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“We have a bipartisan government, and the only way good policy is gonna be made better, the only way we’re gonna stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies – Israel and Ukraine – the only way we push back against evil like Putin, is to do it in a bipartisan way. “And I want to be judged by my ability …

Mediaite reports: Former President Donald Trump appeared to violate the clear gag order set forth by Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the New York trial over hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. On Wednesday, Trump took to Truth Social and quoted Fox News host Jesse Watters. “They are catching undercover Liberal Activists lying to the Judge …

Today reports: Openly gay actor Maulik Pancholy was disinvited from speaking at a middle school anti-bullying assembly after concerns were raised about his political activism and what two school board members called his “lifestyle.” Pancholy’s scheduled appearance at Mountain View Middle School in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, was unanimously overturned by the district’s school board in a public meeting on April 15. …

The Associate Press reports: Donald Trump’s legal team says it tried serving Stormy Daniels a subpoena as she arrived for an event at a bar in Brooklyn last month, but the porn actor, who is expected to be a witness at the former president’s criminal trial, refused to take it and walked away. A process server working for Trump’s lawyers …

The Insider reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made clear her opposition to sending extra money to Israel in a weirdly self-referential way. The Georgia congresswoman demanded that US funding to Israel also be spent on developing “space lasers,” an apparent reference to a lowlight of her political past. Greene’s proposed amendment to HR 8034 seeks to divert money from Israel …

CNN reports: Thursday morning, a new panel of 96 jurors, already sworn in, will return to the courtroom. The judge will ask two broad questions: whether any juror feels they can’t be fair or impartial, and whether they are unable to serve on the trial for another reason. The trial is expected to last at least six weeks. The remaining …

The New York Times reports: Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday told Republicans that the House would vote Saturday evening on his foreign aid package for Israel and Ukraine, pushing through resistance in his own party to advance a long-stalled national security spending package for U.S. allies. His announcement came amid a crush of opposition from Republicans who are vehemently against …

The New Jersey Globe reports: Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-Newark) remains unconscious after suffering a heart attack on April 6, indicating that the congressman’s medical condition is substantially more severe than had been initially revealed. Payne, a six-term Democrat from Essex County, has been on a ventilator in an intensive care unit at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center for …

The New Republic reports: Representative Mike Gallagher’s last day in Congress was supposed to be Friday, but some wavering votes on upcoming legislation might delay his exit. The Wisconsin Republican confirmed Wednesday that he would be sticking around for an “extra day or so” to help push through Speaker Mike Johnson’s foreign aid package for Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine, according …

The Athletic reports: NBA commissioner Adam Silver delivered the league’s most severe punishment in decades for gambling on Wednesday, banning Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter from the league for what he termed “a cardinal sin” of betting on the league’s games and sharing inside information. The league said Porter, who spent part of his time in the NBA and part …