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Arizona Supreme Court rules that a near-total abortion ban from 1864 is enforceable — The bombshell decision adds the state to the growing lists of places where abortion care is effectively banned. — PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban still …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden allies tie Arizona abortion ruling to Trump: ‘This is what leaving it to the states looks like’ — Biden campaign aides and allies on Tuesday wasted little time tying an Arizona court ruling effectively outlawing abortion in the state directly to former President Donald Trump and his call …
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Ray Stern / Arizona Republic:
Abortion in Arizona set to be illegal in nearly all circumstances, state high court rules — The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a 160-year-old abortion ban that could shutter abortion clinics in the state. — The ruling indicated the ban can only be “prospectively enforced” and enforcement of the law is stayed for 14 days.
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on Arizona Supreme Court Decision to Uphold Abortion Ban from 1864 — Millions of Arizonans will soon live under an even more extreme and dangerous abortion ban, which fails to protect women even when their health is at risk or in tragic cases of rape or incest.
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Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Kamala Harris to head to Arizona just days after court upholds harsh anti-abortion law
Kamala Harris to head to Arizona just days after court upholds harsh anti-abortion law
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Don't fall for Trump's new abortion position claims
Don't fall for Trump's new abortion position claims
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Evangelicals won't be bothered by Trump's abortion gambit — they know he's lying
Evangelicals won't be bothered by Trump's abortion gambit — they know he's lying
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Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump loses bid to delay hush money trial pending gag order appeal — Donald Trump on Tuesday lost his second last-ditch bid in as many days to delay his April 15 trial on criminal charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star. — The former U.S. president's lawyers argued at a hearing …
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Associated Press:
Donald Trump's lawyers ask appeals court to lift gag order in hush money criminal case — NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's lawyers asked a New York appeals court Tuesday to delay his hush-money criminal trial while they fight to lift the former president's gag order, just days before the trial is scheduled to start.
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New York Times:
The Inside Story of Alvin Bragg's Case Against Trump … Reporters vied for seats in the briefing room, some even crouching on the floor. They all knew, on this Tuesday in early April 2023, that Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, was about to announce something momentous …
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New York Times:
Trump's Attempt to Delay Trial Is Denied by Appeals Court Judge
Trump's Attempt to Delay Trial Is Denied by Appeals Court Judge
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Ella Lee / The Hill:
Trump hush money jurors will be asked about QAnon, not political affiliation
Trump hush money jurors will be asked about QAnon, not political affiliation
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump is just days from his first criminal trial after latest legal gambit fails
Trump is just days from his first criminal trial after latest legal gambit fails
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Uri Berliner / The Free Press:
I've Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here's How We Lost America's Trust. — Uri Berliner, a veteran at the public radio institution, says the network lost its way when it started telling listeners how to think. — You know the stereotype of the NPR listener: an EV-driving, Wordle-playing, tote bag-carrying coastal elite.
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Ed White / Associated Press:
Michigan school shooter's parents sentenced to at least 10 years in prison — The parents of a Michigan school shooter have been sentenced to at least 10 years for failing to prevent the killing of four students in 2021. Jennifer and James Crumbley are the first parents convicted in a U.S. mass school shooting.
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Parents of Michigan school shooter sentenced to 10-15 years in prison — The parents of convicted Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley were each sentenced Tuesday to 10-15 years in prison for their role in the deaths of four high school students in 2021. — James and Jennifer Crumbley …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Ken Buck knocks ‘Moscow Marjorie’ Taylor Greene — Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) took shots at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) Monday, attacking his former GOP colleague as “Moscow Marjorie.” — The jab comes after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) called Greene a …
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman Fined $1.25M for ‘Depraved’ Robocall Scheme — ‘HELD ACCOUNTABLE’ — They were found liable in March 2023 for “transmitting false and threatening messages intended to discourage voting” by Black New Yorkers. — Notorious conspiracy theorists Jacob Wohl …
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Ron Filipkowski / MeidasTouch:
MAGA Operatives Ordered to Pay $1.25M for Scheme Targeting Black Voters
MAGA Operatives Ordered to Pay $1.25M for Scheme Targeting Black Voters
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Ben Terris / Washington Post:
The deeply silly, extremely serious rise of ‘Alpha Male’ Nick Adams — Meet the Trump-backed raconteur who is teaching America's young men the art of being hard to deal with — Nick Adams was speaking to the men in the room. — “Never apologize,” he said. “Never mask up.
Politico:
How Senate Dems plan to quickly ‘dispose’ of Mayorkas trial — Sen. Debbie Stabenow, the No. 3 Democrat, said the party will move to dismiss the articles of impeachment on Thursday.
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Georgina Rannard / BBC:
European court rules human rights violated by climate inaction — A group of older Swiss women have won the first ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights. — The women, mostly in their 70s, said that their age and gender made them particularly vulnerable to the effects of heatwaves linked to climate change.
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New York Times:
As Kushner's Investment Firm Steps Out, the Potential Conflicts Are Growing — Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners has invested more than $1.2 billion, much of it in firms abroad, drawing new scrutiny as his father-in-law, Donald Trump, again seeks the presidency.
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Becca Savransky / ProPublica:
The Influential Conservative Group Making it Harder for Idaho Districts to Fix Their Schools — The Idaho Freedom Foundation has gone beyond the education culture wars by targeting local bond and levy elections, which districts rely on heavily to build and repair schools. — Co-published with Idaho Statesman
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US Department of Justice:
Idaho Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS — For Immediate Release — Alexander Scott Mercurio, 18, of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, was arrested Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Coeur d'Alene for attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
TV Networks to Urge Biden and Trump to Debate, Wading Into a Fraught Topic — Speculation has swirled in the political world about whether the presumptive candidates will agree to the traditional face-to-face events, a campaign staple since 1976. — In an unusual move …
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Jonathan Watts / The Guardian:
Tenth consecutive monthly heat record alarms and confounds climate scientists — If the anomaly does not stabilise by August, ‘the world will be in uncharted territory’, says climate expert — Another month, another global heat record that has left climate scientists scratching their heads …
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Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
Trump says Jews who vote for Biden do ‘not love Israel’ and ‘should be spoken to’ — The presumptive Republican presidential nominee repeated an antisemitic trope he has pushed suggesting American Jews have dual loyalties to the U.S. and Israel. — Former President Donald Trump on Monday …
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NBC News:
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass pitches Rep. Barbara Lee to be the next U.S. Housing secretary — The White House is looking at several candidates to head the Department of Housing and Urban Development but no final decision has been made, an administration official said.
Bob Lord / Mother Jones:
Who Wants to Be a Trillionaire? — Don't laugh. That's exactly where America's oligarchic policies are taking us. — Forbes' annual list of the 400 richest Americans debuted in 1982 with shipping magnate Daniel Ludwig in the top slot. Ludwig's wealth, the magazine reported, was $2 billion (about $6.3 billion in today's dollars).