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Closing summary
Democrats basked in the glow of several victories in off-year elections held yesterday, both for their candidates and their causes. Among the triumphs was Democratic governor Andy Beshear’s re-election in deep-red Kentucky, Ohio’s vote to protect abortion rights in the state constitution and a slew of wins in Virginia legislative races that will prevent Republican governor Glenn Youngkin from enacting abortion restrictions. But trouble loomed elsewhere. The House last night voted to censure progressive Democrat Rashida Tlaib for her use of a controversial pro-Palestine slogan, which was today also condemned by the White House. Meanwhile, election analysts say that despite Democrats’ recent successes, Joe Biden is not out of the woods yet.
Here’s what else happened today:
The Biden administration once again said it does not support a ceasefire in Gaza, despite growing calls on the left for Israel to cease its hostilities.
The Minnesota supreme court rejected an attempt to keep Donald Trump off next year’s primary ballot for his plot to overturn his 2020 election loss.
House Republicans sent subpoenas to two members of Biden’s family and a business associate, and demanded testimony from five others, drawing fury from the White House.
Ivanka Trump took the stand at her family business’s civil fraud trial in New York City, and could not remember many things.
Progressives including senator Bernie Sanders and congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decried the decision to censure Tlaib.
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