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Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Rating Changes: Arizona Senate and AZ-6 — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — We're making a couple of rating changes today, both in Arizona. — The state's open-seat Senate race goes from Toss-up to Leans Democratic, and Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R, AZ-6) moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up.
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Arizona Republicans Fend Off Another Effort to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban — BLOCKED — The 160-year-old near-total ban is set to take effect in the coming weeks. — For the second time in as many weeks, Arizona Republicans thwarted an attempt to kill a Civil War-era law that is poised …
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New York Times:
Arizona Republicans Again Block Effort to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban — The state has been in turmoil since its Supreme Court upheld a near-total abortion ban dating back to the Civil War. — House Republicans in Arizona on Wednesday scuttled another effort to repeal the state's 1864 law banning abortion …
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ABC News, Democrats, LifeNews.com, Axios and Political Wire
NBC News:
Arizona Republicans again quash effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban
Arizona Republicans again quash effort to repeal 1864 abortion ban
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Business Insider, Politico, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Arizona Mirror and Arizona Republic
Liz Crampton / Politico:
Combatting cannibalism and jailing librarians: Idaho Democrats see opportunity in extreme GOP agenda
Combatting cannibalism and jailing librarians: Idaho Democrats see opportunity in extreme GOP agenda
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Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Laura Gersony / USA Today:
Kari Lake downplays 1864 abortion law, says Arizonans can travel ‘3 hours’ for procedure
Kari Lake downplays 1864 abortion law, says Arizonans can travel ‘3 hours’ for procedure
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Washington Examiner, Arizona Mirror and Daily Kos
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Incensed Democrats stoke GOP revolt against Mike Johnson … - Johnson “needs to make a decision,” one House Republican warned, adding that there is “a lot of frustration” in the GOP conference. … - Clark pointed to increasing indications from Republicans that they are prepared to start signing …
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Liz Peek / Fox News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene is an idiot. She is trying to wreck the GOP — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green needs to be clear about what's really at stake in 2024 — It's high time someone in the Republican Party told Marjorie Taylor Greene to turn all that bombastic self-serving showmanship …
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Politico:
Biden gets behind Johnson's foreign aid plan — Passage would mark a major win for the president, who is desperate to get munitions to Ukraine. — President Joe Biden urged the House and Senate to quickly approve Speaker Mike Johnson's multi-part plan to get aid to Israel, Ukraine and the Indo-Pacific.
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Washington Times and Business Insider
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Johnson Needs Democrats on Ukraine, Handing Them Power to Shape Aid Plan
Johnson Needs Democrats on Ukraine, Handing Them Power to Shape Aid Plan
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Politico, RedState, Associated Press, New York Daily News, Tangle, Washington Examiner, Reason, The Hill, Greensburg Tribune-Review, Axios, Washington Times and The Bulwark
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate votes to effectively dismiss first Mayorkas charge — The Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to sustain a point-of-order objection raised by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), effectively dismissing the first article of impeachment approved by the House accusing …
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Senate convenes Mayorkas impeachment trial as Democrats will seek a quick dismissal — The Senate on Wednesday opened the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, swearing in senators as jurors while Democrats said they wanted …
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Politico:
Senate conservative wades into House GOP's foreign aid mess
Senate conservative wades into House GOP's foreign aid mess
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Spencer Brown / Townhall:
BREAKING: Senate Dems Torpedo Mayorkas Impeachment
BREAKING: Senate Dems Torpedo Mayorkas Impeachment
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign asks for cut of candidates' fundraising when they use his name and likeness — The campaign sent the letter as the former president is struggling to close a fundraising gap with Biden. — Former President Donald Trump's campaign has found a new way to press for badly needed cash.
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, NBC News, Business Insider, New York Post, Rolling Stone, New Republic and Alternet.org
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump could have helped response to Jan. 6 riot — but didn't — per new testimony — Two senior leaders of the D.C. guard at the time of the Capitol attack painted a picture of the boost that never came, according to transcripts reviewed by POLITICO. — Donald Trump could have cleared …
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Daily Caller News Foundation, Raw Story, The Hill and CBS News
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Scott Macfarlane / CBS News:
Democrats who investigated Trump say they expect to face arrest, retaliation if he wins presidency
Democrats who investigated Trump say they expect to face arrest, retaliation if he wins presidency
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Mediaite, Donald J. Trump … and Raw Story
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Barr, a vocal Trump critic, says he will ‘support the Republican ticket’ in November — Former attorney general previously said voting for Trump would be “playing Russian roulette with the country,” but said Wednesday that a “continuation of the Biden administration is national suicide”
CBS News:
Arrest warrant issued for Rep. Kevin Boyle; family working to treat “serious” mental health condition — PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — An arrest warrant has been issued for Pennsylvania State Rep. Kevin Boyle, Philadelphia police said on Tuesday, April 16. — The warrant is for a violation of a protection from abuse order, police said.
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch:
Trump Alters National Review Article, Deletes That Affair Allegations Could Have “Torpedoed” His Campaign — Trump's manipulated article also attacks star witness Michael Cohen, a potential gag order violation — Trump has posted yet another one of his manipulated articles to Truth Social.
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
Secret Russian foreign policy document urges action to weaken the U.S. — Russia's Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the United States, and leverage the Ukraine war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance …
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Why the Trump campaign is in deeper trouble than you think — Simon Rosenberg explains Trump's predicament and Biden's improving position. — ∙ Paid — 🇺🇸 Subscribe to Public Notice 🇺🇸 — I'm in Italy this week to speak on a panel about twitter …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Trump GOP's inverted perception of crime in America — During a visit to a small convenience store in Upper Manhattan on Tuesday, Donald Trump distilled his party's approach to crime — and, really, everything else. — Trump had come directly from the courthouse where …
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Rafael Bernal / The Hill:
John Leguizamo on Trump's Latino support: 'He doesn't like us, and he doesn't want us here' — Actor John Leguizamo obliterated a small horse piñata while reciting a thorough catalogue of Spanish-language profanities on “The Daily Show” Tuesday in response to a New York Times/Siena poll …
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Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Newsbusters, Fox News and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
Trump Pushed to Embrace 17% Income Tax for All — Trump has not endorsed flat tax, but has called for levy cuts — Conservative economists regularly pitch Trump on tax ideas — Donald Trump is under pressure from economists in his circle to embrace a flat tax rate …
Carl Gibson / Alternet.org:
'I don't think you're fit for this job': GA senator gives USPS chief DeJoy an ultimatum — U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was raked over the coals on Tuesday in a hearing conducted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, particularly by Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Georgia).
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Georgia Public Broadcasting and Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel considered striking Iran on Monday but decided to wait, officials say … - “We are not sure why and how close it was to an actual attack,” a U.S. official said. … - A third U.S. official said a “small Israeli strike” inside Iran would likely trigger an Iranian retaliation.
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Former ‘Real Housewives’ star Siggy Flicker's stepson arrested on Jan. 6 charges — Tyler Campanella, the stepson of “Siggy” Flicker, was arrested more than three years after the reality star posted images that Campanella apparently shot inside the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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