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Washington Post:
Justice Dept. investigating Trump's actions in Jan. 6 criminal probe  —  People familiar with the probe said investigators are examining the former president's conversations and have seized phone records of top aides  —  The Justice Department is investigating President Donald Trump's actions …
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ABC News:
Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson cooperating with DOJ's Jan. 6 probe, say sources  —  Hutchinson recently testified before the House Jan. 6 committee.  —  Cassidy Hutchinson, a former top adviser to then-President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, has recently cooperated …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
AJC poll: Kemp, Warnock slightly ahead in Georgia's top races  —  U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock is slightly ahead of Republican Herschel Walker in the latest Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll of a race that could decide control of the Senate, while Gov. Brian Kemp has an apparent lead …
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Politico:
Walker's fumbles highlight GOP's rocky Senate roster  —  Raphael Warnock wants to debate Herschel Walker.  Republicans smell a trap.  —  As Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) sees it, Democrats are pushing for the former NFL star to debate their incumbent in Georgia's hotly contested Senate race because …
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Senate Passes $280 Billion Industrial Policy Bill to Counter China  —  The lopsided bipartisan vote reflected a rare consensus in the otherwise polarized Congress in favor of investing federal resources into a broad industrial policy to counter China.  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate …
Discussion: Political Wire and Reuters
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Senate passes bill to boost U.S. chip production and China competition, sending to House
Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
Senate passes bill to subsidize U.S.-made semiconductor chips
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Trump's Jan. 6th National Guard Lie Crumbles  —  Christopher Miller, Trump's acting defense secretary, gave a different story under oath than he did to Sean Hannity.  —  One of the biggest lies that former President Trump and his allies have perpetuated about January 6th is that Trump ordered the National Guard to secure the Capitol.
Congressman Hank Johnson:
Rep. Johnson Introduces Supreme Court Justice Term Limit Measure to Restore Balance, Legitimacy for SCOTUS  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an effort to restore legitimacy and independence to the nation's highest court, today Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) introduced the Supreme Court Tenure Establishment …
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Zachary Blackburn / The GW Hatchet:   Clarence Thomas won't teach GW Law seminar
Olivia Olander / Politico:
Justice Thomas no longer listed as GWU faculty after Roe backlash
Discussion: Fox News
Fortesa Latifi / Teen Vogue:
Matt Gaetz Body-Shamed a Teen — Who Then Launched a Fundraiser for Abortion Rights  —  Olivia Julianna has raised over $230,000 for abortion funds.  —  According to Rep. Matt Gaetz, body-shaming a teenager to his 1.4 million Twitter followers is behavior befitting a congressman.
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Mychael Schnell / The Hill:
Gaetz among 20 House Republicans who voted against anti-human trafficking bill
Discussion: Bloomberg
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 Percentage Point  —  The central bank acknowledged indicators of spending and output had softened, but said further rate rises are likely  —  How the Federal Reserve Fell Behind on Inflation … WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve continued a sprint to reverse …
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
Politico: White House in full arm-twisting Chip Diller media campaign on economy
Discussion: Politico, National Review, The Lid and CNBC
Ben White / Politico:
White House braces for grim news on economy
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
DeSantis spokeswoman Christina Pushaw makes sure reporters feel the burn  —  Known for her aggressive Twitter comments and brusque treatment of the media, the Florida governor's press secretary has used taunts to solidify a tough image  —  When Florida Republicans held their annual conference last week …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Without Media Accountability, Republicans Will Govern Like a One-Party State  —  Last week, the Florida Republican Party held its annual Sunshine Summit, which was marked by a new policy: The mainstream media was not permitted to cover the event.  Instead, the only “news” would be transmitted through conservative-approved sources.
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
Californians and other Americans are flooding Mexico City.  Some locals want them to go home  —  Fernando Bustos Gorozpe was sitting with friends in a cafe here when he realized that — once again — they were outnumbered.  —  “We're the only brown people,” said Bustos, a 38-year-old writer and university professor.
Discussion: Twitchy
New York Times:
F.T.C. Sues to Block Meta Virtual Reality Deal as It Confronts Big Tech  —  The move is a potential blow to Meta's metaverse efforts and signals a shift in how the Federal Trade Commission is approaching tech deals.  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday filed …
Brian Flood / Fox News:
Turning Point USA issues cease and desist to ABC News over ‘defamatory statements’ on ‘The View’  —  Turning Point USA objects to comments made by Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg  —  TPUSA Summit puts focus on stopping the ‘educational cartel’: Turning Point USA founder
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Politico:
House Dems berate campaign arm over ‘very dangerous’ GOP primary scheme  —  A growing number of House Democrats are seething at their own campaign arm for meddling in a GOP primary to promote a pro-Trump election conspiracy theorist — after months of warning that such candidates were a threat to democracy.
Norman Lear / New York Times:
What Archie Bunker Would Have Thought of Donald Trump and Jan. 6  —  Well, I made it.  I am 100 years old today.  I wake up every morning grateful to be alive.  —  Reaching my own personal centennial is cause for a bit of reflection on my first century — and on what the next century will bring for the people and country I love.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / CNN:
Fearing a wipeout, Democrats try to unify around a simple midterm message: Republicans are ‘extremists’  —  Washington (CNN)Seized by genuine panic about the prospect of Republicans winning control of Congress and governors' mansions across the country, multiple Democratic leaders and candidates …
Jeremiah Poff / Washington Examiner:
Twenty-two states sue Biden administration over transgender rule for school lunch program  —  Twenty-two states sued the Biden administration for requiring states participating in the federal school lunch program to include gender identity and sexual orientation as protected under the definition of “sex” in Title IX .
The Daily Beast:
Dr. Oz's Turkish Nationalist Pals Living in His Secret N.J. Condo  —  Dr. Oz failed to report his ownership of a Garden State apartment, home to friends tied to groups involved in Armenian genocide denial. … Dr. Mehmet Oz owns an undisclosed apartment in New Jersey that houses close associates …
Andrea Kesack / PennLive:
Doug Mastriano is unfit for office  —  When you think of distinguished leaders from Pennsylvania, you think of Benjamin Franklin, William Penn, and Gouverneur Morris, to name a few.  It would be a tragedy if State Sen. Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor, were to succeed them.
Discussion: Raw Story
Orlando Sentinel:
Dark power: How FPL, other utilities neutralize opponents, grow profits  —  The CEO of the biggest power company in the U.S. had a problem.  A Democratic state senator was proposing a law that could cut into Florida Power & Light's profits.  Landlords would be able to sell cheap rooftop solar power directly …
Discussion: Florida Times Union and Gizmodo
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement  —  Recent indicators of spending and production have softened.  Nonetheless, job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low.  Inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic …
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Trump Just Told Us His Masterplan  —  Yesterday, an ex-president who had tried to overturn a democratic election by violence returned to Washington, D.C., to call for law and order.  Again and again, the speech reversed reality.  The ex-president who had spread an actual big lie …
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott Wong / NBC News:
Pelosi has invited senior lawmakers to join Taiwan trip, top Republican says  —  Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee, said Pelosi extended invites to him and committee Chair Gregory Meeks.  McCaul had to decline.  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Political Wire
Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press:
Japanese city alarmed by biting, clawing, attacking monkeys  —  TOKYO (AP) — People in a southwestern Japanese city have come under attack from monkeys that are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into nursery schools.  —  The attacks — on 58 people since July 8 …
Donald Moynihan / Slate:
Trump Got Burned by a Major Mistake in His First Term.  He Won't Make It Again.  —  There's a reason authoritarians target the bureaucracy.  Once they have it under their control, they are better able to stifle dissent and criticism, reward friends and punish enemies, using the levers of government to maintain power.
Daniel Desrochers / Kansas City Star:
Eric Greitens' lost chapter: Inside his disappearance from public life before Senate run  —  Around 20 minutes before Eric Greitens officially became the former governor of Missouri, he put out a 1,485 word list of his gubernatorial accomplishments.  —  It served as a resume of sorts …
Discussion: April 16
 
 
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