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DOJ likely lost crucial Trump evidence

Not wanting to appear partisan, the Justice Department moved slowly and took a bottom-up approach to January 6

Salon

Ousted incumbents, key matchups set: Takeaways from Virginia's primary election

A historic number of state lawmakers were ousted in this week’s Virginia primary, which featured about four dozen legislative races that set the parties’ slate of candidates for what will be a hard-fought general election

The Independent UK

We need to act for our future generations

Conservatives often make a big show of worrying about the debt burden that we are passing onto our children. This moral argument featured prominently in congressional Republicans' refusal to support a routine increase to the US debt ceiling. The GOP supposedly is so committed to reducing spending that it is…

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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: New York roundup

New York is holding elections, including for judicial and municipal offices, on June 27, 2023, and Nov. 7, 2023, respectively. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for…

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Exclusive: Marjorie Taylor Greene names her price for McCarthy – impeach Joe Biden

House Speaker’s most conservative footsoldier says impeaching the president is the cost for her support for him and raising the debt limit

The Independent UK

House poised to censure Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigations

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff of California is facing censure from the U.S. House

The Independent UK

Justice Stevens's Papers Reveal How The Fortune Cookies Were Baked In Lawrence v. Texas

Believe it or not, Justice Kennedy's final opinion toned down some of the "awkward language."

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Dems torch "partisan hack" John Durham

"You really don't know those very basic facts of the investigation," charged Rep. Adam Schiff

Salon

Trump drops below 50 per cent among GOP voters in new CNN poll following second indictment

Former president still remains frontrunner in 2024 primary

The Independent UK

Discipline eased for Chicago cops who lounged in Rep. Bobby Rush’s office during looting

Mayor Lori Lightfoot vowed accountability for the officers, but the penalties have been softened or eliminated, mostly in arbitration.

Chicago Sun-Times

Effort revs up to phase out ‘sub-minimum wage’ for tipped workers

The “One Fair Wage” campaign wants tipped workers to make the same minimum wage as anyone else in Chicago. Tipped workers instead are paid $9. On July 1, that rises to $9.48 and the $15-an-hour minimum wage goes to $15.80.

Chicago Sun-Times

Increase in Americans planning to vote for candidate who shares abortion view

Finding in Gallup poll comes just before first anniversary of supreme court overturning Roe v Wade

The Guardian - US

Biden should take nothing for granted in 2024 Democratic primaries

Biden and the Democratic National Committee made a risky move: major changes to the primary calendar, that put South Carolina first, ahead of Iowa and New Hampshire. History shows the risk-taking could backfire.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump team fears Meadows is a "rat"

Meadows reportedly testified before a grand jury investigating Trump without the former president's knowledge

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House GOP erupts into infighting over Boebert's resolution to impeach Biden

Boebert's impeachment resolution is "not going to pass," one Republican said.

Ballotpedia

Nine candidates running in Louisiana’s open-seat, all-party gubernatorial primary on Oct. 14

Nine candidates are running in the all-party primary in the open-seat election for governor of Louisiana on Oct. 14. Gov. John Bel Edwards (D)—who was first elected in 2015 and re-elected in 2019—is term-limited. Jeff Landry (R), Hunter Lundy (I), John Schroder (R), and Shawn Wilson (D) have the most…

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Incumbent Andy Beshear (D) and Daniel Cameron (R) are running in the Kentucky gubernatorial election on Nov. 7

Incumbent Andy Beshear (D) and Daniel Cameron (R) are running in the Nov. 7, 2023, Kentucky gubernatorial election. The primary was May 16, 2023. The filing deadline was Jan. 6, 2023.

Tribune News Service

AOC, Nadler among Congress members urging Mayor Adams to back off ‘short-sighted’ NYC budget cuts as deadline looms

Some of New York City’s most influential members of Congress are calling on Mayor Eric Adams to back off a string of “short-sighted” spending cuts he’s seeking as part of the next municipal budget, which is due in less than two weeks.

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Blunt Rochester enters race for Senate seat in Delaware

Democratic Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester announced a run for Delaware’s open Senate seat Wednesday, officially launching an expected campaign and simultaneously opening up a race for the state’s sole House seat.

Ballotpedia

More U.S. House races now featuring major-party competition

Over the past decade, the percentage of U.S. House of Representatives elections with only a Democrat or a Republican on the ballot has dropped in a majority of the election cycles and below the past century’s average. Here is the recent breakdown:

Salon

So much for all that Hunter Biden hype

Will the GOP stop hunting the Biden family now?

The Conversation

Trump's trial will soon be underway in Florida – here's why prosecutors had little choice in selecting any other courthouse location

Special Counsel Jack Smith may have wished he could indict and try former president Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., where Trump is disliked, rather than in southern Florida, where Trump is popular.

The Guardian - US

The right believes the FBI is obsessed with jailing Trump. The opposite is true

Far from being persecuted, Trump has been handled with vastly more deference than anyone else would be

The Guardian - US

Americans are hungry to be part of unions. So why is US labor so timid?

Support for organized labor is soaring. Yet the biggest US union coalition endorsed Biden without asking anything in return

The Guardian - US

‘There’s no way I can pay it’: Americans dread restart of student loan payments

Pause on loan payments set to end in October as political fight over Biden’s forgiveness plan rages on and has been tied up in courts

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