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A property tax deal has eluded Texas lawmakers. Here’s where things stand at the start of another special session.

Top Republicans promised property tax cuts, but have been locked in standoffs on how to achieve it. Gov. Greg Abbott has called another overtime legislative session in hopes of solidifying a plan.

The Texas Tribune

Trump hits the panic button over Smith

When racism is the defense, Americans must prepare for potential violence

Salon

What the Supreme Court's rejection of a controversial theory means for elections

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to reject the most extreme version of the "independent state legislature theory" is expected to bring some stability to the 2024 elections — and invite more lawsuits.

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Carl P. Leubsdorf: House Republicans seem uninterested in governing

It should surprise no one that, in today’s Washington, a deal sometimes is not a deal.

Tribune News Service

Matthew Yglesias: It’s not Trump’s party so much as Jason Smith’s

If you want to know how Donald Trump would govern if he wins in 2024 — or Ron DeSantis or for that matter Will Hurd — tune out the din of the Republican presidential campaign and cast your gaze toward the House of Representatives. What you will see is that…

Tribune News Service

Trump news – live: Trump gives ‘bravado’ defence for classified documents tape as he sues E Jean Carroll

All the latest developments from the former president’s legal troubles and the 2024 campaign trail

The Independent UK

Impeachment? Censure? Stigma is falling away from Congress' most severe punishments

Republicans in the House are increasingly threatening impeachment against President Joe Biden and his top Cabinet officials

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Republican senator warns people with left-wing political views not to travel to Florida

Rick Scott repeats a stunt from May

The Independent UK

Can transgender minors transition in North Carolina? State Senate votes to restrict such procedures

RALEIGH, N.C. — When the North Carolina Senate voted Tuesday to pass a bill restricting health care for transgender minors, lawmakers were met with three words from the gallery.

Tribune News Service

State court rejects GOP challenge to Pennsylvania mail voting law

PHILADELPHIA — The law that created mail voting in Pennsylvania has withstood another Republican legal challenge.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Election legislation roundup: Florida State Legislature

As of June 25, members of the Florida State Legislature, which includes the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida State Senate, have passed seven bills related to election administration since the beginning of the year. Of those seven bills, five have been enacted. This is two more than this…

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he doesn’t know if Trump is best candidate to beat Biden

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that he’s not sure if former President Donald Trump is the best Republican candidate to take on President Joe Biden — then quickly flip-flopped to praise the GOP’s most powerful leader.

Tribune News Service

Election legislation roundup: North Carolina State Senate

As of June 25, Ballotpedia has tracked 14 election-related bills in the North Carolina State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 14, Ballotpedia tracked one from June 19-25. Republicans sponsored the one bill. The bill is below:

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PGA and Saudi-backed LIV merger ‘in enormous flux’, says Republican senator

Parties are facing a six-month deadline to agree the final details of a deal, according to senator Ron Johnson investigating the deal

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Supreme Court Rules ‘No’ On GOP, Trump-Backed Gerrymandering Theory With 6-3 Vote

State courts "do not have free rein

McClatchy Washington Bureau

From Obama to state lawmakers, reaction pours in to Supreme Court ruling on North Carolina election case

WASHINGTON — Democrats took an immediate victory lap Tuesday morning after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an election theory from North Carolina’s Republican legislative leaders that would have allowed them to give their party an upper hand in future elections.

Tribune News Service

At battery plant fueled by EV incentives, Kemp slams federal green energy perks

Gov. Brian Kemp picked an unusual spot to deliver his sharpest remarks yet against President Joe Biden’s green energy initiatives: an electric battery supplier that is directly benefiting from a surge of federal spending championed by the White House.

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rejects GOP claim that state lawmakers have full power over elections

WASHINGTON — In another surprise ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday firmly rejected a Republican claim that the Constitution gives state lawmakers full and unchecked power over the elections of members of Congress and the president in their state.

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Former Navy SEAL seeks GOP nod to challenge Montana Democratic US Sen. Tester in 2024

Former U.S. Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy says he will seek the 2024 Republican nomination to challenge Montana U.S. Sen. Jon Tester as the Democrat tries to secure a fourth term

Roll Call

‘Shame!’: 10 memorable moments from six months of divided government

House Republican infighting has dominated the 118th Congress, and chaos — not legislation — is expected to flow for the rest of the year.

Ballotpedia

House Republican introduces bill opposing ESG in retirement funds

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

Zenger

Trump’s 2024 GOP Nomination Chances Boosted By Crowded Field

Republican candidates fear non-Trump alternatives will dilute the vote, making it harder for DeSantis or others to win

Al Jazeera

State courts can review election laws, top US court rules

Supreme Court rejects bid to grant state lawmakers unchecked powers over organising federal elections in their states.

The Independent UK

Watch: Republican candidate Nikki Haley delivers speech on China in bid to win support

Watch as the Republican candidate Nikki Haley delivers a speech on foreign policy with China.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court rejects fringe theory that could give GOP state lawmakers unchecked election authority

Justices reject ‘independent state legislature’ theory that animated GOP attempts to overturn election results

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