Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Republican

Republican donors are eyeing Ron DeSantis for 2024 as damning evidence mounts against Trump

Republican donors see the Florida governor as a worthwhile successor to the former president

The Independent UK

Democrats swiftly raised $80M after court overturned Roe

Democrats and their aligned groups raised more than $80 million in the week after the Supreme Court stripped away a woman’s constitutional right to have an abortion

The Independent UK

Biden’s planned nomination of anti-abortion judge outrages left

Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., said he was completely blindsided by White House plans to nominate anti-abortion Republican Chad Meredith to a federal trial court seat in his state.

Tribune News Service

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

70 Percent of Republicans and Democrats Agree: The Other Side Are 'Bullies'

A new poll from the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics found that 73 percent of Republicans and 74 percent of Democrats think the other side are authoritarian bullies.

Reason

ICYMI: Top stories of the week

On Wednesday, Ballotpedia announced the launch of our new Election Administration Legislation Tracker—a resource to help you quickly and easily track election-related legislation in all 50 states.

Ballotpedia

TikTok on defense after report on foreign access of US user data

Republican lawmakers were concerned after a BuzzFeed report showed that non-public US user data was accessed abroad

The Guardian - US

Republican goes after Ron Johnson again

Johnson appeared to blame the scheme on Kelly, even while claiming that the entire affair is a "non-story"

Salon

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Election Legislation Weekly Digest: July 1, 2022

Here is our weekly round-up on election-related legislation. In it, you’ll find the following information:

Ballotpedia

Martin Compston in talks to star as Irish republican leader in new drama

MARTIN Compston could be set to work with Irvine Welsh in a new drama about Irish republican leader James Connolly.

The National (Scotland)

Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords

The White House says President Joe Biden will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, with whom Biden served in the Senate

The Independent UK

Utah Republican apologises for saying women can control ‘intake of semen’

Karianne Lisonbee, a state representative, made remark as conservatives celebrated US supreme court abortion ruling

The Guardian - US

Nicholas Goldberg: Liz Cheney’s principles were showing at the Reagan library. So were her politics

I’m not a Republican and I don’t get misty-eyed at the memory of the GOP’s glorious achievements.

Los Angeles Times

Many anti-abortion activists before Roe were liberals who were inspired by 20th-century Catholic social teaching

The Supreme Court decision reversing Roe v. Wade’s protection for abortion rights was a predictably partisan ruling. All of the justices appointed by Republican presidents voted to uphold the Mississippi law restricting abortion, while all three appointed by Democratic presidents dissented.

The Conversation

Poll reveals white Americans see an increase in discrimination against other white people and less against other racial groups

Despite largely holding the political, economic and social levers of power, nearly a third of white Americans say they have seen “a lot more” discrimination against white people in the past five years – and more than half of them say they have not seen a rise in discrimination against…

The Conversation

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

‘Truth matters’: Liz Cheney lambasts Trump-backed rival in Wyoming debate

Republican vice-chair of January 6 committee, trailing in primary, challenges Harriet Hageman to say 2020 election was not stolen

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Lawmakers Urge Blinken to Pressure into Renewal of Humanitarian Aid to Syria

Four Republican and Democratic lawmakers sent Thursday a letter to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken asking him to continue to exert diplomatic pressure in favor of continued humanitarian access to the Syrians dependent on life-saving assistance.

WEKU

The Christian Right is winning in court while losing in public opinion

The Christian Right's wins in the Supreme Court on abortion and prayer in school come at a time when a growing majority of Americans are strongly opposed to its views.

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: Republicans, what do you see when you look in the mirror?

It is yet another morning after. But as you stare at your bathroom mirror, on this Wednesday morning after Tuesday’s hearing, it somehow feels as if you are staring at just another news screen. And this one just keeps looping more bad news you can’t bear to see.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - US

Explosive testimony piles pressure on Trump – how likely are criminal charges?

The January 6 committee cannot charge Trump, but it can make criminal referrals. Here are the key legal issues at stake

The Independent UK

Trump's vulnerabilities for 2024 mount after new testimony

Stunning new revelations about former President Donald Trump's fight to overturn the 2020 election have exposed growing political vulnerabilities just as he eyes another presidential bid

The Independent UK

Wisconsin's conservative high court hands GOP another weapon

Wisconsin’s conservative-controlled Supreme Court handed Republicans their newest weapon to weaken any Democratic governors in the battleground state

Tribune News Service

McConnell threatens support for China bill, citing budget talks

WASHINGTON — Republicans won’t back compromise legislation to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing and U.S. competitiveness with China if Democrats continue to negotiate a partisan budget package that can pass without GOP support, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday.

Ballotpedia

Michigan sees 4.08 candidates per district, a decade-high

The filing deadline for candidates running for Congress in Michigan this year was April 19, 2022. Fifty-three candidates are running for Michigan’s 13 U.S. House districts, including 28 Democrats and 25 Republicans. That’s 4.08 candidates per district, a decade-high, and up from the 3.93 in 2020 and 3.64 in 2018.

Ballotpedia

Incumbent Michael Guest defeated Michael Cassidy in Mississippi’s 3rd District Republican Party primary runoff

Incumbent Michael Guest (R) defeated Michael Cassidy (R) in the Republican Party primary runoff in Mississippi’s 3rd Congressional District on June 28, 2022. Guest, who has represented this district in Congress since 2019, won with 67.4% of the vote while Cassidy received 32.6%. In the first round of the primary…

The Independent UK

McConnell warns Dems of fallout for reviving Biden bill

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is threatening to derail a bill designed to boost semiconductor manufacturing in the United States if Democrats revive their stalled climate and social policy package

1 … 1039 1040 1041 1042

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Department of Justice

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.