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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Trump backs surveillance and prosecution of women to enforce abortion bans  —  As part of an extensive interview with Time Magazine, former President Donald Trump expanded on what abortion access would look like in the United States in a potential second term.
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New York Times:
Here's where campus protesters have been arrested over the past day.  —  Columbia in New York and Portland State University closed their campuses after pro-Palestinian demonstrators took over buildings.  More than 1,100 protesters have been arrested across the country in recent weeks.
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
GOP senator calls for deporting certain foreign student protesters
Discussion: Twitchy
Associated Press:
Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University's Hamilton Hall
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
Democrats win a New York special election, further narrowing the House GOP's majority  —  Democratic state Sen. Tim Kennedy won a special election in the deep blue 26th District in western New York to serve the rest of Brian Higgins' term.  —  Democrats won a special election for a House seat …
Discussion: Politico
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Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Democrat Tim Kennedy wins New York special election for House seat  —  Once he is sworn in to represent the state's 26th Congressional District, the Republican majority in the chamber will temporarily fall to just one vote.  —  State Sen. Tim Kennedy (D) is projected to win the special election …
Discussion: NPR and Mississippi Today
Wall Street Journal:
Will Looser Marijuana Rules Help Biden Move the Needle With Young Voters?  —  White House push is one of several election-year policy changes, including on climate and student debt, that could appeal to voters under age 30  —  WASHINGTON—President Biden's push to reclassify marijuana …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Associated Press:
US drug control agency will move to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift, AP sources say
NBC News:
Biden administration plans to reclassify marijuana, easing restrictions nationwide
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
White House considers admitting some Palestinians from Gaza as refugees  —  The Biden administration is considering admitting certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees, a report by CBS News found.  —  Senior officials in several U.S. agencies have discussed the idea of resettling Palestinians …
Discussion: CBS News and Foreign Policy
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Biden administration contemplating bringing Palestinian refugees into US: Report
Discussion: Fox News
Kevin McGill / Associated Press:
Judges Reject Map That Would Have Given Louisiana New Majority-Black House District  —  The decision is likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court, leaving Louisiana in congressional district limbo for now.  —  LOADING  —  A new congressional district map giving Louisiana …
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Zach Montellaro / Politico:   Court tosses map that created second Black House district in Louisiana
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel-Hamas deal is only hope for Biden's Middle East strategy … “There just has to be a deal,” he said when asked about a plan B if negotiations aren't successful.  — “If we can get a ceasefire, we can get something more enduring and then maybe end the conflict and then maybe move forward …
Ken Bensinger / New York Times:
Law Firm Defending Trump Seeks to Withdraw From a Long-Running Case  —  The firm, LaRocca Hornik, has represented Donald Trump's political operation in numerous suits dating to his first presidential run, including a pregnancy discrimination case in New York.
Discussion: Raw Story
Victoria Guida / Politico:
The Fed Thinks Time is on Its Side.  That Could Get Awkward.  —  The economy's resilience could be pushing a potential rate cut into the fall, setting up an awkward choice for the central bank on the eve of the 2024 election.  —  As Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell weighs how soon to cut interest rates …
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Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
Trump threatens to prosecute Bidens if he's re-elected unless he gets immunity  —  Time magazine called the ex-president's plans ‘an imperial presidency that would reshape America and its role in the world’  —  Donald Trump has warned that Joe Biden and his family could face multiple criminal …
Discussion: TIME
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Hints Another January 6 Could Happen If He Loses the Election
David Hume Kennerly / The Atlantic:
Authoritarianism by a Thousand Cuts  —  The first time I photographed Gerald Ford, he was a day away from being nominated as vice president, after Spiro Agnew had resigned in disgrace.  The portrait I made ran on the cover of Time, a first for both of us.  Ford was my assignment, then he became my friend.
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
SCOTUS plays dumb as Trump claims sweeping immunity  —  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 ✍️
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Why Biden's reelection runs through the Rust Belt  —  Biden's loss of support with younger voters and voters of color has helped make the Sun Belt swing states less competitive — and the “Blue Wall” Rust Belt states key to his reelection.  —  Joe Biden's path to reelection has become increasingly clear: It's the Rust Belt or bust.
Discussion: Boston Herald
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 …
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump: ‘Marco has this residency problem.’  —  Inside the move to maneuver Marco Rubio into the VP slot.  —  DONALD TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN STAFF has assembled a dozen dossiers on possible running mates, but they largely remain unopened by the presidential candidate, who's conducting his own vetting process …
Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Nearly Two-Thirds Of Election Officials Worry Politicians Will Interfere With Their Work: Poll  —  A new poll also shows nearly half of election workers are concerned that incoming colleagues might themselves believe lies about widespread voter fraud.  —  Most local election officials fear …
Discussion: Politico and NBC News
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Fox Business Host Goes There: Biden's ‘Woke’ Tax Policies Are Anti-White  —  QUIET PART OUT LOUD  —  Larry Kudlow on Tuesday made the assumption that Joe Biden's tax policies are part of a bigger scheme against conservatives.  —  Fox Business Network host and former Trump White House …
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.
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Barnard president loses vote of no confidence as criticism mounts over protest response  —  The president of Barnard College at Columbia University lost a faculty-wide vote of no confidence on Tuesday, as criticism mounts over the school's response to a pro-Palestine encampment that has sparked …
ProPublica:
Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines  —  The proposed settlement will effectively end more than 700 lawsuits filed after the 2021 recall of millions of the company's widely used sleep apnea devices and ventilators.  —  Co-published with Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Discussion: New York Daily News and NPR
 
 
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Fox News:
Presidential Debates Commission sticking to original schedule amid Trump's calls for earlier debates
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Roop Raj / WJBK-TV:
Donald Trump interview: Israel-Gaza conflict, EVs, and his Venezuela claims
Discussion: HuffPost, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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Guess Who's Coming to Elon's Dinner
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Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
'I Didn't Shoot My Dog': Mitt Romney Resents Being Compared To Kristi Noem
Discussion: Mediaite
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trumpworld has a new nonsensical theory of his document-case innocence
Discussion: Raw Story
Roque Planas / HuffPost:
Border Patrol Agents Joked About Killing Migrant Children, Records Show
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