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Media has a medical blind spot with GOP

The lengthy absences of Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean Jr. raise a congressional double standard

Salon · Jul 2

Young MAGA Activists Push for a More Radical GOP After Trump's Iran Shift: Report

Rather than moving away from the GOP, many consulted by The Atlantic say they want a party led by figures they believe would pursue a more hardline nationalist agenda

Latin Times · Jul 2

Paramedics Were Called To McConnell's Home For An Unconscious Person. Later That Day He Was Hospitalized

Paramedics responded to a report of an unconscious person at the home of Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell on the same day the senator was hospitalized, according to a new report.

International Business Times · Jul 2

Unlimited political spending is here

The Supreme Court has killed one of the last checks on election spending

Salon · Jul 2

From the Fourth of July to Bastille Day: How France and America reinvent their nations through ritual

Why do France and the United States – two nations that claim to be founded on universal principles rather than common ancestry – place such extraordinary importance on their national holidays? And what do today’s battles over these celebrations reveal about the crisis of democratic national narratives?

The Conversation · Jul 2

Mitch McConnell found unconscious after ‘heart attack’ last month: reports

The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican received CPR and was rushed to the hospital following the June 14 health incident at his Washington home

The Independent UK · Jul 1

‘In the end the court did its job’ – a former federal judge reviews a Supreme Court term full of momentous decisions

In the Supreme Court term that began in October 2025, the justices delivered major decisions in cases ranging from voting rights to citizenship to presidential power. The Conversation’s Politics and Legal Affairs Editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with Dickinson College President John Jones, a former federal judge, about the court’s session.

The Conversation · Jul 1

Voters forced to set aside their disgust and vote party loyalty over principle in Maine and Texas races

ANALYSIS: The problems for Democrats and Republicans in Maine and Texas mirror each other, but one party could still end up being worse off, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK · Jul 1

Gentner Drummond (R) and Mike Mazzei (R) campaign on experience and Trump support in the August 25 Republican runoff for Oklahoma governor

Gentner Drummond (R) and Mike Mazzei (R) advanced to the August 25 Republican primary runoff after defeating seven other candidates in the primary on June 16. Incumbent Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) is term-limited and retiring from public office. In the primary, Drummond received 25.9% of the vote to Mazzei’s 25.5%.

Ballotpedia · Jul 1

The ‘AOC effect’ is now officially sweeping the primaries — and Republicans are licking their chops

ANALYSIS: As more centrist Democrats fall to socialists and far-left progressives, Republicans smell an opportunity to retain Congress. But, Eric Garcia writes, it is not that clear cut

The Independent UK · Jul 1