Joe Biden stumbles on Air Force One steps for second time in two weeks President visits Selma, Alabama to commemorate 58 years since ‘Bloody Sunday’ The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023
Biden's upcoming budget part of 2024 political messaging President Joe Biden has decided to get out of the White House to unveil his proposed budget this week in Pennsylvania, a must-win state in 2024 The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023
Trump fumes at Willis on Truth Social Georgia Republicans are pushing legislation to make it easier to remove local DAs. Critics say it's retaliation Salon · Mar 6, 2023
Barbara Bryant, first woman to lead Census Bureau, has died Barbara Everitt Bryant, the first woman to lead the U.S. Census Bureau, overseeing the 1990 count of every U.S. resident, has died The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023
Defensive Trump insists CPAC speech was packed after Chris Christie led mockery over empty seats Ex-president slighted by suggestions that he cannot draw same crowds he had in ‘16, ‘20 The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023
Alaska: OK to discriminate against LGBTQ Alaska’s civil rights agency quietly deleted language promising equal protections for LGBTQ Alaskans Salon · Mar 6, 2023
Ending the Epicycles of the Establishment Clause Like abortion, separationism has distorted standing doctrine. Reason · Mar 6, 2023
DC to pull new crime law; impact on Senate vote unclear The head of the D The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023
Five takeaways from CPAC and what it means for the 2024 race Trump proves he still controls the Republican Party as CPAC draws to a close The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023
Buttigieg fires back at critics over timing of East Palestine visit Pete Buttigieg said he and his team ‘were always going to go’ to East Palestine regardless of what Donald Trump or anyone else had said or done The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023
‘If that is true: Wow!’ John Oliver blasts Ron DeSantis’s ‘bizarre dating tactic’ Florida governor deliberately misprounced Thai food on first dates because ‘he didn’t want a girlfriend who corrected him’ The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023
D.C. declares early defeat on crime reforms ahead of Senate vote The proposal has set off a national debate about crime. Axios · Mar 6, 2023
John Oliver on Ron DeSantis: ‘A petty autocrat and a bully’ The Last Week Tonight host looks into the political career of Ron DeSantis, Trump’s presumed rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination The Guardian - US · Mar 6, 2023
17 candidates filed for federal and statewide offices last week Ballotpedia identified 17 declared candidates for federal and statewide offices over the previous week. That number is two fewer than the number of candidates processed the previous week (19). All of these candidates declared prior to their state’s official filing deadline. Ballotpedia · Mar 6, 2023
Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 6, 2023 Indicted Ald. Carrie Austin gets head start on political retirement Austin’s decision to retire from rather than fight the new ward map has made it easier for the Black Caucus to accommodate the loss of more than 85,000 African-American residents over the last decade.
Ballotpedia · Mar 6, 2023 Kamala Harris (D) ties for second-most tie-breaking votes cast by a vice president in United States history Vice President Kamala Harris (D) cast her 29th tie-breaking vote in the Senate on March 1, breaking a 48-48 tie to approve Margaret R. Guzman to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Harris is now tied with John Adams (1789-1797) for the second-most tie-breaking votes cast…
Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2023 Meet Soapy, Jimmy Carter’s longtime barber and fellow ‘tough old bird’ AMERICUS, Ga. — On any given day during much of James “Soapy” Herndon’s ongoing, 62-year run as a barber, passersby might have spotted his shop filled not with clients but with Secret Service agents.
Ballotpedia · Mar 6, 2023 Upcoming Article III Judicial Vacancies According to the latest vacancy data from the U.S. Courts, there were 23 total announced upcoming vacancies for Article III judgeships. Article III judgeships refer to federal judges who serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of International Trade, or one of the 13 U.S. courts of appeal…
Ballotpedia · Mar 6, 2023 Jacksonville, Florida voters to decide local races The general election for Jacksonville, Florida is on March 21, 2023. The filing deadline to run passed on Jan. 13.
Salon · Mar 6, 2023 "Ominous" DOJ memo could doom Trump "There really isn’t anything else out there protecting Trump" after DOJ rejects presidential immunity, lawyer says
Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2023 Trump’s threat of a third-party run is undercut by ‘sore loser’ laws Donald Trump hates losing so much that he has suggested he will mount a third-party campaign if he doesn’t win the Republican presidential nomination.
Salon · Mar 6, 2023 CPAC surfaces simmering GOP tensions Trump's dark "retribution" speech at CPAC reveals that Republican reunification may be too hard to pull off by 2024
The Guardian - US · Mar 6, 2023 DeSantis inches closer to presidential run announcement with California speech – as it happened Governor condemns other states’ Covid responses and celebrates Florida as a ‘citadel of freedom’ in speech
The Conversation · Mar 6, 2023 Americans remain hopeful about democracy despite fears of its demise – and are acting on that hope President Joe Biden will convene world leaders beginning on March 29, 2023, to discuss the state of democracies around the world.
The Independent UK · Mar 6, 2023 Digital foot soldiers: Pro-Trump bots swarm DeSantis, Haley Researchers have uncovered a network of tens of thousands of fake Twitter accounts created to support former President Donald Trump and attack his critics and potential rivals