SCOTUS Blog / Amy Howe 

SCOTUS Allows Abortion Pill Availability
 

The Supreme Court on Friday night granted a request from the Biden administration and a drug manufacturer to put on hold a ruling by a federal judge in Texas that suspended the approval of mifepristone.
 

Fox News / Houston Keene

Lori Lights Up the Dems on Crime
 

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot called on Democrat mayors to "speak the truth" on violent crime in their cities amid the crime spike in Chicago while speaking on a panel at the African American Mayors Association Conference.
 

ESPN / Eric Woodyard

Don't Bet On It...Jameson Williams and 4 Others Suspended
 

Four Lions players, including 2022 first-round pick Jameson Williams, were among five players league wide to be suspended for violating the NFL's gambling policy after an investigation by the league.
 

Adage / Jon Springer

Bud Getting Wiser? Exec Takes Leave of Absence
 

Anheuser-Busch InBev changed marketing leadership for Bud Light in the wake of controversy over the brand sending a can to transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney with her face on it.
 

CNN 

Hunter Lawyers To Meet with DOJ
 

Lawyers for Hunter Biden are scheduled to meet with US attorney David Weiss and at least one senior career official from the Justice Department to discuss the long-running investigation into the president’s son.
 

Associated Press / Seung Min Kim and Emily Swanson

Half of Dems Don't Want Biden to Run Again
 

Only about half of Democrats think President Joe Biden should run again in 2024, a poll shows, but a large majority say they’d be likely to support him if he became the nominee.
 

Boston Globe / Matt O'Brien and Kathleen Foody

Confusion After Musk Yanks Blue Checks
 

As twitter took away blue verification check marks from accounts that don’t pay a monthly fee, it left public agencies around the world scrambling to figure out a way to show they’re trustworthy and avoid impersonators.
 

Daily Star / Michael Moran

Pentagon: 77% of Americans Unfit for Military 

The US military is in the grip of a recruitment crisis as most young Americans are too overweight, habitual drug users, or suffering from mental health problems, leaving just 23% fit to join between 2013 and 2020. 

Oxygen / Gina Salamone

Grandson Not Surprised He Shot Doorbell Ringer 

Klint Ludwig, a grandson of Andrew Lester, the white man who shot Black teen Ralph Yarl for ringing his bell in Kansas City, says he wasn't surprised by the shooting and that he believes his grandfather holds "racist tendencies."

BBC / David Gritten

Egyptians Complain over Depiction of Cleopatra as Black
 

A Netflix docudrama series that depicts Queen Cleopatra VII as a black African has sparked controversy in Egypt and a lawyer has filed a complaint that accuses it of violating media laws and aiming to "erase the Egyptian identity."
 

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CBS News / Kathryn Watson

GOP Candidates Head to Iowa This Weekend
 

The Republicans who are eyeing a 2024 run for the presidency are landing in Iowa this weekend to court the state's politically conservative and religious voters for the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's Annual Spring Kick-Off.
 

ABC News / Aaron Katersky

Legal Maneuvering Continues in Carroll v. Trump Case
 

A federal appeals court in New York returned E. Jean Carroll's initial case against former President Donald Trump to a district court judge who had previously decided Trump did not act within the scope of his employment.
 

USA Today / David Jackson

DeSantis Seeks to Burnish Foreign Credentials
 

Facing political troubles in the United States, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is seekings to bolster his foreign policy credentials with an international trade mission next week to Japan, South Korea, Israel and the United Kingdom.
 

News Max / Theodore Bunker

Harvard-Harris Says Trump Has 35 Point Lead
 

Former President Donald Trump far outpaced contenders for the Republican presidential nomination in the latest Harvard CAPS-Harris poll, which showed him with twice as much support as his closest rival.
 

CTV News Toronto / Sean Davidson

$20M in Goods Stolen at Toronto Airport
 

Air Canada's cargo operations were handling the $20 million worth of high-value goods mysteriously stolen from Toronto Pearson airport, who says the goods were offloaded from an Air Canada plane.
 

12 News Now / Stephanie Dazio and Larry Fenn

Rising Shootings Set US Mass Killings at Record Speed
 

The U.S. is setting a record pace for mass killings in 2023, replaying the horror on a loop roughly once a week so far this year that has already taken 88 lives in 17 mass killings over 111 days.

AL.com / Samuel Petrequin

Belgian Customs Destroy Miller High Life Over Slogan
 

At the request of the trade body defending the interests of houses and growers of the northeastern French sparkling wine, Belgian customs crushed more than 2,000 cans of Miller High Life advertised as such.
 

The Atlantic / Ian Bogost

ChatGPT and the End of Letters of Recommendation
 

Scandalous because we faculty, like all faculty everywhere, were drawn into an educators’ panic about AI over the winter. When ChatGPT began to spread around the internet last December, fears of its impact gripped our profession.
 

The Telegraph 

Facial Recognition Smart Gun Debuts in US
 

Colorado-based Biofire Tech is taking orders for a smart gun enabled by facial-recognition technology, the latest development in personalized weapons that can only be fired by verified users.
 

The Hill / Caroline Vakil

Chris Christie Making His Move
 

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is suddenly facing a rash of attacks within the nascent GOP presidential field, with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) seeking to quash his candidacy before it even starts.
 

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If Biden Doesn’t Run, Michelle Obama Should Not Be Our Second Choice

By Jorge Mitssunaga

Michelle Obama's immense popularity has positioned her as a leading choice for Democrats if Biden opts out of the 2024 race. But questions have been raised about the former First Lady's qualifications and whether her popularity alone can sufficiently equip her to govern a nation.

For the Left 

Mayor Eric Adams Says Biden’s Migrant Crisis Has ‘Destroyed’ NYC
 

Mayor Eric Adams raged on Friday that the ongoing surge of migrants into the Big Apple has "destroyed" the city -- as he delivered his latest swipe at the Biden administration. 

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Koko Da Doll, Star in Documentary About Transgender Sex Workers, Killed in Atlanta
 

Koko Da Doll, one of the subjects of a forthcoming documentary on transgender women, was fatally shot in Atlanta this week, the film's publicist said Friday. She was 35.