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What has gotten into Republican women?

GOP women freak out over losing reproductive rights, but embrace cruelty when it's someone else's rights at stake

Salon

Trump's absence at civil rape trial shows 'he did it,' accuser's lawyer says

Donald Trump's absence from a trial where writer E. Jean Carroll accuses him of rape and defamation shows that "he did it," a lawyer for Carroll said on Monday, while Trump's lawyer told jurors the case was "outrageous."

Reuters

Pennsylvania Democrats, Republicans to pick state supreme court nominees on May 16

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US to propose new rules for airline cancellations, delays

The Biden administration is starting work on new regulations that it says will expand the rights of airline passengers

The Independent UK

Biden's diet: A food fight in the White House

Biden prefers carbs over greens. The first lady wants him to eat more fish.

Axios

White House prepares for possible charges against Hunter Biden

Federal prosecutors’ investigation into possible crimes involving taxes and gun purchase appears near completion

The Guardian - US

How Illinois is being held hostage by abortion rights extremists

Our state’s leaders are out of touch with the majority of voters. They have moved away from abortion being “safe, legal and rare” to embracing an agenda that suppresses real choice, state Rep. Bill Hauter writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Alarm after lawyer who aided Trump’s 2020 election lie attacks campus voting

Rightwing lawyer Cleta Mitchell faces criticism after comments to GOP donors urging new rules to make voting harder for students

The Guardian - US

Ferghal Blaney - Down the Dáil

Our Mirrorman takes a break from Leinster House to bring Down the Dáil to Down the Doon(beg)

Irish Mirror

‘My career of 280 years’: Biden jokes off 2024 age concerns

As Joe Biden, the oldest president in U.S. history, embarks on his reelection campaign, he is increasingly musing aloud about his advanced age, cracking self-deprecating jokes and framing his decades in public life as a plus

The Independent UK

Trump declines to testify in New York rape, defamation trial

Writer E Jean Carroll has accused former US president of assaulting her at a Manhattan department store in 1996.

Al Jazeera

Donald Trump rejects last chance to testify at E. Jean Carroll trial

Former President Donald Trump has decided not to take the stand in a civil case by a columnist who alleges he raped her. Closing arguments could come Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor-elect Johnson forges ‘Unity Plan’ to reorganize the new City Council

The plan shrinks the number of Council panels from 28 to 20. Pat Dowell, whose switch of support from Lightfoot to Johnson was crucial to his victory, will be finance chair.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pro-Biden groups spend $20M+ to promote record ahead of '24

Three progressive groups are spending more than $20 million in a new national ad campaign to promote President Joe Biden’s record as he begins his 2024 reelection race

The Independent UK

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Reuters

Trump will not testify in New York rape, defamation trial

Former U.S. President Donald Trump will not testify at a civil trial to challenge claims made by writer E. Jean Carroll that he raped her in the 1990s and later defamed her, after letting a Sunday deadline pass without asking the court to appear.

The Independent UK

Biden trails Trump in brutal new poll after 2024 kickoff

Biden approval hits lowest on record as reelection bid gets off to slow start

The Independent UK

Trump rejects last chance to testify at New York civil trial

Former President Donald Trump has rejected his last chance to testify at a civil trial where a longtime advice columnist has accused him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996

The Guardian - US

Arizona senator Kyrsten Sinema vows to never join Republican party

The former Democrat says she speaks frequently with White House but ‘rejects party politics’ and stays mum on re-election

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Chicago Sun-Times

Center court? Early appointments show Johnson may turn out to be a pragmatic progressive

“Being a progressive is not just about saying things. It’s about doing things. That’s always been essential to [Johnson’s] understanding of how you govern,” said senior adviser Jason Lee.

The Independent UK

Yellen: 'No good options' if Congress fails to act on debt

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says there are “no good options” for the United States to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress fails to raise the nation’s $31 trillion-plus borrowing limit in the coming weeks

Kiplinger

Debt Ceiling Compromise Likely to Avert a Default: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

The Independent UK

Black voters backing Biden, but not with 2020 enthusiasm

Black voters in South Carolina rescued Joe Biden’s bid for the presidency during the 2020 Democratic primary, and he rewarded them by moving the state to the head of the party’s nominating calendars in 2024

The Independent UK

Kentucky GOP aims for strong matchup versus Dem Gov. Beshear

As Kentucky’s GOP primary campaign sprints toward the finish line, some Republicans are already looking ahead to the November election

The Guardian - US

As 2024 elections near, US media grapples with how to cover Trump

CNN’s Wednesday town hall with the ex-president could be a warning bell for cable news to not repeat mistakes from 2016

Axios

House to vote on GOP migration plan as border restrictions end

The vote will come just as a pandemic-related policy allowing rapid expulsions of migrants will end.

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