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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Republicans rush to distance from “disaster” Arizona abortion ruling … - Just on Monday, former President Trump put vulnerable House Republicans at ease by stopping short of endorsing a nationwide abortion ban. … - The 19th century law provides exceptions only to save the life of the mother.
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Joyce Vance / Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance:
Welcome to 1864 — When the Supreme Court decided Dobbs, it opened up Pandora's Box, undoing fifty years of protection for abortion rights under Roe v. Wade. In the wake of that decision, states pulled lots of horribles out of the box and used them to prevent women from making their own choices about reproductive health care.
Brenna Gauchat / Arizona Republic:
Arizona lawmaker leads prayer circle on state seal at Capitol building, sparking backlash — Arizona Sen. Anthony Kern invited a prayer group to the Senate floor on Monday. — Seen in a video filmed by an anonymous attendee, Kern led the group, who spoke in tongues, through a prayer as they knelt over the state seal.
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Politico:
Trump's abortion stance could put Florida Republicans in a bind — The state GOP's strict abortion bans could be repealed if voters approve a ballot initiative in November. — MIAMI — There's no state that will need to navigate Donald Trump's abortion stance quite like Florida …
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The Guardian:
Arizona Republicans denounce revived 1864 abortion ban in sudden reversal — As the party struggles to talk about abortion, response marks fastest and strongest rebuke of bans since the fall of Roe — Hours after Arizona's supreme court declared on Tuesday that a 160-year-old abortion ban …
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Ray Stern / Arizona Republic:
Abortion in Arizona set to be illegal in nearly all circumstances, state high court rules — The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban that could shutter abortion clinics in the state. — The ruling indicated the ban can only be “prospectively enforced” and enforcement of the law is stayed for 14 days.
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Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Kari Lake disavows Arizona abortion ban ruling
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ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix:
Arizona Supreme Court rules to ban nearly all abortions, reverting back to penal code
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Arizona Supreme Court rules that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable
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Axios:
RFK Jr. sounds like Trump as he courts MAGA voters … - Kennedy is now drawing fire from Trump and other conservatives who once hailed Kennedy's campaign. … - “This is a humanitarian crisis because of the understanding across the globe that we now have an open border here,” …
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
RFK Jr. campaign official attended Jan. 6 ‘Stop the Steal’ rally and wanted ‘favorite President’ Trump to run for third term — A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. who raised the possibility that voting for the independent presidential candidate would help Donald …
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Axios:
Scoop: Biden plans order to limit southern border crossings by end of month … But Biden, briefed on polls of rising voter anger, wants a dramatic step. … - Biden would use authority in Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which gives the president broad leeway …
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Biden on Univision: the president talks about immigration, Mexico, Israel and the risks to democracy — President Joe Biden talked to Enrique Acevedo in the Oval Office, at the White House, to review multiple topics: from the situation at the border or student loans, to NATO expansion …
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NBC News:
Biden's strategy to reach tuned-out voters: Content over crowds — Biden's re-election hinges on disengaged voters. His campaign is trying to reach them one video at a time. — President Joe Biden's recent battleground state campaign tour didn't draw major crowds.
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
How the Biden campaign quickly mobilized on Trump's abortion stance
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Michael Phillis / Associated Press:
Biden administration imposes first-ever national drinking water limits on toxic PFAS — The Biden administration on Wednesday finalized strict limits on certain so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured.
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Operatives must pay up to $1.25 million for robocall scheme to suppress Black votes — Two right-wing political operatives must pay up to $1.25 million in fines after they were found liable for launching a robocall campaign designed to keep Black New Yorkers from voting in the 2020 election …
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NY State Attorney General:
Attorney General James Secures Up to $1.25 Million from Conspiracy Theorists Who Intimidated Black Voters with Threatening Robocalls
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Politico:
Becerra weighs exit from Biden administration for California gubernatorial bid — Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, the former California attorney general, would jump into an already crowded field of Democratic contenders. — SACRAMENTO, California — Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra …
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Sean O'Driscoll / Newsweek:
Letitia James Nears Green Light to Start Taking Donald Trump's Assets — The New York Attorney General may start collecting Trump assets if he fails to post a bond by next Monday, a leading real estate lawyer has said. — Paul Golden, author of Litigating Constructive Trusts and a partner …
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Transmittal No — The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine of HAWK Phase III Missile System Sustainment and related elements of logistics and program support for an estimated cost of $138 million.
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Politico:
Siding with special counsel, Cannon agrees to keep witness identities secret — Despite sharp words for prosecutors, the Trump-appointed judge in the classified documents case said they presented evidence to justify the sealing. — The judge handling the classified documents case …
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / The Bulwark:
Trump's ‘Virtues’ and Other Fairy Tales — Sad, sorry, sickening sycophantism from the Claremont Institute board chairman. — FOLLOW THE MONEY. That phrase—a legendary Hollywood screenwriter's addition to the Watergate lore—turns out in fact to be excellent advice for an investigation.
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Andrew Kerr / Washington Free Beacon:
Justice Department Uncovers ‘Inconsistencies’ in Fani Willis's Use of Federal Grant Funds — President Joe Biden's Justice Department has uncovered “inconsistencies” in Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis's use of federal grant funds, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
US has no evidence of unfolding genocide in Gaza: Pentagon — The United States does not have evidence that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza as it carries out its war against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a Senate hearing on Tuesday.
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Zelensky says he doesn't need ‘primitive’ ideas from Trump on Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Tuesday interview that he does not need “primitive” ideas from former President Trump on ways to resolve the war with Russia. — In an interview with Axel Springer media outlets …
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Politico, Interfax-Ukraine, New York Post and Business Insider
Mike Cason / al.com:
Alabama secretary of state says Democratic convention too late to get Biden on ballot this fall — Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen has notified the state and national Democratic parties that the scheduled date of the Democratic National Convention is a few days after the deadline …
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Associated Press:
Texas Attorney General sues to stop guaranteed income program for Houston-area residents — HOUSTON (AP) — Texas' attorney general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to stop a guaranteed income program set to start this month for Houston-area residents. — The program by Harris County …
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David Strom / HotAir:
Gen Z Is Ruining Scrabble Now! — Some things are sacred. — Christmas. Easter. The Final Four. And, of course, Scrabble. — Gen Z—or, more correctly, the adults who taught them that everybody deserves a medal for participation—has turned their back on all of them.
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Is Team Trump meddling in the Middle East? — Earth Week came early this April! Experiencing Friday's earthquake at the dog park with Daisy — which I thought was another Biden-in-Delaware F-15 scramble until I looked up and there was no plane — was an unexpected jolt.
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