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9:25 AM ET, April 11, 2024

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Jeremy Duda / Axios:
Arizona Republicans block attempt to repeal abortion ban … - “We've got the eyes of the world watching the state of Arizona,” state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D-Tucson), who sponsored the repeal, said in a floor speech Wednesday. … He was the lone House Republican to support the repeal effort.
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
Arizona Republicans Thwart Attempts to Repeal 1864 Abortion Ban  —  Democrats in both houses of the Legislature were blocked from advancing bills to roll back a reinstated 160-year-old ban on nearly all abortions in the state.  —  A decision by Arizona's highest court upholding an 1864 ban …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
Arizona Republicans condemn their own abortion policy  —  On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court issued a bombshell decision banning virtually all abortions in the state.  The majority found that since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a near-total ban from 1864 — before Arizona was a state — was back in effect.
Dani Anguiano / The Guardian:
‘Shame!  Shame!’:  Arizona Republican leaders block effort to repeal abortion ban  —  Democrats stymied after state supreme court rules that 1864 law with no exceptions for rape or incest can go into effect  —  Arizona's state Republican leadership halted an effort by Democrats on Wednesday …
Laurie Roberts / Arizona Republic:
Abortion ruling is a full-on disaster for Arizona Republicans  —  Opinion: With the return of an 1864 abortion ban, Republicans now face a five-alarm fire that could consume their grip on Arizona.  If you are Trump or Kari Lake, you are freaking out right now.
Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
Trump can't escape the firestorm over abortion rights — just like Joe Biden hoped
Luc Cohen / Reuters:
Trump loses third bid this week to delay hush money trial  —  A New York appeals judge on Wednesday denied Donald Trump's third last-ditch attempt this week to delay his April 15 criminal trial on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, paving the way for the first-ever trial of a former U.S. president.
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Shayna Jacobs / Washington Post:
Trump fails to delay N.Y. criminal trial for a third time this week  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump's attorneys failed to persuade an appeals court judge on Wednesday to delay the former president's New York criminal trial, scheduled to begin next week, by saying the presiding judge was not qualified to oversee the proceedings.
April Rubin / Axios:
U.S. voters take Trump's hush money charges seriously: Poll
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
GOP Reps Have a Familiar Strategy for Trump Trial: What About Hunter Biden?
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Biden Administration Approves Expansion of Background Checks on Gun Sales  —  The new rule, which is likely to face legal challenges, is an attempt to regulate a fast-growing shadow market of weapons that has fueled gun violence.  —  The Biden administration has approved the broadest expansion …
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Richard Luscombe / The Guardian:
US will require background checks for gun shows and online firearm sales  —  ‘Historic’ action by justice department closes ‘doggone dangerous’ loophole in Biden administration's fight against gun violence  —  The sale of firearms on the internet and at gun shows in the US will in future …
Discussion: UPI and Kentucky Lantern
Politico:
Playbook: Why Trump is Johnson's best friend right now  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JUST POSTED — “Matt Gaetz Is Winning,” by The Atlantic's Elaine Godfrey: Rep. MATT GAETZ (R-Fla.) “is a creature of our time: versed in the art …
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Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:   Matt Gaetz Is Winning
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
McCarthy says Gaetz ousted him to stop ethics complaint over sex scandal
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Florida 2024 Poll: Plurality Plan to Vote “Yes” on Abortion Protection Ballot Measure  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey in Florida finds 42% of voters plan to vote yes on the November ballot measure that will provide a constitutional right to abortion before fetal viability, 32% are unsure, and 25% will vote no.
Discussion: Florida Politics
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Dan Hopkins / ABC News:
The less you vote, the more you back Trump
Discussion: Reason and New Republic
Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Before He Died in Prison, Aleksei Navalny Wrote a Memoir.  It's Coming This Fall.  —  In the book, Navalny tells his story in his own words, chronicling his life, his rise as an opposition leader, and the attempts on his life.  —  During the years leading up to his death in a Russian prison …
BBC:
Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud  —  Truong My Lan is accused of looting one of Vietnam's largest banks over a period of 11 years  —  It was the most spectacular trial ever held in Vietnam, befitting one of the greatest bank frauds the world has ever seen.
US Department of Justice:
Alabama Man Charged with Detonating an Explosive Device Outside of Alabama Attorney General's Office  —  For Immediate Release  —  An Alabama man was indicted for his alleged role in detonating an explosive device in downtown Montgomery, Alabama.  —  On April 10, law enforcement arrested …
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump Media director accused of ‘hacking’ files in attempted corporate ‘coup’: Lawsuit … This photo illustration shows an image of former President Donald Trump next to a phone screen that is displaying the Truth Social app, in Washington, DC, on February 21, 2022.
Discussion: MSNBC, The Verge, Wired and New York Times
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Police Report: Trump County Chair Threatened To Rape Boss's Wife, Then Kill Him  —  Jonathan Stone, a former New Hampshire police officer, has been a part of Trump's campaign since 2016, when he gave Trump an inscribed AR-15 assault rifle.  —  LOADING  —  One of Donald Trump's county campaign chairs …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Bolton says he will write in Dick Cheney for president again this year  —  Former national security adviser John Bolton revealed he will write in former Vice President Dick Cheney for president in November — for the second time.  —  “Well, I might as well say it now.
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and HuffPost
Wall Street Journal:
Biden Loses Support Among Black Men, WSJ Poll Finds  —  New survey of seven battleground states also shows some Black women are weighing other options
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Politico:
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Try to Convince Supreme Court He'd Never Order Hit on Rival
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