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Israeli president focuses on 'friendship' with U.S. as progressives boycott speech

Isaac Herzog's visit to Capitol Hill came after the House passed a GOP-led resolution reaffirming support for Israel in the wake of incendiary comments made and then walked back by a leading Democrat.

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Illegal voting maps were used in some states in 2022. This legal idea allowed them

The U.S. Supreme Court has used an obscure legal idea to justify delaying the redrawing of voting maps, forcing some elections to use voting districts that lower courts found to be illegally drawn.

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Jonathan Bernstein: What to make of Trump’s mad power grab plan

Donald Trump and his allies are pledging to remake the presidency if he is elected again, giving him and the office more authority than it has ever had and certainly far more than the framers of the US Constitution envisioned.

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UK’s governing Conservatives face a reckoning with voters in 3 special elections

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party faces a trio of unwanted verdicts from voters this week

The Independent UK

Rudy Giuliani is denying claims he flipped on Trump

Speculation that Trump’s former lawyer ‘flipped’ against ex-president ‘as false as previous lies’, says his adviser

The Independent UK

IRS whistleblowers to testify to Congress as they claim 'slow-walking' of Hunter Biden case

Whistleblowers claiming the Justice Department improperly interfered with a yearslong investigation into Hunter Biden will testify before Congress as House Republicans accelerate their probes into the president and his family

The Independent UK

DeSantis fights to reset his stagnant campaign as Trump dominates the 2024 conversation

For Ron DeSantis, Tuesday was supposed to be an important opportunity to help reset his stagnant Republican presidential campaign

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Trump's target letter suggests the sprawling US probe into the 2020 election is zeroing in on him

A target letter sent to Donald Trump suggests that a sprawling Justice Department investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 elections is zeroing in on him

The Independent UK

House passes resolution to show support for Israel after Democrat’s comments about ‘racist’ state

A bipartisan furor erupted over comments made by Rep. Pramila Jayapal at a Chicago conference Saturday calling Israel a ‘racist state.’ Jayapal later walked back the comments and voted for the bipartisan resolution.

Chicago Sun-Times

Donald Trump’s Espionage Act Trial Date Remains Undetermined As Judge Considers Options‌

Former president seeks indefinite delay, raising concerns of centralizing power and potential pardon.

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Rep. Phillips pushes back on progressive leader's comment that Israel is 'racist state'

WASHINGTON – Minnesota Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips sharply criticized a progressive leader in the U.S. House for calling Israel "a racist state" ahead of the Israeli president's speech to Congress.

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On CNN, DeSantis ducks abortion issue, says campaign is strong

Gov. Ron DeSantis dodged a question on abortion, pledged to “rip the woke” from the military, and said former President Donald Trump shouldn’t be charged for Jan. 6 during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Tuesday, his first sit-down conversation with a non-conservative news outlet in years.

Orlando Sentinel

Eliminating cash bail puts Illinois firmly on road of criminal justice reform

There will be passionate naysayers ready to pounce if a suspect is released and then charged with another crime — but that could happen even under a cash bail system

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump downplays his legal challenges on the campaign trail in Iowa after revealing new target letter

Former President Donald Trump joked about his legal challenges while campaigning in eastern Iowa on Tuesday night, just hours after announcing he’d received a target letter in the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election

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WASHINGTON — House Republicans struck three Democratic projects that would provide services to the LGBTQ community during Tuesday’s fiscal 2024 Transportation-HUD Appropriations markup, enraging Democrats on the committee.

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Michigan charges 16 fake electors with meddling in 2020 election

Charges are first levied against those accused of using political system to overturn ex-President Trump’s election loss.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor Brandon Johnson praises Jackson in PUSH keynote, says ‘I am not here’ without him

If not for the trail blazed by the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the retiring, longtime leader of Rainbow PUSH, Johnson said, he would not be mayor of Chicago.

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California GOP mayor announces US House campaign, setting up another competitive congressional race

Another tough U.S. House fight is shaping up in California’s Central Valley farm belt

Chicago Sun-Times

City Council members to propose 2-year timeline for eliminating ‘sub-minimum’ wage

Despite the proposal, however, Ald. Ramirez-Rosa acknowledged negotiations with the restaurant industry continue and may result in an even longer phase-in period.

The Independent UK

Virginia finalizes guidance on transgender students, including rolling back some accomodations

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration says it has finalized new policies on the treatment of transgender students

Al Jazeera

Israel ‘not a racist’ state, US House resolution proclaims

Measure is the latest backlash against Israel’s critics in the US, as Israeli President Herzog visits the White House.

The Independent UK

Missouri Supreme Court weighs fate of amendment to restore abortion rights

Whether Missouri voters get a chance to weigh in on legalizing abortion is now up to state Supreme Court judges

The Independent UK

Louisiana lawmakers overturn governor's veto on gender-affirming care ban for transgender minors

Louisiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’ recent veto of a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Tuesday

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Affirmative action is banned — except at military academies? Why that won’t help students

With a conservative majority on the bench, the recent Supreme Court ruling to strike down affirmative action was widely expected. One unexpected twist, however, was an inconspicuous footnote exempting military academies from the drastic change.

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