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Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Trump's Latest Meltdown — Attacking the pope was only part of the president's disturbing night on Truth Social. — On many recent nights, Donald Trump has been posting obsessively on his Truth Social site into the wee hours. The president, of course, has never been one for a solid night's sleep …
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MS NOW, Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Deadline and America Magazine
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's incredible shrinking tent — Donald Trump is torching the coalition that made him president, seemingly unaware — or simply unconcerned — with the depth of discontent permeating his movement. … - What Republicans celebrated as a once-in-a-generation coalition may turn out to be exactly that, never to be reassembled.
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Raw Story, Digby's Hullabaloo, Mediaite and LewRockwell
New York Times:
In Leo, Trump Faces a Different Kind of Papal Opponent
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Palm Beach Post, Associated Press, Breitbart, The Philadelphia Inquirer and New York Sun
New York Times:
Trump's Attacks on Pope Leo Create Fresh Midterm Headaches for G.O.P.
Trump's Attacks on Pope Leo Create Fresh Midterm Headaches for G.O.P.
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New Republic, RealClearPolitics, The Hill, New York Times, NPR, NewsMax.com, LGBTQ Nation and Catholic World Report
Keith Sharman / CBS News:
Trump won't back down from Pope Leo feud sparked by “60 Minutes” report, tells CBS News pontiff should stay out of politics
Trump won't back down from Pope Leo feud sparked by “60 Minutes” report, tells CBS News pontiff should stay out of politics
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New York Times, The Hill, Newsweek, New York Post, The Independent, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times, TMZ.com, NBC News, LGBTQ Nation, The US Sun, Washington Examiner, Mediaite, TheJournal.ie, New Republic, twitchy.com, Breitbart, Los Angeles Times, New York Magazine and Letters from Leo
Nicole Norman / Politico:
New accuser alleges Swalwell sexually assaulted her … “I believe he drugged my drink,” she said. … In his announcement, he said, “I will fight the serious, false allegation made against me. However, I must take responsibility and ownership for the past mistakes I did make.”
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Nancy Cordes / CBS News:
2 Swalwell accusers discuss his downfall and the fear of coming forward: “He thought he was untouchable” — Add CBS News on Google — Two women who have accused Rep. Eric Swalwell of misconduct told CBS News that, while they feel “vindicated” now that he has dropped his bid …
Emily Hallas / Washington Examiner:
New Eric Swalwell accuser Lonna Drewes comes forward with rape allegation
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Los Angeles Times:
Another woman accuses Swalwell of sexual assault; says she was drugged in Beverly Hills in 2018
Another woman accuses Swalwell of sexual assault; says she was drugged in Beverly Hills in 2018
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HotAir, Washington Post, Rolling Stone, The US Sun, New Republic, Clayton Cramer, New York Post and Political Wire
New York Times:
A New Accuser Says Eric Swalwell Sexually Assaulted Her
A New Accuser Says Eric Swalwell Sexually Assaulted Her
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NBC News, Vanity Fair, Boston.com, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Wire, The Federalist and American Thinker
NBC News:
Reps. Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell officially resign amid misconduct claims
Reps. Tony Gonzales and Eric Swalwell officially resign amid misconduct claims
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of Trump administration deportation flights — A federal judge must end his “intrusive” contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year …
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Appeals Court Ends Contempt Inquiry Into Deportation Flights
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Ace of Spades HQ and Associated Press
Kris B. Mamula / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to continue publishing after sale to nonprofit media group — The publisher of a highly regarded nonprofit digital news outlet based in Baltimore announced Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire the assets of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, ending nearly a century …
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Straight Arrow News and The Hill
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette announces it has found a buyer to keep the newspaper open
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New York Times and Washington Times, more at Mediagazer »
Liz Bowie / The Banner:
Banner parent company to buy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, staving off newspaper's closure
Banner parent company to buy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, staving off newspaper's closure
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KDFX-TV
Mychael Schnell / MS NOW:
Raskin offers bill setting up 25th Amendment process to remove Trump from office — Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill on Tuesday that seeks to kick-start the removal of President Donald Trump through the 25th Amendment …
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Axios, The Hill, RedState, Mediaite, Daily Mail, Fox News, NewsMax.com, The Guardian and Newsweek
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Vittoria Elliott / Wired:
Government Workers Say They're Getting Inundated With Religion — “This has never happened before,” one government employee tells WIRED. “I have never gotten a message like this from anyone.” — On Easter Sunday, US Department of Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins sent out an email titled “He has risen!” to the entire agency.
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New Republic, MS NOW and The Independent
Tara Copp / Washington Post:
U.S. blockade has turned back six merchant ships leaving Strait of Hormuz — More than a dozen American warships positioned in the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea are acting as a “net,” officials said. None of the encounters with the merchant vessels has required escalation. — Summary
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Reuters:
Tankers Pass Strait Of Hormuz On First Day Of U.S. Blockade, Data Shows
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HotAir, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Salon, Reuters, The Hill, Reason, Al Jazeera, The US Sun, Modern Diplomacy, Bloomberg, The London Economic, Forbes and The Times of Israel
Javier Blas / Bloomberg:
The Hormuz Blockade Is as Much About China as Iran
The Hormuz Blockade Is as Much About China as Iran
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The Hill, Foreign Policy, The Daily Signal, CNN, 19FortyFive, NewsMax.com, Semafor and The Chosun Daily
Anna Venarchik / New York Times:
Virginia Governor Ends Tax Breaks for Confederate Groups — The new law signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger is the culmination of a long, Democrat-led push to distance Virginia from its Confederate past. — Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia has signed into law a bill to end tax exemptions …
Kim Willsher / The Guardian:
French woman, 86, held by ICE after moving to US to marry 1950s sweetheart — The family of Marie-Thérèse, from Brittany, fear for her health after she was cuffed and placed in a detention centre — An 86-year-old French woman who moved to the US to marry her 1950s sweetheart …
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The Independent
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Thune says Senate GOP ‘prepared’ to fill potential Supreme Court vacancy — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday that Republicans would quickly fill a Supreme Court vacancy if one opens up before the midterms. “That's a contingency I think around here you always have to be prepared for.
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David Sivak / Washington Examiner:
Chuck Grassley floats Mike Lee or Ted Cruz as next Supreme Court justice
Chuck Grassley floats Mike Lee or Ted Cruz as next Supreme Court justice
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Newsweek and NewsMax.com
Alicia Wallace / CNN:
Wholesale inflation rose in March to three year-high — Fast-rising oil prices sent US businesses' costs higher in March, lifting wholesale inflation to 4%, the highest annual rate in three years, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday.
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Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
US wholesale prices surged 4% last month after the war in Iran sent energy prices soaring
US wholesale prices surged 4% last month after the war in Iran sent energy prices soaring
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Washington Examiner and NewsMax.com
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Middle East War Will Slow Global Economic Growth, I.M.F. Warns — The conflict could also fuel another bout of inflation, according to the International Monetary Fund. — War in the Middle East has upended the world economy, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday …
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Axios, Washington Times, Inside Climate News, Washington Post, Reuters, Semafor, Scripps News and Politico
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Associated Press:
Justice Department moves to toss seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers and Proud Boys — The Justice Department on Tuesday asked a federal appeals court to throw out the seditious conspiracy convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers leaders who were sentenced to prison terms …
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New York Times, Politico, CBS News, The Hill, KDFX-TV and The Independent
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Humiliation in Orbán Defeat Stunner Is Only Just Beginning — The extraordinary defeat of Viktor Orbán in Hungary has unleashed much mockery of JD Vance, and it's richly deserved. The vice president's last-minute rally in Budapest cast the Hungarian election as a referendum …
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Comment is Freed
ProPublica:
Caught in the Crackdown: As Arrests at Anti-ICE Protests Piled Up, Prosecutions Crumbled — The National Guard soldiers in desert camo piled out of unmarked vans in East Los Angeles last June, cordoning off East Sixth Street, a residential street lined with single family houses …
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Washington Times, Bangor Daily News and The Post Millennial
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Politico:
Johnson says he told Trump to take down image of president-as-Jesus — Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Tuesday he asked that President Donald Trump take down an AI-generated image he'd posted on social media depicting himself as Jesus. “I did ask him to delete it,” Johnson said.
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Raw Story, Zeteo, Newsweek, Newsbusters, Washington Examiner, Variety, The Hill, New Republic and Semafor
Hannah Roberts / Politico:
Trump turns against ‘unacceptable’ Meloni — ROME — U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday branded Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni as “unacceptable” and complained she was “no longer the same person,” a day after she criticized his attack on Pope Leo XIV.
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NOTUS, Reuters, New York Sun, Fox News, Bloomberg, Washington Examiner, The Daily Signal, The Hill, Raw Story, NewsMax.com, The Independent, New Republic, Mediaite, Forbes and Al Jazeera
NBC News:
Todd Blanche says Americans should be ‘happy’ Trump is deeply involved in DOJ — The acting attorney general said in an interview with NBC News that he's not concerned when Trump “encourages or directs or expects the Department of Justice to do its job.” — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche …
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The Hill, US Department of Justice, The Daily Wire, WNYW-TV, Washington Blade, The Federalist, Roll Call and Bloomberg
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Thomson Reuters Fired Worker For Speaking Out About ICE, Former Employee Says — “When I saw evidence that our products were being used to harm people and undermine the law, I did what anyone should do—I raised the alarm. Thomson Reuters' response was to fire me.”
David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's Corruption Is What's Tanking the Economy — It's the Corruption, Stupid — In the aftermath of Viktor Orbán's defeat in Hungary, a typically shallow conventional wisdom has already emerged that unless President Trump gets the economy turned around, Republicans are going to have hell …
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The Guardian
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
It's the prices, stupid — This week's Deep Dive is a follow-up article to my posts from Sunday and Friday. You don't need to read them to understand this piece, but they might give you some more context for what I'm doing here and why. — My Tuesday Deep Dive is a weekly premium article …
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