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TX GOP: 10Commandments in every class

The bill violates First Amendment restrictions on governmental endorsement of religion

Salon

US president Joe Biden says he WILL run for re-election next year in first confirmation

US President Joe Biden, who would be 86 at the end of a second term, confirmed that he will run for re-election in 2024 - and is expected to ask voters to give him more time to "finish the job"

Daily Mirror

Jury selection set to start in rape lawsuit against Trump

Jurors are about to be chosen to hear former advice columnist E

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Senate to vote on Equal Rights Amendment becoming law, 100 years after measure introduced

"I'm going to bring this to the Senate floor this week," Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

Axios

Biden to launch '24 bid, betting record will top age worries

President Joe Biden is set to announce Tuesday that he will run for reelection in 2024, asking voters to give him more time to “finish the job” he began when he was sworn into office and to set aside their concerns about extending the run of America’s oldest president for…

The Independent UK

Black history class to undergo changes, College Board says

The College Board has announced changes will be made to the new AP African American course amid criticism in February that the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life

The Independent UK

Maryland and New York voters will be deciding on two abortion-related ballot measures in Nov. 2024. Measures have been proposed in several other states.

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Kansas has new anti-ESG law amid raft of culture war vetoes

Kansas officials won’t be allowed to use environmental, social and governance factors in investing public funds or deciding who receives government contracts

The Independent UK

US elections 2024: Who is running for president?

As the US presidential campaign heats up, Al Jazeera looks at confirmed and likely candidates ahead of November 2024.

Al Jazeera

Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson’s team moving quickly to find interim police superintendent

Those likely to be in running to replace departing interim Supt. Eric Carter include three former members of CPD’s leadership team.

Chicago Sun-Times

Alabama and Mississippi mark Confederate Memorial Day

Alabama and Mississippi closed government offices on Monday for Confederate Memorial Day as efforts have stalled to abolish or rename Confederate holidays

The Independent UK

ACLU sues to block Missouri rule on transgender health care

The ACLU is suing to block new Missouri restrictions on both adults and children seeking gender-affirming health care

The Independent UK

McCarthy's loyal soldiers on debt ceiling bill emerge in Biden districts

More than a half dozen Republicans in Biden districts say they're voting yes.

Axios

Accused of bilking Vallas campaign out of $680,000, consultant says allegations are ‘shameful and unfounded’

“In the end, the voters were right,” consultant Chimaobi Enyia said Monday. “Paul Vallas did not deserve to be the mayor of the city of Chicago.”

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The Independent UK

Lawsuit: Mississippi violates rights by appointing judges

Mississippi is violating its own constitution with a law that requires some judges to be appointed rather than elected in the state’s majority-Black capital city and its surrounding county

The Independent UK

Trump will find out if he faces criminal charges over Georgia voter interference this summer, DA says

Fulton County investigation could be first effort to hold ex-president accountable for 2020 actions

Evening Standard

Joe Biden set to run again in 2024 US presidential election

President Biden is expected to announce his bid for a second term following months of speculation.

Chicago Sun-Times

ComEd bribery trial’s closing arguments, CPD officer faces dismissal and more in your Chicago news roundup

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Salon

Trump lawyer "totally outmaneuvered"

Attorney Joe Tacopina is trying to get the judge in E. Jean Carroll case to revisit an issue he already decided

Chicago Sun-Times

In closing arguments, feds hammer at ‘stunning’ stream of benefits to Madigan while defense calls bribery charges ‘collateral damage’

Four former political power players are accused of arranging for jobs, contracts and money for Madigan allies in an illegal bid to sway Madigan on legislation crucial to ComEd. Their trial is in its seventh week, and jurors could begin deliberating Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Speaker McCarthy faces big test as debt bill heads for vote

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is hurtling toward one of the most consequential weeks of the new House Republican majority

The Independent UK

What's behind the looming 'x-date' on the US debt limit?

In January, the U.S. government ran up against its legal borrowing capacity of $31.381 trillion, and the Treasury Department began implementing “extraordinary measures” to avoid a default

The Independent UK

Judge: No contempt of court for St. Louis prosecutor

A St. Louis judge has ruled that the city’s elected prosecutor was not in contempt of court as a result of her office's failure to have a prosecutor present when a murder trial was due to begin

The Guardian - US

Senator calls on Republican mega-donor to explain Clarence Thomas gifts

Senate finance chair Ron Wyden demands Harlan Crow end ‘unacceptable’ secrecy over dealings with supreme court justice

The Guardian - US

Biden expected to announce 2024 presidential campaign on Tuesday

Launch would come exactly four years after president announced his 2020 bid, where he warned ‘soul’ of the nation is at stake

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