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8:25 AM ET, April 22, 2024

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Liz Cheney / New York Times:
The Supreme Court Should Rule Swiftly on Trump's Immunity Claim  —  On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Donald Trump's arguments that he is immune from prosecution for his efforts to steal the 2020 presidential election.  It is likely that all — or nearly all …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Prosecutors say Trump's hush money was ‘election interference.’ Will jurors — and voters — believe it?  —  Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has insisted that the case is more than just its tabloid roots.  —  When prosecutors deliver opening statements Monday in the trial of former President Donald Trump …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Opening statements to show the stark personal and political stakes of Trump's first criminal trial  —  Donald Trump was once, and may soon be again, the most powerful man in the world.  But on Monday, his diminished reality as a criminal defendant will become clear in humbling fashion during …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Will a Mountain of Evidence Be Enough to Convict Trump?  —  Monday will see opening statements in the People of the State of New York v. Donald J. Trump.  The state's case seems strong, but a conviction is far from assured.  —  In the official record, the case is known as the People …
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
What happens if Trump gets convicted ahead of November?
Discussion: USA Today, Plain Dealer and PJ Media
CNN:
Columbia University faces full-blown crisis as rabbi calls for Jewish students to ‘return home’  —  Columbia University is facing a full-blown crisis heading into Passover as a rabbi linked to the Ivy League school urged Jewish students to stay home and tense confrontations on campus sparked condemnation …
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Fox News:
White House condemns ‘blatantly antisemitic’ protests as agitators engulf Columbia University
New York Post:
Columbia rabbi warns Jewish students to go home, don't come back to campus because of ‘extreme antisemitism’
New York Times:
Biden Earth Day Event Will Try to Reach Young Voters, a Crucial Bloc  —  At a national park in Virginia on Monday, the president will point to investments in clean energy and appear with future members of his American Climate Corps.  —  President Biden will travel to a national park in Virginia on Monday …
Discussion: NPR, The Hill, The Guardian and The Nation
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Associated Press:
Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal solar power grants  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and UPI
Washington Post:
How Trump has become angrier and more isolated on Truth Social  —  For years, Donald Trump was among Twitter's loudest and most inescapable voices: a brash, bomb-throwing businessman turned president who could capture the global news cycle with a single tweet.
Discussion: Raw Story
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
House Republicans blame Greene and Freedom Caucus for lack of border wins … - GOP leadership brought up border security provisions alongside their foreign aid package — but the package was blocked by Republicans from reaching the House floor under normal rules.
Politico:
Playbook: The Biden polling bump persists  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  TOP-ED — Former VP MIKE PENCE in the NYT: “Donald Trump Has Betrayed the Pro-Life Movement”  —  NEW POLL — Encouraging signs for President JOE BIDEN in a new NBC News poll:
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Newsom proposes law to help Arizonans get abortions in California  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Sunday he would introduce legislation that would help Arizonans get abortions in his state, a move that comes after the Arizona Supreme Court this month ruled that a near-total abortion ban …
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. rarely mentions abortion — and sends mixed signals when he does  —  For many Americans, November's presidential election is about one issue: abortion.  President Biden hopes that a pro-abortion rights message will carry him to reelection, and Donald Trump regularly brags about his role …
The Daily Beast:
Russian Who Bankrolled Trump's Truth Social Set Up Dodgy Sex Pill Sites  —  HARD TO SWALLOW  —  Russian banker—who reportedly has family links to the Kremlin—was key backer of Donald Trump's Truth Social.  But that wasn't his only controversial project.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Associated Press:
Terry Anderson, AP reporter abducted in Lebanon and held captive for years, has died at 76  —  Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America's longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Hakeem Jeffries emerges as Congress' shadow speaker … - Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), a master legislative tactician, heaped praise on her successor: “He is fabulous. … - One senior House Democrat told Axios: “It easily could have fallen apart ... He played the cards the way you'd want to play them.”
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Wall Street Journal:
Chinese-Americans Are Pushing San Francisco Toward the Political Center  —  Many are turning against the left over issues like anti-Asian crime and education policy  —  SAN FRANCISCO—Phil Wong used to reliably back incumbents in this liberal city.  But in 2022, he voted …
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Some Trump chats with foreign leaders annoy Biden's team … - Biden administration officials privately have questioned whether some of Trump's meetings were appropriate, even as President Biden has jumped at the chance to accuse Trump of aligning with far-righters, strongmen and dictators.
 
 
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Henry Gass / Christian Science Monitor:
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Trump wins Puerto Rico primary unopposed
Discussion: Associated Press, RedState and ABC News
April Rubin / Axios:
Exclusive: Who drives the furthest to get an abortion
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Legal fees pile up for embattled Squad member Cori Bush
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
 Earlier Items: 
Christine Fernando / Associated Press:
A crush of lawsuits over voting in multiple states is creating a shadow war for the 2024 election
Discussion: Raw Story
Paul Rosenberg / Salon:
A prehistory of MAGA: “Mainstream” conservatives never really purged the fascists
CNN:
On a panel with CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings and CNN political commentators …
Discussion: Punchbowl News
Jenny Goldsberry / Washington Examiner:
Jayapal says Trump wouldn't be on trial if Senate had ‘gone through with the impeachment’