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Lawmakers set to press Supreme Court on ethics standards

WASHINGTON — Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and other Democrats plan to push for new ethical standards for the Supreme Court in the next two years, even as the Republican control of the House may make that more difficult.

Tribune News Service

Gaetz claims McCarthy bartered J6 tapes

Republican lawmakers have been demanding the release of this footage for almost a year

Salon

Julianna Goldman: Republicans in Congress have an ethics problem

Republicans voted near-unanimously this week to weaken ethical oversight in Congress. It’s not the best look for the new House majority, but it doesn’t seem to care.

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Trump to ramp up efforts to secure 2024 Republican nomination after slow start

Events aim at giving ex-president a narrative reset after being criticized for his ‘low energy’ and inactivity, sources say

The Guardian - US

Speaker McCarthy's tidy 1st week disguises trouble ahead

Republican Kevin McCarthy wrapped his first full week as House speaker in the most outwardly orderly way

The Independent UK

GOP lawmakers in Wisconsin strike rule protecting LGBTQ youth from ‘conversion therapy’

Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin voted Thursday to strike a recently implemented rule protecting LGBTQ youth from so-called LGBTQ “conversion therapy.” The widely debunked practice attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Tribune News Service

All the GOP lawmakers who have called for George Santos' ouster

More than a dozen House and Senate Republicans have said Santos should resign or be expelled.

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Explainer-Biden vs. Trump: What is the difference between the two classified records cases?

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed two different special counsels to independently investigate the handling of classified records by Republican former President Donald Trump and his Democratic successor, President Joe Biden.

Reuters

There’s no sanitizing the toxic Marjorie Taylor Greene

This is not a case of a politician who misspeaks or commits a gaffe and must make amends. She is the poison that courses through the veins of parts of the right — the vicious, reality-challenged right.

Chicago Sun-Times

Michigan Biden electors sue false Trump slate, seeking declaration plot was illegal

LANSING, Mich. — Three of Michigan's presidential electors who cast votes for Democrat Joe Biden in 2020 filed a lawsuit this week against a group of 16 Republicans who submitted official documents falsely claiming Donald Trump had won the state.

Tribune News Service

Louisiana bill seeks 'fairness' in pregnancy costs

A Republican Louisiana lawmaker who has pre-filed a bill that would allow mothers to sue their child's father for 50% of out-of-pocket pregnancy-related medical expenses

The Independent UK

Who is Robert Hur, the special counsel tasked with overseeing Biden classified documents probe?

Former Maryland federal prosecutor is a Republican appointee

The Independent UK

McCarthy says Republicans won't risk default in fight over debt ceiling

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy wants to negotiate spending cuts in exchange for lifting the debt ceiling, but he said Thursday that Republicans wouldn’t risk the government not being able to pay its bills.

Tribune News Service

At the Races: Cooking with gas - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

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House GOP holds back bill aimed at progressive local prosecutors - Roll Call

A Republican-backed House bill aimed at progressive district attorneys ran into trouble this week amid concerns from conservative lawmakers.

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2022 elections see second-highest nationwide midterm voter turnout since 2002

The 2022 elections saw the second-highest midterm voter turnout since 2002, according to data compiled by the United States Election Project. The turnout rate in 2022 was 46.8%. Since 2002, the highest midterm turnout rate was in 2018, at 50.3%, and the lowest was in 2014, at 36.7%.

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US Chamber pushes immigration overhaul, trade deals - Roll Call

Amid tensions with some House Republican leaders, U.S. Chamber of Commerce leaders urge action on immigration and trade.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: By George: Even top Republicans now say Santos, the fraud, must go

Mark Twain is right that a lie travels around the world before the truth can put its pants on, but the truth has raced back to bite George Santos in the rear. That became clearer than ever Wednesday as leading New York Republicans demanded the new congressman resign immediately. Among…

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Democrat Brandon Presley joins race for Mississippi governor

Democrat Brandon Presley has announced that he's running for Mississippi governor this year

Tribune News Service

Shared power used be the norm in statehouses. Now it’s nearly extinct

Terry Kilgore has been a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates since 1994. During that time, there have been four years in which the GOP controlled the governor’s office and both chambers of the legislature. For two years, Democrats held complete control.

The Independent UK

Republicans call for US attorney general to name special counsel in tit-for-tat over Biden classified documents

Republican senators want a special prosecutor to probe Mr Biden because there is already one investigating his predecessor

Tribune News Service

FTC ban may be test of bipartisan opposition to noncompete clauses

WASHINGTON — A proposal from the Federal Trade Commission to ban noncompete agreements aims to correct what some say is a harmful power imbalance between companies and employees, an issue prominent enough to have won over some members of the typically pro-business Republican Party.

The Conversation

US Congress investigates presidents, the military, baseball and whatever it wants – a brief modern history of oversight

After regaining a slim majority in the House of Representatives in the November 2022 midterm elections, Republicans unveiled their plans for a series of investigations into the Biden administration.

Ballotpedia

More than 80% of Americans live in trifecta states

Welcome to the Thursday, Jan. 12, Brew.

The Independent UK

DeSantis tested on immigration as he weighs 2024 candidacy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted illegal immigration last fall by sending dozens of immigrants from Texas to an island off the Massachusetts coast

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