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10:00 AM ET, April 23, 2024

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NBC News:
Senate to hold key test vote on Ukraine aid, Israel funding and TikTok ban  —  The package of foreign aid and legislation that would provide a pathway to banning TikTok in the U.S. is expected to be signed into law by President Joe Biden in the coming days.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate …
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Derek Robertson / Politico:
TikTok and the future of trade war
Discussion: Bloomberg and Fox News
Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Trump continues his reversal on TikTok, accusing Biden of wanting to ban it
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.
Discussion: The Register, Raw Story and UPI
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Naomi Hartono / NASA Blogs:
NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth  —  For the first time since November, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems.  The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science data again.
Politico:
Johnson weighs earmarks tweaks  —  With assists from POLITICO's Congress team  —  HOUSE LEADERS MULL GROUND RULES FOR PET PROJECTS  —  Speaker Mike Johnson is navigating another demand from conservatives that has flown more under the radar: Changing the rules on earmarks.
Discussion: HuffPost and Breitbart
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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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
Discussion: CBS News
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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Fox News, Truthout, RedState, Axios and HuffPost
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.
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.
Discussion: American Prospect
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 …
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 …
Discussion: CNN, Newsweek, NBC News and Business Insider
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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.
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 …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Takes Aim at Chinese Banks Aiding Russia War Effort  —  Washington says Beijing's dual-use trade has helped Moscow rebuild its war machine  —  The U.S. is drafting sanctions that threaten to cut some Chinese banks off from the global financial system, arming Washington's top envoy …
David Rutz / Fox News:
Michael Avenatti defends Trump as ‘victim of the system’ in hush money case, says he's being targeted  —  'What is happening to Trump right now is wrong, and it's outrageous,' says Avenatti, a former staunch Trump foe now in prison  —  EXCLUSIVE- Michael Avenatti, the one-time …
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Jurors in Trump Criminal Case Told That He Lied ‘Over and Over and Over’
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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CBS News:
Few have heard about Biden's climate policies, even those who care most about issue — CBS News poll
Discussion: The Hill
Reuters:
Thailand to replace military-appointed Senate, reduce its powers
Discussion: Bloomberg
William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Could Trump Go to Prison? If He Does, the Secret Service Goes, Too
Discussion: BizPac Review
Ronald Mann / SCOTUSblog:
Court to mull injunction in Starbucks case against Memphis union organizers
Discussion: NPR, Washington Examiner, WTTG-TV and Reason
Kirby Wilson / Tampa Bay Times:
DeSantis has one of the highest governor disapproval ratings, poll finds
Discussion: Politico and Twitchy
Emma Misiaszek / WSTM:
President Joe Biden to visit Syracuse following $6.1 billion Micron grant news
 Earlier Items: 
Patrick Whittle / Associated Press:
Youth group, environmental organizations sue Maine for action on climate
US EPA:
Solar for All  —  Under the $7 billion Solar for All program, the 60 selected applicants …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Unpacking the alleged crime that made Trump's alleged crime a felony
Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
The GOP's Worst Fears About the End of Roe v. Wade Have Come True
Discussion: NBC News, HuffPost and Washington Post
Angela Dewan / CNN:
The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here's where a lot of it ends up
Discussion: The Hill
Minouche Shafik / president.columbia.edu:
Statement from Columbia University President Minouche Shafik
 

 
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Yun Li / CNBC:
Warren Buffett says Berkshire sold its entire Paramount stake and “lost quite a bit of money”; Berkshire owned 63.3M shares of Paramount as of the end of 2023

Tom McArthur / BBC:
RSF publishes its World Press Freedom Index and places Norway, Denmark, and Sweden in the top three, the US down 10 spots at 55, and Eritrea in last place

Sara Fischer / Axios:
A look at news publishers' conflicting approaches toward AI companies, and how the lack of a data marketplace makes it hard for buyers and sellers to set rates
 
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