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Senate to hold key test vote on Ukraine aid, Israel funding and TikTok ban — The package of foreign aid and legislation that would provide a pathway to banning TikTok in the U.S. is expected to be signed into law by President Joe Biden in the coming days. — WASHINGTON — The Senate …
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Next Ukraine package to be larger than normal, include armored vehicles
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Patrick Svitek / Washington Post:
Trump continues his reversal on TikTok, accusing Biden of wanting to ban it
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Ashley Strickland / CNN:
Voyager 1 is sending data back to Earth for the first time in 5 months — For the first time in five months, NASA engineers have received decipherable data from Voyager 1 after crafting a creative solution to fix a communication problem aboard humanity's most distant spacecraft in the cosmos.
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Naomi Hartono / NASA Blogs:
NASA's Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth — For the first time since November, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its onboard engineering systems. The next step is to enable the spacecraft to begin returning science data again.
Politico:
Johnson weighs earmarks tweaks — With assists from POLITICO's Congress team — HOUSE LEADERS MULL GROUND RULES FOR PET PROJECTS — Speaker Mike Johnson is navigating another demand from conservatives that has flown more under the radar: Changing the rules on earmarks.
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The winner of this Congress? Joe Biden
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Washington Post:
House Republican infighting getting worse after foreign aid vote
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Elaina Plott Calabro / The Atlantic:
The Accidental Speaker — This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
‘Plasmic Echo’ was FBI code name for Trump classified documents probe — The FBI's code name for its investigation into former President Trump's handling of classified documents was “Plasmic Echo,” according to court filings published Monday. — The name was listed in unredacted court …
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Axios:
How Republicans castrated themselves … - Letting any member call a vote on removing the speaker. … - Surrendering authority of the Rules Committee, which sets the terms for how legislation will be handled during votes.
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Anthony Robledo / USA Today:
Minnesota Sen. Nicole Mitchell arrested on suspicion of burglary after being found in home — Mitchell, a Democrat, was arrested after being found inside a home in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, police say. She was booked into Becker County jail on a burglary charge.
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Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Minnesota State Senator Nicole Mitchell Arrested On Suspicion Of Burglary
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Norman L. Eisen / Just Security:
Why Trump Will Likely be Held in Contempt and What Then — Trial in The People of the State of New York vs. Donald J. Trump, the first-ever criminal prosecution of a former U.S. president, began on Monday, April 15. Although the trial is still in its early stages, Trump has already run …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Greene faces uphill battle to oust Johnson — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is escalating her threat to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power, but she faces a steep climb if she hopes to achieve that goal. — Not only has the Speaker recently received a glowing review …
New York Times:
Trump Calls for More Protests Outside Trial: ‘Rally Behind MAGA’ — With support from demonstrators in Lower Manhattan spotty so far, Donald Trump issued a call to “rally behind MAGA,” and suggested the poor turnout was a result of a plot against his supporters.
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
US agency poised to ban worker ‘noncompete’ agreements — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected on Tuesday to approve a rule that would ban agreements commonly signed by workers not to join their employers' competitors, which it says limit worker mobility and suppress their pay.
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Inside the Off-the-Record Calls Held by Anti-Trump Legal Pundits — Some of the country's most prominent legal commentators are holding off-the-record sessions to hash out the latest twists and turns in Donald Trump's legal saga. — As the Jan. 6 committee was working on its bombshell investigation …
Politico:
Republicans are starting to worry about RFK Jr. — Even Donald Trump acknowledged Monday that the independent candidate “probably hurts both” Biden and him. — Republicans are waking up to the reality that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could sink their standard-bearer just as easily …
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Jake Lahut / The Daily Beast:
Melania Quietly Emerges From the Shadows—at a Sparse Event for Log Cabin Republicans — BACK IN BLACK — Melania Trump's return to the campaign trail is just beginning. But it was notable that she chose a small gathering for Log Cabin Republicans for her first solo event.
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Bloomberg:
Biden's New Chopper Is Demoted After Scorching White House Lawn — New presidential helicopters delayed under $5 billion program — Marine One helicopter is iconic symbol of American president … The VH-92 Patriot is landing only on paved runways for now, flying missions …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Takes Aim at Chinese Banks Aiding Russia War Effort — Washington says Beijing's dual-use trade has helped Moscow rebuild its war machine — The U.S. is drafting sanctions that threaten to cut some Chinese banks off from the global financial system, arming Washington's top envoy …
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David Rutz / Fox News:
Michael Avenatti defends Trump as ‘victim of the system’ in hush money case, says he's being targeted — 'What is happening to Trump right now is wrong, and it's outrageous,' says Avenatti, a former staunch Trump foe now in prison — EXCLUSIVE- Michael Avenatti, the one-time …
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New York Times:
Live Updates: Jurors in Trump Criminal Case Told That He Lied ‘Over and Over and Over’
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Politico:
Xavier Becerra plots political future after Biden administration — The Health and Human Services secretary is making moves to run again in California. Maybe even too many moves. — Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra's plans to leave the Biden administration and run …
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