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Trial over Kari Lake’s last challenge to loss in Arizona governor’s race enters 2nd day

The trial over Kari Lake's challenge to her defeat in the Arizona governor's race is entering its second day

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

Johnson’s City Council floor leader portrays Lightfoot as sore loser undermining smooth transition

“Mayor Lightfoot, in her final days, really worked to harm this incoming administration. It’s sad. It’s unfortunate. But we now have to come together as a city and clean up the mess that she left us,” Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, the mayor’s City Council floor leader, told the Sun-Times.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 18, 2023

MTG: "White supremacist" like "N-word"

Jamaal Bowman accused MTG of using a “bullhorn to put a target on my back” after she called him "threatening"

Salon · May 18, 2023

Montana judge temporarily blocks enforcement of abortion ban; hearing next week

A Montana judge is preventing the state from enforcing a new ban on the type of abortion most commonly used after 15 weeks of gestation until he can hear arguments on the law next week

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

GOP withholds "whistleblower" testimony

"I think it's clear who is weaponizing government," said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Salon · May 18, 2023

White House expected to withdraw federal appeals court nomination, in judicial defeat for Biden

In a rare judicial defeat for President Joe Biden, the White House is expected to soon withdraw the nomination of Michael Delaney for the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

Ohio board approves August ballot question meant to thwart abortion rights push

A ballot question aimed at making it harder to amend Ohio's constitution has been cleared for an August vote

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

Progressive mayors have won elections in Boston, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Here's why Philadelphia's race was different.

PHILADELPHIA — National progressives were looking for another big win in Philadelphia this week, but Cherelle Parker, a moderate Democrat born and raised in the city's Northwest section, won the historic nomination.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 18, 2023

Ron DeSantis expected to launch 2024 presidential bid next week, reports say

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

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

CNN's Amanpour criticizes network's decision to hold Trump town hall

Christiane Amanpour, the veteran international correspondent who has been at CNN for 40 years, became the network's first journalist to publicly criticize the decision to host Donald Trump for a town hall in New Hampshire last week

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023