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The Latest Breaking News on US Politics

Trump’s tax refund win, the Chicago Fire’s new training facility and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Montana House votes to formally punish transgender lawmaker, Rep. Zooey Zephyr

Republicans in the Montana House have voted to formally punish Democratic state Rep. Zephyr by banning her from attending or speaking during floor sessions. She will be allowed to vote remotely.

WEKU

Leirion Gaylor Baird and Suzanne Geist are running in the general election for mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska

Incumbent Leirion Gaylor Baird and Suzanne Geist are running in the May 2, 2023, nonpartisan general election for mayor of Lincoln, Neb. They advanced to the general election after being the top-two vote-getters in the nonpartisan primary on April 4, 2023.

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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #58

Welcome to Hall Pass, where we keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Meh-lection 2024: Poll shows Biden will win by being Americans least worst option for president

A former speechwriter for Bush says “if Trump is the Republican nominee, Biden likely gets away with” a record of rising inflation and crime

The Independent UK

Expert: Carroll's case will be powerful

But "her cross-examination could be an ordeal,” experts warn

Salon

Journalists fear Texas Legislature could weaken law designed to protect free speech

News publications and First Amendment advocates are fighting a bill to revise a state law meant to prevent litigants from weaponizing the legal system to punish people for speech they don’t like.

The Texas Tribune

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Second innings hopes: On Biden announcement and repeat U.S. presidential candidates

The Biden rebid announcement also turns the focus on the paucity of capable leaders who could offer a fresh take on the myriad of policy issues before the United States

The Hindu

Texas House reaffirms the political maps it drew in 2021

The 150 districts didn’t change, but the vote ensured the House met its constitutional requirement to approve new maps in the first regular session following formal publication of the 2020 census results.

The Texas Tribune

Judge rebukes Trump's Carroll attack

Judge Lewis Kaplan warned Trump's attorney that his client is "tampering with a new source of potential liability"

Salon

Explainer-Biden 2024: His record so far on the economy, immigration, civil rights

Incumbent President Joe Biden entered the 2024 election race on Tuesday with something he didn't have two-and-a-half years ago: a record in the White House.

Reuters

We Build The Wall founder sentenced to 4 years in prison

The co-founder of a fundraising group linked to Steve Bannon that promised to help Donald Trump construct a wall along the southern U.S. border has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison

The Independent UK

Missouri judge to weigh transgender health care rules

A Missouri judge will decide whether a first-of-its-kind rule placing strict regulations on gender-affirming care in Missouri kicks in Thursday

The Independent UK

Trump kept quiet on the Bud Light boycott. It turns out he owns Anheuser-Busch stock

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-president didn’t join GOP rivals in calling for boycott of company in which he owns stock

The Independent UK

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Columnist E Jean Carroll begins testimony in Trump rape trial

A New York judge has admonished Trump for calling the trial a ‘witch hunt’ on the social network Truth Social.

WEKU

House Republicans overcome internal divisions to pass debt ceiling bill

House Speaker McCarthy secured the support of GOP members to pass a bill to increase the nation's borrowing limit while slashing federal spending. Democrats say it threatens a default.

The Independent UK

Transgender rep's district feels divide with rest of Montana

In the college town of Missoula, pride flags are as common a sight as the peaks of Montana’s Rattlesnake Mountains

The Independent UK

WVa GOP governor to reveal plans amid Senate run speculation

West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice is set to reveal his 2024 election plans, ending months of speculation about whether he’ll seek the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Joe Manchin

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The Independent UK

What's in the GOP bill to lift debt limit, cut spending

House Republicans are pushing their top priorities in a bill to raise the debt limit

Salon

Trump may skip GOP debates

"Why subject yourself to being libeled and abused?" Trump wrote on Truth Social

The Independent UK

E Jean Carroll trial judge orders Trump to stop ‘entirely inappropriate’ Truth Social posts

Judge says Trump ‘may or may not be tampering with a new source of potential liability’

The Independent UK

Senate committeee advances Biden labor secretary nominee

President Joe Biden’s nomination for the next labor secretary, Julie Su, has advanced through a Senate committee

Salon

Montana GOP may "expel" trans lawmaker

GOP sets vote to discipline state Rep. Zooey Zephyr over her "rhetoric" against a ban on gender-affirming care

The Independent UK

Judge raps Trump for 'inappropriate' post on rape suit trial

A judge says Donald Trump made an “entirely inappropriate” online statement about the ongoing trial of a rape lawsuit against him

Salon

Cruz talks Jan. 6 plot in leaked audio

"That's how they did it in 1877," Cruz said in a conversation with Fox host Maria Bartiromo

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