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Obama pauses mid-speech to let a four-year-old boy speak at rally for Georgia runoff race

‘He’s only four and he’s making sense,’ 44th president says

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022

Warnock, Walker fight to the finish in US Senate runoff

ATLANTA — A bruising campaign for the final election of 2022 will come to an end Tuesday as voters settle a runoff between U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker that could widen or narrow the chamber’s Democratic majority.

Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022

DeSantis 2024 prospects prompt Fla. lawmakers to review law

Florida’s top lawmakers are considering changes to a law to clear the path for Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to run for president without giving up his post

The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022

House GOP push to impeach DHS chief could split caucus next year

WASHINGTON — A push from some House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over U.S.-Mexico border security could divide the caucus as it wrangles with a narrow majority next year.

Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022

Where Walker and Warnock stand on culture war issues

ATLANTA — The culture wars are alive and well in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race.

Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022

DeSantis avoiding talk of Trump's dinner

DeSantis believes it's best to do the one thing Trump seems unable to do: remain silent

Salon · Dec 2, 2022

Jonathan Bernstein: Hold the Iowa caucuses in spring. It won’t change much

The Democratic National Committee is expected to make some big decisions in the next few days about the presidential nomination calendar. It seems likely that the party will seek to demote Iowa from its role as the first state to select a presidential nominee.

Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022

Editorial: Conspiracy most foul: Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers and other Jan. 6 plotters must pay the price for their crimes

Here’s a stark way to restate why Donald Trump is unfit to lead the Republican Party, much less the nation: He promises “full pardons with an apology to many” of those who violently breached the Capitol to stop the peaceful transition of power to rightful victor Joe Biden. In stark…

Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022

Editorial: The political charade behind the removal of progressive state attorney

It didn’t take long Tuesday to expose Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ouster of Andrew Warren as the political hit job it was.

Tribune News Service · Dec 2, 2022

Biden pushes Democrats for 2024 primary overhaul to "reflect the overall diversity" of U.S.

South Carolina is set to replace Iowa as the first primary state, per multiple reports.

Axios · Dec 2, 2022