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Election legislation roundup: Texas State Legislature

As of May 28, members of the Texas State Legislature, which includes the Texas House of Representatives and the Texas State Senate, have passed four bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those four bills, legislators passed two during the week of May 22-28. A…

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Trump still dominates in first 2024 GOP poll since DeSantis announcement

Florida governor begins three-state swing of key Republican constituencies as campaign gets underway

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis vows to ‘destroy leftism’ if he wins 2024 race

Florida governor entered 2024 race officially last week

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Debt limit deal is in place, but budget deficit is still a multi-decade challenge for US government

Even with new spending restraints included in the congressional debt limit deal, the U.S. government’s deficits are still on course to keep climbing to record levels over the next few decades

The Independent UK

Far-right members threaten a 'reckoning' over McCarthy's debt limit deal

McCarthy, who struck a compromise deal to avoid a debt default, faces criticism from members of his own conference and a potential threat that could oust him as speaker. He says his job is secure.

WEKU

Abbott backs Phelan’s property tax cut plan, spurring ire from Patrick

The House passed a bill without Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s preferred increase to homestead exemptions — then abruptly adjourned for the special session. That basically tells the Senate to take the House bill Gov. Greg Abbott backs or leave it.

The Texas Tribune

Experts: Trump faces more serious charge

New evidence "suggests an escalation in the seriousness of the charges Trump faces," former federal prosecutor says

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Donald Trump vows to end birthright citizenship if he wins 2024 election

Donald Trump, who has thrown his hat in the ring for the 2024 Presidential election, has said he will end America's birthright citizenship to deter what he called "birth tourism"

Daily Mirror

Phoenix becomes largest US city to successfully challenge 2020 census numbers

Phoenix has become the largest U.S. city to successfully challenge its population count from the 2020 census

The Independent UK

Former US First Lady Rosalynn Carter diagnosed with dementia

The former first lady continues to live at home with her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, in Plains, Georgia.

Al Jazeera

Rosalynn Carter, wife of 39th US president, has dementia, family says

The former first lady and lifelong mental health advocate, 95, lives with her ailing husband, Jimmy Carter, 98, in Plains, Georgia

The Guardian - US

US debt limit deal: How we got here

Bipartisan deal to raise debt ceiling and avoid ‘disastrous’ default heads to US Congress after weeks-long impasse.

Al Jazeera

Woman who threatened Nancy Pelosi with hanging during Capitol riot gets over 2 years in prison

A Pennsylvania restaurant owner who screamed death threats directed at then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi while storming the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison

The Independent UK

What GOP got for pushing US to the brink

Republicans didn’t get most of what they sought in a bill they passed in April – though they did get some of it

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Minnesota governor readies to sign bill legalizing recreational cannabis

Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz is scheduled to sign a bill Tuesday that legalizes recreational marijuana for people over the age of 21

The Independent UK

One justice explained absence from case. Another didn't. Ethics questions vexing Supreme Court

One Supreme Court justice explained her absence from a case

The Independent UK

Christie allies launch super PAC ahead of expected 2024 campaign for the GOP presidential nomination

Allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have launched a new super PAC to support his expected candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination

Salon

Trump lawyer "misled" on docs: report

“Hard to imagine a lawyer being ‘waved off’" a search of Mar-a-Lago "by anyone but the client,” ex-prosecutor says

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Ron DeSantis says he will ‘destroy leftism’ in US if elected president

Governor makes remark to Fox News and predicts two White House terms should he defeat Trump for Republican nomination

Reason

DeSantis Says He Would Seek Repeal of FIRST STEP Act if Elected President

DeSantis calls the bill a "jailbreak," a gross misrepresentation of the criminal justice reform bill.

The Independent UK

Biden marks eighth anniversary of son Beau’s death from brain cancer at memorial Mass

President Joe Biden is marking one of the saddest days of his life, the death of his son Beau

Salon

Biden laughs at Trump pardon question

Peter Doocy questioned the president after Ron DeSantis floated a pardon for his predecessor

WEKU

Is Texas next up? Lawmakers clear the way for the state to leave voter data group ERIC

Texas is on its way to being the latest — and largest — state to leave a bipartisan data sharing partnership that states across the country use to cross check their voter rolls.

The Independent UK

Juror and spouse: Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton could vote in trial on husband's impeachment

The coming impeachment trial for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has a twist

Reason

Debt Ceiling Bill 'Locks in the Inflated Spending Levels of Recent Years'

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