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9:25 PM ET, April 30, 2024

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Eric Cortellessa / TIME:
How Far Trump Would Go  —  The former President, at Mar-a-Lago on April 12, is rallying the right at home and seeking common cause with autocratic leaders abroad.Photograph by Philip Montgomery for TIME  —  Donald Trump thinks he's identified a crucial mistake of his first term: He was too nice.
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TIME:
Read the Full Transcripts of Donald Trump's Interviews With TIME … Over the course of the interviews, Trump discussed his agenda for a second term, which includes deporting millions of people, cutting the U.S. civil service, and intervening more directly in Justice Department prosecutions than his predecessors.
New York Times:
Trump Wants to Prosecute Biden.  He Also Thinks Presidents Deserve Immunity.  —  In arguing to the Supreme Court that he cannot be charged for acts while in office, Donald Trump has asked the justices to enforce a norm that he has long threatened to shatter.
Discussion: ABC News
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:   Trump threatens to prosecute Bidens if he's re-elected unless he gets immunity
Associated Press:
US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say  —  The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy …
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NBC News:
Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana, easing restrictions nationwide  —  Cannabis is currently classified along with drugs like heroin and LSD.  The DEA is expected to reschedule it into a category that includes Tylenol and steroids.  —  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration …
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Administration Aims to Reclassify Marijuana as Less Dangerous Drug
Discussion: Idaho Capital Sun and The Hill
New York Times:
After Ukraine Aid Vote, Republicans Braced for Backlash Find Little  —  Some Republicans who backed the aid encountered little resistance from voters, who were far more willing to embrace it — and less interested in ousting the speaker over it — than their right-wing colleagues.
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Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
GOP lawmakers say Marjorie Taylor Greene's motion to vacate has fizzled
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Inside House Democrats' decision to save Mike Johnson
NBC News:
Judge holds Trump in contempt for violating gag order in hush money trial  —  Prosecutors from the Manhattan District Attorney's Office accused Trump of violating the gag order numerous times since it went into effect.  —  The judge presiding over Donald Trump's hush money case on Tuesday held …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump gets jail warning for violating hush money trial gag order; Stormy Daniels ex-lawyer testifies
Brandi Buchman / Law & Crime:
‘Jeffrey Clark betrayed his oath’: Trump DOJ lawyer behind fake electors plot should be disbarred, disciplinary panel says  —  The District of Columbia's Office of Disciplinary Counsel issued a recommendation this week battering the credibility of former Donald Trump Justice Department attorney Jeffrey Clark …
New York Times:
Live Updates: Lawyer for Stormy Daniels Takes Stand in Trump Criminal Trial  —  Keith Davidson, who negotiated the $130,000 hush-money payment at the heart of the case, has begun testifying.  Earlier, the judge overseeing the trial fined Donald J. Trump $9,000 and warned he could be jailed if he continued to violate his gag order.
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Zach Kessel / National Review:
Northwestern Cuts Deal with Encampment Organizers, Establishes Full-Ride Scholarship for Palestinian Students  —  After five days of anti-Israel demonstrators occupying Deering Meadow on Northwestern University's campus, Northwestern president Michael Schill and the rest of the university's leadership decided …
Ken Klippenstein:
Why I'm Resigning From The Intercept  —  I resigned from The Intercept today in order to pursue a new kind of journalism here on Substack, one more hard-hitting than what's possible in the corporate world.  The Intercept has been taken over by suits who have abandoned its founding mission …
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Biden administration contemplating bringing Palestinian refugees into US: Report  —  The Biden administration is reportedly considering bringing certain Gazan refugees into the United States.  —  According to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News, senior officials …
Discussion: CBS News
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Amira McKee / Columbia Daily Spectator:
Dozens occupy Hamilton Hall as pro-Palestinian protests spread across campus  —  This is a developing story.  Check back for updates.
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Fox News Quietly Deletes Hunter Biden ‘Mock Trial’ Series  —  ‘HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE’  —  The conservative cable giant has quickly moved to comply with the presidential scion's demands. … Fox News appears to be taking Hunter Biden's lawsuit threat quite seriously.
Arp Laszlo / What Was I Doing Again?:
USPol #USPolitics #Politics #Fascism  —  11 thoughts on “#USPol #USPolitics #Politics #Fascism”  —  @ArpComics Peaceful protesters who don't trespass or cause damage to property are for the most part left to protest peacefully.  What is happening now is an embarrassment and is in no way a protest.
Isabel Keane / New York Post:
Middle schoolers who protested trans athlete's participation are banned from future competitions  —  Five West Virginia middle schoolers who protested a transgender athlete's participation in a track and field competition have been barred from future meets — prompting the state attorney general …
Byron Tau / NOTUS:
War Zone Surveillance Technology Is Hitting American Streets … Big Brother isn't just watching you: He's using your cell phone, smartwatch, wireless earbuds, car entertainment systems and license plates to track your location in real time.  —  Contracting records and notes …
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Why Some Abortion Rights Groups Aren't Backing Pro-Choice Amendments  —  There's an internal struggle playing out right now in many states where abortion rights will likely be on the November ballot.  —  Eloisa Lopez is the executive director for Pro-Choice Arizona and the Abortion Fund of Arizona …
Discussion: PolitiFact, Jacobin and NPR
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trumpworld has a new nonsensical theory of his document-case innocence  —  On his way into the Manhattan courtroom where he is being tried on 34 felony charges, former president Donald Trump on Tuesday spoke to reporters about another of his indictments, the one obtained by special counsel Jack Smith …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Obama says Trump ‘not considered a serious guy’ in New York
Discussion: Washington Examiner and HuffPost
NBC News:
Campus protests live updates: Columbia closed to nonresidential students, encampments cleared at other schools
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
Stefanik hits special counsel Jack Smith with ethics complaint, accuses him of election meddling
Laura Donnelly / Telegraph:
Sex is biological fact, NHS declares in landmark shift against gender ideology
Discussion: HotAir, The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Trump Holds Edge Over Biden in Seven Key Swing State Polls
 

 
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