behind the so-called “fake electors” scheme, was officially disbarred by the state of California on Tuesday. — The California State Bar recommended last Wednesday …
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A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
‘Start the Steal’: Trump Once Again Planning to Overturn an Election
‘Start the Steal’: Trump Once Again Planning to Overturn an Election
Discussion:
Raw Story
Jesús Rodríguez / Washington Post:
Nervous about November? Imagine being Biden's campaign manager.
Nervous about November? Imagine being Biden's campaign manager.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner, Washington Free Beacon, New York Times, The Hill and Florida Politics
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Misinformation-spouting RFK Jr. muses that Biden is threat to democracy — In late January 2021, with thousands of people dying from covid-19 each day and the first vaccines targeting the coronavirus rolling out, baseball legend Hank Aaron died. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. …
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USA Today, Fox News, CNN, Newsbusters, New York Post, NBC News, Blaze Media, The Guardian, Althouse, IJR and The Daily Beast
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Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. rebuked for calling Biden bigger threat to democracy than Trump
RFK Jr. rebuked for calling Biden bigger threat to democracy than Trump
Discussion:
HotAir, Fox News, Breitbart, The Nation, acecomments.mu.nu, Axios, WSVN-TV, Digby's Hullabaloo, New Republic, Louder With Crowder, Washington Examiner and The Hill
The Guardian:
Video shows California police fatally shooting teenager who was reported kidnapped — Revealed: Savannah Graziano, 15, shot by sheriff's deputies in 2022 while unarmed and following instructions to move toward them — Newly released law enforcement footage captures the moment California police fatally shot …
Cheyanne M. Daniels / The Hill:
Arizona Democrat announces cancer diagnoses — Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) announced on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with cancer. — Grijalva, who has represented Arizona's 7th Congressional District since 2003, said in a statement that he had sought treatment for a persistent cough several weeks ago.
Discussion:
Associated Press and The Daily Caller
Rebecca Solnit / The Guardian:
The Republican party has become a full-fledged anti-sex movement — The conservative obsession with purity and control is being achieved by increasingly punitive means — The US supreme court justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas cited the Comstock Act, named after the 19th-century …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
With enthusiasm, Raffensperger advises Larry David to curb attacks on voter law — Top elections official responds to HBO show's brush with Georgia ban on distribution of food or drink to voters with pretty, pretty, pretty cutting letter — Larry David, heading into his final episode of HBO's …
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HotAir, New York Times, The Hill, Deadline, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Hollywood Reporter
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
‘The threat is very real’: Trump's defense of his attacks is rejected — Donald Trump has and continues to benefit enormously from the overlap of his campaign and his legal travails. — For all of his complaints about the timing and his insistence that his various indictments and trials …
Discussion:
HuffPost, New Republic, The Hill, The Daily Caller, Business Insider, NBC News and CBS News
Scott G. Nelson / Public Notice:
Manufacturing discontent — This special free edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please click the button below to support our work. — 🇺🇸 Subscribe to Public Notice 🇺🇸 — It's become something of a cottage industry …
Politico:
McConnell: I'll stay in the Senate and fight the GOP ‘isolationist movement’ — The minority leader indicated that would still be a major priority for him until his term ends in 2026.
Discussion:
Fox News, Breitbart and Punchbowl News
Raúl Grijalva:
Rep. Grijalva Statement on Cancer Diagnosis — TUCSON, Ariz. - Today, U.S. Representative Raúl M. Grijalva (AZ-07) issued the following statement: — “A few weeks ago, I sought medical treatment for a persistent cough which was initially diagnosed as pneumonia.
Discussion:
Washington Examiner and KDFX-TV
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Corporate profit bonanza — In the last three months of 2023, after-tax corporate profits reached an all-time high of $2.8 trillion. This is part of a long-term growth in corporate profits that began in the 1980s, picked up steam at the turn of the millennium, and exploded since 2020.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Being in the House is undoubtedly terrible — but is it unusually so? — From the outside, being a member of the House of Representatives seems like a uniquely crummy job. Sure, you have some ostensible power, but it doesn't actually manifest very often for many people, thanks to the chamber's general antipathy toward consensus.
Politico:
Allies consider moving Ukraine arms group into NATO to shield it from Trump — Officials are expected to discuss gradually moving the organization — called the Ukraine Defense Contact Group — into the alliance's control. — The U.S. and other Western countries are considering transferring …
Discussion:
Reuters, Euractiv, Bloomberg and Agence France-Presse
Greg Allen / NPR:
A federal judge says migrants can sue the company that flew them to Martha's Vineyard — MIAMI — A federal judge in Boston has ruled that migrants flown from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in 2022 can proceed with a lawsuit against the Florida company that took them there.
New Republic:
Why Trump's Lunacy Is Suddenly Raising GOP Fears of Down-Ballot Losses — GOP members of Congress facing tough races are suddenly worried that having Donald Trump at the top of the ticket might present them with a problem, according to new reports. They fear having to answer for Trump's degeneracy …
Discussion:
Raw Story
David Axe / Forbes:
The Russian Army Just Launched The Biggest Tank Assault Of The War — Forty-eight tanks and fighting vehicles attacked along a single road west of Avdiivka—and got massacred — On Saturday, the Russian army launched what may have been one of the largest-scale tank assaults of Russia's 25-month wider war on Ukraine.
Discussion:
Metro.co.uk, pravda.com.ua and nationalinterest.org
Caroline Kitchener / Washington Post:
‘No help here’: Florida abortion ruling leaves women with few options — The law allowed to go into effect by Florida's Supreme Court will affect more people seeking abortions in the first trimester than any other ban to date — More than 80,000 women get an abortion in Florida in a typical year …
Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:
Tulsi Gabbard turned down RFK Jr.'s offer to be his running mate, she says — “It didn't work out,” a source close to him said. — Tulsi Gabbard attends a live taping of Hannity at Fox News Channel Studios, Sept. 13, 2023, in New York. Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks …
Discussion:
Axios and Rolling Stone