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7:05 AM ET, April 9, 2024

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Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
What Trump really said about abortion  —  During the 2024 presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump boasted that he would “come together with all groups” on abortion and “negotiate something” that would “make both sides happy.”  According to Trump, the country will …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Graham says Trump is making ‘a mistake’ on abortion, vows to push forward with nationwide restrictions  —  The South Carolina Republican said the GOP presidential nominee is wrong to say the issue should be left to states, pressing his case that there should be some federal limits.
Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Biden slams Trump abortion comments: ‘simply lying’
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham breaks with Trump on national abortion ban
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Pence slams Trump's abortion stance as a ‘slap in the face’
SBA Pro-Life America:
Leading Pro-Life Group Responds to President Trump on Abortion
New York Times:
Appeals Court Denies Another Trump Attempt to Delay Trial  —  Donald J. Trump's lawyers sought to pause his Manhattan criminal trial as they argued that it should be moved, but a judge rejected their appeal.  —  One week before Donald J. Trump is set to go on trial for criminal charges in Manhattan …
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Associated Press:
Donald Trump asks appeals court to intervene in last-minute bid to delay hush-money criminal case  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump asked a New York appeals court on Monday to reverse his gag order and move his hush-money criminal trial out of Manhattan in an eleventh-hour bid for a delay just a week before it is scheduled to start.
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Elon Musk Didn't Want His Latest Deposition Released.  Here It Is.  —  Musk is being sued for falsely suggesting a 22-year-old Jewish man was part of a neo-Nazi brawl.  —  Elon Musk was deposed last month over his role in allegedly promoting a false conspiracy theory that a 22-year-old Jewish man participated in a neo-Nazi brawl.
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
‘Profoundly ahistorical’: 4-star generals side with Jack Smith, tell Supreme Court Trump's immunity claims are ‘assault’ on democracy  —  A distinguished group of retired four-star generals and admirals from the U.S. military have argued in a brief filed in the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday …
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Sonia Sotomayor's retirement is a political IQ test  —  Are you into politics to win — or to feel good about yourself?  —  Sonia Sotomayor, one of the three remaining liberal Supreme Court justices, will turn 70 years old in June, is diabetic and had one parent who died at a young age.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
KLAS:
Las Vegas attorney kills 2, self in Summerlin law office shooting: sources  —  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Three people are dead following a shooting Monday morning in a law office in a building near the Red Rock resort in Summerlin, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill.
Bess Levin / Vanity Fair:
“It's Been Soiled”: Trump Bizarrely Suggests Biden Has S—t on Oval Office Desk at Billionaire Fundraiser  —  He also pledged to keep attendees' taxes low and doubled down on his desire to have immigrants from “nice” countries, like Norway and Denmark, come to the US.
Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Donald Trump did this’: New Biden abortion ad features a woman who says she almost died because of the Texas ban  —  The ad was released hours after Trump said that he believes abortion laws should be left to the states, sidestepping the national ban that some of his supporters want.
Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:
Mitch McConnell backs House TikTok bill that could lead to ban  —  Washington — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday endorsed a bill that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S. after its momentum slowed in the Senate following its whirlwind passage in the House last month.
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Kate McKenna / CBC News:
CSIS warned Prime Minister's Office in 2023 that China ‘clandestinely and deceptively’ interfered in elections  —  Top secret document claims at least 11 candidates, 13 staffers were implicated in foreign interference  —  Canada's spy agency believes the Chinese government …
Discussion: Reuters
Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg:
China Sends Highest Ranking Official to Pyongyang in Five Years  —  China is sending its highest-level delegation to North Korea in nearly five years for a trip starting Thursday that comes as Pyongyang has drawn closer to Russia.  —  Zhao Leji, China's No. 3 official, will head the delegation for a …
US Department of Justice:
Idaho Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS  —  For Immediate Release  —  Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, was arrested Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Coeur d'Alene for attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS.
David Goldman / CNN:
Tesla settles with Apple engineer's family who said Autopilot caused his fatal crash  —  New York CNN —  Tesla has settled a high-profile case that was set to put the electric car company and its controversial automated-driving system on trial starting Monday.  —  Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Men punching random women in NYC: A desperate last gasp of the male rage fueling MAGA  —  Random NYC attacks are an extreme manifestation of men feeling entitled to women's time and attention  —  Men are punching random women on the streets of New York City.
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
GOP Senate hopeful suggests nursing home residents are too close to death to vote  —  Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde expressed doubts about the 2020 election results by arguing nursing home residents are too close to death to vote, newly released audio shows.
Heather Hunter / Washington Examiner:
William Shatner promotes fighting climate change amid solar eclipse  —  Star Trek actor William Shatner told NBC News on Monday that there's no point in going into space if we “can't come back” to Earth due to the environment.  —  NBC's Maura Barrett pressed Shatner with a climate change question …
Discussion: Newsbusters and Breitbart
CBS News:
Justice Department rejects House GOP bid to obtain audio of Biden interview with special counsel  —  Washington — The Justice Department rejected a request from two Republican-led House committees that it turn over an audio recording of former special counsel Robert Hur's interview with President Joe Biden.
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Kate Briquelet / The Daily Beast:
Michael Flynn's Anti-Vax Pals Want to Take Over This Florida Hospital
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis hosts donors at South Florida casino with an eye toward what's next
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The increasingly authoritarian-curious Republican Party
Angelo Fichera / New York Times:
A Look at Trump's Mistruths and Political Attacks on the Campaign Trail
Discussion: Raw Story and WHTM-TV
Dennis Dodd / CBSSports.com:
NAIA, small colleges association, bans transgender athletes from women's sports competitions
 Earlier Items: 
Will Carless / USA Today:
Saying prosecutors should focus on Antifa, judge frees white supremacist in beating
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Raw Story
CNN:
RFK Jr.'s New York state director says her ‘No. 1 priority’ is preventing a Biden victory
Kate Plummer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Fundraiser May Have Broken the Law
Discussion: Mercury News
The White House:
President Joe Biden Outlines New Plans to Deliver Student Debt Relief to Over 30 Million Americans Under the Biden-Harris Administration
 

 
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