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11:20 AM ET, May 1, 2024

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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's moving ahead with effort to oust Speaker Johnson  —  Her plan seems doomed to fail as Democrats said they would help save Johnson.  —  Marjorie Taylor Greene (2nd R) and Thomas Massie (R) hold a press conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 1, 2024.
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Back to 1968?  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is shooting her shot, forging ahead with her doomed crusade to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson.  “I think the American people need to see a recorded vote,” she said moments ago from the steps of the Capitol.  “Does members of Congress support the Uniparty?”
Politico:
Playbook: How the GOP tried to talk MTG down  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  WHEN HISTORY RHYMES — “NYPD sweeps occupied Hamilton Hall, arrests dozens,” Columbia Spectator: “The arrests came on the 56th anniversary of the 1968 police sweep …
Axios:
Democrats enter panic mode as Gaza protests erupt … - “The longer they continue, and the worse that they get, the worse it's going to be for the election overall,” one House Democrat told Axios.  — The demonstrations, the lawmaker warned, are “bringing out [the public's] most conservative side.”
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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: Oregonian, Hackwhackers and Politico
Azi Paybarah / Washington Post:
Democrat Tim Kennedy wins New York special election for House seat
Discussion: Mississippi Today
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.
Discussion: Salon, New Republic, Democrats and Forbes
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Arek Sarkissian / Politico:
Florida's 6-week abortion ban is now in effect.  Clinics in the state are scrambling.  —  The stricter ban has also ended Florida's status as a bastion for abortion access in the Southeast.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida's strict ban on abortions after six weeks of pregnancy went …
Associated Press:
Dueling protesters clash at UCLA hours after police clear pro-Palestinian demonstration at Columbia  —  Officers have taken protesters into custody after Columbia University called in police to end the pro-Palestinian occupation on the New York campus.  The scene unfolded shortly …
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New York Times:
Here's where campus protesters have been arrested over the past day.
Associated Press:
Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University's Hamilton Hall
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Biden Cancels $6.1 Billion in Debt for Former Art Institute Students  —  The announcement covers 317,000 former students and marks another step in the administration's student loan relief efforts.  —  The Biden administration on Wednesday canceled more than $6 billion in student debt …
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Marina Villeneuve / Salon:
Historian says Trump lawyer “deliberatively misleading” SCOTUS: Ben Franklin “would be horrified”  —  Franklin's actual speech cited at immunity hearing “says exactly the opposite of what John Sauer was implying”  —  When Trump lawyer D. John Sauer spoke before the Supreme Court last week calling …
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Multi-state E.coli outbreak connected to walnuts: CDC  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned on Tuesday of an E. coli outbreak linked to organic walnuts sold in bulk that has so far infected 12 people across the states of California and Washington.
Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump: ‘Marco has this residency problem.’  —  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 by asking friends, consultants, and insiders whom they think he should pick and why.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and CBS News
David Hume Kennerly / The Atlantic:
The Danger of a Small Act of Cowardice  —  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.
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
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
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 ✍️
Discussion: Rolling Stone
Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Trump Unleashes Bizarre ‘Word Salad’ Answer During Live Nighttime TV Interview  —  The former president left many confused with his rambling answer on Fox News.  —  LOADING  —  Donald Trump has people wondering just what he was trying to say during a rambling monologue on Fox News …
Discussion: Axios
Peter Smith / Associated Press:
United Methodists repeal longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy  —  United Methodist delegates repealed their church's longstanding ban on LGBTQ clergy with no debate on Wednesday, removing a rule forbidding “self-avowed practicing homosexuals” from being ordained or appointed as ministers.
Discussion: al.com, WUSA and Religion News Service
Brittany Sheehan / RedState:
NEW: DHS Docs Show Top Cities Biden Admin Flew Migrants Under Controversial Program, 80% to Single State  —  Internal data obtained by Fox News via a House Homeland Security Committee subpoena to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shows that thousands …
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: New York Daily News, Raw Story and TIME
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump Hints Another January 6 Could Happen If He Loses the Election
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump's trying to dismantle the Blue Wall again.  That would be disaster for Biden.  —  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.
Discussion: Boston Herald
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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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Trump to hold Ohio fundraiser with VP contender JD Vance
Discussion: USA Today and Washington Examiner
Austin Petersen / Human Events:
The Trump trial witnesses don't pass the laugh test
Dan De Luce / NBC News:
Russia is trying to exploit America's divisions over the war in Gaza
Discussion: Just Security
Victoria Guida / Politico:
The Fed Thinks Time is on Its Side. That Could Get Awkward.
Wall Street Journal:
Will Looser Marijuana Rules Help Biden Move the Needle With Young Voters?
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Nearly Two-Thirds Of Election Officials Worry Politicians Will Interfere With Their Work: Poll
Discussion: Politico and NBC News
Roop Raj / WJBK-TV:
Donald Trump interview: Israel-Gaza conflict, EVs, and his Venezuela claims
Discussion: HuffPost, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Theodore Schleifer / Puck:
Guess Who's Coming to Elon's Dinner
Discussion: Business Insider
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Fox Business Host Goes There: Biden's ‘Woke’ Tax Policies Are Anti-White
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Barnard president loses vote of no confidence as criticism mounts over protest response
ProPublica:
Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trumpworld has a new nonsensical theory of his document-case innocence
Discussion: Raw Story
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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