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GOP rebels threaten McCarthy speaker bid

Rep. Andy Biggs says there are about 20 "pretty hard nos" in the Republican Party against McCarthy

Salon · Nov 30, 2022

Sedition trial win bolsters Justice Dept. in Jan. 6 probe

The seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and another leader in the far-right extremist group show that jurors are willing to hold accountable not just the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but those who schemed to subvert the 2020 election

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Must-pass spending bill likely place for electoral count overhaul measure, Manchin and Klobuchar say

WASHINGTON — Legislation to overhaul how Congress counts presidential electoral votes should be attached to the must-pass spending omnibus bill on its way out of the Senate, Sens. Joe Manchin III and Amy Klobuchar said Wednesday.

Tribune News Service · Nov 30, 2022

Republican Nikki Haley to decide on presidential bid over Christmas holidays

‘If we decide to get into it, we’ll put 1,000% in,’ says former South Carolina governor and Trump’s US ambassador to the UN

The Guardian - US · Nov 30, 2022

Herschel Walker hasn’t answered reporters’ questions in nearly two months

Georgia Senate race to end in December runoff

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Editorial: Leader Jeffries: What Hakeem Jeffries means to Democrats, and NYC

After Wednesday's uncontested vote among House Democrats, much of the nation will start getting to know Hakeem Jeffries as the first Black American to lead a party conference in Congress. Having followed the Brooklynite for decades, we’ve got some insight on, and some advice for, the new House Democratic leader…

Tribune News Service · Nov 30, 2022

Indiana Sen. Mike Braun to run for governor of the state in 2024

Braun filed the paperwork for a gubernatorial run with the secretary of state’s office Tuesday.

Axios · Nov 30, 2022

Herschel Walker struggles to explain why Trump is not campaigning for him in Georgia Senate runoff

‘He’s been doing other things for me,” GOP candidate says of Donald Trump

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

House Democrats nominate Hakeem Jeffries to replace Pelosi as first Black party leader in Congress

Jeffries will replace House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as Democratic leader.

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Herschel Walker’s stumbles complicate final stretch of his runoff bid

ATLANTA — As a surge of Georgia voters streamed to the polls this weekend, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock headlined a half-dozen rallies across metro Atlanta. Herschel Walker, his Republican opponent, was nearly invisible, without a public event for five days.

Tribune News Service · Nov 30, 2022