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Largely ignored by Congress, DeSantis woos state lawmakers to help lift his campaign

Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign has the formal backing of five U.S. representatives, one governor, and exactly zero U.S. senators — a grand total of six endorsements from the nation’s top elected officials.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Biden blasts Supreme Court as not ‘normal’ after affirmative action ruling - Roll Call

As Democrats across the country blasted the 6-3 opinion, Republicans lauded the new restrictions imposed by the Supreme Court.

Roll Call

Yes, debates do help voters decide – and candidates are increasingly reluctant to participate

Former President Donald Trump’s threat to skip the first Republican presidential debate, scheduled for Aug. 23, 2023, may be a sign that candidate debates will be the next casualty in the highly polarized political environment in the United States.

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Former President Trump Contemplates Skipping GOP Debates Amidst Strong Poll Numbers

Trump Considers Skipping GOP Debates as Polls Show Commanding Lead

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King Charles to face two protests when in Scotland for coronation event

KING Charles is to face two protests from republican groups as he heads to Scotland for “yet another coronation event” ...

The National (Scotland)

Editorial: Republicans are too reckless for even this Supreme Court

With Tuesday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision in Moore v. Harper, the reckless, anti-democratic arrogance of North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders finally hit a wall.

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Florida Rep. Bean, who moonlighted as perfume salesman, returns to Hill as member

Aaron Bean came to the Hill more than two decades ago to be formally trained as a staffer through a yearlong program operated by the now-closed Legislative Studies Institute, starting out in the office of Florida Republican Sen. Connie Mack III, the grandson of the legendary baseball manager of the…

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Trump's GOP support dips slightly after his indictment over classified documents, AP-NORC poll finds

Former President Donald Trump’s criminal indictment on charges of mishandling government secrets appears to have dented his popularity among Republicans — but only slightly

The Independent UK

DeSantis says if elected he would abolish education, energy and IRS departments to fight ‘woke ideology’

The Florida governor is trailing former president Donald Trump by wide margins in Republican primary polls

The Independent UK

With ‘Bidenomics,’ President Biden aims for middle-class voters as he discusses economy during Chicago address

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden sought to revitalize support for his reelection among middle-class voters before a Chicago audience Wednesday, branding his efforts at economic growth, job creation and inflation fighting as “Bidenomics” to counter lagging job approval ratings.

Chicago Tribune

Judge temporarily blocks Kentucky ban on gender-affirming care for minors

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the portion of a law that would ban gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, for Kentucky transgender youth.

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Republican officials targeted by letters with white powder, report says

U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert was among a group of mostly Republican officials who were sent suspicious letters laced with an “apparently harmless white powder,” the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

The Denver Post

With second special session underway, Texas lawmakers offer opening property tax-cut proposals

A stalemate among Texas’ top Republicans has dragged on for months. Tax-cut proponents in the House and Senate made their first pitches to end the impasse Wednesday.

The Texas Tribune

Former Connecticut Gov. and US Sen. Lowell P. Weicker dies at 92

HARTFORD, Conn. — Former Connecticut Gov. Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr., a larger-than-life former U.S. senator and governor who helped create the state income tax while becoming one of the most dominant figures in Connecticut politics for decades, died Wednesday after a short illness, his family confirmed.

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Alaska to receive most per-capita aid in broadband funding rollout

WASHINGTON -- The Biden administration’s long-awaited allocation of high-speed internet funding will give 19 states at least $1 billion each in federal aid from a 2021 infrastructure law, with Alaska, West Virginia, Wyoming and Montana leading the list in per capita aid.

Fortune

Congress has the authority to forgive student loans but won’t do it, says a government professor

Borrowers await a verdict on Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan this week. But, one expert says, “Republicans will not give the president a win going into 2024.”

The Independent UK

North Carolina lawmakers passed 12-week abortion ban. Now they want to make last-minute changes

Republicans are scrambling to stave off a legal challenge to the law

The Independent UK

Liz Cheney lays out damning problem with US politics: ‘We’re electing idiots’

Ms Cheney lost her seat in Congress after opposing former President Donald Trump

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US House Races See More Major-Party Competition

Percentage of US House general elections with only one major party candidate has decreased over the past decade

The Independent UK

‘Any Republican not named Trump’: Paul Ryan says former president is only candidate who would lose to Biden

Vocal anti-Trump former speaker believes candidate without former president’s baggage can win White House

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Trump leads in 2024 Republican presidential primary RealClearPolitics polling average and PredictIt market

As of June 26, 2023, former President Donald Trump (R) holds a lead in both RealClearPolitics’ (RCP) Republican presidential primary polling average and PredictIt’s Republican presidential primary market.

The Independent UK

Chris Christie attacks Trump for diverting campaign funds to legal battles: ‘Cheapest SOB I’ve ever met’

Former governor has opened aggressive front against top rival as other Republicans shy away

The Independent UK

She lost her transgender son to suicide. She isn’t giving up fighting for him

Weeks after her son’s death, Kentucky state Senator Karen Berg confronted the very same legislation that he warned was coming. Her love and her grief fuel her fight against a ‘desperate last stand’ of political attacks, she tells Alex Woodward

Roll Call

Former Connecticut senator, governor Weicker dies at 92 - Roll Call

Former Sen. and Gov. Lowell P. Weicker, the last surviving member of the Senate Watergate committee, died at age 92.

Salon

The red scare returns

Why the right has suddenly returned to screaming about communism

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