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Ron DeSantis 2024: Everything we know about the Florida governor’s presidential bid

Mr DeSantis will not have resign as governor of Florida to run for US president

The Independent UK · May 22, 2023

Will Ron DeSantis run for president in 2024?

Mr DeSantis has been considered a potential Republican presidential candidate since 2021

The Independent UK · May 22, 2023

Marianne Williamson: ‘You don’t even know what misogyny is until you’ve been a woman running for president’

In second presidential bid, Williamson is running a more grounded campaign – as a political outsider appalled at how America’s political elites have ignored the needs of ordinary people

The Guardian - US · May 22, 2023

Debt ceiling talks enter make-or-break phase

With less than two weeks to go before a potential debt default.

Axios · May 22, 2023

First Thing: US debt ceiling talks ‘productive’ as Biden and McCarthy to meet

Sunday night phone call between president and Republican House speaker reported to have struck a more positive tone. Plus, how solar farms took over the California desert

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2023

Mark Z. Barabak: Feinstein is not going to quit the Senate. Ever. Just ask her biographer

Other than family and close friends, few people have a longer history with Dianne Feinstein or a better understanding of California's ailing U.S. senator than Jerry Roberts.

Los Angeles Times · May 22, 2023

Editorial: Going the Ron way: DeSantis’ new immigration law and culture wars will backfire

Ron DeSantis doesn’t just want to run for the presidency, the Florida governor seems to already have declared himself president as he tries to wrest clear federal responsibilities away from the U.S. government with a new Florida law that heavily penalizes employment of undocumented immigrants, gives state officials more authority…

Tribune News Service · May 22, 2023

John M. Crisp: A President Harris might even be good for our republic

If an increasingly possible scenario develops—a 2024 rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump—age will be an issue. But not just Biden’s.

Tribune News Service · May 22, 2023

Doyle McManus: Debt ceiling negotiations were hard when Biden was vice president. They're even harder now

For a brief moment last week, it was possible to imagine that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had found a patch of common ground in their standoff over the federal debt ceiling.

Los Angeles Times · May 22, 2023

Beshear vs. Cameron: What to expect from Kentucky’s closely watched governor’s race this fall

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The stage is officially set for what is widely expected to be the nation’s most expensive, contentious and closely watched election of 2023 — the Kentucky governor’s race.

Tribune News Service · May 22, 2023