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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 …
Al Weaver / The Hill:
10 senators helped advance Ukraine aid after voting against it — Nine Republicans and one Democrat in the Senate voted Tuesday to advance a package that includes aid for Ukraine and Israel, after opposing the legislation in a vote earlier this year. — The package advanced toward a final vote Tuesday in an 80-19 procedural vote.
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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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The Daily Beast, Raw Story, New York Post, Washington Examiner, New Republic, Axios, HuffPost, Nevada Current, KSNT-TV, MeidasTouch, Kansas Reflector and Mediaite
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Senate sends sweeping foreign aid package to Biden's desk
Senate sends sweeping foreign aid package to Biden's desk
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HuffPost, New York Times, The Hill, CBS News, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, PBS NewsHour, Associated Press, RTÉ, BizPac Review and Raw Story
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
How Mike Johnson Is Taming Trump and His Party — Against All Odds
How Mike Johnson Is Taming Trump and His Party — Against All Odds
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New York Times, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News
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, Voice of America, Bloomberg, Balloon Juice, Ohio Capital Journal and Daily Kos
Axios:
How Republicans castrated themselves
How Republicans castrated themselves
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Conservative Partnership …, The Hill, Alternet.org and Raw Story
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, Raw Story, UPI, USA Today and New York Times
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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.
Jed Handelsman Shugerman / New York Times:
I Thought the Bragg Case Against Trump Was a Legal Embarrassment. Now I Think It's a Historic Mistake.
I Thought the Bragg Case Against Trump Was a Legal Embarrassment. Now I Think It's a Historic Mistake.
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The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Fox News and Shugerblog
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
Ted Cruz spotted the Trump-National Enquirer alliance in 2016
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Washington Examiner, Metro.co.uk, Mediaite, Alternet.org, CBS News, The Guardian and Mother Jones
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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CBS News, The Hill and New York Times
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump was going to dominate the courtroom. Instead, he is shrinking.
Trump was going to dominate the courtroom. Instead, he is shrinking.
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Salon, Raw Story, The Root, The Mahablog, Alternet.org, The Daily Signal and Washington Times
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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HotAir, Fox News, Breitbart and Alternet.org
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
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US Food and Drug Administration:
Updates on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) — Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is a disease that is highly contagious and often deadly in poultry, caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5) and A (H7) viruses; it is also known as bird or avian flu.
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The Hill, Ars Technica and NBC Bay Area
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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Zeteo, CBS News, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Fox News, PBS NewsHour, The Daily Beast, Washington Times and The Free Press
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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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Politico
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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Los Angeles Times, The City, CBS News, New York Post, Mother Jones, PIX11, Washington Post, New York Times, SFist, The Stanford Daily, AM New York, Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, Gizmodo, The Hollywood Reporter, Politico, Daily Caller News Foundation, Gothamist, Raw Story, Business Insider, Mark Carrigan, HotAir, The Hill, The Bulwark, WNYW-TV, USA Today, Fox News, Louder With Crowder, Twitchy, ABC7, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, ABC News, abc7NY, CNN, Washington Examiner, UPI, Mediaite, The Times of Israel, The Daily Beast, The College Fix, Breitbart, RedState, The Michigan Daily, Axios, American Enterprise Institute, New Jersey Online, Al Jazeera, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, TMZ.com, acecomments.mu.nu, WHDH-TV and Truthout
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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CBS News, The Hill, Washington Examiner, UPI, NBC News, The Post Millennial, Alternet.org and WREG-TV
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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 and Arizona Republic
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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, NPR, The Daily Beast, Washington Examiner, CBS News and The Hill
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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UN News:
Mass graves in Gaza show victims' hands were tied, says UN rights office — Disturbing reports continue to emerge about mass graves in Gaza in which Palestinian victims were reportedly found stripped naked with their hands tied, prompting renewed concerns about possible war crimes amid ongoing …
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The Hill, Associated Press, New York Times, The i Paper, The Times of Israel, The Guardian, Defense One, Al Jazeera, Reuters and CBS News
Washington Post:
Progressives stare down primary challengers — Good morning, Early Birds. The Ramones' debut album came out 48 years ago today. Their music remains timeless. Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Was this forwarded to you? Sign up here. Thanks for waking up with us.
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Anjali Huynh / New York Times:
Summer Lee, ‘Squad’ Member, Wins Democratic House Primary in Pennsylvania — A first-term representative, Ms. Lee defeated a centrist Democrat in a race that centered on her opposition to the war in Gaza. — Representative Summer Lee, a first-term progressive Democrat …
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NBC News, Vox, Washington Post and Washington Examiner
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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Associated Press, HuffPost, The White House and Minnesota Reformer
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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!”