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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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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs — The Federal Trade Commission narrowly voted Tuesday to ban nearly all noncompetes, employment agreements that typically prevent workers from joining competing businesses or launching ones of their own. — The FTC received …
Dave Jamieson / HuffPost:
Federal Trade Commission Approves Ban Of Noncompete Agreements — Commissioners approved the historic regulation on the grounds that noncompetes stifle competition for workers. A legal challenge is all but certain. — LOADING — The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday voted 3-2 …
Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
US agency poised to ban worker ‘noncompete’ agreements
US agency poised to ban worker ‘noncompete’ agreements
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Politico:
Trump fumes while Biden hits the trail — No day demonstrated the extreme asymmetry of the unfolding campaign more than Tuesday. — In New York on Tuesday, Donald Trump suffered through a hearing on whether he should be held in contempt of court and testimony from a tabloid publisher on a …
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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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S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Biden To Florida Voters: Six-Week Abortion Ban Is Trump's Fault — Democrats hope that a strict new abortion law and a related ballot question will flip the state, which Trump only won by 3 points in 2020. — President Joe Biden swooped into Florida Tuesday, hoping to parlay the state's …
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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NBC News:
McConnell says Tucker Carlson and Trump's waffling delayed crucial Ukraine aid — The Senate Republican leader pointed to Carlson's “demonization of Ukraine,” along with Trump's “mixed views” and resistance to additional aid as reasons it's taken so long to pass.
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Al Weaver / The Hill:
10 senators helped advance Ukraine aid after voting against it
10 senators helped advance Ukraine aid after voting against it
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The Daily Caller, American Greatness and PBS NewsHour
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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Defense One, Bloomberg, Voice of America, Balloon Juice, Ohio Capital Journal and Daily Kos
Axios:
How Republicans castrated themselves
How Republicans castrated themselves
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
National Enquirer made up the story about Ted Cruz's father and Lee Harvey Oswald, former publisher says — The Texas senator told NBC News that he's “not interested in revisiting ancient history.” — David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, testified at Donald Trump's trial Tuesday …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz spotted the Trump-National Enquirer alliance in 2016 — Eight years ago this month, Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.) was in the waning days of his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, watching Donald Trump scoop up increasing shares of delegates on his way to becoming the presumptive nominee.
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Washington Examiner, Mediaite, CBS News, Alternet.org, The Guardian and Mother Jones
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
The media should be celebrating college protesters instead of demonizing them — Mainstream-media reporters covering the growing wave of college protests against Israel's war in Gaza have adopted an overwhelmingly negative tone about something they should be celebrating …
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
In Columbia chaos, student journalists stand tall
In Columbia chaos, student journalists stand tall
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Associated Press:
Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
Pro-Palestinian protests sweep US college campuses following mass arrests at Columbia
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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.
ABC News:
Secret Service prepares for if Trump is jailed for contempt in hush money case — Judge Merchan on Tuesday reserved decision after a contentious hearing. — Former President Donald Trump appears in court for his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 23, 2024 in New York City.
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Washington Times, RedState, The Daily Beast, UPI and USA Today
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Could Trump Go to Prison? If He Does, the Secret Service Goes, Too
Could Trump Go to Prison? If He Does, the Secret Service Goes, Too
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Alternet.org, Raw Story, The 19th, BizPac Review and Gothamist
Washington Post:
Bird flu virus found in grocery milk as officials say supply still safe — Viral fragments of bird flu have been identified in samples of milk taken from grocery store shelves in the United States, a finding that does not necessarily suggest a threat to human health but indicates the avian flu virus …
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Politico, New York Times, STAT and Ars Technica
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 »
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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Raw Story, 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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New Republic, Talking Points Memo, Washington Examiner, CBS News, The Hill, NPR, The Daily Beast 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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HuffPost, Associated Press, The White House and Minnesota Reformer
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Washington Post:
Tennessee passes bill to let teachers carry guns, a year after mass shooting — One year after six were killed at Nashville's Covenant School, Tennessee remains the arena of one of the fiercest debates over gun policy nationwide — The Tennessee legislature passed a bill Tuesday …
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New York Times, Fox News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Associated Press, NBC News, WZTV, The Tennessean, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, The Post Millennial, WREG-TV, Alternet.org and CBS News
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
FBI director rejects Trump's vow to investigate political rivals — In a wide-ranging interview with NBC News, Christopher Wray also broke with Trump over the former president's characterization of Jan. 6 defendants as “hostages.” — Reacting for the first time to former President Donald Trump's vow …
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Fox News, Alternet.org and Breitbart
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Top tech companies seek more cash for the lab keeping AI safe — Hi again! I'm filling in for your usual host Cristiano Lima-Strong, who has been working around-the-clock to bring you the latest news about Congress's potential TikTok ban. It's great to be back in your inboxes during this busy week for tech policy news!
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
George Santos drops independent House bid — Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced Tuesday that he was suspending his independent House bid, just over a month after entering the race. — “I have [met] with leaders and with constituents and I have made the decision to hang it up here and stop [pursuing] this race, THIS YEAR!”
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
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