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Louisiana governor prepares to suspend House primaries after court ruling — Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map. — Summary — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) …
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
Voters Can Be Disenfranchised Now — Just say it's because they're Democrats. — For the conservative editor and columnist James Jackson Kilpatrick, the Supreme Court decision outlawing school segregation was an atrocity. Brown v. Board of Education, he wrote in the 1950s, was a …
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New York Sun
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Supreme Court's Conservatives Just Issued the Worst Ruling in a Century — This evisceration of the Voting Rights Act requires us to take SCOTUS reform more seriously. — Wednesday's 6-3 party-line decision in Louisiana v. Callais will go down in history as one of the most pernicious …
Sherrilyn Ifill / Sherrilyn's Newsletter:
SCOTUS Drops The Other Shoe on the Voting Rights Act — Today's decision renders Section 2 [of the Voting Rights Act] all but a dead letter....The decision here is about Louisiana's District 6. But so too...about the many other districts, particularly in the South, that in the last half-century …
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Amy Howe / SCOTUSblog:
In major Voting Rights Act case, Supreme Court strikes down redistricting map challenged as racially discriminatory
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William Califf / Alabama Attorney General's Office:
Attorney General Marshall Applauds Momentous Supreme Court Redistricting Decision
Attorney General Marshall Applauds Momentous Supreme Court Redistricting Decision
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades
Supreme Court hollows out a landmark law that had protected minority voting rights for 6 decades
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Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress
Supreme Court paves the way for largest-ever drop in Black representation in Congress
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David A. Lieb / Associated Press:
Supreme Court ruling on race-based redistricting prompts quick action in some states
Supreme Court ruling on race-based redistricting prompts quick action in some states
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Punchbowl News:
4/30/26☀️ AM: … We have the latest on FISA, funding for the Department …
4/30/26☀️ AM: … We have the latest on FISA, funding for the Department …
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Washington Post
John Kruzel / Reuters:
US Supreme Court under Roberts takes ‘wrecking ball’ to Voting Rights Act
US Supreme Court under Roberts takes ‘wrecking ball’ to Voting Rights Act
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Elie Mystal / The Nation:
The Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights Act
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New York Times:
Why Is There a Voting Rights Act? A Timeline
Why Is There a Voting Rights Act? A Timeline
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Politico:
Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act
Supreme Court limits Voting Rights Act
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Commanders to brief Trump on new Iran military options Thursday — President Trump is slated to receive a briefing on new plans for potential military action in Iran on Thursday from CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper, two sources with knowledge tell Axios.
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CNBC:
Brent oil pares gains after climbing to $126 per barrel on U.S.-Iran escalation fears
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Associated Press, CoinDesk, NewsMax.com and WVEC
Gregory Schmidt / New York Times:
Oil Hits Wartime High Above $120 a Barrel as Standoff Shows No End in Sight
Oil Hits Wartime High Above $120 a Barrel as Standoff Shows No End in Sight
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Wall Street Journal:
As Hormuz Traffic Stalls, U.S. Pitches New Coalition to Get Ships Moving Again
As Hormuz Traffic Stalls, U.S. Pitches New Coalition to Get Ships Moving Again
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Axios, Reuters and NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Trump, Iran are locked in high-stakes standoff as oil prices hit 4-year high
Trump, Iran are locked in high-stakes standoff as oil prices hit 4-year high
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Scripps News, Semafor and The Japan Times
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump rejects Iran's offer, says blockade stays until nuclear deal
Exclusive: Trump rejects Iran's offer, says blockade stays until nuclear deal
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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Mike Johnson's Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week — “This is what happens when you have leadership who can't organize a one-car parade,” one senior Republican told NOTUS. — Copy — Just about everyone is mad at Mike Johnson this week. — The majority of the House Republican …
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Politico:
Republicans unlock filibuster-skirting power to pump billions of dollars to ICE
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Politico:
Johnson notches wins, but chaos looms
Johnson notches wins, but chaos looms
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New York Times:
Janet Mills Bows Out of Maine Senate Race as an Insurgent Democrat Rises — Her withdrawal reflects the energy of the party's left and voters' unease with older candidates and paves the way for Graham Platner to challenge Senator Susan Collins in November. — Gov. Janet Mills of Maine …
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Patrick Svitek / CNN:
Maine Gov. Janet Mills suspends campaign for US Senate — Senate election US elections Congressional news Primary elections — Maine Gov. Janet Mills is suspending her Democratic primary campaign for US Senate, clearing the way for Graham Platner to challenge Sen. Susan Collins.
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Washington Post:
Public rejects Trump's ballroom by wide margin — The president's planned 250-foot arch and a Treasury Department plan to put Trump's signature on paper money are also unpopular. — Summary — Americans reject President Donald Trump's planned White House ballroom by a 2-to-1 margin …
Reuters:
Scared and angry British Jews demand more from government after knife attack — Scared, angry at the government, and wondering whether they need to leave the country, British Jews in the north London suburb of Golders Green were reeling a day after an attacker stabbed two men in the street.
Financial Times:
US economy undershot expectations to grow at 2% rate in first quarter — Expansion falls short of 2.2 per cent forecast by economists but marks a pick-up from a weak end to last year — Edited by Philip Georgiadis and Fergus Ryan in London — The US economy grew at an annualised rate …
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Courtenay Brown / Axios:
U.S. economy grew 2% in the first quarter as shutdown effects reverse
U.S. economy grew 2% in the first quarter as shutdown effects reverse
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Wall Street Journal:
Amazon Discusses ‘Apprentice’ Reboot—With Don Jr. as a Potential Host — Studio executives have held internal discussions about making new episodes of reality TV show — First it bought the “Melania” documentary. Now Amazon is discussing a potential reboot of “The Apprentice,” …
Christopher Rugaber / Associated Press:
Key inflation gauge jumps to highest level in 3 years as Iran war spikes gas prices — A key inflation measure jumped in March as gas prices soared, the latest sign that the Iran war is pushing up the cost of living and delaying any interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
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Washington Examiner and Deseret News
Andrew Beaton / Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Pulls Funding From LIV Golf. Its Star Players Face a Painful Road Back. — LIV plans to tell players and staff by Thursday that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund would end its funding for the upstart league. But the PGA Tour isn't yet ready to welcome back those who jumped ship.
Paul Krugman:
The Logic of NACHO — The only available deal is no deal — On Wall Street, TACO — Trump Always Chickens Out — has abruptly been replaced as a favorite meme by NACHO — Not a Chance Hormuz Opens. As a result, oil futures have soared. — I never bought into the TACO meme …
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Greg Jaffe / New York Times:
Hegseth Cites Falsehood to Defend His Firing of Senior Officers — The defense secretary said at a House hearing that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals, a figure that the Pentagon previously acknowledged was false. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday defended …
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Democrats Regret Creating Independent Redistricting Commissions After Supreme Court Ruling — A decade ago, the party sought independent redistricting commissions. Now, in an era of extreme gerrymandering, such efforts could slow Democrats as they try to keep up with Republicans.
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The National Pulse and Votebeat
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
The dumbest week in DOJ history — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🌊 Subscribe to PN 🌊 — You'd think we'd be running out of ways to say that the Department of Justice is a careening, catastrophic, out-of-control mess, but every day …
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Exclusive: New records show paper trail of DOGE voter data pact with election deniers — Newly obtained documents show a clear paper trail of Trump administration officials planning to share sensitive voter data with an outside political group trying to overturn elections, as part of a secret agreement.
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Raw Story
Andrew Howard / Politico:
A top GOP super PAC warns ‘the Republican Senate majority is at risk’ — Top Republicans are growing increasingly anxious that the Senate, once seen as a lock for the party to hold in the midterms, is at risk of flipping as Democrats continue to hammer President Donald Trump for the cost of living and foreign intervention in Iran.
