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4:35 PM ET, April 24, 2024

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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.”
Discussion: New Republic, Alternet.org and Mediaite
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Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
How “The Nelson Mandela of America” Is Making Bank Off His Criminal Trial
Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
Senate passes TikTok ban bill, sending it to President Biden's desk
Brian Fung / CNN:
Biden just signed a potential TikTok ban into law. Here's what happens next
CNN:
Biden signs foreign aid bill providing crucial military assistance to Ukraine
Politico:
How McConnell and Schumer beat hardline conservatives on Ukraine
Stephen Neukam / Axios:
Trump allies zero in on hush-money prosecutor
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Myah Ward / Politico:   Biden hails foreign aid bill's passage, pledges to get arms shipped within ‘hours’
Politico:   Why Biden's blasé about campus turmoil
New York Times:
Three Takeaways From the Pennsylvania Primaries
Washington Post:
Arizona House votes to repeal abortion ban, advancing issue to state Senate  —  PHOENIX — The Arizona House voted Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era ban on nearly all abortions that is set to take effect as early as June 8.  The measure now heads to the state Senate, which could grant final passage next week.
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NBC News:
Arizona state House passes a bill to repeal 1864 abortion ban  —  On their third try in three weeks, state House lawmakers voted to reverse a near-total ban on the procedure following an Arizona Supreme Court ruling.  —  On their third attempt in three weeks, Arizona state House lawmakers voted Wednesday …
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
How Donald Trump Gets His News  —  The former president is a voracious press consumer.  Here's how his media diet has changed since his last presidential campaign.  —  Donald Trump has always had a symbiotic relationship with the media.  Back when he was a Manhattan bachelor and real estate mogul …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The press helps MAGA target jurors. And it's not just Fox.
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
Craig Mauger / The Detroit News:
Trump is a co-conspirator in Michigan's 2020 false electors plot, state investigator says  —  Lansing — Michigan prosecutors consider former President Donald Trump and some of his top aides co-conspirators in the plot to submit a certificate falsely claiming he won Michigan's 2020 election …
Discussion: Bloomberg, PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
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Laura Romero / ABC News:
Trump, Giuliani, Meadows are unindicted co-conspirators in Michigan fake elector case, hearing reveals  —  The Michigan AG last year charged 16 Republicans with being “fake electors.”  —  Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a Farmers for Trump campaign event …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why is Trump giving someone a ‘key to the White House’?  —  From Jan. 20, 2017, until Jan. 20, 2021, Donald Trump was president of the United States.  This is a position that includes many perks, offered to the person who was selected by American voters to serve as chief executive.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ankush Khardori / Politico:
How to Know If the Supreme Court Is in the Tank for Trump  —  Trump's bid for immunity from prosecution in Washington is an absurd farce.  Will the court's conservatives bail him out?  —  This week at the Supreme Court, a simple question will sound difficult: Can a former president …
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David Koenig / HuffPost:
Airlines Required To Give Automatic Cash Refunds For Canceled And Delayed Flights  —  The Biden administration is defining a significant delay as lasting at least three hours for domestic flights and six hours for international ones.  —  LOADING  —  The Biden administration issued final rules Wednesday …
Quinnipiac University Poll:
2024 Race: Dead Heat: Biden 46%, Trump 46%, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Support For Legal Abortion Reaches All-Time High  —  mail_outline  —  If the election for president were being held today, the race would be a dead heat between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Hill and PoliticusUSA
David Edwards / Raw Story:
'You're not dumb, you're insulting!'  Sparks fly on Fox News set over Trump ‘lies’  —  Fox News guest host Charles Payne clashed with co-host Leslie Marshall over the difference between President Joe Biden's misstatements and former President Donald Trump's false claims.
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.
Bonchie / RedState:
DISGUSTING: Hamas Releases Propaganda Video of American Hostage Missing His Arm  —  Hamas has released a propaganda video featuring one of the American hostages it holds.  In it, Hersh Goldberg-Polin is seen reading a pre-prepared script blaming Israel for October 7th and everything that has transpired since.
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.
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
Rightwing US website that spreads election conspiracies declares bankruptcy  —  Gateway Pundit, run by Jim Hoft, is being sued for defamation by Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss and others  —  The Gateway Pundit, a rightwing website known for spreading election conspiracies …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
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.
Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
New Jersey Rep. Donald Payne Jr. dead at 65  —  Rep. Donald Payne Jr. (D-N.J.), who represented New Jersey in the House for more than a decade, has died at the age of 65.  —  New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) confirmed Payne's death in a statement on Wednesday.
Associated Press:
Ukraine uses long-range missiles secretly provided by US to hit Russian-held areas, officials say  —  Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Declan Harty / Politico:
Trump Media CEO calls on GOP lawmakers for help in Wall Street fight  —  The letter marks a new salvo in Trump Media's claims that the company's stock is being manipulated by professional traders betting on its downfall.  —  Trump Media & Technology Group CEO Devin Nunes is escalating …
Discussion: CNBC, CBS News, Raw Story and The Guardian
 
 
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