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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Congress Pokes Trump, Putin in Eye — The foreign aid bill—$95 billion for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, plus other sundries like a possible ban on TikTok—is headed to Joe Biden's desk after the Senate approved it 79-18 last night. — A quick reminder: It was only months ago …
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Must Read Alaska and The Guardian
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Washington Post:
Chris Christie, unplugged — Good morning, Early Birds. We hope your allergies aren't as bad as ours, but sorry to be the bearer of bad news: The tree and grass pollen count in D.C. today is “high.” Tips: earlytips@washpost.com. Was this forwarded to you? Sign up here. Thanks for waking up with us.
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The Hill and NBC News, more at Mediagazer »
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
How “The Nelson Mandela of America” Is Making Bank Off of His Criminal Trial — IN THE FIRST WEEK OF HIS CRIMINAL TRIAL, Donald Trump raised about $5.6 million online by warning his small dollar-donors that the “Deep State” was out to lock him up. — “I JUST STORMED INTO COURT,” …
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New Jersey Online and Associated Press
New York Times:
Three Takeaways From the Pennsylvania Primaries
Three Takeaways From the Pennsylvania Primaries
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, USA Today, Inside Elections, Raw Story, New Jersey Online, Axios, HuffPost, IJR, UPI, PoliticusUSA, Los Angeles Times, WHTM-TV, Washington Examiner, NBC News, thereporteronline and The Guardian
Scott Dworkin / The Dworkin Report:
Biden Roasts Trump for Selling His Own Version of The Bible
Biden Roasts Trump for Selling His Own Version of The Bible
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Politico, RedState, Breitbart, Raw Story, PoliticusUSA, The Hill, HuffPost, DC News Now and NPR
Anjali Huynh / New York Times:
Summer Lee, ‘Squad’ Member, Wins Democratic House Primary in Pennsylvania
Summer Lee, ‘Squad’ Member, Wins Democratic House Primary in Pennsylvania
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CBS News, NBC News, The Intercept and Vox
Tara Suter / The Hill:
GOP senator: Greene ‘dragging our brand down’ — Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) took a shot at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Tuesday, saying she is “dragging our brand down.” — “She is a horrible leader,” Tillis said of Greene, according to audio played on CNN's “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
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The Daily Beast, Mediaite, Alternet.org and Vanity Fair
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Politico:
How McConnell and Schumer beat hardline conservatives on Ukraine
How McConnell and Schumer beat hardline conservatives on Ukraine
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Politico, American Greatness, Alternet.org, Forbes, Washington Examiner, Axios, WGN-TV, The Guardian, The Hill and Fox News
Associated Press:
The long battle for more US aid for Ukraine is ending but damage to Kyiv will be hard to reverse
The long battle for more US aid for Ukraine is ending but damage to Kyiv will be hard to reverse
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CNN, The Guardian and The Bulwark
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump keeps begging for a “rally behind MAGA” — but his supporters aren't showing up to court — It's not just that Fox News told them entering New York results in instant murder — Donald Trump can't decide how he wants his supporters to feel about the scene outside of the Manhattan courtroom …
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Breitbart, Raw Story, USA Today, No More Mister Nice Blog and New York Times
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The press helps MAGA target jurors. And it's not just Fox. — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one, please click the button to support our independent journalism. — 📺 Subscribe to Public Notice 📺
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CNN, New York Times, CBS News and The Guardian
Tina Reed / Axios:
New ban on noncompetes could have big impact on health care … - Between 37% and 45% of physicians are affected by noncompetes, according to the American Medical Association. — The FTC projected the rule could reduce health care costs by up to $194 billion in the next decade.
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The Hill, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, CBS News and Semafor
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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs
U.S. bans noncompete agreements for nearly all jobs
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Wall Street Journal, siliconflorist.com, The Hill, CBS News and HuffPost, more at Mediagazer »
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes
FTC Announces Rule Banning Noncompetes
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CBS News, RedState, Magnolia Tribune, Washington Post, NBC News, Wall Street Journal, WRIC-TV, Raw Story, The Hill, Axios, NewscastStudio, The Hollywood Reporter, Sportico, American Prospect, Variety, Wired, New York Times, abc7NY, Ars Technica, ABC News, New York Daily News, CNBC, Iowa Starting Line, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Deadline, Gizmodo, NPR, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, The Verge, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, STAT, UPI, First of all …, Jeff D and Reuters, more at Techmeme »
Washington Post:
Live updates Supreme Court hears arguments in case over emergency abortion care — The Supreme Court is currently hearing arguments Wednesday over whether the federal government has the power to penalize hospitals that fail to provide emergency abortions even in states with strict bans on the procedure.
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The Hill, Bloomberg, NBC News, Fox News, Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, WHDH-TV and Ms. Magazine
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Biden's desk … A bill that would force China-based company ByteDance to sell TikTok — or else face a US ban of the platform — is all but certain to become law after the Senate passed a foreign aid package including the measure.
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Platformer, TODAY.com, The White House, Music Ally, Politico, KTVX-TV, The Register, UPI, Rolling Stone, Gizmodo, New Jersey Globe, Al Jazeera, TechCrunch, Wired, MeidasTouch, The Post Millennial, HuffPost, Semafor, acecomments.mu.nu, Voice of America, New York Daily News, The Hill, Associated Press, NBC News, Commie Pinko Fag and CBS News, more at Mediagazer »
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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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New York Times, The Hill, HuffPost, RedState, Voice of America, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, CBS News, PBS NewsHour, Associated Press, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and RTÉ
Edward Zitron / Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At:
The Man Who Killed Google Search — This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. — The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google's head of search, had a problem. … For those unfamiliar with Google's internal scientology-esque jargon, let me explain.
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Reason and Tanadrin, more at Techmeme »
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Alabama Senate passes measure ensuring Biden can be on ballot — The Alabama State Senate unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that would ensure President Biden can be on the state's ballot in November, after a state elections official warned that he may miss the deadline to qualify.
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Alabama Reflector and Associated Press
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
George W. Bush was a terrible president — Looking back at the last — disastrous — era of efficacious conservative policymaking — If you're in the DC area, I'm hosting a book talk for Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld about their new book “The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics.”
Gregory Korte / Bloomberg:
Biden's Gains Against Trump Vanish on Deep Economic Pessimism, Poll Shows — The president is trailing Donald Trump in six of seven swing states as a majority of poll respondents see the economy worsening by the end of the year. — President Joe Biden's recent polling bump in key battleground states …
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller, The Post Millennial, Twitchy and Boston Herald
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Legal Bills Are Hiding an $8 Million Mystery — CONCEALED CARRY — Trump is using a GOP compliance firm as a go-between to pay lawyers, allowing him to hide who he's actually paying. Experts have real questions whether he can do that.
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Raw Story
CNN:
How the House GOP's Biden impeachment effort fell apart — House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer was eager to take the reins of a high-stakes investigation into President Joe Biden and his family, seen as central to the House Republican agenda - a coveted perch that brought the added benefit of elevating his national profile.
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The Hill, New Jersey Online, Raw Story, Mediaite and IJR
Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:
Biden administration makes it easier for flyers to get refunds — The rule comes after more than a year of promises by the administration to shore up protections for air passengers. — Passengers whose flights are canceled or “significantly” delayed won't have to fight to get a cash refund …
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Department of Transportation, HuffPost, ABC News, CBS News, Axios, New York Times, Roll Call, CNBC, UPI, Fortune, The Hill, ABC7 and The White House
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump brothers Eric and Don Jr. emerge as loyalty czars … - Don Jr.'s goal “is to keep the John Boltons of the world outside a second Trump administration,” a person close to him told Axios, referring to Donald Trump's hawkish former national security adviser who wrote a bestselling book lambasting the former president.
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Washington Examiner