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GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry resigns after conviction

"Due to the difficulties of my current circumstances, I can no longer effectively serve," the GOP congressman said.

Axios

Black women feel sting of 'traumatizing' Jackson hearings

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson had to endure hours of public scrutiny from skeptics during her Senate hearings this past week, and that's something familiar to many Black women

The Independent UK

GOP push for state election reviews mixed, but sows distrust

The push by Republicans to conduct partisan ballot reviews like the one that unfolded last year in Arizona has spread beyond battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

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Blackburn confused about Constitution

U.S. Supreme Court — Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee mixed up her facts in a now viral tweet

Salon

Trump returns to Georgia confronting test of his grip on GOP

Donald Trump wants to use November’s midterm elections to solidify his continued dominance of the national Republican Party

The Independent UK

Republicans won't let Robert Bork go

Republicans now insist that each Supreme Court nomination starts where the last left off

Salon

Idaho House kills library budget for a 2nd time, extending legislative session

BOISE, Idaho — In a scramble on the last day of the legislative session, Idaho House Republicans fast-tracked and approved a resolution that creates a working group to study children’s access to “harmful” materials in libraries. The resolution was intended to secure enough votes in the House to approve a…

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Trump action scrambles Alabama Senate primary

Former President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw his endorsement of U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks has scrambled the Alabama Republican primary for Senate

The Independent UK

Illinois Dems, GOP on opposite sides about helping state with American Rescue Plan money

Dems are boasting about using the money to pay down debt, while Republicans are complaining they didn’t get their way — when their party didn’t want the ARPA money to begin with.

Chicago Sun-Times

Georgia GOP candidate Vernon Jones voted Democratic after saying he supported Trump

Former Democratic state Rep. Vernon Jones loudly spurned his party and supported Donald Trump's 2020 reelection campaign. Then Jones turned around and cast a Democratic Party ballot in Georgia's presidential primary.

Tribune News Service

AP Explains: Why the 14th Amendment has surfaced in midterms

Some attorneys and voters are using a rarely cited section of the 14th Amendment dealing with insurrection to try to stop some U.S. House members from running for re-election this year

The Independent UK

Convicted Rep. Fortenberry should resign from Congress, McCarthy says

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Friday that Rep. Jeff Fortenberry should resign from Congress after the Nebraska Republican was convicted on three felony counts.

Tribune News Service

3 takeaways from House GOP retreat as McCarthy, caucus eye return to majority

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — House Republicans are leaving their annual retreat Friday with policy proposals largely still in the works and an overarching sentiment of fighting against what Democrats and the Biden administration have done while in power.

Tribune News Service

Arizona Republicans fight culture war in battleground state

Arizona has long been fertile ground for a social conservative agenda, with some of the nation’s toughest laws against abortion and a history of restricting LGBTQ rights

The Independent UK

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Climate action has been ‘a calamity’, says Senate Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse

Rhode Island Democrat talks to the Guardian about the president’s climate record and targeting oil industry’s ‘achilles heel’

Roll Call

Three takeaways from House GOP retreat as McCarthy, caucus eye return to majority - Roll Call

House Republicans leave their retreat Friday with policy proposals largely still in the works for next Congress, should they win in November.

Roll Call

Convicted Rep. Fortenberry should resign from Congress, McCarthy says - Roll Call

House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy said Rep. Jeff Fortenberry should resign, saying: "I think when someone's convicted, it's time to resign."

The Independent UK

Supreme Court nominee's 'empathy' is flashpoint for Senate

Empathy is not a quality many Republican senators want to see in the next Supreme Court justice

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The Independent UK

Jackson on track for confirmation, but GOP votes in doubt

After more than 30 hours of hearings, the Senate is on track to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman on the Supreme Court

Chicago Sun-Times

6 takeaways from Ketanji Brown Jackson’s final Supreme Court confirmation hearing

The Jackson hearing threw a spotlight on the national partisan divide and underscored how Republicans are trying to paint Democrats as soft on crime in the 2022 elections.

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‘The court-packers' pick’: McConnell a ‘no’ on Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court

Miami Herald

What happens next for Supreme Court nominee Jackson after contentious hearings?

WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson remains on a straight path to the nation’s high court, but her nomination could face a few hurdles as it approaches the finish line.

Salon

Another SCOTUS attack on voting rights

The court's "shadow docket" ruling is "unprecedented," "extraordinary" and "unnecessary," liberal justices say

The Independent UK

Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings: What’s next in her historic confirmation process?

Jackson returns to private meetings after three marathon hearings

Tribune News Service

Windfall profits tax, consumer rebate options under discussion

WASHINGTON — Senate Finance Committee Democrats are discussing ways to tax large oil and gas companies’ excess profits that could be tied to the recent spike in global crude oil prices and use the revenue to provide financial support to consumers impacted by higher costs at the pump.

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