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Commentary: Kevin McCarthy’s Republicans have a clear stance on Trump’s alleged crimes: They support them

Just after last fall’s midterm elections, congressional Republicans fumed at their historic underperformance and seemed ready to dump Trump.

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Donna Deegan (D), Daniel Davis (R) advance to May 16 runoff in Jacksonville mayoral election

Donna Deegan (D) and Daniel Davis (R) will advance to the May 16, 2023, runoff election for mayor of Jacksonville, Florida. On election night, with 94% of precincts reporting, Deegan led with 40% of the vote, followed by Davis with 25%. Since no candidate received more than 50% of the…

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Bipartisan support emerges for Senate railroad safety bill

A bipartisan consensus that Congress should act to toughen regulations on railroads is emerging in the U.S. Senate

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Moore v. Harper petitioners, respondents submit briefs regarding SCOTUS’ next steps after North Carolina’s highest court re-hears case

The parties in Moore v. Harper filed supplemental briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) on March 20 at SCOTUS’ request after the North Carolina Supreme Court announced it would re-hear the case. Joseph Ax at Reuters wrote, “If the justices decide they no longer have jurisdiction, they could dismiss the case…

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Trump’s attorney ordered to turn over documents to special counsel

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has ordered Donald Trump’s attorney to turn over documents to U.S. prosecutors in connection with an investigation into whether classified information was mishandled after the former president left the White House.

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North Carolina Supreme Court re-hears case regarding state’s congressional districts

The North Carolina Supreme Court re-heard oral arguments on March 14 in Moore v. Harper, a lawsuit brought by North Carolina House Speaker Timothy K. Moore (R) challenging the state’s congressional district boundaries enacted after the 2020 census. The state’s supreme court had ruled 4-3 in February 2022 that the congressional…

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‘Completely, utterly wrong’: White House and LGBT+ advocates condemn Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ expansion

The DeSantis administration wants the controversial law to impact all grade levels, as state lawmakers introduce a raft of bills to criminalise gender-affirming care

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Kari Lake holds up Bible and calls for prayers for Trump ahead of possible indictment

Ms Lake dismissed the allegations against Mr Trump as an attempt to ‘de-rail’ his re-election ambitions

The Independent UK

Telephone conversation between Michael McClain and Michael Madigan | ComEd Exhibit 92-T

Michael McClain speaks to Speaker Michael Madigan about moving state Rep. Lou Lang “to the dark side, that’s what I call lobbying.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Appeals court sides with Justice Dept. in Trump lawyer fight

A federal appeals court has directed a lawyer for Donald Trump to turn over to prosecutors documents in the investigation into the former president’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate

The Independent UK

Patricia Murphy: The peril of charging Donald Trump for bookkeeping fraud, but not election lies

Donald Trump has never been an understated man. His motto in life always seems to have been, “Why just do something when you can overdo it?” So it’s fitting that just as Trump has launched his third run for president, he is also now poised to become the first former…

Tribune News Service

Jackie Calmes: As a Trump indictment looms, Republicans are throwing the rule of law under the bus

A normal political party would have thrown a loser like Donald Trump under the bus by now. The Republicans are choosing to chuck the rule of law instead.

Los Angeles Times

Kansas House passes protections for infants ‘born alive’ in abortion. Experts say it doesn’t happen

The Kansas House on Wednesday passed a bill that requires physicians to care for infants born alive during an abortion, despite no evidence this has happened in Kansas in decades.

Tribune News Service

Johnson won’t identify ‘plan B’ for revenue if City Council, legislature resist tax hikes

‘I need industry to help,’ find revenue other than property taxes, mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson tells Crain’s Chicago Business editorial board members.

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Abortion debate churns with legislation and lawsuits

The U.S. abortion landscape is far from settled nine months after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the nationwide right to terminate a pregnancy

Salon

Prof: Trump calls may land him in prison

"Those could be very incriminating phone calls by themselves," says law professor Clark Cunningham

Salon

"Don't Say Gay" author guilty of fraud

Former Republican state Rep. Joseph Harding admitted he fraudulently obtained $150,000 in Covid relief funds

The Independent UK

NYC neighborhood carries on during wait for Trump grand jury

As the world waits to see whether a grand jury indicts former President Donald Trump, crowds of reporters have gathered outside a courthouse in lower Manhattan

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Ron DeSantis earns a ‘dismissive’ new nickname thanks to a Trump email typo

‘Maybe it was a typo but this is the winner. Trump MUST commit to ‘Rob DeSantis’’

Salon

Trump grand jury meeting scrapped

The move will delay the grand jury's vote on a possible indictment of Donald Trump

Daily Mirror

Vote on Donald Trump's indictment called off - but jurors 'on standby' tomorrow

The panel meeting was cancelled today but jurors were told to be 'on standby' tomorrow, Thursday, for a potential vote on whether to indict Donald Trump, triggering his arrest

The Independent UK

The ‘fixer’: How Michael Cohen’s efforts to help Donald Trump could land his ex-boss in jail

A man who was once Donald Trump’s legal adviser may be the one responsible for sparking a historic presidential prosecution, John Bowden writes

The Conversation

In Congress, breaking unwritten rules that encouraged civility and enabled things to get done is becoming the new normal

When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ordered an investigation into the Manhattan district attorney’s ongoing criminal probe of former President Donald Trump, he broke with House practices and norms.

The Independent UK

DeSantis says he would have fired Dr Fauci in dig at Trump

‘I would have fired somebody like Fauci. I think he got way too big for his britches, and I think he did a lot of damage,’ Florida governor says

Chicago Sun-Times

Quinn endorses Vallas over Johnson in April 4 mayoral runoff

Former Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn backed U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia in the first round of voting, but Garcia finished fourth. Wednesday, Quinn reunited with Paul Vallas, his 2014 running mate for lieutenant governor.

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