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Washington Post:
Leaker of U.S. secret documents worked on military base, friend says  —  The man behind a massive leak of U.S. government secrets that has exposed spying on allies, revealed the grim prospects for Ukraine's war with Russia and ignited diplomatic fires for the White House is a young …
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New York Times:
New Leaked Documents Show Broad Infighting Among Russian Officials  —  The additional documents also suggest the breach of American intelligence agencies could contain far more material than previously believed.  —  The depth of the infighting inside the Russian government appears broader …
Discussion: The Guardian, Al Jazeera and CNN
CNN:
Pentagon leak leads to limits on who gets access to military's top secrets  —  The Pentagon has begun to limit who across the government receives its highly classified daily intelligence briefs following a major leak of classified information discovered last week.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Feinstein, Under Pressure to Resign, Asks to Step Down From Judiciary Panel  —  The 89-year-old California Democrat, who has been absent from the Senate for more than a month after being diagnosed with shingles, said she would seek a temporary replacement on the powerful committee.
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Punchbowl News:
4/13/23 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM  —  There are a few behind-the-scenes developments happening on the debt limit that we want to share with you. … The legislation would lift the debt limit until May 2024.  Leadership is considering either a cap on non-defense discretionary spending …
Politico:
Feinstein's condition sparks concern she won't return to the Senate  —  People in touch with the veteran Democratic senator say her shingles diagnosis has taken a heavy toll.  —  After Dianne Feinstein announced she'd contracted the shingles in early March, her staff said she planned to return to the Senate within a matter of weeks.
Washington Post:
Bill Barr's next act
Discussion: The Hill
Steve Clemons / Semafor:   Principals  —  with Steve Clemons  —  Some Democrats are calling for Senator Dianne Feinstein …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Democrats raise alarms as Feinstein's absence stalls Biden's judicial picks
New York Times:
Judge Imposes Sanction on Fox for Withholding Evidence in Defamation Case  —  Judge Eric Davis also said an investigation was likely into Fox's handling of documents and whether it had withheld details about Rupert Murdoch's corporate role.  —  The judge overseeing Dominion Voting Systems' lawsuit …
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NBC News:
Fox News sanctioned for withholding evidence in Dominion defamation case
Dylan Byers / Puck:
Rupert's Headline Risk
New York Times:
Trump to Face Questioning Thursday in N.Y. Attorney General's Lawsuit  —  Letitia James, the attorney general, has sued Donald J. Trump and three of his children, accusing them of a “staggering” fraud.  —  Donald J. Trump is set to be questioned under oath on Thursday in a civil fraud lawsuit brought …
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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Trump steps into center of youth-led “Tennessee Three” backlash  —  Former President Trump will travel this week to Nashville, the epicenter of a growing youth-led backlash over the Tennessee House's expulsion of two Black Democratic state lawmakers for joining protests against gun violence.
Discussion: Politico, Semafor and CBS News
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Democracy Docket:
Schumer and Warnock Call On DOJ To Investigate Tennessee Expulsions
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Tucker Carlson Might Have Just Delivered His Most Racist Fox News Rant Yet
Associated Press:
Appeals court preserves partial access to abortion pill, but with tighter rules  —  A federal appeals court preserved access to the abortion pill mifepristone for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the drug can be used and said it could not be dispensed by mail.
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Politico:
Appeals court keeps abortion pill on the market but sharply limits access
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
‘Such An Idiot’: Nicolle Wallace Bursts Out Laughing Over Trump Comment On Fox News  —  The MSNBC anchor took aim at the former president's embrace of authoritarian leaders.  —  MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace laughed in disbelief after showing viewers an excerpt from Donald Trump's recent interview …
Discussion: Raw Story, Yahoo News, ABC News and Mediaite
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Dramatic realignment swings working-class districts toward GOP  —  Nine of the top 10 wealthiest congressional districts are represented by Democrats, while Republicans now represent most of the poorer half of the country, according to median income data provided by Rep. Marcy Kaptur's (D-Ohio) office.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and al.com
Amanda Carpenter / Bulwark+:
Tim Scott Looks at Joe Biden and Thinks Civil War  —  SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT, one of those affable Republicans often touted as “the future” of an optimistic, inclusive GOP, carefully selected the timing and location for the announcement of his exploratory committee for his party's 2024 presidential nomination.
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Associated Press:
Biden expanding migrant access to government-funded health plans, officials say  —  President Joe Biden is set to announce that his administration is expanding eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act's health insurance exchanges to hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Charles Gaba / ACA Signups:
Biden Admin to announce up to ~580K DACA recipients to become eligible for ACA coverage!
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Matt Dixon / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis' team tries to stop Florida Republicans from endorsing Trump  —  The governor's team has reached out to at least six Florida congressional Republicans over the past week, trying to stop the bleeding.  —  Gov. Ron DeSantis' political operation has started calling Republican members …
Ben Giles / NPR:
The Arizona House expels a Republican lawmaker for her role in baseless testimony  —  PHOENIX — An Arizona Republican legislator has been expelled from the state House of Representatives for inviting a witness to present false charges about lawmakers and other state officials — and then …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Biden's pick for Labor looking doubtful  —  President Biden's nomination of Julie Su as Labor secretary is in serious danger, as Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has told the Biden administration he has deep reservations about her, according to people familiar with the situation.
Discussion: RedState and Reuters
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
Trump accidentally admits Michael Cohen told the truth in his new lawsuit: Legal expert  —  Former President Donald Trump is launching a $500 million lawsuit against his former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen, alleging that he violated attorney-client privilege when he issued a tell-all book …
Maggie Tokuda-Hall / Pretty Ok Maggie:
Scholastic, and a Faustian Bargain  —  Recently, I got an email with an offer from Scholastic's Educational Division to license Love in the Library for an AANHPI narratives collection, I was thrilled.  If you've been in kids' books for more than ten minutes then you are aware of the staggering reach of Scholastic.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Record Party Gap on Environment-Economic Growth Tradeoff  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Though Democrats and Republicans have long come down on different sides when considering the tradeoffs between economic growth and environmental protection, the gap between the parties has never been larger.
Discussion: The Hill
Andrew Sullender / Springfield News-Leader:
Sen. Mike Moon reiterates support for 12-year-old's right to marry in Missouri  —  During debate Tuesday on a bill banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors, Missouri State Senator Mike Moon suggested children as young as 12 should have the right to marry with parental permission.
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
Man with schizophrenia was left naked in jail cell for weeks before death, video shows  —  Joshua McLemore died of malnutrition after 20 days in windowless Indiana jail cell with no medical treatment  —  New surveillance video from inside an Indiana jail shows how a 29-year-old man who died …
Discussion: HuffPost
Axios:
Josh Green's new book on the populist left  —  Josh Green of Bloomberg Businessweek will be out Jan. 9 with “The Rebels,” a book about the populism on the left that was galvanized by the 2007-08 financial crisis. … - “The Rebels,” he says, is “about the rise of left-wing populism …
 
 
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Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
McCarthy, Scalise, cash transfers fuel House GOP campaign arm fundraising haul
Discussion: Axios
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Former Trump AG Bill Barr joins new business lobbying group that aims to target Biden regulations
Discussion: Axios
The Post Millennial:
BREAKING: Video shows reinstated TN State Rep Justin Jones stopping cars and assaulting drivers in summer of 2020
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's new stunt reveals the folly of ‘governing by Fox News’
Discussion: Raw Story
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Jeffries raises $33.4 million in first quarter as top House Dem
Associated Press:
Seoul: North Korea launches ballistic missile toward sea
Wall Street Journal:
Biden's EPA Remakes the Auto Industry
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Sara Fischer / Axios:
PBS stops tweeting after Musk adds “government-funded” label
Feliz Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
Myanmar Military's Attack Leaves Village in Ruins, Strewn With Charred Human Remains
The Mirror:
Tory politician claims all white men should have black slaves in racist outburst
Discussion: Metro.co.uk
Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Trump-Nominated Judge Who Issued Radical Abortion Pill Ruling Cited An Absurd ‘Study’
Robert Burns / The Space Coast Rocket:
Randy Fine's wife performs in burlesque in sexually charged fundraiser for children, alongside the Rainbow Circus
New York Times:
Witnesses Asked About Trump's Handling of Map With Classified Information
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org