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Lightfoot ‘done with electoral politics for myself’ after Feb. 28 defeat

Lightfoot is the first elected Chicago mayor in 40 years to be denied a second term. The last mayor to suffer that indignity was Jane Byrne, Chicago’s first and only other female mayor.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 1, 2023

Search for top Southern Baptist leader fails amid dispute

A powerful Southern Baptist committee was planning to appoint a new president on Monday who could navigate controversies over its handling of sexual-abuse reforms and the ousting of churches with women pastors

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

Biden invites House and Senate leaders to White House as debt limit crisis looms

Mr Biden will meet with top House and Senate leaders on 9 May

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

Oregon secretary of state is sorry for outside marijuana job

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan has apologized for taking a job as a consultant for a marijuana company

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

North Carolina Supreme Court vacates state’s congressional, legislative maps

In a 5-2 decision on April 28, 2023, the North Carolina Supreme Court overturned a 2022 decision that the state’s enacted congressional and legislative maps were unconstitutional due to partisan gerrymandering. The court vacated the maps the legislature enacted in 2021 and the remedial maps used for the 2022 elections.…

Ballotpedia · May 1, 2023

Texas House investigative committee sets hearing into allegations of inappropriate conduct by lawmaker

Weeks after the committee issued four subpoenas without disclosing what they were for, it moves forward with its investigation into an unnamed lawmaker.

The Texas Tribune · May 1, 2023

E Jean Carroll says Trump ‘ground her face in mud’ as she explains why she didn’t report rape to police

Former CBS boss Les Moonves ‘didn’t grind my face into the mud like Donald Trump did,’ Carroll says

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

"No legal basis" for Trump mistrial bid

"There's no legal basis to grant a mistrial merely because Trump disagrees with Judge Kaplan's evidentiary rulings"

Salon · May 1, 2023

Maine expanded abortion access up for debate, passage likely

A proposal that would give Maine one of the least restrictive abortion laws in the country has come up for debate while passage seems all but assured because of Democratic control of the state’s legislature

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

E Jean Carroll says she sued for rape on advice of Trump adviser’s husband

Writer tells New York jury George Conway, the husband of top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, encouraged her to take legal action

The Guardian - US · May 1, 2023