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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.

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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.”

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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

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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

Zenger

‘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.

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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

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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.

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The red scare returns

Why the right has suddenly returned to screaming about communism

Salon

GOP Candidate Suarez Stumbles On Uyghur Issue, Risks Campaign Hurdle

Miami Mayor's lack of knowledge about persecuted minority raises concerns in crowded Republican primary field

Zenger

Police chief ‘gets daily briefings on plots to kill his officers’

PSNI chief constable Simon Byrne said the ongoing threat from dissident republicans remains a ‘real worry’.

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House Office of Diversity and Inclusion could be a culture war casualty - Roll Call

The House office meant to attract diverse staff could succumb to Republican cuts, despite protests from some staffers and advocacy groups.

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

Republican Rep. Aaron Bean returns to Congress having worked in the office of Florida Sen. Connie Mack III more than two decades ago.

Salon

Book bans led to "expunging" impeachment

Authoritarians don't just want to control the distant past, they feel entitled to erase events we all remember

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

The Biden administration’s allocation of high-speed internet funding will give 19 states at least $1 billion each in federal aid.

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A property tax deal has eluded Texas lawmakers. Here’s where things stand at the start of another special session.

Top Republicans promised property tax cuts, but have been locked in standoffs on how to achieve it. Gov. Greg Abbott has called another overtime legislative session in hopes of solidifying a plan.

Salon

Trump hits the panic button over Smith

When racism is the defense, Americans must prepare for potential violence

WEKU

What the Supreme Court's rejection of a controversial theory means for elections

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject the most extreme version of the "independent state legislature theory" is expected to bring some stability to the 2024 elections — and invite more lawsuits.

Tribune News Service

Matthew Yglesias: It’s not Trump’s party so much as Jason Smith’s

If you want to know how Donald Trump would govern if he wins in 2024 — or Ron DeSantis or for that matter Will Hurd — tune out the din of the Republican presidential campaign and cast your gaze toward the House of Representatives. What you will see is that…

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: House Republicans seem uninterested in governing

It should surprise no one that, in today’s Washington, a deal sometimes is not a deal.

The Independent UK

Trump news – live: Trump gives ‘bravado’ defence for classified documents tape as he sues E Jean Carroll

All the latest developments from the former president’s legal troubles and the 2024 campaign trail

The Independent UK

Impeachment? Censure? Stigma is falling away from Congress' most severe punishments

Republicans in the House are increasingly threatening impeachment against President Joe Biden and his top Cabinet officials

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