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4:10 PM ET, April 25, 2024

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court to Hear Trump's Claim to ‘Absolute Immunity’  —  The justices will consider whether the former president must face trial on charges that he tried to subvert the 2020 election.  The decision will help determine whether that trial starts before the 2024 election.
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Washington Post:
Live updates Supreme Court hears arguments in Trump immunity case  —  The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments over the unprecedented question of whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for actions taken while in office to try to retain power after losing the 2020 election.
Eli Okun / Politico:
Playbook PM: How SCOTUS might save Trump from his biggest trial  —  DEPT. OF HEADLINES TO RUIN YOUR DAY — “As bird flu spreads in cows, fractured U.S. response has echoes of early covid,” by WaPo's Lena Sun and Rachel Roubein  —  MEGATREND — “US fertility rate dropped to lowest in a century …
Washington Post:
Trump is stuck in New York as the Supreme Court hears his unprecedented immunity case
Meridith McGraw / Politico:
Trump on his high court hearing: ‘A president has to have immunity’
Eli Stokols / Politico:
The Petty Feud Between the NYT and the White House  —  Biden's people think they're “entitled.”  The Times says “they're not being realistic.”  —  When news broke one Saturday night in March 2023 that President Joe Biden's nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration was withdrawing …
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Politico:
Playbook: Trump's dizzying day at court
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
Arizona grand jury indicts Meadows, Giuliani, other Trump allies for 2020 election interference
New York Times:
Live Updates: Harvey Weinstein's Conviction Is Overturned by New York's Top Court  —  Manhattan prosecutors must now decide whether to retry Mr. Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood producer whose sexual abuse case sparked the #MeToo movement.  —  Harvey Weinstein's Conviction Is Overturned by New York's Top Court
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Associated Press:
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial  —  New York's highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein 's 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” …
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction overturned by New York appeals court
Moira Donegan / The Guardian:
The US supreme court heard one of the most sadistic, extreme anti-abortion cases yet  —  Idaho's law requires doctors to treat pregnant women's health as disposable - and the loss of their lives as an acceptable risk  —  The risk of stating plainly what Idaho argued at the US supreme court …
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Dan Rather / Steady:
Dear SCOTUS, Look What You Have Done
Rebecca Crosby / Popular Information:
The largest for-profit hospital chain is putting pregnant women at risk. Shareholders are fighting back.
Discussion: Copper Courier
Lara Seligman / Politico:
Gaza-based militants attack Israeli forces preparing for US pier  —  No U.S. equipment was damaged.  —  Gaza-based militants launched mortar rounds on Wednesday at Israeli forces making preparations for the U.S.-led effort to establish a new maritime aid route for Gaza, according to two U.S. officials.
G. Elliott Morris / ABC News:
Trump leads in swing-state polls and is tied with Biden nationally  —  How 538's new 2024 presidential general election polling averages work.  —  How 538's new 2024 presidential general election polling averages work.  —  It's the moment you've all been waiting for: Today …
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden's happy polling surprise
Discussion: The Spectator World and The Hill
Brian Karem / Salon:
MAGA begins to panic: Trump may not make it to the ballot  —  Donald Trump.  —  Those two words spoken out loud can elicit an emotional response on par with the worst invectives, curses or insults you can conjure.  —  The man himself is capable of the same emotional outbursts under the proper stimuli.
Discussion: Raw Story
Free Press:
In Historic Vote, the FCC Reasserts Its Authority to Protect the Open Internet and Safeguard Online Users  —  Contact: Timothy Karr, 201-533-8838  —  WASHINGTON — On Thursday, in a 3-2 vote, the Federal Communications Commission voted to restore Net Neutrality protections …
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John Hendel / Politico:
FCC reinstates net neutrality
Pema Levy / Mother Jones:
The GOP's “Election Integrity” Lawyer Was Just Indicted for Election Subversion  —  Christina Bobb tried to overturn the 2020 election, and Arizona just charged her for it.  —  The attorney running the Republican National Committee's “election integrity” effort has been criminally charged …
Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's bid for new E. Jean Carroll defamation trial, upholds $83M judgment  —  The judge said Trump delivered “malicious and unceasing attacks” against her.  —  E. Jean Carroll leaves federal court in Manhattan, New York City on April 26, 2023 following testimony …
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Imagine if Joe Biden did this  —  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 😴  —  Donald Trump can't stay awake in court.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Axios:
Exclusive poll: America warms to mass deportations … - President Biden is keenly aware the crisis threatens his re-election. … - But when it comes to blame, Biden so far has failed to shift the narrative: 32% of respondents say his administration is “most responsible” for the crisis …
The Baltimore Banner:
Ex-athletic director framed principal with AI-generated voice, police say  —  Baltimore County Police arrested Pikesville High School's former athletic director Thursday morning and charged him with using artificial intelligence to impersonate Principal Eric Eiswert, leading the public …
Associated Press:
8 years after the National Enquirer's deal with Donald Trump, the iconic tabloid is limping badly  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Catch and kill.  Checkbook journalism.  Secret deals.  Friends helping friends.  —  Even by National Enquirer standards, testimony by its former publisher David Pecker …
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
‘How Embarrassing’: Trump Mocked For ‘Pretending To Be President’ In Strange Ceremony … LOADING
George Packer / The Atlantic:
The Campus-Left Occupation That Broke Higher Education  —  Elite colleges are now reaping the consequences of promoting a pedagogy that trashed the postwar ideal of the liberal university.  —  Fifty-six years ago this week, at the height of the Vietnam War, Columbia University students occupied half …
Thom Hartmann / The Hartmann Report:
Southern Autoworkers aren't Listening to the GOP's BS Any More  —  The UAW's successful unionization effort last week at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee — the first successful unionization effort at a car factory in the South since the 1940s — is breaking the brains of Republicans in that region.
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
White House seizes on Mitch McConnell saying Trump stalled action on border security  —  In a new statement, the White House cited comments by the Senate Republican leader to make the argument that Trump rejected a compromise on a border deal for political gain.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Alternet.org
 
 
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Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Strict new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
Bryan Mena / CNN:
US economy grew by just 1.6% in the first quarter, a much slower pace than expected
Yacob Reyes / Axios:
Exclusive: Biden opens first field office in Florida
Discussion: Washington Examiner, IJR and Fox News
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Share of college students blaming Hamas for Oct. 7 attack on Israel declines in new poll
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CBS News
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 Earlier Items: 
Devan Cole / CNN:
Justice Clarence Thomas chooses not to recuse himself from another January 6-related case
Discussion: Alternet.org and Raw Story
ABC News:
‘So appalled’: What witnesses told special counsel about Trump's handling of classified info while still president
Discussion: Raw Story
Taylor Giorno / The Hill:
The cost of buying a home has hit an all-time high
Discussion: Redfin Corporation
Nina Totenberg / NPR:
Supreme Court appears skeptical of blanket immunity for a former president
Discussion: Hackwhackers
Abby Sewell / Associated Press:
Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
U.S. Secretly Shipped New Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine
Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times:
The WA GOP put it in writing that they're not into democracy
 

 
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Todd Spangler / Variety:
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Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

Jon Phillips / PCWorld:
PCWorld executive editor Gordon Mah Ung, former Maximum PC editor-in-chief and renowned PC hardware journalist for 25+ years, died at 58 of pancreatic cancer
 
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