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Don't be conned: Arizona's 1864 abortion ban was not actually repealed  —  Opinion: There was no emergency clause in the bill, so the 1864 law won't go off the books until 90 days after the Legislature adjourns.  —  You've been conned.  —  At least if you fell for the news reports claiming …

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.

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.

Biden campaign continues focus on abortion with new ad buy, Kamala Harris campaign stop in Philadelphia  —  President Biden's campaign is launching a new seven-figure ad buy Thursday centered around abortion, a centerpiece issue for his campaign, as it attempts to link restrictive state abortion bans to former President Donald Trump.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Emails Reveal Top Trump Accountant Had Secret Campaign Role  —  ‘GROSSED UP’  —  Not only was Allen Weisselberg handling the Trump Org's books, he was also advising the former president's campaign 2016 campaign, documents obtained by The Daily Beast suggest.

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 …

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) …

Why the Senate GOP is downplaying the chances of a red wave  —  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 Day map in a decade …

Has the DeSantis comeback already begun?  —  His next act: Republican money machine.  —  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, campaigning for GOP candidates …

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 …

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

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 …

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.

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.

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.