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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.

University of Alabama students protest war in Gaza, campus investments  —  Holding a sign that read “Tide Against Genocide,” a group of several dozen University of Alabama students gathered at the university's student center Wednesday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza - and to urge the college to cut ties with a top defense contractor.

Democrats hope move to reschedule marijuana will help them in November  —  The proposed change has the potential to set up a contrast between Biden and Trump, who has shown little interest in engaging with federal marijuana policy  —  A half-century after high school kids …

US and Saudis Near Defense Pact Meant to Reshape Middle East  — Plan would offer incentives for Israel to end war with Hamas  — Accord would pave the way for Saudis to get advanced weapons  —  The US and Saudi Arabia are nearing a historic pact that would offer the kingdom security guarantees …

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 …

Immigrants are saving the American economy  —  In his 2024 campaign, like his previous campaigns, Trump is pitting native-born Americans against immigrants.  Sometimes, this is expressed through rank bigotry.  Trump has claimed repeatedly that undocumented immigrants are …

Dreaming of a red Senate wave?  McConnell: Don't get ‘too excited’  —  Republicans have a shot at more than a half-dozen Senate seats, but they're purposefully tempering expectations after failures in 2020 and 2022.  —  Senate Republicans are six months away from their most favorable Election …

DeSantis' next act: Republican money machine  —  He'll use his fundraising network to raise money for Trump and other candidates.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis is poised to take the most public steps yet to rebuild his political future after dropping out of the 2024 presidential race …

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 …

The News: Up in the Atmosphere  —  I'm going to work today and tomorrow's columns as a two-front address to campus protests this week.  —  Let's talk about all of this in terms of the actions of most campus administrations (thank you, Michael Roth of Wesleyan University, for being better than your peers) …

Inside RFK Jr.'s Chaotic White House Bid  —  Aides describe a cultlike environment in which dysfunction reigns and top aides focus on elevating their own profiles

Biden to expand two California national monuments Thursday  —  President Biden will expand two new national monuments in California Thursday morning, the White House confirmed.  —  President Obama first designated the two monuments, the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument.

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.

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 …

Democrats grudgingly save another Mike Johnson bill … - Nearly two dozen right-wing Republicans voted against the measure, which would have killed it had 133 Democrats not voted for it.  — In addition to 33 Republicans, the bill had 14 Democratic co-sponsors - mostly moderates and staunch Israel supporters.

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.

US official urges China, Russia to declare only humans, not AI, control nuclear weapons  —  A senior U.S. official on Thursday urged China and Russia to match declarations by the United States and others that only humans, and never artificial intelligence, would make decisions on deploying nuclear weapons.

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

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 …

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 …

RFK Jr. challenges Biden to drop out, insisting he has better shot of defeating Trump  —  The independent candidate responded to attacks he's a spoiler for Trump.  —  NEW YORK — Despite lagging some 30 points behind President Joe Biden in the latest polls, independent candidate Robert F …

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.

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 …

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 …