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2:42 AM ET, April 14, 2024

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Associated Press:
Iran's state-run news agency says Iran has fired ballistic missiles at targets inside Israel … Iran says it has launched ballistic missiles as part of its attack targeting Israel.  The state-run IRNA news agency quoted an anonymous official saying ballistic missiles were part of the attack.
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New York Times:
U.S. Intercepts Drones and Missiles Aimed at Israel, as Allies Pledge Support  —  Iran fired more than 300 drones and missiles at Israel overnight.  The U.S. military shot some of them down, but most were intercepted by Israel's military.  —  Here are the latest developments.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran launches unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel … - The specific targets were initially unclear.  — The Biden administration has vowed to help Israel counter the Iranian attack.  — Iranian officials had threatened to retaliate against Israel for an airstrike in Syria …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden returns to the White House as imminent Iranian attack on Israel is possible … - Israel Defense Forces' home front command announced a state of alert starting 4pm ET Saturday and added that all schools and education institutions will be closed Sunday — another sign of an imminent attack.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Biden told Bibi U.S. won't support an Israeli counterattack on Iran … - Iran launched attack drones and missiles against Israel on Saturday night local time in retaliation for an airstrike in Syria that killed a top Iranian general.  — “More than 200 drones …
New York Post:
Iran launches hundreds of suicide drones in ‘significant escalation’ against Israel  —  Iran has launched an attack against Israel using hundreds of suicide drones, the Jewish state has confirmed.  —  Axios journalist Barak Ravid, citing a senior Israeli official, reported that hundreds of drones were headed for Israel.
Jerusalem Post:
Iran attacks Israel: IDF warns that threat is ongoing, interceptions continue  —  Seven-year-old girl from Bedouin village seriously wounded in Iranian attack.  • US, Israel, UK, Jordan intercept Iranian projectiles  —  Sirens blared across Israel on Saturday night as hundreds of drones …
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten / Fox News:
Lawmakers send message to White House on impending Iran drone attack to Israel: ‘Stand firm’  —  Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., said that the White House must ‘stop coddling Iran’ and ‘stand firm’  —  Lawmakers reacted after Iran launched drones from its own territory toward Israel late Saturday …
Discussion: RedState
Reuters:
UN Security Council to meet Sunday on Iran attack after Israel request  —  The United Nations Security Council is set to meet on Sunday after Israel requested the council condemn Iran's attack on Israel and designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
White House says US support for Israel is ‘ironclad,’ will ‘support their defense’ amid Iran attack
Discussion: RedState
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden: U.S. and Israel were able to ‘take down nearly all’ Iranian drones and missiles
Maha El Dahan / Reuters:
Vessel seized in Strait of Hormuz amid Iran tensions, shipping firms say
Myah Ward / Politico:
Majority of voters think Trump committed ‘serious federal crimes,’ according to NYT poll  —  The new poll comes as jury selection will begin in Trump's New York trial on Monday.  —  A majority of voters believe former President Donald Trump has committed “serious federal crimes,” …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
A Closer Look at a Slight Shift in the Polls
Discussion: Axios
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Biden Shrinks Trump's Edge in Latest Times/Siena Poll
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Voters think the nation is going off rails — just not in their state
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Chris McGreal / The Guardian:
Republicans in swing state Wisconsin unenthused by Trump: ‘A bad candidate’  —  Fervent Trump supporters from last elections air doubts over abortion and the man himself in state where turnout will be key  —  Terri Burl has come full circle.  —  The local Republican party official …
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ABC News:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he has ruled out Libertarian run for president  —  This is a shift from his prior stance of keeping the door open.  —  Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attends a Cesar Chavez Day event at Union Station on March 30, 2024, in Los Angeles.
Michael Dunn:
The Myth of the Molly Maguires  —  The Day of the Rope  —  The Myth of the Molly Maguires became international news on June 21, 1877, when the authorities hanged ten Irish miners in a single day in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.  Known as Black Thursday, or Day of the Rope, it was the second largest mass execution in U.S. history.
Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to weigh if Jan. 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction  —  Defense lawyers say prosecutors improperly stretched the law by charging hundreds with obstruction of an official proceeding  —  In the aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, federal prosecutors …
 
 
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