Politico: “For months, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear warned that the Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs stands to harm his state’s economy, including its bourbon, auto and aerospace industries. Now that President Donald Trump is ratcheting them up, the Democratic governor said the impacts will be “devastating” not just for the Bluegrass State, but for the…

Find Your Local Protest Here Here’s what to know about Saturday’s ‘Hands Off!’ anti-Trump protests Nationwide protests are set to take place Saturday in opposition to the Trump administration and its allies, with leaders vowing to stand up to push back against the “most brazen power grab in modern history.”  The “Hands Off!” rallies are…

Politico: “A divided North Carolina appeals court on Friday ruled that tens of thousands of voters in the state needed to verify their identity months after they cast their ballots, opening the door for the votes to be tossed — and for the election results to flip in a contested state Supreme Court election. Incumbent…

NY Times: “Florida, of all places, has been rebooting intercity passenger rail travel in America. Back in the late 19th century, the oil tycoon Henry Flagler built a railroad down the state’s Atlantic coast that fast-tracked Florida’s growth and put cities like Miami and Palm Beach on the map. Then the automobile proliferated. Now a privately…

Politico: “The Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared likely to side with Planned Parenthood in a South Carolina case testing whether Medicaid patients may sue for access to non-abortion health care fromthe organization’s medical providers. After South Carolina cut off all Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood South Atlantic because it provides abortion services, the organization and…

MS Today: “Madison County Circuit Court Judge Bradley Mills dismissed former Gov. Phil Bryant’s defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today on Friday, ending a nearly two-year case that became a beacon in the fight for American press freedom. For the past 22 months, we’ve vigorously defended our Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting and our characterizations of Bryant’s role…

NY Times: “Two Trump-backed Republicans won special congressional elections in Florida on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, shoring up their party’s slim majority in the House at a crucial moment for President Trump’s domestic agenda. Jimmy Patronis, the state’s chief financial officer, won the race to replace Matt Gaetz in the First Congressional District,…

El Paso Matters: “Patrick Crusius believed he was acting at the direction of President Donald Trump when he  murdered 23 people and wounded 22 others at an El Paso Walmart in 2019, his defense lawyer told El Paso Matters. “He thought he had to stop the invasion because that’s what his president was telling him,…

AP: ” A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a member of a college fraternity that glorified the pre-Civil War South. The emergence of the photographs comes at a delicate time for Jefferson Griffin, a…

NY Times: “Alabama cannot prosecute doctors and reproductive health organizations for helping patients travel out of the state to obtain abortions, a federal judge ruled on Monday. Alabama has one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, and in 2022 its attorney general, Steve Marshall, a Republican, raised the possibility of charging doctors with…