‘Idolatry of violence’: AOC attacks ‘pro life’ GOP over Texas school shooting 18 students and three adults dead after attack on elementary school The Independent UK · May 24, 2022
Biden renews calls for Congress to 'stand up' to gun lobby after Texas school shooting - Roll Call No sooner than President Joe Biden had returned home, he was speaking to the country Tuesday as mourner-in-chief after another mass shooting. Roll Call · May 24, 2022
Republican Michael Brown withdraws from Michigan governor's race after petition forgery report LANSING, Mich. — Republican Michael Brown, one of five candidates caught up in a wave of reportedly fraudulent petition signatures, withdrew Tuesday morning from the race to be Michigan's next governor. Tribune News Service · May 24, 2022
Central Florida ‘ghost’ candidate, other figures tied to scandal charged ORLANDO, Fla. — Jestine Iannotti, one of three “ghost” candidates who ran as independents for Florida Senate seats in 2020, has been arrested on several criminal charges, alongside a political consultant involved in launching her campaign and Seminole County’s Republican Party chairman. Orlando Sentinel · May 24, 2022
Key results from Tuesday's primaries and runoffs - Roll Call Primaries and runoffs in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Minnesota and Texas chose nominees ahead of the fall midterm House and Senate races. Roll Call · May 24, 2022
Indiana bans transgender athletes from school sports by voting to override governor’s veto ACLU immediately files lawsuit alleging violations of federal antidiscriminaton law The Independent UK · May 24, 2022
Senate confirms Democratic nominee to FEC - Roll Call Democratic attorney Dara Lindenbaum got bipartisan support in the Senate Tuesday for her nomination to the Federal Election Commission. Roll Call · May 24, 2022
'Ghost' candidate, 2 operatives face charges in Florida Two political operatives and an independent candidate who opponents say hardly campaigned and only entered a state Senate race in central Florida in 2020 to siphon votes from a Democrat have been criminally charged The Independent UK · May 24, 2022
RNC sides with Mehmet Oz in dispute over undated mail ballots PHILADELPHIA — The Republican National Committee says it will intervene to oppose David McCormick’s lawsuit to count undated mail ballots in the ongoing vote count for the GOP Senate primary. The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 24, 2022
Courts stymie abortion bans in Iowa, other GOP-led states An Iowa Supreme Court decision is holding back the state's solidly Republican Legislature and governor from banning abortion if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v The Independent UK · May 24, 2022
MI GOP candidate may be banned for fraud Bureau of Elections says more than 50% of signatures submitted by former Police Chief James Craig were "fraudulent" Salon · May 24, 2022
California Rep. David Valadao voted to impeach. Can he keep his seat if Trump stays quiet? HANFORD, Calif. — The moment Rep. David Valadao and nine other House Republicans voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump for inciting an insurrection at the Capitol, they were all engulfed in a wave of backlash — outraged conservatives back home, challengers eager to oust them, and Trump’s constant commentary casting… Los Angeles Times · May 24, 2022
GOP takes Oz's side in Pa. Senate race vote-counting lawsuit The national Republican Party is taking the side of celebrity heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania’s neck-and-neck GOP primary contest for U.S. Senate and opposing a lawsuit by former hedge fund CEO David McCormick The Independent UK · May 24, 2022
Eric Holder: Justice is coming for Trump Obama's first attorney general on the lessons of history, the fight for racial justice and the payback for Jan. 6 Salon · May 24, 2022
Roll Call · May 24, 2022 Funding mostly absent from Supreme Court security discussion - Roll Call Renewed focus on threats to justices comes as calls to beef up lower court security funding have gone largely unheeded.
Tribune News Service · May 24, 2022 Commentary: Democrats need to stop behaving as if there’s a prize for showing restraint The question I get asked the most as someone who went from being a Republican to a Democrat is: “What’s the biggest difference between the two parties?”
WEKU · May 24, 2022 The election system shuddered in 2020. Now, there are fears of an attack within The election system shuddered in 2020 as Donald Trump sought to overturn the result. Now, election deniers and defenders have eyes on the nuts and bolts of the process itself.
WEKU · May 24, 2022 9 primary races to watch Tuesday in Georgia, Texas, Alabama and Arkansas Georgia holds the political spotlight, as primary races take place in southern states this Tuesday. Here are nine contests we're keeping an eye on.
WEKU · May 24, 2022 Here are the key primary election results from Alabama Voting concludes Tuesday in the Alabama primary elections. Notable primaries include governor, U.S. Senate and House district races.
The Guardian - US · May 24, 2022 The ‘straight, white, Christian, suburban mom’ taking on Republicans at their own game Mallory McMorrow’s riposte to a hurtful slander that she wanted to ‘groom’ children went viral and has been hailed as a midterms blueprint for Democrats
The Independent UK · May 24, 2022 AP News Digest 3:15 am Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.
The Independent UK · May 24, 2022 Trump’s bid to reshape GOP faces biggest hurdles in Georgia Donald Trump hopes to avoid embarrassment in the Georgia governor’s race on Tuesday as Republican primary voters decide the fate of his hand-picked candidate to lead one of the nation’s chief political battlegrounds
The Independent UK · May 24, 2022 Georgia Senate primaries will set up high-stakes showdown Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker have six challengers between them in Tuesday’s primaries, but the two are already looking ahead to the general election
The Independent UK · May 24, 2022 Kemp, Perdue duel could end with Georgia's GOP primary Georgia's Republican gubernatorial primary Tuesday could bring an end to the faceoff between Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and former U.S. Sen. David Perdue
The Independent UK · May 24, 2022 Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger faces Trump ally Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger drew the wrath of former President Donald Trump when he refused to try to overturn Trump's loss to Democratic challenger Joe Biden in 2020