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House GOP conservatives galvanize against Tony Gonzales … Hardline House GOP conservatives tell us they're feeling a renewed sense of motivation to go after Gonzales after he called out Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good (R-Va.) on CNN this weekend.
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Washington Examiner and The Gateway Pundit
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NBC News:
Senate to hold key test vote on Ukraine aid, Israel funding and TikTok ban
Senate to hold key test vote on Ukraine aid, Israel funding and TikTok ban
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Business Insider, CBS News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, NPR, New York Post, Variety, Rolling Stone, Forbes, The Register and 6abc, more at Techmeme »
Derek Robertson / Politico:
TikTok and the future of trade war
TikTok and the future of trade war
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Bloomberg and New York Post
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Greene faces uphill battle to oust Johnson — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is escalating her threat to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power, but she faces a steep climb if she hopes to achieve that goal. — Not only has the Speaker recently received a glowing review …
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Fox News:
Trump defends Johnson as Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes to oust speaker
Trump defends Johnson as Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes to oust speaker
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Washington Examiner, Washington Times, LGBTQ Nation, Media Matters for America and Axios
Elaina Plott Calabro / The Atlantic:
The Accidental Speaker — This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.
The Accidental Speaker — This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.
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The Daily Signal, Must Read Alaska, Business Insider and Alternet.org
Julie Ray / Gallup:
No Soft Power Shake-Ups for Now — Germany is No. 1 in leadership approval ratings; Russia is unpopular — This article is the first in a series detailing the results from the latest Rating World Leaders report, which analyzes trends in approval ratings of the leadership of the U.S., Germany, Russia and China in over 130 countries.
Associated Press:
Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia — Biden says he condemns ‘the anti-Semitic protests’ on college campuses — Columbia canceled in-person classes, dozens of protesters were arrested at New York University and Yale …
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New York Times, USA Today, CBS News, The Harvard Crimson, The Stanford Daily, Washington Post, Gizmodo, WNYW-TV, The Gateway Pundit, Daily Caller News Foundation, The Bulwark, Louder With Crowder, ABC7, The Guardian, New York Post, Breitbart, Fox News, UPI, The Michigan Daily, WHDH-TV, Washington Square News, American Enterprise Institute, RedState, The Daily Beast, abc7NY, The College Fix, The Times of Israel, Washington Examiner, Axios, Raw Story, The Hill, Gothamist, Al Jazeera, Politico, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, TMZ.com, acecomments.mu.nu, Truthout, NBC News, New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times, Reuters, The Daily Caller and JNS.org
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Inside the Off-the-Record Calls Held by Anti-Trump Legal Pundits — Some of the country's most prominent legal commentators are holding off-the-record sessions to hash out the latest twists and turns in Donald Trump's legal saga. — As the Jan. 6 committee was working on its bombshell investigation …
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The Daily Caller
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Just 10 percent in new poll have heard a lot about Biden climate action — Despite President Biden making climate change a central issue of his administration, only a small share of Americans in a new poll said they have heard a lot about his plans. — The CBS News/YouGov poll …
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CBS News
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
‘Plasmic Echo’ was FBI code name for Trump classified documents probe — The FBI's code name for its investigation into former President Trump's handling of classified documents was “Plasmic Echo,” according to court filings published Monday. — The name was listed in unredacted court …
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CNN, New York Times, Axios, Washington Examiner, Fox News, New Republic, emptywheel, Raw Story, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit and Alternet.org
Bloomberg:
Biden's New Chopper Is Demoted After Scorching White House Lawn — New presidential helicopters delayed under $5 billion program — Marine One helicopter is iconic symbol of American president … The VH-92 Patriot is landing only on paved runways for now, flying missions …
Anthony Robledo / USA Today:
Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell arrested on suspicion of burglary after being found in home — Mitchell, a Democrat, was arrested after being found inside a home in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, police say. She was booked into Becker County jail on a burglary charge.
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Fox News, FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul, CBS News, Alternet.org, Star Tribune and One America News Network
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Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell Arrested On Suspicion Of Burglary
Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell Arrested On Suspicion Of Burglary
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The Hill, USA Today, CBS News, The Daily Caller, Instapundit, New York Post, Minnesota Reformer and Twin Cities
Axios:
How Republicans castrated themselves … - Letting any member call a vote on removing the speaker. … - Surrendering authority of the Rules Committee, which sets the terms for how legislation will be handled during votes.
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Raw Story
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
US agency poised to ban worker ‘noncompete’ agreements — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected on Tuesday to approve a rule that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers' competitors, which it says limit worker mobility and suppress their pay.
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American Prospect and UPI
Ashley Strickland / CNN:
Voyager 1 is sending data back to Earth for the first time in 5 months — For the first time in five months, NASA engineers have received decipherable data from Voyager 1 after crafting a creative solution to fix a communication problem aboard humanity's most distant spacecraft in the cosmos.
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Naomi Hartono / NASA Blogs:
NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
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flotsam and jetsam
Norman L. Eisen / Just Security:
Why Trump Will Likely be Held in Contempt and What Then — Trial in The People of the State of New York vs. Donald J. Trump, the first-ever criminal prosecution of a former U.S. president, began on Monday, April 15. Although the trial is still in its early stages, Trump has already run …
Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Melania Quietly Emerges From the Shadows—at a Sparse Event for Log Cabin Republicans — BACK IN BLACK — Melania Trump's return to the campaign trail is just beginning. But it was notable that she chose a small gathering for Log Cabin Republicans for her first solo event.
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Raw Story, ABC News, Page Six and New York Times
Morgan Fischer / Arizona Republic:
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help Arizonans get abortions in California. Here's what to know — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to propose legislation to make it easier for Arizonans to seek abortions in his state, he announced Sunday. — Health care providers in Arizona …
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Breitbart, NPR and Washington Post
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Tina Reed / Axios:
Biden moves to block abortion records from investigators
Biden moves to block abortion records from investigators
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Law & Crime, Politico, New York Times, ABC7, Associated Press, HHS News releases, The Daily Caller, The 19th and The Hill
Politico:
Xavier Becerra plots political future after Biden administration — The Health and Human Services secretary is making moves to run again in California. Maybe even too many moves. — Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra's plans to leave the Biden administration and run …
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Washington Examiner and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Trump Calls for More Protests Outside Trial: ‘Rally Behind MAGA’ — With support from demonstrators in Lower Manhattan spotty so far, Donald Trump issued a call to “rally behind MAGA,” and suggested the poor turnout was a result of a plot against his supporters.
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The Hill, PoliticusUSA, RedState, Alternet.org, Rolling Stone, Raw Story, HuffPost, Breitbart, Washington Times and Forbes
New York Times:
Live Updates: Prosecutors Say Trump's Attacks Are Threat to Trial — Prosecutors in Donald J. Trump's criminal trial want him held in contempt for attacking witnesses and others close to the case, which centers on a hush-money payment to a porn star. Testimony is set to resume later Tuesday morning.
Politico:
Republicans are starting to worry about RFK Jr. — Even Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that the independent candidate “probably hurts both” Biden and him. — Republicans are waking up to the reality that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could sink their standard-bearer just as easily …
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New York Times, Newsweek, NBC News, CNN, Alternet.org, Raw Story and Business Insider
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