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5:00 AM ET, April 22, 2023

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NBC News:
Supreme Court allows abortion pill to stay on the market for now  —  The Justice Department and Danco Laboratories, which makes the brand version of mifepristone, Mifeprex, had asked the court to step in immediately.  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will allow the most commonly used abortion pill …
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Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Both Sides in Abortion Debate Vow to Keep Fighting  —  The order halts a sweeping ruling by a federal judge in Texas as an appeal moves forward in a case that could have profound implications for abortion access and the F.D.A.'s regulatory authority.  —  Here's what you need to know about the abortion ruling.
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Supreme Court maintains FDA approval of abortion pill, preserving access for now
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court protects access to abortion pill
New York Times:
Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known  —  A Discord user matching the profile of Jack Teixeira distributed intelligence to a larger chat group, days after the beginning of the Ukraine war.  —  The Air National Guardsman accused …
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Washington Post:
FBI leak investigators home in on members of private Discord server  —  Investigators have spoken to online friends of alleged leaker Jack Teixeira, who hung out and viewed secret documents in a gaming chatroom  —  The FBI has been interviewing members of a private Discord server …
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
SpaceX didn't want to blow up its launchpad.  It may have done just that.  —  Videos show a war-like barrage of shrapnel blasting away from the launch site into nearby beaches, wetlands and at least one car  —  Big rockets emit tremendous amounts of energy — and none more than SpaceX's Starship …
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Livia Albeck-Ripka / New York Times:
SpaceX's Starship Kicked Up a Dust Cloud, Leaving Texans With a Mess  —  Residents of Port Isabel said that their city was covered in grime following SpaceX's rocket launch on Thursday.  The city said there was no “immediate concern for people's health.”  —  As the most powerful rocket …
Matt Binder / Mashable:
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to ‘Block the Blue’ paid checkmarks  —  After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.  —  On Thursday, April 20, Elon Musk made a rare move: He delivered on a promise.
Jason Easley / PoliticusUSA:
Jim Jordan Just Got Busted With Evidence Of His Hunter Biden Lies  —  Jim Jordan and House Judiciary Republicans got caught editing witness interviews to smear the Sec. of State and push their Hunter Biden laptop scandal.  —  Here is what Rep. Jordan's House Judiciary Republicans tweeted.
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CNN:
Details about multimillion-dollar stock holding concealed in abortion pill judge's financial disclosures  —  The federal judge who issued a nationwide ruling blocking the approval of a common abortion medication redacted key information on his legally mandated financial disclosures …
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:   Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk's financial reports include an unusual redaction
John Poulos / New York Times:
Dominion's C.E.O.: We Settled the Lawsuit Against Fox News, but We're Not Done Yet  —  Vindication.  Shame.  Triumph.  Tragedy.  Surrender.  These are a few of the characterizations I've heard following our recent settlement with Fox News in our historic defamation case against the network …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Eric Daugherty / Florida's Voice:
Trump campaign releases lengthy statement trashing Florida: ‘Misery and despair’
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
'I don't think he cares about people': DeSantis struggles with former Hill colleagues
Washington Post:
Trump touts authoritarian vision for second term: ‘I am your justice’
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Retired Navy Officer Takes on Florida's Book-Ban ‘Fascism’  —  “I didn't sacrifice 21 years of my life to stand idly by while religious fanatics and other fanatics try to impose fascism on my country.”  —  A retired Navy officer who was aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt …
Jon Springer / Ad Age:
Bud Light's marketing leadership undergoes shakeup after Dylan Mulvaney controversy  —  Alissa Heinerscheid, who has led the brand since June, takes leave of absence and is replaced by Budweiser global marketing VP Todd Allen  —  Anheuser-Busch InBev has changed marketing leadership …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
The Debt Ceiling Debate Is About More Than Debt  —  Republicans' opening bid to avert economic catastrophe by raising the nation's borrowing limit focuses more on energy policy than reducing debt.  —  WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California has repeatedly said that he and his …
Discussion: Daily Kos and CNN
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Jake Sheridan / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police investigating officers' response to mob attack in Loop after witness says police declined to help  —  Large groups of youths gather in downtown Chicago, April 15, 2023.  Two teens were shot in the area during the evening.  (Network Video Productions)
Discussion: The Daily Signal, Breitbart and WGN-TV
John Paul Schmidt / KOLR:
Springfield man charged with demanding meat at gunpoint  —  REPUBLIC, Mo. — On April 18, Republic Police Department officers were called to a Price Cutter to respond to a call about a robbery in which a man held an employee at gunpoint so that he would be served meat.
Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
Birth Control Is Next  —  At first glance, what's happening right now in Iowa looks like a rosy vision for the future of reproductive rights.  —  The Republican-controlled state Senate recently passed a bill that would increase access to certain types of contraception by allowing pharmacists …
US Department of Justice:
Two Men Sentenced for Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Plot to Attack Power Grids in the United States  —  Domestic Terrorism Plot was in Furtherance of White Supremacy  —  Two men were sentenced in federal court today to crimes related to a scheme to attack power grids in the United States in furtherance white supremacy.
Discussion: Raw Story and WCMH-TV
CNN:
Ex-Manhattan prosecutor set to testify before GOP-led House Judiciary Committee in May  —  The Manhattan District Attorney's Office and the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee have settled a court dispute where the prosecutor's office tried to block congressional testimony …
Discussion: Breitbart and Bloomberg.com
Associated Press:
Montana transgender lawmaker silenced: What to know  —  The latest high-profile example of state legislative leadership deciding who can be heard during statehouse debates is playing out in Montana where a transgender lawmaker was silenced by Republican leaders for a second day Friday.
Joseph Zeballos-Roig / Semafor:
Republicans end the week short on votes for their debt ceiling plan  —  Kevin McCarthy has his work cut out for him next week.  —  As of Friday afternoon, the House speaker still hadn't wrapped up enough votes to pass Republicans' party-line debt-ceiling bill, according to sources keeping tabs on the whip count.
Discussion: Fox News, DCCC and Washington Examiner
Emily Bloch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Florida students say they're walking out and teaching themselves banned history lessons to protest censorship and anti-LGBTQ laws in education  —  Some Florida students are opting to skip class for part of Friday, choosing to learn a banned history lesson instead.Hundreds of high school …
Anthony L. Fisher / The Daily Beast:
America's Tragedy Is Its Culture of Fear—Armed With Millions of Guns  —  “Patriotic” culture warriors are terrified of drag queens, “illegals,” and extremely rare vaccine injuries.  But tens of thousands of annual gun deaths—meh. … I've long avoided writing about anything related to guns …
Discussion: WGN-TV
ProPublica:
Senate Committee Probes Top Universities, Museums Over Failures to Repatriate Human Remains  —  U.S. senators want five institutions to explain why they continue to hold thousands of Native American remains and belongings, following reporting from ProPublica and NBC News.
Discussion: Wisconsin Examiner
US Department of Justice:
Texas Man Indicted on Federal Charges for Alleged Death Threats to U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters  —  For Immediate Release  —  U.S. Attorney's Office, Central District of California  —  LOS ANGELES - A federal grand jury today indicted a Houston man on federal charges for allegedly making …
Adam Gabbatt / The Guardian:
Rightwing extremists defeated by Democrats in US school board elections  —  Republican-backed culture warrior candidates fare poorly in Illinois and Wisconsin, offering hope to the left  —  Scores of rightwing extremists were defeated in school board elections in April …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Department of Defense riddled with ‘Three Percenters and Boogaloo guys’: report
Discussion: VICE
Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
Security Failures At TikTok's Virginia Data Centers: Unescorted Visitors, Mystery Flash Drives And Illicit Crypto Mining
CNN:
EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden lawyers to meet with Justice Department officials next week as scrutiny of investigation intensifies
Nancy Scola / Politico:
Washington's Angriest Progressive Is Winning Over Conservatives - and Baffling Old Allies
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Chief Justice John Roberts' Mockery of Stalking Victims Points to a Deeper Problem
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Steven Monacelli / The Texas Observer:
Abbott Aims to Pardon Racist Murderer Who Sent Explicit Texts to Apparent Minor
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans follow their new leader, Marjorie Taylor Greene
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
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Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
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Liam Scott / Columbia Journalism Review:
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