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Texas comptroller certifies new $321.3 billion state spending plan, sends to Abbott’s desk

Before Abbott can review the budget that will direct the state’s spending for the next two years, the comptroller has to certify that it doesn’t spend more money than the state expects to bring in.

The Texas Tribune

'LGBTQ+ American's aren't safe': Human Rights group declares national state of emergency

An 'unprecedented and dangerous' spike in anti-LGBTQ+ laws across the US has prompted the Human Rights Campaign to issue its first-ever state of emergency. More than 75 bills have been signed into law already, it says

Daily Mirror

Outrage as anti-LGBTQ+ protest at California school board turns violent

Congressman Adam Schiff condemns ‘acts of violence’ as punches thrown outside meeting about designating June as Pride month

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Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows has testified to grand jury in special counsel investigations into ex-president

Special counsel is said to be nearing decision on whether to charge Trump in documents and January 6 cases

The Independent UK

MAGA shivs McCarthy on gas stove bill

"Fundamental commitments that allowed Kevin McCarthy to assume the speakership have been violated," says Matt Gaetz

Salon

Pritzker signs $50.4 billion budget that boosts early education funding — and stops state officials’ raises from breaking the law

The governor’s office said line-item reductions of $192,700 were made after a review found that cost-of-living pay raises granted to constitutional officers, legislators and some appointed officials exceeded 5%, which they said was unconstitutional.

Chicago Sun-Times

Avoiding DeSantis-Like Chaos On Twitter? Musk Upgrades ‘System’ For Interview With Robert Kennedy Jr

Twitter updates in place to prevent crash during live interview with RFK Jr.

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Ex-Trump aide appears at Miami court to testify before federal grand jury., AP source says

A former top aide to Donald Trump has appeared in federal court in Miami to for testimony to a grand jury investigating potential classified-document mishandling and obstruction at the ex-president’s Palm Beach property

The Independent UK

Pence’s historic challenge: can Trump’s loyal deputy become his nemesis?

The former vice-president has joined the Republican presidential field for 2024 but his White House experience may count for little

The Guardian - US

Debt deal's (surprising) biggest losers

Has Kevin McCarthy somehow defanged the House Freedom Caucus?

Salon

Multiple witnesses subpoenaed in Florida in Trump Mar-a-Lago case

Unreported involvement of top prosecutor Jay Bratt in the Florida grand jury could suggest questions about Espionage Act violations

The Guardian - US

US elections 2024: Who is Republican challenger Mike Pence?

As Trump’s vice president, Pence offered evangelical ‘balance’ to White House but broke ranks to certify 2020 election.

Al Jazeera

Young lawyer who helped write voting rights bill 'star-struck' as he witnessed 1965 signing into law

Joel Finkelstein was an accidental witness to one of the seminal events during the Civil Rights Movement, the signing in 1965 of the Voting Rights Act

The Independent UK

Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King's side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights

Andrew Young, one of the last surviving members of Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle, recalls the journey to the signing of the Voting Rights Act as an arduous one, often marked by violence and bloodshed

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Activist's fight against segregation evolved into political action to push for voting rights

Norman Hill was an activist in the early 1960s fighting against segregation when he made a switch to the labor movement, which at the time saw the push for Black voting rights as a way to boost membership in unions

The Independent UK

LBJ's daughter Luci watched him sign voting rights bill, then cried when Supreme Court weakened it

Luci Baines Johnson watched her father, President Lyndon Johnson, sign the Voting Rights Act in 1965, and she recalls asking him why the ceremony was in the U.S. Capitol instead of the White House

Salon

Meadows testimony kept secret from Trump

Meadows' testimony before special counsel's grand jury seems to have been "kept secret from Trump team"

The Independent UK

Voices from the violent civil rights era see attacks on voting rights as part of ongoing struggle

People at the epicenter of the fight for voting rights six decades ago are reflecting on the times and their struggles

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Trump ridicules Chris Christie’s weight in edited 2024 campaign launch video

Christie says Jared and Ivanka left White House ‘and months later’ received ‘$2bn from the Saudis’

The Conversation

Mike Pence is jockeying against Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination – joining the ranks of just one vice president who, in 1800, also ran against a former boss

Former Vice President Mike Pence filed paperwork to declare his candidacy for president on June 5, 2023 – placing him in unusual ranks.

The Guardian - US

North Dakota governor Doug Burgum announces Republican presidential bid

Former Microsoft executive and venture capitalist, 66, stands as rank outsider against Trump and DeSantis

The Independent UK

For many Southern Baptists, the only campaign question is which Republican candidate to support

Southern Baptists form a core part of the white evangelical Christian bloc that has reliably and overwhelmingly voted Republican in recent elections

The Independent UK

Mike Pence suffered the wrath of Trump. Now the ex-vice president wants his old boss’s job in 2024

Former vice president places himself in direct competition with Donald Trump, Joe Sommerlad reports

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Another marijuana legalization measure may be heading to the 2024 ballot

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The Texas Tribune

Texas Republicans ended a patchwork of local rules they say hurt business. They also eroded powers of city councils.

Lawmakers delivered Gov. Greg Abbott a long-sought bill to stop local governments from enacting local laws that exceed state law on a number of fronts.

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