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Jack Healy / New York Times:
Arizona Republicans Thwart Attempts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban — Democrats in both houses of the Legislature were blocked from advancing bills to roll back a reinstated 160-year-old ban on nearly all abortions in the state. — A decision by Arizona's highest court upholding an 1864 ban …
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Jeremy Duda / Axios:
Arizona Republicans block attempt to repeal abortion ban … - “We've got the eyes of the world watching the state of Arizona,” state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D-Tucson), who sponsored the repeal, said in a floor speech Wednesday. … He was the lone House Republican to support the repeal effort.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Arizona Republicans condemn their own abortion policy — On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a bombshell decision banning virtually all abortions in the state. The majority found that since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a near-total ban from 1864 — before Arizona was a state — was back in effect.
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Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Abortion ruling is a full-on disaster for Arizona Republicans — Opinion: With the return of an 1864 abortion ban, Republicans now face a five-alarm fire that could consume their grip on Arizona. If you are Trump or Kari Lake, you are freaking out right now.
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump loses third bid this week to delay hush money trial — A New York appeals judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump's third last-ditch attempt this week to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, paving the way for the first-ever trial of a former U.S. president.
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NBC News:
Trump lawyers set to return court with another challenge to his impending criminal trial in New York — The former president's filing at the state Appellate Division is his third challenge to the case in three days. — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump were heading …
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump fails to delay N.Y. criminal trial for a third time this week — NEW YORK — Donald Trump's attorneys failed to persuade an appeals court judge on Wednesday to delay the former president's New York criminal trial, scheduled to begin next week, by saying the presiding judge was not qualified to oversee the proceedings.
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April Rubin / Axios:
U.S. voters take Trump's hush money charges seriously: Poll … - The New York trial, set to start on April 15 with jury selection, concerns a 2016 payment allegedly made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. — About 4 in 10 Republican respondents considered the hush money charges to be serious.
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Reps Have a Familiar Strategy for Trump Trial: Whatabout Hunter Biden? — STORM HUNTERS — As Trump starts his first criminal trial, GOP allies are laying the groundwork for a potential foil to the central hush money issue. Surprise—it's Hunter Biden again.
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Donald Trump's first criminal trial is nearly here — and he's already starting to melt down
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Politico:
How Biden's campaign plans to pummel Trump on abortion — The reelect is going to spend the next half year publicizing the testimonials of those affected by harsh new state abortion laws. — Joe Biden's campaign plans to hammer Donald Trump for his role in erasing abortion rights largely …
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Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
Trump can't escape the firestorm over abortion rights — just like Joe Biden hoped
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News buries court decision implementing a near-total abortion ban in Arizona
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CNN:
Trump looms over fight to oust Speaker Johnson — As Mike Johnson stares down a serious threat to his speakership, he's taking steps to show alignment with the most powerful figure in the Republican Party: Donald Trump. — Johnson has made plans to trek down to Mar-a-Lago on Friday to appear …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Crenshaw says Greene's expulsion threat for ‘attention,’ doesn't have much support
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Mike Johnson to hold “election integrity” presser with Trump
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Marjorie Taylor Greene stands by threat to oust Johnson after “passionate” meeting
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US Department of Justice:
Alabama Man Charged with Detonating an Explosive Device Outside of Alabama Attorney General's Office — For Immediate Release — An Alabama man was indicted for his alleged role in detonating an explosive device in downtown Montgomery, Alabama. — On April 10, law enforcement arrested …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media director accused of ‘hacking’ files in attempted corporate ‘coup’: lawsuit … This photo illustration shows an image of former President Donald Trump next to a phone screen that is displaying the Truth Social app, in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2022.
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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Police Report: Trump County Chair Threatened To Rape Boss's Wife, Then Kill Him — Jonathan Stone, a former New Hampshire police officer, has been a part of Trump's campaign since 2016, when he gave Trump an inscribed AR-15 assault rifle. — LOADING — One of Donald Trump's county campaign chairs …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Bolton says he will write in Dick Cheney for president again this year — Former national security adviser John Bolton revealed he will write in former Vice President Dick Cheney for president in November — for the second time. — “Well, I might as well say it now.
Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times:
Japan Gives Washington 250 Cherry Trees as Replacements — The trees will replace 140 that will be torn up as part of a restoration project. The capital's first Japanese cherry trees were a gift from the mayor of Tokyo in 1912. — Japan is giving the United States 250 cherry trees …
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Misty Severi / Washington Examiner:
White House hosts star-studded state dinner including Clintons, Bezos, and finance giants — The White House hosted its glitzy state dinner for the Japanese prime minister on Wednesday night, and some star-studded names are on the guest list. — Former President Bill Clinton …
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Reporters Without Borders:
Hong Kong: RSF representative detained and deported on attempt to monitor Jimmy Lai's national security trial — Organisation: — RSF_en — A representative of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has been deported from Hong Kong on arrival to the territory to monitor the landmark trial …
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Dan Hopkins / ABC News:
The less you vote, the more you back Trump — A new poll suggests it's Republicans who should be rooting for higher turnout. — 57:42 — Idahoans at the polling location for precinct 1712, All Saints Episcopal Church, cast their ballots on Election Day in 2022 in Boise.
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