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School board candidates running per seat increased each year from 2020 to 2022

The average number of candidates running per school board seat in school districts covered by Ballotpedia went up each year from 2020 to 2022. An average of 1.96 candidates ran per seat in 2020. That number increased to 2.09 in 2021 and increased again to 2.17 in 2022.

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Some state lawmakers say Tennessee expulsions highlight growing tensions

Fights over "decorum" in state legislatures are nothing new, but they look different now that Republicans and Democrats have become more splintered and focus has narrowed on state politics.

WEKU

Biden casts himself as defender of freedom in 2024 ad pitch

President Joe Biden is casting himself as a defender of freedom in his first campaign ad since launching his 2024 reelection bid

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Biden dismisses concerns about his age: ‘It doesn’t register with me’ – as it happened

Oldest president to seek re-election tackles issue a day after officially kicking off his 2024 bid

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Ethanol Subsidies Could Trip Up Debt Ceiling Negotiations

Plus: Home equity theft at the Supreme Court, New York shows how not to legalize marijuana, and more...

Reason

Trump's "big mistake" at rape trial

Trump's refusal to show up for his own trial is “unlikely to go over well with the jury," former prosecutor warns

Salon

Trump is Biden's re-election BFD

Don't forget, Joe Biden already has a record of beating Donald Trump

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McCarthy struggles for debt bill votes, makes late changes

House Republicans made post-midnight changes to their sweeping debt ceiling package to win over holdouts

The Independent UK

Can Joe Biden win again in 2024?

Joe Biden has confirmed he will seek a second term in the White House, firing the starting gun on a 2024 election that is likely to be a rerun of his 2020 contest against Donald Trump.

The Week

President of the United States and king of gaffes: the best and worst moments from Joe Biden

Falling asleep, tripping over and getting lost on stage – there is no PR moment the outgoing president’s behaviour can’t ruin. As he prepares to step down, Maddy Mussen rounds up his worst clangers and best moments

Evening Standard

Biden says his own age doesn't register with him as he seeks second term

Biden is 80 years old, and would be 86 by the end of a second term. While many voters see his age as cause for concern, a campaign strategist says there are upsides to his decades of experience.

WEKU

OPINION - Doddery, gaffetastic and ageing fast, but Biden is the Democrats’ best hope

Roll up for Joe Biden’s fourth run at the White House and his second as President. The pitch is simple: Biden at 80 is the man to stop Donald Trump, 76. Two battles are therefore underway at once — for control of the 2024 White House race and how to…

Evening Standard

‘Get cancer’: how election lies morphed into a plague of hate in Arizona

Menacing messages and intimidating posts about court rulings, vote counting and even printer problems target Maricopa county employees

The Guardian - US

House-Senate animosity bubbles over with clashes on property taxes, education

With threats of a special session and a derisive moniker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick tries to pressure the House speaker into acting on his conservative priorities.

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Iowans to vote on gubernatorial succession amendment in 2024

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The Independent UK

All of Trump’s marriages and sexual assault allegations amid the E Jean Carroll trial

Columnist E Jean Carroll’s rape lawsuit trial against the one-time president started on 25 April

Axios

Scoop: Inside Biden's strategy to repair Harris' image

White House officials rushing to help the vice president improve her poll numbers.

WEKU

No Labels is getting on state ballots, drawing a lawsuit and concerns about a spoiler

The centrist political group No Labels is getting on the ballot in individual states, causing consternation among members of the major political parties about the organization's endgame.

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Salon

GOP tries to block abortion from ballots

"GOP lawmakers pushing these efforts want 41% of voters to block ballot initiatives that 59% of voters support"

The Conversation

Yes, Joe Biden is old and has low approval ratings, but this is why he's still confident of re-election

America’s first octogenarian president has finally announced he is going to seek more time in office amid lacklustre public enthusiasm.

The Independent UK

Asa Hutchinson to formally launch 2024 campaign in Arkansas

Asa Hutchinson will formally launch his Republican campaign for president Wednesday with a kickoff in his hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas

The Independent UK

2024 race won't be like 2020. That's good and bad for Biden

As President Joe Biden seeks a second term, he won’t have to endure glitchy Zoom connections, or stage forgettable, socially distanced rallies

The Times of India

2024 US presidential elections: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris officially announce re-election campaign

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) announced that he will be running for a second term in office, joined by Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate.

The New Daily

‘OK to hate Trump’, lawyer says as rape trial begins

One of Donald Trump's lawyers has told a jury that it's OK to hate the former US president, "but there's a time and secret place for that".

The Independent UK

Trump might use trial docs to scorch witnesses, DA says

New York prosecutors are seeking to bar Donald Trump from using evidence from his criminal case to attack witnesses, citing what they say is the former president's history of making “harassing, embarrassing, and threatening statements” about people he’s tangled with in legal disputes

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