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Psaki accuses Republicans of holding Covid funding ‘hostage’ over immigration demand

‘We need this Covid funding, and it’s really a huge disappointment to us that the Congress has left for two weeks without passing this into law’

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Herschel Walker's no-show looms large over Senate GOP debate

ATLANTA — Former football great Herschel Walker skipped the first major Republican U.S. Senate debate, but his absence at the event in Gainesville on Saturday helped shape the back-and-forth among the five candidates who showed up.

Tribune News Service

Election-year politics make crime, inflation top issues in shortened Illinois legislative session

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Republican state lawmakers, outnumbered and looking to boost their relevance, had one goal for the election-year legislative session — to paint majority Democrats as soft-on-crime and anti-police.

Chicago Tribune

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Trump allies claim he was ‘played’ after endorsing TV’s Dr Oz for Senate seat

Former president’s support of Mehmet Oz seen as ‘Apprentice’ star returning to celebrity-focused roots

The Independent UK

Trump gambles GOP kingmaker status with Dr. Oz endorsement

Some of Trump’s advisers are worried about him taking such a risk on Oz.

Axios

GOP's energy promises face limits in Pa. governor's race

Republican candidates for Pennsylvania governor are pledging to open up natural gas production, but there are constraints to what a governor can do

The Independent UK

Trump backs Dr. Oz in key Senate endorsement for midterms

Donald Trump endorsed celebrity physician Mehmet Oz over former Bridgewater Associates executive David McCormick in the Republican primary for a Pennsylvania Senate seat, providing crucial support that could swing a close race.

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Colorado Republicans back election denier for Senate primary

Colorado Republicans have voted to place on their U.S. Senate primary ballot a state representative who supports former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

Illinois lawmakers approve crime package, $46.5 billion budget in marathon final day of session

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers early Saturday approved a $46.5 billion budget that includes $1.8 billion in largely temporary election-year tax relief and a $1 billion deposit into the state’s rainy day fund.

Chicago Tribune

Why the right wants to see naughty bits

A panel of experts on conservative fascination with bodily functions — it's vicious, illogical and also revealing

Salon

Partisan ‘doom loop’? The answer is more parties, this group says

WASHINGTON — There are two kinds of people who, upon deep and earnest reflection, really believe Washington just doesn’t work. The first are the kind of right-wing populists who enthusiastically flocked to Donald Trump in 2016, chanted “Lock her up!” with sincerity, and think the 2020 election was stolen.

Tribune News Service

Why Lindsey Graham didn't vote for KBJ

The GOP's lines of questioning had, for the most part, little to do with her unprecedented qualifications

Salon

McConnell made millions from price hikes

Meanwhile the Republican has accused Democrats of "gaslighting" the public for blaming inflation on price gouging

Salon

Jackson, COVID and a retirement show Congress' partisan path

A milestone Supreme Court confirmation that endured a flawed process

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North Carolina Senate race tests Trump's endorsement power

When Ted Budd won a surprise endorsement from former President Donald Trump last year, he was a little-known congressman running for a Senate seat in North Carolina against some of the state’s most recognizable Republicans, including a former governor

Chicago Sun-Times

Gov. Pritzker taps two lawyers for Prisoner Review Board — one a former aide to past nemesis Bruce Rauner

Asked why the governor turned to a high-ranking former Rauner staffer for the appointment, Pritzker’s spokeswoman pointed to Rodger Heaton’s background. “The board has specific requirements for party and region,” Jordan Abudayyeh said. “He expressed interest and has the right qualifications to…

Los Angeles Times

Democratic newcomer will face former GOP Assembly leader in race to replace Devin Nunes in Congress

LOS ANGELES — Democratic newcomer Lourin Hubbard will advance to a runoff in June to replace California Republican Devin Nunes in the U.S. House, The Associated Press reported Friday.

Tribune News Service

Cruise control? Walker ignores rivals, aims for Warnock ahead of May primary

DAHLONEGA — Taking the stage of a packed gym in the foothills of North Georgia, Herschel Walker gave the audience exactly what it wanted: a raft of conservative campaign promises, including a pledge to rid the state of Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock.

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Kentucky governor vetoes proposed 15-week abortion ban

Kentucky's Democratic has vetoed a Republican-backed measure to ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy

The Independent UK

Ohio GOP Senate hopeful: Middle class doesn't pay fair share

Mike Gibbons, a leading Republican Senate candidate from Ohio, said at a media event last fall that middle-class Americans don’t pay “any kind of a fair share” of income taxes

Tribune News Service

As some question her commitment, Palin says she’s never left Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Juanita Cassellius wanted Sarah Palin’s help. But she couldn’t figure out how to find her.

Benzinga

GOP Rep. Brian Mast Selected As Co-Chair of Congressional Cannabis Caucus

On Friday, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL) was selected by the Congressional Cannabis Caucus (CCC) to serve as co-chair of the panel, replacing the late Rep. Don Young (R-AK).

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel on Marjorie Taylor Greene: ‘A snowflake and a sociopath at the same time’

Late-night hosts discuss Greene calling the cops on Kimmel, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation and two more Trump aides held in contempt of Congress

Los Angeles Times

Rape exceptions to abortion bans were once widely accepted. No more

WASHINGTON — As conservative states enacted stringent abortion bans in recent decades, there was one threshold they were loath to cross: Abortion was nearly always allowed in cases of rape or incest.

Roll Call

Partisan ‘doom loop’? The answer is more parties, this group says - Roll Call

Fix Our House argues that proportional representation is the key to ending gerrymandering and shaking up congressional inaction.

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