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Washington Post:
Volkswagen workers in Tennessee pass historic vote to unionize  —  Victory marks the first win in the United Auto Workers campaign to organize the Southern factories of a dozen automakers  —  Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., passed a historic vote to join the United Auto Workers on Friday …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Rep. Don Bacon: ‘Ukraine will likely fall’ if US doesn't pass foreign aid bill  —  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Saturday that “Ukraine will likely fall” if the U.S. is unable to approve more aid to the embattled country amid its war with Russia.  —  “Now, if we don't get this aid passed …
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Washington Post:
House to vote on Ukraine, Israel aid bills  —  The House plans to vote Saturday on a $95 billion package of foreign aid bills that would provide funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, among other priorities.  The bills have moved forward despite a far-right threat to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) if he advances Ukraine aid.
Rebecca Kern / Politico:
An updated TikTok bill changes the game in Washington
Charlie Smart / New York Times:
Where Jurors in Trump Hush-Money Trial Say They Get Their News  —  Prosecutors and defense lawyers tried to divine the political leanings of prospective jurors in the former president's Manhattan criminal trial from their answers to questions about what media they consume.
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Trump forced to listen silently to people insulting him as he trades a cocoon of adulation for court  —  He seems “selfish and self-serving,” said one woman.  The way he carries himself in public “leaves something to be desired,” said another.  —  His “negative rhetoric and bias,” said another man, is what is “most harmful.”
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
Ella Lee / The Hill:
NY AG asks Trump civil fraud judge to declare $175M bond ‘without effect’  —  The New York attorney general's office has asked a judge to void the $175 million bond former President Trump secured to put off paying the larger monetary damage award in his civil fraud case.
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Peter Pomerantsev / TIME:
Russia's War Against Evangelicals  —  After they beat Azat Azatyan so bad blood came out of his ears; after they sent electric shocks up his genitals; after they wacked him with pipes and truncheons, the Russians began to interrogate him about his faith.  “When did you become a Baptist?
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
‘We Just Finally Saw the Dam Break’: How House Republicans Embraced the Chaos  —  Veteran Rep. Tom Cole is fed up with his party's insurgents.  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is on the verge of his biggest legislative victory yet — and it might mean his undoing.
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
The Greatest Book a Politician Ever Wrote  —  The late Bob Graham's book is everything politics should be.  —  The bellhop at the Orlando hotel delivered a large red bag to the Cypress Penthouse, where he was met at the door by a woman in a green-and-white dress with a green-and-white “Shevin for Governor” sash around her neck.
The Daily Beast:
Republicans Just Found a Loophole to Answer Their Abysmal Fundraising  —  AND THE LAW WON  —  Republicans finally had a good fundraising quarter.  But underneath the good headlines are some stark truths—and an FEC rule that could give Republicans a big boost.
Discussion: Raw Story
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
How R.F.K. Jr. Got on the Michigan Ballot, With Only Two Votes  —  The independent candidate persuaded a tiny party to give him its line on the ballot in a key 2024 battleground state, sparing him a costly, arduous organizing effort.  —  In January, when Doug Dern, the state chairman …
Discussion: Althouse
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Buck takes swing at ‘Moscow Marjorie’: She is just ‘mouthing the Russian propaganda’  —  Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) went after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for her anti-Ukraine position in an interview on CNN Friday.  —  “Moscow Marjorie has reached a new low,” …
Discussion: HuffPost and Breitbart
ABC News:
Donald and Melania Trump to headline dueling fundraisers in North Carolina and Palm Beach  —  Rarely seen, Melania Trump is hosting Log Cabin Republicans at Mar-a-Lago.  —  Former President Donald Trump, right, stands with Melania Trump, left, as they arrive for a GOP fundraiser, on April 6, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.
Discussion: WTOP News and The Guardian
Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu stronger than ever since Oct. 7 according to new polls  —  The survey also highlights a tightening race for Prime Minister, with Benny Gantz receiving 42% of the support compared to Benjamin Netanyahu's 37%.  —  In two recent surveys, the Likud Party and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
‘It can happen again’: Judge set to preside over Trump trial delivers her toughest Jan. 6 sentence to date  —  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan sentenced a Maryland man to five-and-a-half years in federal prison.  —  U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has handed down her harshest Jan. 6 sentence to date …
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Judge locks up ‘Three Percenter’ militia members in Jan. 6 obstruction case
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Plain Dealer
 
 
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