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9:25 AM ET, April 11, 2024

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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.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Arizona Daily Star, CNN, WFAA-TV and The Hill

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 …

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, Washington Examiner, Slate, Associated Press, Fox News, Pluribus News, Digby's Hullabaloo, CLAYTOONZ, HuffPost, Daily Kos, Al Jazeera, KTAR.com, The Democracy Labs, IJR and Politico

Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:

‘Shame! Shame!’: Arizona Republican leaders block effort to repeal abortion ban — Democrats stymied after state supreme court rules that 1864 law with no exceptions for rape or incest can go into effect — Arizona's state Republican leadership halted an effort by Democrats on Wednesday …

Discussion: Associated Press, CBS News, Arizona Mirror, Esquire, KTAR.com, Eschaton, Business Insider, Fox News, The Hill, New York Daily News, IJR, Cronkite News and The Daily Beast

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.

Nick Visser / HuffPost:
Arizona Democrats Tried To Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban, But Were Shot Down By GOP

Discussion: New York Daily News, Arizona Republic, Crooks and Liars and Associated Press

Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
Trump can't escape the firestorm over abortion rights — just like Joe Biden hoped

Discussion: Politico, NBC News, New Republic, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Moderate Voice, Power Line, The Hill, Associated Press, Fox News, PoliticusUSA, Rolling Stone, Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, Mediaite and IJR

Arizona Republic:
Arizona abortion ban: Arizona House Republicans halt Democrats' effort to overturn 1864 law

Discussion: Arizona Mirror, The Hill, Press Herald, Washington Examiner and Copper Courier

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.

Discussion: The Guardian, Axios, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Fox News and Business Insider

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.

Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press, Hackwhackers, New York Times, Raw Story, UPI, The Daily Beast, Law & Crime, New York Daily News and The Guardian

NBC News:
Trump lawyers set to return court with another challenge to his impending criminal trial in New York

Discussion: CNN, The Guardian, Associated Press, RedState, Talking Points Memo and New York Post

April Rubin / Axios:
U.S. voters take Trump's hush money charges seriously: Poll

Discussion: Reuters and The Hill

Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Reps Have a Familiar Strategy for Trump Trial: What About Hunter Biden?

Discussion: Raw Story

New York Times:

Biden Administration Approves Expansion of Background Checks on Gun Sales — The new rule, which is likely to face legal challenges, is an attempt to regulate a fast-growing shadow market of weapons that has fueled gun violence. — The Biden administration has approved the broadest expansion …

Discussion: NPR, Axios, Associated Press, ABC News, USA Today, Politico, Bloomberg, The White House, Washington Times, al.com, The Hill, Advocate, CBS News and PoliticusUSA

Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:

US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales — ‘Historic’ action by justice department closes ‘doggone dangerous’ loophole in Biden administration's fight against gun violence — The sale of firearms on the internet and at gun shows in the US will in future …

Discussion: UPI and Kentucky Lantern

Politico:

Playbook: Why Trump is Johnson's best friend right now — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — JUST POSTED — “Matt Gaetz Is Winning,” by The Atlantic's Elaine Godfrey: Rep. MATT GAETZ (R-Fla.) “is a creature of our time: versed in the art …

Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic: Matt Gaetz Is Winning

Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
McCarthy says Gaetz ousted him to stop ethics complaint over sex scandal

Discussion: New Jersey Online, Mediaite, BizPac Review, New Republic, New York Post, Axios, Washington Times, HuffPost, The Hill, Washington Examiner, IJR, PoliticusUSA and Raw Story

Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:

Florida 2024 Poll: Plurality Plan to Vote “Yes” on Abortion Protection Ballot Measure — A new Emerson College Polling survey in Florida finds 42% of voters plan to vote yes on the November ballot measure that will provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, 32% are unsure, and 25% will vote no.

Discussion: Florida Politics

Quinnipiac University Poll:
North Carolina 2024: Trump On Upside Of Too-Close-To-Call Race, Quinnipiac University North Carolina Poll Finds; Governor's Race: Stein Leads Robinson 52% - 44%

Discussion: Breitbart, USA Today, The Hill and New York Times

CNN:

RNC under Lara Trump spreads ‘massive fraud’ claims about 2020 election — The Republican National Committee last week sent out a scripted call to voters' phones on behalf of new co-chair Lara Trump saying Democrats committed “massive fraud” in the 2020 election.

Discussion: Raw Story, Louisiana Illuminator, Rolling Stone, Crooks and Liars, PJ Media and Colorado Newsline

Dan Hopkins / ABC News:
The less you vote, the more you back Trump

Discussion: Reason and New Republic

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:

Before He Died in Prison, Aleksei Navalny Wrote a Memoir. It's Coming This Fall. — In the book, Navalny tells his story in his own words, chronicling his life, his rise as an opposition leader, and the attempts on his life. — During the years leading up to his death in a Russian prison …

BBC:

Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud — Truong My Lan is accused of looting one of Vietnam's largest banks over a period of 11 years — It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen.

Discussion: Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, Forbes, Metro.co.uk, Reuters, New York Times, Fox 8 Cleveland WJW, CBS News, Associated Press, Fortune, Al Jazeera and The Universe As A Causal Set

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 …

Discussion: CWB Chicago, al.com, The Hill and The Daily Caller

NBC News:
Alabama man charged with detonating explosive device outside state attorney general's office

Discussion: Alabama Attorney …, UPI, Fox News, Alabama Reflector and KTAR.com

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.

Discussion: MSNBC, The Verge, Wired and New York Times

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 …

Discussion: Raw Story

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.

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and HuffPost

Wall Street Journal:

Biden Loses Support Among Black Men, WSJ Poll Finds — New survey of seven battleground states also shows some Black women are weighing other options

Discussion: The Hill

Fortune:

The Trump donor whom Biden can't fire is running the U.S. Postal Service directly into the ground—just what everyone warned about when he was confirmed during the pandemic — Technology has afforded us the ability to connect with nearly anyone, anytime—and free of charge.

Discussion: The Virginian-Pilot, Breitbart, Fox 8 Cleveland WJW, CBS News, Plain Dealer and New York Post