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New York Times:
Live Updates: Stormy Daniels Is Expected to Testify in Trump's Trial  —  Ms. Daniels, who received $130,000 in hush money to keep silent about her story of having had sex with Donald J. Trump, is at the center of the case against him.  —  Here's the latest on the trial.
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CBS News:
Trump trial live updates as Stormy Daniels testifies today  —  Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who received $130,000 in 2016 in exchange for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump, has been called to the stand to testify in the former president's trial.
New York Times:
Jurors in Trump Trial Hear Witness Tie the President to the Payment
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Pushes Back Critical Filing Deadline in Trump Documents Case  —  Judge Aileen M. Cannon did not immediately set a new date, but the delay increases the chance that the trial will not happen before the November election.  —  Reversing one of her own decisions, the federal judge overseeing …
Politico:
US concerns over Israel's Gaza policy led to weapons holdup  —  The munitions were ready to be shipped to Israel when the administration placed the hold.  —  The Biden administration is holding up shipments of two types of Boeing-made precision bombs to send a political message to Israel …
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Alexander Ward / Politico:
Israel approved Rafah military operation and started striking Hamas targets
ABC News:
Trump privately urged Greene to drop push to oust Speaker Johnson  —  Trump told Greene that the party needs to be unified, a source said.  —  Speaker of the House Rep. Mike Johnson and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene both seen leaving their meeting at the US Capitol, May 6, 2024.
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Politico:
Inside the Johnson-MTG talks
Discussion: Raw Story
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israelis frustrated with U.S. handling of hostage talks … - The U.S. official said “this is an extremely difficult process with negotiations conducted through intermediaries in Doha and Cairo.”  — He added that the U.S. believes Israel has engaged in the talks in good faith …
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon:
Judge Cannon's secret right-wing getaway: Why didn't we know about this?  —  Federal judge in Trump's documents trial didn't tell us about those right-wing conferences at a Montana resort  —  Let me ask you a question: How many all-expenses-paid vacations at luxury hunting and fishing lodges have you enjoyed over the last few years?
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Trump tries to privately mediate Johnson-Greene fight  —  The former president had a lengthy phone call with the Georgia firebrand over the weekend, telling her to stand down from her ouster threat, according to three Republicans familiar with the matter.
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden to condemn current antisemitism in Holocaust remembrance amid college protests and Gaza war  —  President Joe Biden is set to issue a forceful condemnation of antisemitism during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy …
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Ramps Up Actions to Counter Antisemitism on College Campuses and Protect Jewish Communities
Discussion: Axios, NBC News, NewsNation and UPI
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Trump on going to jail over gag order: 'I'll do that sacrifice'  —  The judge has threatened the former president with possible jail time, something Trump and his supporters think may bolster his campaign.  —  Donald Trump said he would rather risk imprisonment than comply with a gag order …
Jason Gewirtz / CNBC:
Abortion bans drive away up to half of young talent, new CNBC/Generation Lab youth survey finds … Young people are seen on the Emory University campus in Atlanta, Georgia on October 14, 2022.  —  The youngest generation of American workers is prepared to move away from states …
Discussion: The Hill and AllSides Balanced
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
New York governor said Black kids in the Bronx do not know the word ‘computer’  —  Kathy Hochul made comment at California conference to showcase upstate AI center before apologizing on Monday night  —  The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, has rapidly backtracked on remarks she made on Monday …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why is the simplest explanation of campus protests so hard to accept?  —  Young people were sympathetic to Palestinians even before the war began.  Why is that ignored?  —  Over the weekend, New York Police Chief of Patrol John Chell took to social media to offer thoughts on the college campus protests …
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
TikTok Sues to Block U.S. Ban  —  Chinese-controlled app claims new federal law violates First Amendment and unlawfully singles out company for punishment  —  TikTok said it filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of a new law that requires a sale or ban …
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Libertarians asked Trump to headline their convention — stirring anger  —  Some national committee members have called on the party to rescind the invitation to former president Donald Trump.  —  Some Libertarian Party leaders are fuming over the party's decision to have former president …
Discussion: Raw Story
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Young voters don't give Biden credit for passing the biggest climate bill in history  —  President Biden spent his Earth Day in a national forest this year with an explicit pitch to young people: a climate jobs corps intended to excite Gen Z the way John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps inspired their grandparents.
Hanna Trudo / The Hill:
Trump looks to cut off oxygen to RFK Jr.  —  Former President Trump is taking concrete steps to deprive Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of oxygen as they compete for a portion of the same voters.  —  Trump is going to the Libertarian Party national convention this month and criticized Kennedy …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The right-wing uproar about Title IX  —  For the last 50 years, Title IX has had an extraordinary impact on the nature of higher education in the United States.  Passed in 1972 as an amendment to the Higher Education Act, Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination at any school that receives funding from the federal government.
Discussion: The Daily Wire, WFLA-TV and Fox News
Politico:
Inside the increasingly ugly GOP fight over a Texas runoff  —  Tony Gonzales has made a lot of Republican enemies.  Party leadership is still defending him, against his opponent “The AK Guy” and his own conservative colleagues.  —  Rep. Tony Gonzales' centrist voting record and willingness …
 
 
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Richard Eberwein / Heartland Signal:
Report: Bernie Moreno closed down local roads to test drive $3.4M imported car
Glenn H. Reynolds / New York Post:
Dems use the legal system to target the right — yet give the left a pass
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
House swears in New York Democrat, thinning GOP majority
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Reuters:
Russia's Vladimir Putin sworn in as president for a fifth term
Ben Metzner / New Republic:
Former Republican Official Finds a Spine, Endorses Joe Biden
USA Today:
Guilty? By nearly 3-1, Americans predict a Trump conviction, though some see unfairness
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Congresswoman battling brain disorder delivers House speech using a text-to-voice app
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo:
Boeing Admits That Its Employees Falsified Aircraft Records for 787 Dreamliner
John Sailer / UnHerd:
MIT becomes first elite university to ban diversity statements
 

 
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