The influential conservative group making it harder for Idaho districts to fix their schools (www.propublica.org)
The Idaho Freedom Foundation has gone beyond the education culture wars by targeting local bond and levy elections, which districts rely on heavily to build and repair schools....
U.S. sends Ukraine seized Iranian-made weapons (wapo.st)
The Pentagon has provided Ukraine with thousands of Iranian-made weapons seized before they could reach Houthi militants in Yemen, U.S. officials said Tuesday. It’s the Biden administration’s latest infusion of emergency military support for Kyiv while a multibillion-dollar aid package remains stalled in the Republican-led...
Animal control services in Atlanta suspended as city and county officials snipe over contract (apnews.com)
The dogcatcher may not be coming when Atlanta residents call....
Democratic senators pressured EPA to ease rules on steel mill pollution (www.motherjones.com)
Five Takeaways From the WSJ Swing-State Poll (www.wsj.com)
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Trump said he spoke to murder victim Ruby Garcia’s family. Her sister said it never happened. (www.washingtonpost.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/trump-ruby-garcia-michigan-murd…
For Red State Holdouts Like Kansas, Is Expanding Medicaid Within Reach? (www.nytimes.com)
World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza operations, saying 7 foreign aid workers killed during IDF attack including US citizen (abcnews.go.com)
Israeli airstrike on Gaza kills seven working for food aid NGO (www.reuters.com)
The death toll from yesterday’s strike is up to seven now....
Protests Against Netanyahu Intensify as Cease-Fire Talks Resume, Thousands Have Taken to the Streets of Israel to Demand That Netanyahu be Replaced (www.nytimes.com)
US telecoms firm AT&T notifying millions of customers over data breach (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana’s Plan to Lock People Up Longer Imperils Its Sickest Prisoners (truthout.org)
150 arrested for allegedly using drones to transport drugs, guns, cellphones into Georgia prisons (abcnews.go.com)
Nearly Two Years After Uvalde Massacre, Here Is Where All the Investigations, Personnel Changes Stand (www.propublica.org)
Facebook let Netflix see user DMs, quit streaming to keep Netflix happy: Lawsuit (arstechnica.com)
Ronna McDaniel is out. But why are TV networks paying partisan pundits at all? (www.npr.org)
The next pandemic? It’s already here for Earth’s wildlife (theconversation.com)
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Florida's DeSantis signs one of the country's most restrictive social media bans for minors (apnews.com)
Texas Maternal Mortality Task Force Hasn’t Counted Abortion Death Cases for 10 Years (www.austinchronicle.com)
While the committee receives information about almost every death during or 12 months after a pregnancy in Texas – including pregnancy-unrelated deaths like those of pregnant women in certain car crashes – cases involving deaths from self-managed abortions have not come before the task force....
Trump's Stormy Daniels hush money trial to start on April 15, judge rules (www.reuters.com)
The next Clarence Thomas? Abortion pill case spotlights rightwing judge and his wife’s shadowy connections (www.theguardian.com)
Judge James Ho ruled to restrict mifepristone. His wife Allyson is linked to the anti-abortion group that brought the case...
Canada is already preparing for Trump's potential tariff threats (www.cbc.ca)
Canada staged a large-scale diplomatic deployment this week in preparation for a U.S. presidential election of more consequence than usual....
Quoting Dr. Seuss, 'Just go, Go, GO!' federal judge dismisses Blagojevich political comeback suit (apnews.com)
Rod Blagojevich, the ex-governor and ex-con who often dusted off ancient and sometimes puzzling quotations to emphasize his positions, found himself at the other end Thursday when a federal judge dismissed his lawsuit attempting to return to public life by quoting Dr. Seuss: “Just go.”...