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Minnesota Senate panel approves trio of gun bills

MINNEAPOLIS — A trio of bills aimed at curbing gun violence received the endorsement of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, a giant victory for supporters of gun safety measures who have seen similar proposals languish for years under Republican control of the Senate.

Tribune News Service

South Carolina’s top accountant to resign after $3.5 billion accounting error

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s top accountant Richard Eckstrom says he will resign effective April 30 after disclosing to state lawmakers that he inflated the state’s cash balances for a decade, eventually reaching about $3.5 billion.

Tribune News Service

Philly moms plead to state leaders for gun reform in Harrisburg, with new hope under a Democratic majority

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Tanya Clark stood quietly in the cold rain outside of Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Philadelphia on Thursday morning, tears streaming down her cheeks.

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Other states are copying Florida's "Don't Say Gay" efforts

Florida's move to expand its prohibition on teaching sexual orientation or gender identity in the classroom comes as several states are pursuing similar bans

The Independent UK

Disney World reaches union deal with minimum $18 hourly wage

Unions for service workers at Walt Disney World have reached a tentative deal with the company that would raise the starting minimum wage from $15 to $18 an hour

The Independent UK

At the Races: TikTok takeover - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

Roll Call

Sinema caught trashing Dems, White House

White House thinks the only way to reach Sinema is to let private equity executives lobby her, Politico reports

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DeSantis walks back 'territorial dispute' remark on Ukraine

Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis is walking back his characterization of Russia's war on Ukraine as a “territorial dispute."

The Independent UK

Bragg hits Jordan for taking Trump bait

Alvin Bragg's office accused House Republicans of interfering in the investigation at Trump's behest

Salon

NYT whitewashes MAGA's new attack dog

Lengthy profile of Oversight Committee chair James Comer is loaded with folksy details — but misses the real story

Salon

GOP lawmaker reveals TikTok let death threat against committee chair stay up for a month

‘You couldn’t take action after 41 days’, excoriates Republican

The Independent UK

Manhattan DA blasts House GOP for ‘unprecedented inquiry into a pending local prosecution’

General counsel calls GOP demands for information ‘an unprecedent inquiry into a pending local prosecution’

The Independent UK

Michigan GOP chair refuses to apologize for comparing gun control to Holocaust

Kristina Karamo says she will not be ‘intimidated’ into withdrawing tweet despite outcry across political spectrum

The Guardian - US

Manhattan DA rejects GOP demand for info on Trump case

The Manhattan district attorney investigating Donald Trump has rebuffed House Republicans’ request to turn over documents

The Independent UK

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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lawyer tells GOP leaders probing his Trump hush money investigation to back off

NEW YORK — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has a message for Republican lawmakers conducting a Congressional probe into his investigation of former President Donald Trump: Back off.

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel on Trump: ‘When are they going to arrest him already?’

Late-night hosts discuss Trump’s potential indictment in the Stormy Daniels case and other criminal investigations he faces

Axios

Manhattan DA sends scathing response to GOP’s request for testimony

Alvin Bragg’s office said the GOP’s request is “ unlawful incursion into New York’s sovereignty.”

Salon

Putin and the GOP: Masters of deception

Americans no longer share a common reality — but can we all agree that Donald Trump's just in it for the grift?

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Trump knows a perp walk is good TV

Of course Trump is stoked about his perp walk — he knows MAGA loves his villainy

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: How DeSantis' attack on education draws from Ronald Reagan's war on UC Berkeley

The candidate strides to the podium and launches into his attack on his state's educational system. Students are being "indoctrinated" with leftist propaganda by radical professors, he declares.

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: Abortion ban betrays women — and may break Florida GOP’s hold on power

Anti-reproductive rights extremists in the Florida Legislature are on the brink of going too far. A proposed ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy (that in reality could be as little as one or two) will strip fundamental rights to bodily autonomy from millions of people, exposing the ugly…

Axios

House GOP widens probe into Manhattan DA by seeking testimony from prosecutors who resigned

"It now appears that your efforts to shame Bragg have worked," wrote Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan.

The Independent UK

GOP operative who advised Youngkin moves to pro-DeSantis PAC

A top Republican operative who worked as an adviser on Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s winning campaign has signed on to work for a super PAC urging Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president

Chicago Tribune

Illinois House OKs measure to allow the state to deny grants to libraries that ban books

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House on Wednesday approved a measure that would allow the Illinois secretary of state’s office to deny grant funding to public and school libraries if they ban books or fail to devise policies against removing titles from their stacks.

The Independent UK

House GOP demands info from former prosecutors in Trump case

House Republicans are demanding testimony and documents from two former Manhattan prosecutors who had been leading a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last year in a clash over the direction of the probe

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