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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats laugh off Greene's plan to force Johnson ouster vote … - “She is about to realize her inevitable irrelevance,” one senior House Democrat told Axios just minutes after Greene made her announcement. — Another senior House Democrat cast Greene's motion as “drama that hurts Republicans.”
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell says he's ready for ‘chaos’ in House to end — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Wednesday said he's ready for the “chaos” that has plagued the House for much of 2023 and 2024 to end next week, when a bipartisan group of lawmakers is expected to vote to quash a motion …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Democrats grudgingly save another Mike Johnson bill
Democrats grudgingly save another Mike Johnson bill
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Democrat Crushes GOP Rival in New York Congressional Special Election
Democrat Crushes GOP Rival in New York Congressional Special Election
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Anita Snow / Associated Press:
Arizona's Democratic leaders get enough votes to repeal 19th century abortion ban — Democrats secured enough votes in the Arizona Senate on Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era ban on abortions that the state's highest court recently allowed to take effect.
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans still broadly oppose overturning Roe; they're less united on what abortion laws should look like — Nearly two years after the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, Americans remain broadly opposed to the ruling, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS.
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Heather Digby Parton / Salon:
Trump's disturbing Time interview shows he has no idea abortion is a ticking time bomb for the GOP
Trump's disturbing Time interview shows he has no idea abortion is a ticking time bomb for the GOP
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Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Trump to address Libertarian Party convention — Former President Trump is planning to speak at the Libertarian Party's convention in D.C. later this month, his campaign confirmed on Wednesday. — Trump will “address concerns voiced by its members” during the address on May 25, the party said in a statement.
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PRESIDENT TRUMP JOINS CONVENTION LINEUP
PRESIDENT TRUMP JOINS CONVENTION LINEUP
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David Weigel / Semafor:
Donald Trump courts an increasingly friendly Libertarian Party
Donald Trump courts an increasingly friendly Libertarian Party
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Julian Borger / The Guardian:
Saudis push for ‘plan B’ that excludes Israel from key deal with US — Riyadh seeks more modest agreement with Washington in absence of Gaza ceasefire and Netanyahu resistance to Palestinian state — The US and Saudi Arabia have drafted a set of agreements on security and technology-sharing …
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Giuliani's Bankruptcy Creditors Demand to Know His Spending — The former New York mayor and Trump lawyer actually spent nearly $120,000 in January, and his creditors say he is still not turning over required financial information. — Besieged by creditors and with his income drying up …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Is Now Raging at His Own Lawyer—and Wrecking a Big MAGA Fantasy — Because Donald Trump must always be seen as wielding absolute mastery over his hapless, flailing opponents, he and his propagandists want you to believe his hush-money trial in Manhattan has proven nothing but a smashing political success for him.
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Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Exclusive: DOJ civil rights leader says she was a victim of abuse in extraordinary statement — The leader of the Justice Department's civil rights division, Kristen Clarke, said in an extraordinary personal statement shared with CNN that she was a victim of years-long domestic abuse and chose …
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
House passes divisive antisemitism bill as GOP denounces campus protests — Critics call the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which has some Democratic support, an effort to silence criticism of Israel and an affront to the First Amendment — House Republicans are seeking to unite …
Tiana Lowe Doescher / Washington Examiner:
Biden must remember the reason Jordan, Egypt, and the rest of the Middle East don't accept Palestinian refugees — . — In the first half of this fiscal year alone, the United States has admitted 42,000 Chinese nationals, 14,000 Russian nationals, 8,000 Turkish nationals, and 43,000 Indian nationals who crossed our southern border.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump confirms he wanted to go to Capitol on Jan. 6 — Former President Trump on Wednesday confirmed he told Secret Service agents he wanted to go to the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while he mocked the claim that he lunged at officers in his vehicle when they refused.
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Olivia Little / Media Matters for America:
STUDY: Tradwife influencers are quietly spreading far-right conspiracy theories — A Media Matters analysis found interacting with tradwife videos on TikTok led to a deluge of conspiratorial content — RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CARLY EVANS, CHLOE SIMON & AUDREY MCCABE
Juhi Doshi / ABC News:
Members of Congress demand answers on Mario Andretti's rejection from F1 races — The letter accuses Formula One Management of possibly violating antitrust laws. — Formula One racing legend Mario Andretti listens during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, May 1, 2024.
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
A Huge Gender Gap Is Emerging Among Young Voters — It has become clear that one constituency — young voters, 18 to 29 years old — will play a key, if not pivotal, role in determining who will win the Biden-Trump rematch. — Four years ago, according to exit polls, voters in this age group kept Trump from winning re-election.
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Tim Sullivan / Associated Press:
‘A step back in time’: America's Catholic Church sees an immense shift toward the old ways — It was the music that changed first. Or maybe that's just when many people at the pale brick Catholic church in the quiet Wisconsin neighborhood finally began to realize what was happening.
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FiveThirtyEight:
The 8 Types Of Democrats And Republicans In The House — We analyzed voting patterns to see if members actually vote with their caucuses. — Amina Brown — Some say Congress is a lot like high school — but who lawmakers vote with isn't necessarily who they sit with in the cafeteria.
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The Seattle Times:
Whistleblower Josh Dean of Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems has died — Joshua Dean, a former quality auditor at Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems and one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit leadership had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died Tuesday morning …
Daily Bruin:
Pro-Israel counter-protesters attempt to storm encampment, sparking violence — A counter-protester dressed in black sprays an aerosol from a cannister as they run past the metal barricade surrounding the ongoing Palestine solidarity encampment. Around 100 counter-protesters attempted …
NBC News:
Trump's sit-downs with foreign officials are ‘annoying’ some in Biden's camp — It's not unusual for a presidential nominee to meet with foreign officials, but Trump's meetings have, at times, had the trappings of a state visit. — WASHINGTON — As Donald Trump rolled out the red carpet …
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Natasha Lennard / The Intercept:
I've Covered Violent Crackdowns on Protests for 15 Years. This Police Overreaction Was Unhinged. — When police attacked student protesters, a lone trash can was the only damaged property I saw around City College of New York. — A lone Trash can lay on its side at the intersection …
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Bloomberg:
The Ozempic Effect: How a Weight Loss Wonder Drug Gobbled Up an Entire Economy — The blockbuster drug producer is Europe's most valuable company — and its home country is feeling the effects — There is no escaping Ozempic and Wegovy. The diabetes and obesity drugs are a global phenomenon.
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Armed student shot and killed before entering Wisconsin school: Police — Police stopped a potential school shooting after shooting and killing an armed student before he could gain access to a Wisconsin middle school, authorities said. — At a Wednesday night briefing …
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