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Republican 2024 candidates are walking the abortion line. One question is throwing them off balance

For decades an anti-abortion stance was the standard for GOP presidential nominees but since the fall of Roe v Wade, candidates have had to balance remaining loyal to the party without isolating a majority of voters. How will their stance affect their campaigns? Ariana Baio reports

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Judge overseeing case to remove Trump from ballot agrees to order banning threats and intimidation

The Colorado judge overseeing the lawsuit attempting to bar former President Donald Trump from The White House using a rare constitutional clause has issued an order prohibiting threats and intimidation regarding the case

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Dallas mayor switches parties, making the city the nation's largest with a GOP mayor

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced Friday that he is switching to the Republican Party, making the city the largest in the U.S. with a GOP mayor

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New anti-DEI law for public Texas colleges presents hiring challenges

The law requires publicly-funded universities and colleges to close their diversity, equity and inclusion offices, creating hiring challenges.

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The Ballot Bulletin: Ballotpedia’s Weekly Digest on Election Administration, September 22, 2023

All 11 bills enacted this week were in New York.

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“The guy can’t keep his zipper up”: Karl Rove pushes back at Ken Paxton

Rove pushed back against claims Paxton made in recent interviews that the GOP strategist colluded with other Texas officials to bring about the impeachment charges.

The Texas Tribune

Who is Bob Menendez, the New Jersey senator indicted for corruption?

It’s not the first time that the New Jersey Democrat has faced allegations of financial misdeeds

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NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

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Political red herring: On the move to impeach Joe Biden

The proposed public spectacle to impeachment U.S. President Joe Biden risks a serious voter blowback in next year’s U.S. presidential election

The Hindu

Clarence Thomas ‘secretly attended two Koch donor summits’, report says

Supreme Court Justice has been accused of conflict of interest over a string of expensive vacations and gifts

The Independent UK

Manchin ramps up outrage on dress code

The West Virginia Democrat also plans to issue a resolution that would reverse Chuck Schumer's Senate rule change

Salon

UAW hits Tim Scott with labour complaint after he suggests striking auto workers should be fired

Union president calls remarks ‘another example of how the employer class abuses the working class’

The Independent UK

Both parties rally supporters as voting begins in Virginia's closely watched legislative elections

Early voting has begun in Virginia’s costly, high-stakes and closely watched legislative elections after a week in which elected officials and candidates rallied their supporters across the state

The Independent UK

US Capitol rioter who attacked photographer sentenced to five years

Rodney Milstreed ‘prepared himself for battle’ with steroids and a wooden club disguised as flagpole, prosecutors say

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White House preparing for government shutdown as House Republicans lack a viable endgame for funding

The White House is preparing to direct federal agencies to get ready for a shutdown after House Republicans left town for the weekend with no viable plan to keep the government funded

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North Carolina legislature gives final OK to election board changes, with governor's veto to follow

The North Carolina General Assembly has given final approval to Republican-backed legislation that would shift control of the State Board of Elections away from the governor and to lawmakers entering the 2024 election season

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Conservative Tennessee Republican praises Pelosi’s tenure as House speaker — and has ‘doubts’ on McCarthy

‘I have my doubts right now because I’m saying we need leadership,’ Tim Burchett says as a shutdown looms

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House Republicans ice out Trump

A looming shutdown deadline leaves the GOP in disarray

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Shed, like, half a tear for Kev McCarthy

Our hapless House speaker is like a dumbed-down Joe Biden, clinging to belief in a system that "doesn't work"

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Medicaid expansion to begin soon in North Carolina as governor decides to let budget bill become law

Some adults in North Carolina could get Medicaid coverage within weeks because Gov. Roy Cooper says he'll let the state budget bill coming to his desk become law

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Chris Christie mocks Trump for ‘hiding’ behind his ‘failed social media site’

‘Keep it coming, Donald,’ Mr Christie said

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Biden and Lauren Boebert call out McCarthy for taking a long weekend as government shutdown looms

‘Last time there was a government shutdown, 800,000 Americans were furloughed or worked without pay. But enjoy your weekend,’ the president said

The Guardian - US

Clarence Thomas spoke at two donor events of ultra-right Koch network

Justice took part in fundraising events for Koch brothers’ organization which has brought cases before supreme court

The Independent UK

Sen. Menendez, wife indicted on bribe charges as probe finds $100,000 in gold bars, prosecutors say

Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey will have to step down as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee now that he's been indicted again

Al Jazeera

US Senator Bob Menendez indicted on bribery charges

Prosecutors accuse top Democrat and wife of corruption, including using his power to influence policy to benefit Egypt.

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