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6:55 PM ET, April 8, 2024

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Graham breaks with Trump on national abortion ban  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) broke with former President Trump Monday over Trump's decision to back away from endorsing a national 15-week abortion ban, declaring that leaving the issue entirely to the states “runs contrary to an American consensus …
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Nathaniel Weixel / The Hill:
Biden slams Trump abortion comments: ‘simply lying’  —  President Biden slammed former President Trump on Monday for saying he thinks abortion policies are best left to the states, and for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee's role in overturning Roe v. Wade.
Kierra Frazier / Politico:
Pence slams Trump's abortion stance as a ‘slap in the face’
SBA Pro-Life America:
Leading Pro-Life Group Responds to President Trump on Abortion
ABC News:
Trump says abortion should be a states' rights issue, Republicans ‘must also win elections’
NBC News:   Livestreams and video playbacks: Democrats go all in on an unfiltered Trump
New York Times:
Appeals Court Denies Another Trump Attempt to Delay Trial  —  Donald J. Trump's lawyers sought to pause his Manhattan criminal trial as they argued that it should be moved, but a judge rejected their appeal.  —  One week before Donald J. Trump is set to go on trial for criminal charges in Manhattan …
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Rebecca Shabad / NBC News:
‘Donald Trump did this’: New Biden abortion ad features a woman who says she almost died because of the Texas ban  —  The ad was released hours after Trump said that he believes abortion laws should be left to the states, sidestepping the national ban that some of his supporters want.
Discussion: Axios, New York Times, IJR and Daily Kos
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Men punching random women in NYC: A desperate last gasp of the male rage fueling MAGA  —  Random NYC attacks are an extreme manifestation of men feeling entitled to women's time and attention  —  Men are punching random women on the streets of New York City.
Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump's $175 Million Bond Is Even Shadier Than It Looks  —  BOILERPLATE  —  New information shows that the insurance company that swooped in and bailed out Trump with a $175 million bond isn't on a list of vetted companies—and wrote a bizarre contract.
The White House:
President Joe Biden Outlines New Plans to Deliver Student Debt Relief to Over 30 Million Americans Under the Biden-Harris Administration  —  Today, Biden-Harris Administration leaders will fan out across the country as President Biden announces his Administration's new plans to cancel student debt for tens of millions of Americans.
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CNN:
RFK Jr.'s New York state director says her ‘No. 1 priority’ is preventing a Biden victory  —  A New York-based campaign official for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pitching Republican voters to support his independent presidential bid by arguing that Kennedy will help Donald Trump defeat Joe Biden if he's on the ballot in New York.
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Elon Musk Didn't Want His Latest Deposition Released.  Here It Is.  —  Musk is being sued for falsely suggesting a 22-year-old Jewish man was part of a neo-Nazi brawl.  —  Elon Musk was deposed last month over his role in allegedly promoting a false conspiracy theory that a 22-year-old Jewish man participated in a neo-Nazi brawl.
Discussion: Bloomberg
press.vatican.va:
Traduzione in lingua inglese  —  Declaration “Dignitas Infinita”  —  on Human Dignity Presentation  —  During the Congresso of 15 March 2019, the then-Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith decided to commence “the drafting of a text highlighting the indispensable nature of the dignity …
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Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Vatican blasts gender-affirming surgery, surrogacy and gender theory as violations of human dignity
Chris Truax / The Hill:
Trump's presidential immunity claim is an obvious loser  —  In his brief in the immunity case that the Supreme Court will hear on April 25, Donald Trump argues that criminal immunity for ex-presidents raises a huge separation of powers issue.  He's absolutely right.
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Kate Plummer / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Fundraiser May Have Broken the Law  —  A fundraising event hosted by a charitable organization and linked to Donald Trump may have broken the law if it explicitly benefited his campaign, as an IRS rule bars charities from endorsing candidates for elections.
Discussion: Mercury News
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Jamie Dimon on Ukraine: Staying on sidelines not an option  —  JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, a key voice in U.S. business and finance circles, said the U.S. cannot stand on the sidelines in Ukraine's fight against Russia, pushing back on calls from some in the GOP to pull back from the war.
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Will Carless / USA Today:
Saying prosecutors should focus on Antifa, judge frees white supremacist in beating  —  In his sentencing memo Thursday, U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney made it clear why he was letting Tyler Laube off lightly.  —  It wasn't just because of what Laube did or didn't do …
Discussion: Raw Story
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
GOP Senate hopeful suggests nursing home residents are too close to death to vote  —  Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde expressed doubts about the 2020 election results by arguing nursing home residents are too close to death to vote, newly released audio shows.
Discussion: Heartland Signal and The Lever
KLAS:
Las Vegas attorney kills 2, self in Summerlin law office shooting: sources  —  Charleston Blvd. at Pavilion Center Dr. reopens to traffic  —  Three people are dead following a shooting Monday morning in a law office in a building near Red Rock resort in Summerlin, according …
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren says she believes Israel's war in Gaza will legally be considered a genocide  —  “If you want to do it as an application of law, I believe that they'll find that it is genocide, and they have ample evidence to do so,” Warren said of the case before the ICJ.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The increasingly authoritarian-curious Republican Party  —  Donald Trump is eyeing a more authoritarian second term in the White House.  And, increasingly, Republicans seem inclined to support that goal.  —  Polling on the GOP's appetite for a more powerful chief executive has been slow in coming.
Discussion: Newsbusters
Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump's RNC takeover triggers strife and staff exits as purge partly backfires  —  Presumptive Republican nominee installed allies to run party but loyalty tests have led to weakening of certain areas, including data  —  Donald Trump's allies installed to run the Republican National Committee …
Discussion: Alternet.org, Raw Story and Democrats
David Gilbert / Wired:
Inside the Election Denial Groups Planning to Disrupt November  —  Groups like True the Vote and Michael Flynn's America Project want to mobilize thousands of Trump supporters by pushing baseless claims about election fraud—and are rolling out new technology to fast-track their efforts.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation and Raw Story
Zachary Halaschak / Washington Examiner:
West Virginia bans four more financial institutions over ESG policies  —  West Virginia is banning four more banks from state contracts over their ESG policies and “boycotts” of fossil fuel companies.  —  Riley Moore, the West Virginia state treasurer, made the announcement on Monday.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Fox Business
 
 
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Matt Dixon / NBC News:
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Angelo Fichera / New York Times:
A Look at Trump's Mistruths and Political Attacks on the Campaign Trail
Discussion: Raw Story and WHTM-TV
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
DOJ will not turn over Biden's recorded interview with Special Counsel Hur, risking contempt of Congress
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