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CBS News:
Trump trial live updates with Stormy Daniels expected to testify today  —  Stormy Daniels, the adult film star who received $130,000 in 2016 in exchange for her silence about an alleged sexual encounter with Donald Trump, is in New York and expects to be called to the stand to testify …
New York Times:
Jurors in Trump Trial Hear Witness Tie the President to the Payment  —  Before prosecutors began presenting crucial records, the judge held Donald J. Trump in contempt, saying his complaints about the jury were “a direct attack on the rule of law.”  —  After two weeks of enthralling jurors …
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Biden to condemn current antisemitism in Holocaust remembrance amid college protests and Gaza war  —  President Joe Biden is set to issue a forceful condemnation of antisemitism during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy …
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The White House:
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Ramps Up Actions to Counter Antisemitism on College Campuses and Protect Jewish Communities
Discussion: Axios, NBC News and UPI
Politico:
Inside the Johnson-MTG talks
Discussion: Raw Story
Hanna Trudo / The Hill:
Trump looks to cut off oxygen to RFK Jr.  —  Former President Trump is taking concrete steps to deprive Robert F. Kennedy Jr. of oxygen as they compete for a portion of the same voters.  —  Trump is going to the Libertarian Party national convention this month and criticized Kennedy …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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Geoff Duncan / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Why I'm voting for Biden and other Republicans should, too
The Hill:   Georgia Republican backs Biden, blasts those in party who ‘fall in line’ with Trump
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Trump on going to jail over gag order: 'I'll do that sacrifice'  —  The judge has threatened the former president with possible jail time, something Trump and his supporters think may bolster his campaign.  —  Donald Trump said he would rather risk imprisonment than comply with a gag order …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israelis frustrated with U.S. handling of hostage talks … - The U.S. official said “this is an extremely difficult process with negotiations conducted through intermediaries in Doha and Cairo.”  — He added that the U.S. believes Israel has engaged in the talks in good faith …
Jason Gewirtz / CNBC:
Abortion bans drive away up to half of young talent, new CNBC/Generation Lab youth survey finds … Young people are seen on the Emory University campus in Atlanta, Georgia on October 14, 2022.  —  The youngest generation of American workers is prepared to move away from states …
Ed Pilkington / The Guardian:
New York governor said Black kids in the Bronx do not know the word ‘computer’  —  Kathy Hochul made comment at California conference to showcase upstate AI center before apologizing on Monday night  —  The governor of New York, Kathy Hochul, has rapidly backtracked on remarks she made on Monday …
Politico:
Inside the increasingly ugly GOP fight over a Texas runoff  —  Tony Gonzales has made a lot of Republican enemies.  Party leadership is still defending him, against his opponent “The AK Guy” and his own conservative colleagues.  —  Rep. Tony Gonzales' centrist voting record and willingness …
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The right-wing uproar about Title IX  —  For the last 50 years, Title IX has had an extraordinary impact on the nature of higher education in the United States.  Passed in 1972 as an amendment to the Higher Education Act, Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination at any school that receives funding from the federal government.
Discussion: WFLA-TV, The Daily Wire and Fox News
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
House swears in New York Democrat, thinning GOP majority  —  Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-N.Y.) was sworn in on the House floor Monday, replacing the now-retired Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.) and leaving Republicans with just a one-vote margin for any partisan vote.  —  Kennedy, previously a state senator …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Aliaksandr Kudrytski / Bloomberg:
Ukraine Says It Arrested Two in Zelenskiy Assassination Plot  —  Ukrainian authorities said they foiled a plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other high-ranking officials, making the announcement on the day of Vladimir Putin's inauguration in Moscow.
USA Today:
Guilty?  By nearly 3-1, Americans predict a Trump conviction, though some see unfairness  —  Susan Page Rachel Barber Sudiksha KochiUSA TODAY  —  Guilty?  —  Americans by nearly 3-1 predict that former President Donald Trump will be convicted on all or some of the felony charges he faces …
Discussion: AllSides Balanced
The Daily Beast:
GOP Pays the Price for Booting Kevin McCarthy  —  HOUSE BROKE  —  Kevin McCarthy couldn't keep his job, but he could raise gobs of cash.  With the House majority on the line, his successor is struggling to keep up.  —  Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) failed at many things …
Discussion: Raw Story, Roll Call and RedState
Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:
Congresswoman battling brain disorder delivers House speech using a text-to-voice app  —  Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.), whose ability to speak, hear and move has been affected by a degenerative brain condition, uses assistive technology to help her navigate life on the Hill.
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Examiner
Noah Bierman / Los Angeles Times:
Young voters don't give Biden credit for passing the biggest climate bill in history  —  President Biden spent his Earth Day in a national forest this year with an explicit pitch to young people: a climate jobs corps intended to excite Gen Z the way John F. Kennedy's Peace Corps inspired their grandparents.
Meryl Kornfield / Washington Post:
Libertarians asked Trump to headline their convention — stirring anger  —  Some national committee members have called on the party to rescind the invitation to former president Donald Trump.  —  Some Libertarian Party leaders are fuming over the party's decision to have former president …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
Reuters:
Russia's Vladimir Putin sworn in as president for a fifth term  —  President Vladimir Putin was sworn in for a new six-year term on Tuesday at a Kremlin ceremony that was boycotted by the United States and a number of other Western countries due to Russia's war in Ukraine.
Lucas Ropek / Gizmodo:
Boeing Admits That Its Employees Falsified Aircraft Records for 787 Dreamliner  —  The airplane manufacturer is currently the subject of multiple separate probes.  —  In the latest disturbing twist to the Boeing saga, the company admitted to falsifying records related to the inspection of its 787 Dreamliner plane.
Alexander Ward / Politico:
Israel approved Rafah military operation and started striking Hamas targets  —  The decision by Israel's War Cabinet came hours after Hamas agreed to a cease-fire that Israel hadn't previously accepted.  —  Israel launched a volley of strikes in the Gazan city of Rafah and said it would …
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Associated Press:
Hamas announces it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal
Koh Ewe / TIME:
Ole Miss Student Kicked Out of Fraternity After Video Caught Racist Gestures Toward Protester  —  Video footage of a student making racist gestures, seemingly imitating a monkey, toward a Black woman who was part of a scheduled pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Mississippi …
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Glenn H. Reynolds / New York Post:
Dems use the legal system to target the right — yet give the left a pass
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why is the simplest explanation of campus protests so hard to accept?
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Trump Says Abortion ‘Not That Big Of An Issue,’ GOP Is ‘Party Of Fertilization’
Discussion: Daily Kos and Michigan Advance
Axios:
Scoop: Kristi Noem angled for top NRA job
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Slate
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NBC News:
U.S. soldier detained in Russia, officials say
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Kristi Noem's Team Told Her to Nix the Dog Story 2 Years Ago
 

 
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