DeSantis says only he can beat Biden in 2024 presidential election Florida governor, expected to announce run soon, tells fundraising event Trump does not have ‘serious chance’ of being elected The Guardian - US · May 19, 2023
How one North Carolina lawmaker's defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham’s recent switch from the Democratic Party to the GOP opened the door for Republicans to enact new abortion restrictions over Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's opposition The Independent UK · May 19, 2023
Georgia prosecutor signals charges in 2020 election inquiry may come end of July Fani Willis prepared her team for remote work during that time, expected to be the window for indictments The Guardian - US · May 19, 2023
Marjorie Taylor Greene accuses Gavin Newsom of ‘mansplaining’ as Democrats rally around Jamaal Bowman Newsom has become the latest Democrat to support his colleague, Bowman, following Taylor Greene’s remarks The Independent UK · May 19, 2023
US debt ceiling talks hit bump as White House says ‘real differences’ remain – as it happened Official indicates lack of agreement on budget issues, saying' ‘talks will be difficult’ The Guardian - US · May 19, 2023
DeSantis' deal with the devil won't help DeSantis' chances of winning the election once the country learns of his radical record are worse than Trump's Salon · May 19, 2023
Ex-official: FBI called Jordan's "bluff" FBI letter shows Jordan's narrative is "absolutely nonsense" and a "fictional account," says Frank Figliuzzi Salon · May 19, 2023
Missouri governor to announce his pick as new St. Louis prosecutor after Kim Gardner resignation Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Friday will announce his pick to serve out the remainder of Kim Gardner’s term as the chief prosecutor in St. Louis, following her sudden departure earlier this week The Independent UK · May 19, 2023
Prosecutor suggests any indictments in Trump election investigation would likely come in August The Atlanta prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke the law while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia seems to be suggesting that any grand jury indictments in the case would likely come in August The Independent UK · May 19, 2023
He voted in Florida for the first time in 2020. Then came the criminal charges John Boyd Rivers says he was misled by an election official who urged him to vote for the first time in 2020. Now he’s been found guilty of voter fraud The Guardian - US · May 19, 2023
How Republicans are embracing the accused subway killer Daniel Penny White former marine accused of killing Black street performer has raised more than $2m for his legal defense fund The Guardian - US · May 19, 2023
Negotiating with post-Trump Republicans is like dealing with a toddler’s tantrum While one side is happy to defecate on the floor, the other side has no choice but to clean up the mess The Guardian - US · May 19, 2023
New GOP argument: Juries don't count John Durham's report cements the new GOP line of attack on democracy: Rejecting the legitimacy of jury trials Salon · May 19, 2023
2023 sees highest number of public-sector union bills in past five years Welcome to the Friday, May 19, Brew. Ballotpedia · May 19, 2023
The Independent UK · May 19, 2023 Damning new evidence spells trouble for Trump in Mar-a-Lago classified documents probe Trove of 16 presidential records appears to pour cold water on Mr Trump’s claims that he doesn’t think he did anything wrong by taking the documents when he left the White House
Axios · May 19, 2023 Scoop: Janet Yellen’s private debt ceiling warning to Wall Street Behind closed doors, Yellen says borrowing costs are already rising.
Axios · May 19, 2023 DeSantis' 2024 campaign pitch: Make America Florida The Florida governor will tout a far-right cultural agenda.
WEKU · May 19, 2023 Who is Vivek Ramaswamy, the 37-year-old entrepreneur and GOP presidential hopeful? He spoke to The NPR Politics Podcast about his political identity as a nationalist and expanding Donald Trump's "America First" message to a new audience.
Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023 Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s return to Capitol has been closely watched. Can she still do her job? WASHINGTON — For seven months in 1988, Joe Biden was absent from the Senate, recovering from operations to repair brain aneurysms.
The Independent UK · May 19, 2023 Tim Scott launching ad campaign in Iowa, New Hampshire for expected presidential bid Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina plans to begin airing ads in Iowa and New Hampshire early next week as he prepares for an expected 2024 Republican presidential campaign
Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023 Editorial: Appalling remarks made on NC House floor. Do better, Republicans It was, simply put, shameful.
Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023 Editorial: Delayed gratification: Santos must be removed, but expulsion vote was premature Yesterday, the House of Representatives did the right thing in rejecting a resolution to expel serial liar Con(gressman) George Santos by sending the matter to where it belongs, the Ethics Committee.
Los Angeles Times · May 19, 2023 George Skelton: Newsom and California lawmakers need to say where they stand on reparations for slavery SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature will soon receive a sweeping set of recommended reparations for African Americans whose ancestors suffered economically from slavery and racial discrimination. Then what?
Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023 Commentary: NC’s new abortion law is about polls, not beliefs When you consider North Carolina’s new abortion law, what’s striking isn’t that it limits access to abortion from 20 weeks to 12 weeks, but that it allows abortion at all.
Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023 Noah Feldman: Biden has no power to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling If Congress fails to raise the debt limit, can President Joe Biden somehow borrow more money to save the United States from default? The short answer is no. But that hasn’t stopped a group of Senate Democrats from urging Biden to act unilaterally by invoking the Fourteenth Amendment.