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Biden heads to Florida to hit Trump on abortion rights

(NBC News) President Joe Biden is traveling to Florida on Tuesday to deliver remarks highlighting efforts by Democrats to safeguard abortion access and casting former President Donald Trump as a threat to reproductive rights. The trip to Tampa is intended to "forcefully advocate for reproductive freedom and call out Donald Trump’s abortion bans, as he’s been doing since Roe was overturned,” Biden campaign spokesperson Michael Tyler told reporters in a call previewing the president's travel plans.

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AZ-SEN: Kari Lake Wants Arizona Sheriffs to Enforce 1864 Abortion Ban

(Rolling Stone) In the wake of a state Supreme Court decision re-animating the 1864 law that prohibits abortion at any point in pregnancy for any reason except to save the life of the mother, Lake initially issued a statement declaring it “abundantly clear that the pre-statehood law is out of step with Arizonans” views on abortion. She called on state officials “to come up with an immediate common sense solution.” Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) had already offered one. The state’s top law enforcement officer announced her office would not enforce the ban, which snaps back into effect in June. The law declares anyone who “provides, supplies, or administers” an abortion be punished with up to five years in jail. But, last weekend, Lake suggested county sheriffs should enforce the 1864 abortion ban: “We can have that law, but it’s not going to be enforced with the people we have in office,” Lake reportedly told the crowd at a Mohave County Republican Party event.

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Bannon says House Republicans secretly want Trump to lose

(The Hill) Steve Bannon, former President Trump’s 2016 campaign executive, railed against House Republicans on Monday, claiming that they “want MAGA to go away” and wish to see the former president lose his 2024 White House bid. The conservative pundit tore into House Judiciary Committee chairman, Jim Jordan, arguing that the Ohio Republican’s support of Trump has been entirely “performative.” “Don’t go on ‘Hannity’ and tell me everything you are gonna do and send some tweets,” Bannon quipped. “Nothing’s happening to support President Trump. Let me repeat that. Nothing,” he concluded.

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'That's not it': Maggie Haberman shreds Trump's excuse for absent hush money protesters

(Raw Story) Former President Donald Trump's most recent excuse about why hell has yet to break loose outside his criminal hush money trial was shredded Monday night by the New York Times reporter covering the case. New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman spoke with Anderson Cooper on CNN Monday night about the small number of of MAGA supporters who are holding court outside the Manhattan courtroom where Trump stands accused of falsifying business records to cover up hush money paid to a porn star.

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Robert Reich: The stunning rebirth of the American labor movement

(Alternet) We are witnessing a historic rebirth of the labor union movement in America. Labor unions are not just an interest group. They are gaining the heft, solidarity, and passion to become what they once were — a movement. And it’s about time.

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Some migrants flown by DeSantis to Martha’s Vineyard qualify for victim visas, feds say

(Miami Herald) Some of the 49 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by the state of Florida are now able to legally work in the United States and have temporary protections from deportation — because they are considered victims of a potential crime, their attorney says. The migrants are eligible for these protections because they applied for a special kind of visa meant for crime victims who are helping law enforcement, after they said they were tricked into taking charter flights from San Antonio to Massachusetts with false promises of jobs and other aid, said Rachel Self, an attorney for the migrants.

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Republicans aren't protecting elections. They don't want democracy.

(LA Times) The next time Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) stands in front of a microphone to talk about election integrity, I want you to remember this: Nearly a third of voters in Louisiana are Black, and yet Black voters had control over less than 20% of the state’s congressional districts. White voters make up less than 60% of the electorate yet had control over more than 80% of the power. When the Democratic governor vetoed attempts to suppress the Black vote, the Republican state Legislature overrode the veto. When a federal judge said another map should be drawn, the Supreme Court delayed action until it had decided a similar question about Alabama.

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Trump fears winding 'up as the thing his old man most reviled': ex-Obama official

(Alternet) At Donald Trump his first criminal trial — for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's hush money case against the ex-president — it's clear that jail time could be in the MAGA hopeful's future. Former President Barack Obama ex-senior strategist David Axelrod, in a Monday op-ed for The Atlantic, highlights what he believes is Trump's greatest fear — and it's not jail.

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Prosecutors say Trump violated his gag order 10 times. The judge is finally set to weigh in.

04/22/2024 06:41 PM EDT On Monday, Manhattan prosecutors began trying to persuade a jury that Donald Trump is guilty of 34 felonies in his hush money case. On Tuesday, they’ll try to persuade the judge that he deserves a more immediate penalty: They want him held in contempt. The prosecutors say Trump has repeatedly violated a gag order that prohibits him from attacking witnesses, jurors and others involved in the case. Justice Juan Merchan has scheduled a Tuesday morning hearing, outside the ...

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Appeals court greenlights release of secret Trump battles to block aides from testifying

11 min ago - Details of prosecutors’ battles to obtain testimony from high-level White House aides to Donald Trump may soon become public, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in response to a POLITICO petition to access records related to the investigation ... (Politico)

Labor Department issues rule to crack down on bad retirement savings advice

35 min ago - Published Tue, Apr 23 2024 1:00 PM EDT | Updated 12 Min Ago The Biden administration issued a final rule on Tuesday that cracks down on the investment advice that advisors, brokers, insurance agents and others give to retirement savers. The U.S. Depa ... (CNBC)

Justice Department to pay $138.7 million to settle with ex-USA gymnastics official Larry Nassar victims

1 hr ago - Updated on: April 23, 2024 / 12:56 PM EDT Washington — The Justice Department and more than 100 victims of former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar reached a civil settlement over allegations that FBI agents failed to properly investigate th ... (CBS News)

Testimony of David Pecker in the Trump Trial

1 hr ago - Pecker resumed his testimony on Tuesday morning after Trump's gag order hearing. He said that he has known Trump since the 1980s and they had a "great relationship." He said that when Trump was doing The Apprentice, he would let him know ahead of tim ... (Meidas Touch)

Trump to meet with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso at Trump Tower on Tuesday

1 hr ago - Published 9:51 AM EDT, Tue April 23, 2024 CNN — Donald Trump will meet Tuesday with former Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso, the deputy head of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, two campaign officials told CNN. The meeting will tak ... (CNN Politics)

Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel

1 hr ago - By KELVIN CHAN and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Updated 9:11 AM CDT, April 23, 2024 Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, bringing the total nu ... (AP)

Judge tells Trump lawyer he's 'losing all credibility with the court'

3 hrs ago - Things are not going well for Donald Trump as his lawyer, Todd Blanche, continues to make the claim that re-posting doesn't violate the gag order. Judge Merchan said: Mr Blanche you're losing all credibility, I have to tell you right now ... You're l ... (The Guardian)

New US Home Sales Jump to Highest Level Since September

3 hrs ago - April 23, 2024 at 10:03 AM EDT Updated on April 23, 2024 at 10:13 AM EDT Sales of new homes in the US bounced back in March in a broad advance as prospective buyers toughed out high mortgage rates. New single-family home sales increased 8.8% to a 69 ... (Bloomberg)

NYU pro-Palestinian protesters cleared out by NYPD, several arrests made. See the school's response.

4 hrs ago - NEW YORK -- A pro-Palestinian encampment at NYU was cleared out by police Monday night, resulting in several arrests. The NYPD moved in on the demonstration at Gould Plaza near the Stern School of Business just after 8:15 p.m. and started taking dow ... (CBS News)

Richmond Mayor Stoney drops Virginia governor bid, he will run for lieutenant governor instead

4 hrs ago - April 23, 2024, 8:43 AM RICHMOND, Va. -- Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Tuesday that he is dropping his bid for Virginia governor in 2025 and will instead run for lieutenant governor. “After careful consideration with my family ... (ABC News/AP)

Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US Supreme Court

4 hrs ago - By DEE-ANN DURBIN Updated 7:35 AM CDT, April 23, 2024 After Starbucks fired seven workers who were trying to unionize their Tennessee store, a U.S. government agency obtained a court order forcing the company to rehire them. Now, Starbucks wants the ... (AP)

Voyager 1 transmitting data again after Nasa remotely fixes 46-year-old probe

5 hrs ago - Tue 23 Apr 2024 07.53 EDT Earth's most distant spacecraft, Voyager 1, has started communicating properly again with Nasa after engineers worked for months to remotely fix the 46-year-old probe. Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), which makes and ... (The Guardian)

After 26,000 public comments, FTC to vote on rule banning noncompete agreements

6 hrs ago - APRIL 23, 20245:00 AM ET After receiving more than 26,000 public comments, the five members of the Federal Trade Commission are set to vote Tuesday on whether to issue a final rule banning noncompetes, declaring them an unfair method of competition. ... (NPR)

Biden heads to Florida to hit Trump on abortion rights

7 hrs ago - April 23, 2024, 5:00 AM EDT President Joe Biden is traveling to Florida on Tuesday to deliver remarks highlighting efforts by Democrats to safeguard abortion access and casting former President Donald Trump as a threat to reproductive rights. The tri ... (NBC News)

Biden sets new target to protect vast US water sources

7 hrs ago - April 23, 2024 5:17 AM EDT Updated an hour ago WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday set a new goal to protect vast U.S. water sources, from rivers to wetlands, as part of a series of announcements marking Earth Week. T ... (Reuters)

Prosecutors say Trump violated his gag order 10 times. The judge is finally set to weigh in.

8 hrs ago - 04/22/2024 06:41 PM EDT On Monday, Manhattan prosecutors began trying to persuade a jury that Donald Trump is guilty of 34 felonies in his hush money case. On Tuesday, they’ll try to persuade the judge that he deserves a more immediate penalty: ... (Politico)

Bannon says House Republicans secretly want Trump to lose

8 hrs ago - 04/22/24 11:02 PM ET Steve Bannon, former President Trump’s 2016 campaign executive, railed against House Republicans on Monday, claiming that they “want MAGA to go away” and wish to see the former president lose his 2024 White House ... (The Hill)

Bernie Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez boost Joe Biden's climate agenda on Earth Day

9 hrs ago - Published 5:08 p.m. ET April 22, 2024 | Updated 5:13 p.m. ET April 22, 2024 WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden celebrated Earth Day on Monday by sharing the stage with three liberal lawmakers who praised his climate agenda as he tries to win over ... (USA Today)

Baltimore leaders accuse ship's owner and manager of negligence in Key Bridge collapse

9 hrs ago - Updated 5:22 PM EDT, April 22, 2024 BALTIMORE (AP) — The owner and manager of the massive container ship that took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge last month should be held fully liable for the deadly collapse, according to court papers filed ... (AP)

Climate change a health risk for 70% of world's workers, UN warns

10 hrs ago - Updated on: April 22, 2024 / 4:49 PM EDT More than 70% of workers around the world face climate change-related health risks, with more than 2.4 billion people likely to be exposed to excessive heat on the job, according to a report released Monday by ... (CBS News)