Mike Johnson’s latest government funding plan seems to be a charade. Whether anyone will really be convinced of it is the question.
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- The decline of local news has become a campaign problem, Columbia Journalism Review
- How a long-standing federal program allows thousands of workers to earn subminimum wages, The Washington Post
- Inside a network of Republican operatives trying to prop up third-party candidates, Associated Press
- Congress put the wrong date in the tax law. Companies are reaping millions, The Wall Street Journal
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Trump 2024
May 14, 2024
Trump’s Gag Order Can Stay, Court Rules
A New York appeals court has denied the former president’s latest attempt to overturn his gag order in his criminal hush money trial: “We find that Justice Merchan properly weighed petitioner’s First Amendment Rights against the court’s historical commitment to ensuring the fair administration of justice in criminal cases, and the right of persons related or tangentially related to the criminal proceedings from being free from threats, intimidation, harassment, and harm,” the order said.