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CBS News reports: A lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton could end federal protections for special needs students. More than 400,000 students in Texas benefit from Section 504 plans in school, according to the Texas Education Agency. These are federal accommodations for students who have disabilities, but do not require special education services. Disabilities include ADHD, dyslexia, visual …

The Texas Tribune reports: Former U.S. Attorney and Elon Musk lawyer John Bash is the first to throw his hat in the ring to replace Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is making a bid for a U.S. Senate seat. Bash previously worked as a federal prosecutor for the Western District of Texas until 2020, and served as a special assistant …

“Unfortunately, I will announce on your show tonight, Sean, and I want it to be a warning for everybody, that I have instructed my office today to open an investigation into Governor Murphy, to open an investigation into Attorney General Platkin, who was also instructed the state police not to assist any of our federal agencies under that are under …

“So, as a father of a one-year-old who is going through his vaccine regimen right now, that is something that I’m choosing for my son. We are getting him vaccinated just like I was vaccinated. In the case of the measles vaccine, that’s something that’s been long established. And I think we have a fairly good track record of evidence …

“Will it lead to recession? I don’t know. I’ll leave that for people with much higher IQs. I went to community college. But is Scott Bessent on a warpath to create a wall around our home? And I like using the home analogy, the metaphor. I’m sorry, it’s gonna get old. But Scott Bessent is out there to reinforce against …

The Hill reports: A transgender military helicopter pilot sued a conservative social media influencer for alleged defamation on Wednesday, two months after she was falsely blamed for a deadly midair collision over the Potomac River in Washington. Jo Ellis, a pilot in the Virginia National Guard, filed the defamation suit against Matt Wallace, a cryptocurrency investor and influencer on the …

Democracy Docket reports: The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, a major voter suppression measure that, if it became law, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine U.S. democracy. The vote count was 220 to 208, with four Democrats voting for the bill and zero Republicans opposing it. Democrats …

“Can we talk about Kristi Noem and these ridiculous photo ops? Why does she have to keep doing this? Just stop trying to glamorize the mission and put yourself in the middle of it as you cosplay ICE agent, which you’re not. “I can’t stand these photo ops, you guys. I think they diminish ICE, they diminish DHS, CPB. She’s …

CBS News reports: The lower chamber was set to vote Wednesday evening on the budget resolution but punted after several House conservatives resisted increasing pressure from Mr. Trump to accept the blueprint that would open the door to implementing his border security, defense, energy priorities and extending expiring tax cuts. “I’m happy to tell you that this morning, I believe …

Politico reports: The House passed legislation Wednesday that would limit the power of lower court judges to issue orders with broad national implications amid a rash of rulings to halt the Trump administration’s agenda. Members voted 219-213 on the No Rogue Rulings Act, with just one Republican joining Democrats in opposition. Trump and his base have increasingly called for the …

Axios reports: The House fell into uncertain territory Wednesday evening after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) pulled a scheduled vote on a key budget measure in the face of intractable right-wing opposition. It is not clear what Johnson’s next steps are, with the speaker conceding to reporters that a Thursday vote is not assured. The GOP speaker said he doesn’t …

The Los Angeles Times reports: Right-wing cable channel Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems by falsely reporting that the company was involved in rigging the 2020 presidential election, a Delaware judge ruled Wednesday. Damages will be decided by a jury in a trial that will begin April 28 unless a settlement is reached. Dominion is seeking $1.6 billion. The ruling from …

“The order of the present world is being shaken by a man called Donald Trump, the breaker himself. He is changing the world as we know it. Very few times in history does one man change the world—Alexander of Greece, Caesar of Rome, Charlemagne—on and on and on, there’s few men that change the world—Napoleon—but when they do, the world …

Politico reports: Far-right activist Laura Loomer has chosen her next target in her campaign against those she sees as disloyal to President Donald Trump: Col. Earl Matthews, Trump’s nominee to be the Pentagon’s top lawyer. Loomer, in a series of X posts on Tuesday and Wednesday, alleged that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was at risk of being “subverted and …

“Peter Navarro, who is the architect of much of this trade policy, a man who used to be a zero-growther, actually, in his early career, and then called himself Ron Vara in his own writings to create a fake name under which to attribute many of his writings. It was like Voldemort. His last name is Navarro. Get it? Ron …

York, Nebraska’s NBC affiliate reports: A pair of students in Nebraska are facing consequences after they were seen on social media posing in their high school’s locker room holding a flag symbolizing hate. Aurora Public Schools said it is now taking steps to discipline those students as well as prevent any further issues. Jody Phillips, the district’s superintendent, said whenever …

NOTUS reports: At a fundraiser for the NRCC last night, Donald Trump wisecracked about House Republicans feeling angsty about his tariff plans. “I just saw it today, a couple of your congressmen, sir, ‘I think we should get involved in the negotiation of the tariffs,’” he said, pointing at Speaker Mike Johnson, who was sitting at a table near the …

“Xi Jinping doesn’t have to worry about elections. That’s a huge benefit. Trump talks about that a lot. He’s jealous of that because imagine what you could do if you could not have to worry about every two years, you got to get everybody reelected. I mean, that’s a huge liability. It weakens our country in a lot of ways …

“104% tariffs on China are not enough. I’m advocating 400%. I do business in China. They don’t play by the rules. They’ve been in the WTO for decades, they have never abided by any of the rules they agreed to when they came in. For decades. They cheat, they steal, they steal IP. I can’t litigate in their courts. They take …

The Texas Tribune reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Tuesday he will challenge U.S. Sen. John Cornyn in next year’s midterm elections, setting up a barnburner clash of two Republican titans that is poised to reverberate across state and national politics. Appearing on Fox News host Laura Ingraham’s show, Paxton said it was “time for a change in Texas” …