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Politico:
A blinking red light for Israel in American politics — The shift has come amid rising internal frustrations inside the administration about the war. — In notably blunt terms Thursday, top U.S. officials made a series of warnings to the Israeli government that they were nearly out of patience with its conduct of the war in Gaza.
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U.S. Department of Defense, Axios, Semafor, Mediaite and The Hill
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Israel to Add Gaza Aid Routes as Biden Hinges Support on Civilian Protection — The president denounced the killing of seven humanitarian workers in a tense call with Israel's prime minister. Within hours, Israel agreed to increase aid deliveries. — President Biden threatened on Thursday …
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The White House, USA Today, Axios, Atlantic Council, Exposing the role …, CNN, NBC News, Melanie Phillips, Israpundit, Middle East Monitor, UPI, The Atlantic, The US Sun, Reuters, Al-Monitor, Daily Kos, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, HuffPost, Semafor, Washington Times, Mondoweiss, Business Insider, Deadline, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, The Guardian, RedState, Forbes, The Times of Israel and RTÉ
CBS News:
Israeli military fires 2 officers as probe blames World Central Kitchen deaths on “mistaken identification” — The Israeli military announced Friday that it dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others for their roles in drone strikes in Gaza that killed seven aid workers on a food-delivery mission …
Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
Blinken warns: Israel risks becoming indistinguishable from Hamas if it doesn't protect Gaza civilians — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warns that Israel risks becoming indistinguishable from Hamas if it continues to fail to protect civilians amid the Gaza war.
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Israpundit, HotAir, National Review, Breitbart and The Japan Times
Wall Street Journal:
No Labels Will Abandon 2024 Presidential Campaign Effort — The centrist group plans to announce it won't field a third-party ‘unity ticket’ after months of failing to find a candidate to lead its effort — WASHINGTON—No Labels, the centrist group which has sought to field a third-party presidential bid …
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The Hill, The Bulwark, NPR, The Dispatch, USA Today, MeidasTouch, RedState, New Republic, Politico, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Reason, The Guardian, Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, NBC News, Daily Kos, New York Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, WHDH-TV, Washington Post, ABC News, abc7NY, NBC Bay Area and Rolling Stone
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Julia Mueller / The Hill:
No Labels abandons 2024 presidential effort
No Labels abandons 2024 presidential effort
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Digby's Hullabaloo, The Moderate Voice, Associated Press, Mediaite and MeidasTouch
No Labels:
No Labels 2024 Ballot Project
No Labels 2024 Ballot Project
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NPR, PoliticusUSA, UPI, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Blaze Media, Axios and ballot-access.org
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
RFK Jr. disavows fundraising email boosting ‘J6 activists’ — The statement was an “error,” Kennedy's campaign said. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s presidential campaign walked back a line in a fundraising email sent to supporters Thursday afternoon, which described people detained for storming the Capitol in 2021 as “J6 activists.”
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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
‘The nuclear button’: Special counsel could seek removal of judge in Trump classified docs case, attorneys warn — Special counsel Jack Smith and Judge Aileen Cannon traded terse words in filings this week. — WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith could soon seek to have the judge presiding …
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Politico, New York Magazine, Raw Story, Plain Dealer, Salon, New York Times, PoliticusUSA, Forbes, Breitbart, Slate, BizPac Review, The Hill and Washington Post
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Judge rejects Trump request to dismiss classified documents prosecution — A federal judge refused Thursday to throw out the classified documents prosecution of Donald Trump, turning aside defense arguments that a decades-old law permitted the former president to retain the sensitive records after he left office.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Jeffrey Clark's bid to aid Trump election scheme violated attorney rules, DC Bar panel finds — Disciplinary investigators who brought the charges against Clark say they intend to advocate for his disbarment. — A disciplinary panel in Washington has found that Jeffrey Clark …
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Reuters, UPI, New Republic, NBC News, The Hill, The Daily Beast, Forbes, KDFX-TV and The Daily Caller
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Sarah D. Wire / Los Angeles Times:
Trump says he'll jail his opponents. Members of the House Jan. 6 committee are preparing
Trump says he'll jail his opponents. Members of the House Jan. 6 committee are preparing
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Raw Story, KTLA and Associated Press
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Ted Cruz Is Getting Nervous He's Going to Lose His Senate Seat — The Texas senator's questionable podcast deal with iHeartMedia is raising eyebrows amid his increasingly desperate fundraising efforts — THE WALLS ARE closing in around Ted Cruz, and the Republican senator is lashing out.
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Crooks and Liars, Raw Story, Queerty, New Republic, Washington Examiner, Mediaite and The Daily Beast
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
Florida ensures Trump has to talk about abortion — It's the last thing Republicans want to do. — ∙ Paid — 📈 Subscribe to Public Notice 📈 — At a Donald Trump event this week in Michigan, a reporter asked the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to comment on Florida's new six-week abortion ban.
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New Republic, Washington Post, Washington Examiner, New York Times, KDFX-TV, The Hill and Blue Virginia
Katrina Kaufman / CBS News:
Is Trump's $175 million civil fraud bond valid in New York? — When former President Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond in New York on Monday, it appeared that he had evaded a financial crisis. He had paused enforcement of the more than $460 million judgment against him following a civil fraud trial, while his appeal is pending.
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Axios, The Daily Beast, NBC News, Washington Examiner, Raw Story, The Hill, Forbes, Business Insider, New Republic, MeidasTouch, UPI, New York Times, The Mahablog, Political Wire, Eschaton and Law & Crime
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Hot streak for U.S. job growth continues in early months of 2024 — The unemployment rate has now been below 4% for 26 consecutive months — a streak unseen in the United States since the 1960s. — Expectations heading into this morning showed projections of about 200,000 new jobs having been added in the United States in March.
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Axios, USA Today, UPI, Deadline, Forbes, KDFX-TV, Associated Press and Al Jazeera
Cory Doctorow / Pluralistic:
Pluralistic: Too big to care (04 Apr 2024) — Too big to care: Enshittification is a choice. — Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. — This day in history: 2009, 2014, 2019, 2023 — Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. — Recent appearances: Where I've been.
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Futurism, New York Post and Ars Technica
Will Oremus / Washington Post:
Musk's X pivots again, restoring blue checks to popular accounts — The social network formerly known as Twitter is now gifting premium features to users with at least 2,500 verified followers — A year after his controversial decision to remove verification from popular Twitter accounts unless …
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Slate, Axios, KDFX-TV, Bloomberg, Variety, emptywheel, New York Daily News, New Jersey Online, UPI, The Register, Associated Press, Gizmodo, Mock Paper Scissors, The Daily Beast, Forbes, Rolling Stone, TechCrunch and Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
“Screws up female brains”: MAGA leaders are conditioning Republicans to back birth control bans — Charlie Kirk says the pill causes “angry, bitter young ladies” who vote for Democrats to get “free stuff” — Charlie Kirk, the head of the MAGA propaganda behemoth Turning Point USA …
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KDFX-TV
Frank Figliuzzi / MSNBC:
The disturbing irony behind a disgraceful new endorsement of Trump — The Police Officers Association of Michigan claims backing Trump will restore “honor” to the profession. Tell that to the U.S. Capitol Police. — On Tuesday, the 12,000-member Police Officers Association of Michigan …
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Bloomberg:
EBRD Calls For Subsidized Insurance to Quickly Rebuild Ukraine — Subsidized insurance would attract investors to help rebuild Ukraine's war-battered economy, according to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. — “Reconstruction could start very quickly,” …
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
China Is Targeting U.S. Voters and Taiwan With AI-Powered Disinformation — Findings from Microsoft and others shed light on Beijing's expanding covert influence operations — SAN FRANCISCO—Online actors linked to the Chinese government are increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence …
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Persuasion and Bloomberg
Louis Casiano / Fox News:
Blinken says Ukraine will eventually ‘become a member of NATO’ — Debate of Ukraine's membership to the 32-member alliance continues amid its war with Russia — Ukraine will eventually join NATO as support from its member countries remains “rock solid,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday.
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Responsible Statecraft, One America News Network, Sputnik News, Axios, RedState, The Guardian, HotAir, New York Post, New York Times, Voice of America, Washington Examiner, The Kyiv Independent, Blaze Media, Politico, Breitbart, Foreign Policy, The Japan Times, RTÉ, Washington Post and Reuters
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Biden Takes Aim at SpaceX's Tax-Free Ride in American Airspace — President Biden wants companies that use American airspace for rocket launches to start paying taxes into a federal fund that finances the work of air traffic controllers. — Every time a rocket soars into the sky carrying satellites …
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New York Post and Honolulu Star-Advertiser