AP News Digest 6 p.m. Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times -EST. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan. The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023
Joe Biden hints that launch of re-election bid is around the corner Donald Trump announced third bid for presidency in November The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023
Leaders of House China panel denounce attack on Rep Judy Chu The leaders of a new House select committee on China are defending Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday after a GOP lawmaker questioned her loyalty to the U.S. based on her Chinese heritage The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023
Mexicans march nationwide against president’s electoral reform Mexicans marched Sunday against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s overhaul of the electoral system, with demonstrators nationwide criticizing the reforms ahead of next year’s elections. Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2023
Louisiana anti-abortion group calls on doctors to stop denying care exempted by ban Group speaks out after hospitals refused to offer treatment for a woman who had a near deadly miscarriage citing ambiguous law The Guardian - US · Feb 26, 2023
GOP chair Ronna McDaniel says party may try to force Trump to back GOP nominee even if it’s not him Party will require ‘loyalty pledge’ to attend debates The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023
RNC chair: candidates must sign loyalty pledge if they want to join 2024 debates Ronna McDaniel says loyalty pledge by primary candidates should be a ‘no-brainer’ for party’s presidential hopefuls The Guardian - US · Feb 26, 2023
Legal walls close in on Trump as special counsel, Georgia investigations hurtle toward possible charges Former President Donald Trump has never been in more serious — and fast-approaching — legal jeopardy. Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2023
Campaign for four-day week aims to sign up more firms after UK trial success ‘The world is ready,’ says campaign after 56 out of 61 firms in trial extend policy The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023
Black Mississippi capital distrusts plans by white officials People in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city say the mostly white state Legislature is trying to encroach on their rights of self-government The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023
Here's where US Senator Bernie Sanders stands on six key policy issues WITH Bernie Sanders weighing in on the Scottish independence debate, we’ve looked into what the US Senator believes in – and what he might have… The National (Scotland) · Feb 26, 2023
Bernie Sanders: Scots should ‘go their own way’ if they want to The US Democrat senator was asked for his gut feeling on the issue. The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023
Dining across the divide US special: ‘She said there are no leaders in the Republican party, just idiots’ Neither of them likes Donald Trump, but would they agree on the economy, healthcare or immigration? The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023
Scoop: House GOP plans Ohio derailment hearings The derailment ignited a political storm over the treatment of the rural, Republican residents. Axios · Feb 26, 2023
The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023 Failing at polls, election deniers focus on state GOP posts Election deniers who were unable to succeed at the polls last year have targeted the one political post that depends entirely on the most hard-core of Republican voters — state party chair
The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023 In 2024 campaign, kingmaker role again for South Carolina? South Carolina is accustomed to increased attention in the years leading up to presidential elections, given that the state has hosted the South’s first voting contests for several of the last cycles
WEKU · Feb 26, 2023 How a Supreme Court justice's paragraph put the Voting Rights Act in more danger Justice Neil Gorsuch tacked on a handful of sentences to a 2021 Supreme Court ruling, planting the seeds of a legal fight that could further weaken Voting Rights Act protections for people of color.
The Guardian - US · Feb 26, 2023 What to expect from this year’s CPAC: Biden bashing, 2024 Republican primary chatter and lawsuit gossip The gathering of conservatives returns to Washington and could prove to be a crystal ball into the GOP’s 2024 outlook
The Guardian - UK · Feb 26, 2023 Dining across the divide US special: ‘I got the impression he felt all Democrats were horrible. He made us sound like Bond villains’ One votes Democrat and the other wants Donald Trump to win in 2024. Where does that leave them on immigration, abortion or Ukraine?
The Guardian - US · Feb 26, 2023 The Courage to be Free review: Ron DeSantis bows and scrapes to Trump On the page, the Florida governor doesn’t show much courage about the man he must beat to be the Republican nominee
The Independent UK · Feb 26, 2023 Carter: Still a model for candidates asking 'Why not me?' As 2024's campaign season begins, politicians are looking in the mirror and deciding whether they see an American president staring back
Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2023 Political newcomer Jeanna Repass becomes first Black woman to lead Kansas Democratic party KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Democrats elected Jeanna Repass state chair Saturday, making her the first Black woman to lead the party.
Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2023 Threatened with suspension, Florida high school student leads classmates on walkout to protest DeSantis FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Eric Franzblau started by asking the school for permission. It was denied, he said.
Tribune News Service · Feb 26, 2023 East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee kicks off U.S. Senate campaign in Oakland SAN JOSE, Calif. — East Bay Rep. Barbara Lee kicked off her U.S. Senate campaign Saturday before a few hundred supporters filling the risers and basketball hardwood at Laney College’s gymnasium in her hometown of Oakland — formally launching her bid for the seat Sen. Dianne Feinstein has held for…
Tribune News Service · Feb 25, 2023 Jewish New Yorkers respond to ‘Day of Hate’ with prayers for peace NEW YORK — Threats of a national day of antisemitic hate sent Elizabeth Walsh to pray Saturday in her Upper East Side, Manhattan, synagogue.