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Republicans struggle for consensus on next steps concerning abortion

WASHINGTON — Republicans from Georgia and other states are sending mixed messages on abortion, both claiming the issue should be left up to states while supporting a new federal ban.

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McConnell expresses private optimism that GOP will win Senate

The Republican leader has publicly downplayed expectations for winning the majority.

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‘Growing numb’: Frustrated McConnell tries to keep focus on inflation, not culture wars

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‘Growing numb’: Frustrated McConnell tries to keep focus on inflation, not culture wars

WASHINGTON – The Louisville mother who has sketched out a plan just to pay for groceries. The Nevada office worker who has replaced her children’s juice with water. The Arizona family forced to the food bank to put dinner on the table.

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Conservatives’ ire over stopgap spending presages budget wars to come

WASHINGTON — Rising GOP pushback against a short-term stopgap funding bill into December that would pave the way for a lame-duck omnibus package is at minimum a political headache for party leaders, and at worst points to market-rattling brinkmanship around fiscal deadlines next year.

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If Republicans fail to retake the Senate, is Trump, McConnell or Scott most to blame?

WASHINGTON — If Republicans flounder in their effort to recapture the U.S. Senate less than two months from now, an inevitable blame game will commence over who’s most responsible for their midterm belly flop.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Conservatives' ire over stopgap spending presages budget wars to come - Roll Call

GOP pushback against a stopgap funding bill is a political headache for party leaders, and could point to fiscal brinkmanship next year.

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Jonathan Bernstein: New Hampshire shows GOP isn’t learning the right lessons

Republican Party dysfunction was on display in New Hampshire Tuesday. Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan and both the state’s House Democrats were considered highly vulnerable this year. So what did Republicans do, in this state that has voted for Democrats for president five times in a row and defeated Donald Trump…

Tribune News Service

McConnell's renegades: Graham and Scott's "freelancing" threatens GOP unity

Two of the highest-profile Republicans in the Senate are publicly defying McConnell on high-stakes issues.

Axios

Abortion ban legislation adds to political challenge for GOP

Republican candidates have given wildly differing responses to South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham’s plan to ban abortion nationwide at 15 weeks

The Independent UK

Nina Totenberg looks back on her decades-long friendship with Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The NPR legal affairs correspondent met the future SCOTUS justice in the early '70s, when Totenberg interviewed Ruth Bader Ginsburg for a story about a decision pertaining to women's rights.

WEKU

MAGA’s New Hampshire sweep

All three of the GOP congressional candidates seen as more electable went down in defeat.

Axios

Editorial: Peter Thiel’s warning to GOP is a wake-up call

Peter Thiel, a GOP megadonor and technology billionaire, is a controversial figure within conservative circles. The early investor in Facebook and PayPal co-founder also was an instrumental donor to Trump-backed Senate candidates in Arizona and Ohio.

Tribune News Service

Republicans' rocky attempt to change the abortion narrative

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GOP's Graham unveils nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks

Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has introduced a bill calling for a nationwide abortion ban

Axios

Lindsey Graham's 15-week abortion bill sends Republicans into containment mode

Democrats are thrilled to campaign on Graham's proposed national abortion ban.

France 24

Prosecutor Ken Starr, who investigated Bill Clinton, dies

Ken Starr, who headed the investigation that led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton for lying about his affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, died on Tuesday. He was 76.

The Independent UK

McConnell shoots down Lindsey Graham’s proposed abortion ban

‘I think most of the members of my conference prefer that this will be dealt with at the state level,’ the Republican leader says

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GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham introduces 15-week abortion ban in the Senate

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has introduced a bill to create a federal ban on abortions at 15 weeks in an attempt to force Republicans to adopt a partywide consensus on the issue.

WEKU

How lawyers from one giant DC firm influenced Trump's Supreme Court picks

Servants of the Damned author David Enrich says lawyers from the firm of Jones Day were deeply embedded in the Trump White House — and helped create policy designed to limit the federal government.

Roll Call

Democrats celebrate law aimed at combating inflation amid focus on abortion

Biden and Democrats celebrate "inflation reduction" law as CPI report tanks markets. Meanwhile, GOP proposes national abortion limits.

Roll Call

Graham eyes national abortion ban - Roll Call

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said many in his party would prefer to deal with the issue "on a state level."

The Guardian - US

Republican Lindsey Graham proposes nationwide 15-week abortion ban

White House says South Carolina senator’s proposed bill ‘wildly out of step with what Americans believe’

Axios

Biden's lucky streak

Democrats' fortunes are looking up.

The Independent UK

Biden's midterm self-edit: Less talk about inflation woes

In recent speeches, President Joe Biden has stopped talking so much about inflation worries

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