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The Minnesota Star Tribune reports: Republican state Sen. Justin Eichorn resigned Thursday following his arrest earlier this week in an underage prostitution sting. Eichorn submitted his letter of resignation, effective Thursday, less than an hour before the Minnesota Senate was set to take an unprecedented vote to expel him from the chamber. Minnesota Senate Secretary Tom Bottern read Eichorn’s resignation letter …

The Texas Tribune reports: The Texas Senate on Wednesday passed a state ban on all forms of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, advancing a priority of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to crack down on the state’s booming consumable hemp market six years after lawmakers inadvertently permitted its rise. Senate Bill 3 — which Patrick called among his “top five” bills over his …

The Associated Press reports: New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will call a snap election on Sunday for an expected vote on April 28, a government official familiar with the matter said Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly, said Carney will go to the Governor-General Mary Simon on Sunday …

CNN reports: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he did not discuss the ownership of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant with his US counterpart Donald Trump, disputing a claim made by the White House. After Trump held what he called a “very good” phone call with Zelensky on Wednesday, the White House said the US president had brought up Ukraine’s nuclear …

RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY (HOST): “The left-wing media strikes again. This time, Vanity Fair accuses Donald Trump’s administration of being as anti-woman as Nazi Germany. Imagine being called anti-woman by the same people who want to call mothers inseminated persons. “And that’s not all: why do they consider Trump a Nazi? Because he wants to protect women and because he has a …

Florida Politics reports: Florida’s Governor says jobs for immigrants come at the expense of gainful employment for native born youth. “What’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part time now? That’s how it used to be when I was growing up,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a discussion at New College. “Why do we say we need …

“We’re going to have law enforcement patrolling these dealerships. And I’ll tell you if you are a law enforcement officer in Florida and you interfere with somebody and prevent them from hurting a Tesla, come find me and I’m going to try to get you a pay raise and a promotion. These leftist protesters, they seem to be attacking Teslas …

“I don’t have four shots of vodka before every meeting. That’s one way I think that Kamala really tried to bring herself into the role is these word salads. And I think that I would need the help of a lot of alcohol to answer a question the way that Kamala Harris answered questions. “My sense is, and this is …

TechCrunch reports: Tesla is issuing a recall for around 46,000 Cybertrucks sold to date because of an exterior steel trim panel on the side of the windshield that can peel off. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a filing that the piece can come off while in motion, which can create a hazard for the driver and …

The Hill reports: Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he will introduce legislation to curb what he says is a “dramatic abuse of judicial authority” by courts that have issued injunctions against Trump’s agenda, including the deportation of alleged gang members. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the judge “is essentially …