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White House Works to Satisfy Senate Democrats in Fed Vice Chair Search

Wall Street Journal The Biden administration has narrowed its list of candidates and canvassed Latino economists. https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-works-to-satisfy-senate-democrats-in-fed-vice-chair-search-a9a33460

Hasbro Hires Harley-Davidson CFO and Former Longtime Mattel Executive

Wall Street Journal The entertainment and toy company said it hired Gina Goetter as its CFO and Tim Kilpin as the president of toy, licensing and entertainment. https://www.wsj.com/articles/hasbro-hires-harley-davidson-cfo-and-former-longtime-mattel-executive-5189b65b

Threatening letter containing white powder sent to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

Fox News A threatening letter containing white powder was sent to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Wednesday, Fox News has learned. The letter comes a week after Bragg indicted former President Donald Trump on multiple charges allegedly involving falsifying business records. Trump, the leading Republican in the 2024 race for the White House, pleaded…

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s office receives threatening letter containing white powder

Fox News A threatening letter containing white powder was sent to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office Wednesday, Fox News has learned. The New York Police Department and the city’s Department of Environmental Protection responded to the scene. “NYPD testing determined the powder found in the mailroom to be non-hazardous,” Bragg’s office said in a…

WH quietly corrects Jean-Pierre’s claim Biden has taken more press questions than Trump, Obama, Bush combined

Fox News The White House has quietly corrected a claim made Tuesday by press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that President Biden has taken more questions from the press than Presidents Trump, Obama and Bush combined. Without alerting the public to the changes, the White House corrected the official transcript of Jean-Pierre’s gaggle with reporters aboard Air…

‘Champion’ Review: Terence Blanchard Comes Back to the Met

Wall Street Journal The composer’s second opera at the New York institution is a visceral, jazz-influenced work about the closeted bisexual boxer Emile Griffith, who killed his opponent in a 1962 fight. https://www.wsj.com/articles/champion-review-terence-blanchard-comes-back-to-the-met-e41ba487

Rialto Pictures’ High-Caliber Film Canon

Wall Street Journal Films by Orson Welles, John Carpenter, Jean-Pierre Melville and others will be shown in the Museum of Modern Art’s ‘Rialto at 25,’ which celebrates the distributor’s quarter-century of sophisticated curation. https://www.wsj.com/articles/rialto-pictures-high-caliber-film-canon-79c0a34e

Prosecution rests case in corruption trial for ex-Illinois House speaker’s associates

Fox News Prosecutors rested their side of the trial Wednesday against four people accused of seeking favors for Illinois’ largest electric utility by arranging $1.3 million in contracts and payments for associates of a powerful state politician. Michael Madigan, the former House speaker, is not in court and faces his own separate trial. But he’s…

Maine bill expanding abortion access gets enough co-sponsors to ensure passage

Fox News Democratic Gov. Janet Mills’ bill to expand abortion access in Maine will generate emotional debate in coming weeks, but its eventual passage is virtually assured. There were enough co-sponsors on her bill, formally introduced this week, to ensure passage with a majority. All told, there were 76 sponsors and co-sponsors in the House…

Criss-Crossing the ’24 Campaign Trail, Before the Campaign Is Official

New York Times A handful of prominent Republicans, including Tim Scott and Ron DeSantis, have been testing the waters for months, mindful of the biggest fish out there: Donald Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/12/us/politics/2024-republican-presidential-campaigns.html