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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.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump was going to dominate the courtroom. Instead, he is shrinking. — For months, the news coverage of Donald Trump's legal ordeal eagerly amplified the four-times-indicted former president's narcissistic spin: He would use his trials to his benefit, dominating the 2024 campaign.
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Salon, Raw Story, The Root, The Daily Signal, Washington Times and Washington Examiner
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
How Mike Johnson Is Taming Trump and His Party — Against All Odds — At a crucial juncture, the speaker went from pandering to Trump to managing him and from challenging the Democrats to working with them. — There are no atheists in foxholes and few isolationists in high office.
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New York Times, The Atlantic and The Dispatch
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Politico:
Playbook: Trump to MTG: Give it a rest — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — SPOILER ALERT — “Republicans are starting to worry about RFK Jr.,” by Lisa Kashinsky, Brittany Gibson, Jessica Piper and Steven Shepard: “'Kennedy was introduced …
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Breitbart
Al Weaver / The Hill:
Senate tees up Ukraine, Israel aid bill for final passage
Senate tees up Ukraine, Israel aid bill for final passage
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Balloon Juice, Ohio Capital Journal and Daily Kos
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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LGBTQ Nation, Washington Examiner, Washington Times and Media Matters for America
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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Bloomberg, CNBC, The Daily Caller, Alternet.org, UPI, The Hill, ABC News, Business Insider, NPR, Politico, CBS News, New York Post, Variety, Rolling Stone, Forbes, Washington Examiner and The Register, more at Techmeme »
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Greene faces uphill battle to oust Johnson
Greene faces uphill battle to oust Johnson
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Vanity Fair, Truthout and RedState
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes — FTC's final rule will generate over 8,500 new businesses each year, raise worker wages, lower health care costs, and boost innovation — Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule to promote competition by banning noncompetes nationwide …
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Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, The Hill, American Prospect, Deadline, Semafor, Lawyers, Guns & Money, NPR and UPI, more at Techmeme »
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Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Federal Trade Commission Approves Ban Of Noncompete Agreements
Federal Trade Commission Approves Ban Of Noncompete Agreements
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Washington Post, CBS News and Axios
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
US agency poised to ban worker ‘noncompete’ agreements
US agency poised to ban worker ‘noncompete’ agreements
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Bloomberg
Alex Tabet / NBC News:
Kari Lake says ‘unfortunately’ Arizona isn't enforcing 1864 abortion ban, flipping again — The Senate candidate supported the 19th-century ban in 2022, came out against it this month, and now appears to be backing it again in a new interview. — Arizona GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake …
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Arizona Republic and USA Today
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Sarah Clendenon / Idaho Dispatch:
Kari Lake Visits Idaho, Responds to Idaho Chooses Life Criticism
Kari Lake Visits Idaho, Responds to Idaho Chooses Life Criticism
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Washington Examiner, The Daily Beast, The Hill, NPR and USA Today
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Biden rule grants overtime pay to 4 million US workers — The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a rule extending mandatory overtime pay to an estimated 4 million salaried workers, going even further than an Obama-era rule that was struck down in court.
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DOL, The Hill and The Daily Caller
Elle Griffin / The Elysian:
No one buys books — In 2022, Penguin Random House wanted to buy Simon & Schuster. The two publishing houses made up 37 percent and 11 percent of the market share, according to the filing, and combined they would have condensed the Big Five publishing houses into the Big Four.
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Up, Up, & Away, Unfogged and Mark Carrigan, more at Mediagazer »
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Minnesota state senator arrested on burglary charge — A Minnesota state senator has been charged with first-degree burglary after being arrested in the city of Detroit Lakes early Monday morning. — Democratic state Sen. Nicole Mitchell, 49, was arrested at a residence after police responded …
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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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Politico:
Appeals court greenlights release of secret Trump battles to block aides from testifying — The ruling came in response to a POLITICO petition to access records related to the Jan. 6 investigation. — Details of prosecutors' battles to obtain testimony from high-level White House aides …
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Raw Story
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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Washington Examiner, Mediaite, Fox News and The Daily Caller
Punchbowl News:
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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The Federalist, Washington Examiner, The Texas Tribune, American Greatness and Washington Post
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
You don't want immigrants? Then tell grandma she can never retire. — Don't want more immigrants in this country? Then tell grandma she can never retire. — As I've noted before, immigrants are driving the U.S. economic boom. That is: The United States has escaped recession …
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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Alternet.org, Conservative Partnership … and Raw Story
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Watchdog asks for investigations of crisis pregnancy centers' practices in five states — A watchdog group filed complaints with five state attorneys general on Tuesday, alleging that two of the country's largest crisis pregnancy center organizations are deceiving patients about their privacy rights.
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Campaign for Accountability
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.
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Voice of America, The Hill, Semafor and Axios
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.
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 …
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood to spend $10M in North Carolina — A political arm of Planned Parenthood is launching a $10 million voter engagement campaign in North Carolina to elect pro-abortion candidates this year as reproductive rights surge further into the 2024 spotlight.
Discussion:
New York Times and Washington Examiner
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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Breitbart, Raw Story, ABC News, Page Six and New York Times
Aaron Martinez / El Paso Times:
El Paso county judge dismisses border ‘riot’ charges against 140 migrants — A county court judge dismissed 140 cases against migrants charged in an April 12 “riot” at the U.S.-Mexico border after determining there was no probable cause for their arrests. — County Court at Law 7 Judge …
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HotAir, The Gateway Pundit, RedState and The Daily Caller