Robert F Kennedy Jr says he has ‘conversations with dead people’ Conspiracy theorist and challenger for Democratic presidential nomination makes comments in interview but backtracks later The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2023
State Legislators Aim For 2024 With Flurry Of New Election Laws Election law activity by state legislators rose by over 30% as Republicans and Democrats duel over rules for the 2024 election. Zenger · Jun 1, 2023
Biden falls on stage at Air Force Academy ceremony; Senate blocks student relief program – as it happened US president took a tumble at the end of a ceremony honoring air force graduates in Colorado; White House vows to use veto The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2023
Apostle of bipartisanship: why US debt ceiling deal was a victory for Joe Biden Bipartisan agreement to suspend the $31.4tn debt ceiling passed US House, allowing president to argue only he can bridge divide The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2023
Biden, McCarthy win — and Trump loses Against the odds, D.C. went back to normal this week with a bipartisan deal — and a big defeat for Trumpism Salon · Jun 1, 2023
Experts: "Game over" after Trump tape Former prosecutors say Trump's admission about Iran doc is "the last nail in a coffin" Salon · Jun 1, 2023
The debt ceiling fight was never about debt. It was about Republican power In a democracy, this type of extortion should not be permitted – but Republican rule isn’t based on democracy The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2023
Republican senator says ‘I don’t want reality’ in hearing on race and education Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma says he ‘misspoke’ when questioning witness about childcare and teaching of race The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2023
What’s in the cliffhanger deal struck by Biden and McCarthy to raise the debt limit? Agreement will prevent US from defaulting on loans and losing credit rating The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023
Donald Trump heard on bombshell tape 'bragging he kept top secret documents' Justice Department prosecutors have obtained an audio of Donald Trump boasting that he kept a classified Pentagon file related to a potential attack on Iran, according to reports Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2023
Gay and trans people deserve to live without persecution in the US. Why is that so hard? Conservative activists in America are doing everything they can to treat LGBTQ people as less than human The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2023
First Thing: Bill to raise debt ceiling passes days before default The House passed a deal brokered by Joe Biden and Republican House speaker Kevin McCarthy with a final vote of 314 to 117 The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
Psychiatrists on Trump's public meltdown "Trump's behavior is worse now but that's only because we're seeing a peeling away of his façade" Salon · Jun 1, 2023
After successful debt ceiling vote, McCarthy takes a victory lap McCarthy proved he could harness his narrow majority to force Biden to make policy changes. Axios · Jun 1, 2023
Salon · Jun 1, 2023 Founding fathers: Way too woke? Jefferson, Hamilton and those other guys come with well-known baggage. But compare them to Republicans, please
Axios · Jun 1, 2023 Dee-Santis or Deh-Santis? His campaign team won't say The GOP candidate has has gone back and forth on how to pronounce his name.
WEKU · Jun 1, 2023 Don't believe the hype: Low-key lawmakers helped avert a debt ceiling crisis The House voted overwhelmingly to approve a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling and cap spending. That's in part due to the work of lawmakers who usually fly under the radar.
The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2023 Months of distrust inside Trump legal team led to top lawyer’s departure Exclusive: Two Trump lawyers considered a ‘murder-suicide pact’ where one would resign if the other was fired
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 Trump accuses DeSantis of faking his own name ‘He is demanding that people call him DeeeSantis, rather than DaSantis’
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 After sailing though House on bipartisan vote, Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal now goes to Senate After sailing through the House on a bipartisan vote, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package now goes to the Senate
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 Republicans get their IRS cuts; Democrats say they expect little near-term impact While Republicans seek to make good on campaign promises to cut IRS funding through the proposed debt ceiling and budget cuts package now moving through Congress, Democrats are offering assurances that the spending cuts will have little impact on the federal tax collector
The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023 Trump returns to campaign trail in Iowa as GOP rival DeSantis makes case to New Hampshire voters Former President Donald Trump returns to the campaign trail Thursday as his chief rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, is undertaking his first swing through early voting states as an official candidate
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023 House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate The deal passed by a bipartisan coalition, despite pushback from conservatives and progressives, restricts spending for two years, suspends the debt ceiling until 2025 and imposes work rules for older people receiving food aid.
The Guardian - US · Jun 1, 2023 Debt ceiling bill: key takeaways from the vote Divisions were revealed, between and among party members, but both sides are counting the passage as a win
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 1, 2023 Alice Palmer, state senator who mentored Barack Obama, dies at 83 Mrs. Palmer was an activist who organized Chicago’s Anti-Apartheid movement and held the first fundraiser for Harold Washington’s first campaign for mayor.