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Sources say Trump sought to directly pressure Nebraska state senator over winner-take-all proposal nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/04/05/sou… via Nebraska Examiner

Rob Portman demanded to speak to the manager when asked if he regretted voting to acquit Trump after January 6th.

NEWS🧵: A gruesome story that's worth your time.

Jonathan Cohn Ronald Brownstein The proposals are familiar and not a surprise. The timing definitely is. Rolling out so many big, unpopular proposals with huge trade offs just as the election heats up, giving Democrats who want to make health a campaign issue multiple targets to shoot at.

When a cargo ship took out a Baltimore bridge, it also demolished the lies poisoning our immigration debate

The 6 migrant men who died weren't drug dealers or sex traffickers but hero dads filling potholes to give their kids a better life

My new column⬇️ inquirer.com/opinion/baltim…

Trump officials, on a background call, attack people talking to reporters on background

Uh, some personal news, as they say ...

Damon couldn't have been more welcoming when I arrived here. I'm losing a fantastic colleague, but gained a friend and mentor. And yeah -- we're hiring.

#TheResident closely follows @KHNNews and you should too. This is one of the very few sites for healthcare info not funded by the medical industrial complex. #Facts #billofthemonth Joe Biden

Mayor Adams: New York City is the ___ of America

“Welcome back to SportsCenter Presented by ESPN Bet, for more on the Ohtani situation we go to our FanDuel MLB Insider Jeff Passan at our DraftKings Studio in Los Angeles brought to you by Caesar’s Sportsbook. Jeff, how could something like this happen?”

New: Donald Trump’s new joint fundraising agreement with the RNC directs donations to his campaign and a political action committee that pays the former president’s legal bills before the RNC gets a cut: apnews.com/article/c0e8f1…

Very cool that KFF Health News people are finalists in three categories in the NIHCM awards.

At Highland Park fundraiser (which raised $2.5m for the Biden campaign, per host), Biden begins to tell a story about a person coming up to him with crushing debt.

Biden said he responded, “Donald, I can’t help you.” (This gets big laughs)

Happy to report it’s still one of our great cities and has not, in fact, descended into the nine hells

This is Sylvia Gonzalez. At age 72, she won an upset victory for city council after campaigning to oust the city manager. The mayor didn't like that.

So he had her arrested & jailed.

The Supreme Court is about to hear her case, which has largely gone unnoticed. A thread.

This somewhat complicated chart from the body that advises Congress on Medicare (MedPAC) is quite stunning when you think about it.

It costs the government $83 billion more to provide coverage through private Medicare Advantage plans than in traditional Medicare.

NEW: The Barton family were at the epicenter of the shooting at the Chiefs Super Bowl parade last month and the pain still permeates their lives.

This year we're following a group of people like the Bartons who are often overlooked in reporting on mass shootings: the injured.

What's going on w/ abortion in Montana, which has the most access between Minnesota+the Pacific Northwest?

➡️Lawsuits over bills+executive actions
➡️Potential abortion rights constitutional amendment ballot question
➡️Election of 2 Supreme Court justices

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