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Top House staffers are still overwhelmingly white, study finds

Only 18 percent of high-level aides are people of color — a boost from 2018, but not enough for Congress’ staff to look like America.

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Bank regulators eye climate risk scenarios, drawing GOP criticism - Roll Call

The Fed and FDIC consider how to test banks' resilience under various climate scenarios, but say they aren't stress tests.

Roll Call

Henry Cuellar isn’t apologizing for being a moderate

Cuellar’s status as one of the few remaining “moderate” Democrats may be helping his fundraising, as he took in almost $4.9 million as of the end of June, smashing his usual pace for previous years.

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Editorial: Trump's latest violent, racist rhetoric cues the usual crickets from the GOP

Donald Trump’s recent post suggesting that Sen. Mitch McConnell harbors a “death wish” for compromising with Democrats was such clearly unacceptable rhetoric that even solidly conservative voices like The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board felt compelled to condemn it. But, as usual, most officials within the putatively mainstream GOP aren’t…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Proxy voting rises when Congress usually flies in and out of town, analysis finds

WASHINGTON — A line of idling cars quietly rumbled near the House steps last Friday, ready to whisk lawmakers back to the campaign trail and away from Washington until after the midterm elections.

Tribune News Service

Michael Hiltzik: How the GOP counts on Democrats' goodwill to conceal its own cruelty

In a world where Republicans set political standards, one could expect that migrants would be abandoned in remote places without hope of succor and that funding for infrastructure construction and disaster relief would be provided only to GOP-led communities.

Los Angeles Times

Liz Cheney says Arizona GOP candidates threaten democracy

Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney says the Republican candidates for Arizona governor and secretary of state pose a huge risk for democracy because both say they will refuse to certify election results if they don’t like the results

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Herschel Walker campaign claims GOP lead in Senate fundraising, but it trails Sen. Raphael Warnock

ATLANTA — Republican Herschel Walker on Wednesday reported raising more than $12 million in campaign cash over the past three months, less than half of what his Democratic opponent, U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, raked in for the same reporting period.

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Christian leaders rally around embattled Herschel Walker

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Beshear leads gubernatorial fundraising fight, Craft closes in on Quarles

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Kansas governor seeks to regain control of education debate

Kansas’ Democratic governor is trying to regain control of a debate over education in her tough race for reelection

The Independent UK

Colorado schools forced to tell GOP candidate to stop saying students identify as cats

Heidi Ganahl claims that she’s received messages from more than 100 concerned parents about the rumour that students in Colorado are identifying as cats and other animals

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Tax cut trend reaches two-thirds of states

About two-thirds of U.S. states have adopted some sort of tax relief this year

The Independent UK

The Oath Keepers' "cheat code" defense

Stewart Rhodes all but promised his followers he had "one neat trick" to evade criminal charges for sedition

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Biden and DeSantis offer praise for joint response to Hurricane Ian - Roll Call

They may be rivals in 2024, but President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis praised each other's work responding to Hurricane Ian.

Salon

Walker defender: Senate more important

"I don’t care if Herschel Walker paid to abort endangered baby eagles," said Dana Loesch

Chicago Sun-Times

Herschel Walker’s son Christian is all of us

We’re appalled by the lies. Hypocrisy and honesty sure don’t seem to matter to the Republican Party, or to the many Georgia voters supporting Walker.

Los Angeles Times

Two-thirds of California voters say Trump should be prosecuted if there's enough evidence, poll shows

Two-thirds of California voters believe former President Donald Trump should be prosecuted if the government feels there is sufficient evidence of crimes, but far fewer believe he is likely to face charges, according to a new poll.

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The Independent UK

Trump takes credit for DeSantis winning governor election in new Maggie Haberman audio

Audio could deepen feud between two top GOP rivals

Tribune News Service

Christian leaders rally around embattled Herschel Walker

ATLANTA — With a scrum of TV cameras and reporters waiting outside the doors, First Baptist Atlanta’s senior pastor, Anthony George, led a group of evangelical Christians in prayer for embattled GOP Senate nominee Herschel Walker Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

GOP midterm victory would add pressure on fintech regulators

If Republicans win control of Congress in the November midterms, people who closely follow financial technology expect pressure on regulators to push crypto-friendly rules across the finish line.

Roll Call

Proxy voting rises when Congress smells jet fumes

On days when Congress is scheduled to arrive or leave Washington, the number of members voting by proxy increases by double digits.

Salon

What is MAGA in 2022? Toxic nostalgia

Trump's core loyalists are older, less educated, more Southern, more Christian — and driven by resentment

Los Angeles Times

Mark Z. Barabak: Here's why the House is likely to flip while the Senate remains up in the air

With Election Day now less than five weeks away, we peer into our crystal ball — which is foggier than a summer morning in San Francisco — and answer questions.

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: Congress taking big step toward fixing elections

The House committee hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, invasion of the Capitol performed a useful educational service by detailing how former President Donald Trump incited the insurrection and rejected pleas to stop it.

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