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The GOP's criminality goes international

America's democracy crisis is much bigger than any one person or group of people

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Low-key Louisiana lawmaker tapped to help lead GOP debt negotiations

Rep. Garret Graves was critical in helping Kevin McCarthy get the votes to be elected speaker. Now, he's taking the lead at the negotiating table on how to avoid a historic debt default.

WEKU

Debt ceiling talks aren't going well. Here's where they stand

House Republicans insist there's a gulf between them and the White House on key areas on how to resolve the looming debt ceiling deadline.

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Texas lawmakers set new standards to ban books from schools for sexual content

Texas would expand what can be defined as sexually explicit material or potentially harmful to children in order to ban books from public and charter school libraries, under a bill given final passage by the state Senate on Tuesday night and sent to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis news – latest: Florida governor’s wife launches his 2024 presidential run

Republican will officially enter White House race this week after months of speculation

The Independent UK

North Carolina gerrymander ruling gives electoral gift to GOP in Congress

A North Carolina redistricting ruling has set up a possible electoral windfall for congressional Republicans in preserving their U.S. House majority next year, declaring that judges should stay out of scrutinizing seat boundaries for partisan advantage

The Independent UK

Debt ceiling talks stuck on classic problem: Republicans demand spending cuts and Democrats resist

Debt ceiling negotiations are locked on a classic problem that has vexed Washington before: Republicans led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy want to roll back federal government spending, while President Joe Biden and other Democrats do not

The Independent UK

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DeSantis set to make much-anticipated presidential campaign announcement, formalizing Trump rivalry

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to launch his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday

The Independent UK

McCarthy, Rep. Graves signal impasse in White House debt talks

WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy left the U.S. Capitol late Tuesday afternoon saying the two parties had yet to reach a deal to avert a first-ever U.S. default, and a top lieutenant said there are no more meetings planned.

Tribune News Service

Texas governor sent bill abolishing position of Harris County elections chief

The Texas Legislature has approved abolishing a position Democrats in the state's largest county created to oversee more than 2 million voters around Houston

The Independent UK

Trump leads 2024 Republican presidential primary polling and PredictIt market

As of May 23, 2023, former President Donald Trump (R) leads in both RealClearPolitics’ (RCP) Republican presidential primary polling average and PredictIt’s Republican presidential primary market.

Ballotpedia

Marjorie Taylor Greene wins ChapStick used by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for $100K at GOP auction as debt ceiling crisis drags on

Republican campaign leaders on Tuesday auctioned off a ChapStick used by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — and scored $100,000 from winner Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.

Tribune News Service

Election legislation roundup: New York State Senate

As of May 21, Ballotpedia has tracked 147 election-related bills in the New York State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the 147, Ballotpedia tracked five from May 15-21. Democrats sponsored four, while Republicans sponsored one. The five bills are:

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South Carolina is poised to renew its 6-week abortion ban

The proposal restores a ban South Carolina had in place when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year — which was overturned by the state's highest court.

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Election legislation roundup: Wisconsin State Senate

As of May 21, Ballotpedia has tracked nine election-related bills in the Wisconsin State Senate since the beginning of the year. Of the nine, Ballotpedia tracked three from May 15-21. A bipartisan group of legislators sponsored two bills, while Republicans sponsored one. The three bills are below:

The Independent UK

South Carolina ignores objections from all its female senators to pass six-week abortion ban

Gov Henry McMaster is expected to sign the bill into law

Tribune News Service

South Carolina Senate votes to send 6-week abortion ban bill to governor. Court challenge coming

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina six-week abortion ban that has cleared the Republican-controlled Legislature is now for the second time headed to the governor’s desk, whose expected signature enacting the bill into law is likely to be challenged immediately.

The Independent UK

Boycotting Oregon GOP senators vow to stay away until last day of session

Republican senators whose walkout of the Oregon Senate has prevented a quorum for almost three weeks now say they’re not coming back until the very last day of the legislative session next month

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The Independent UK

Texas AG accuses state's House speaker of being intoxicated

Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has called for the resignation of the state’s GOP House speaker and accused him of being intoxicated on the job

ABC News

ASX falls on stalled US debt ceiling talks, CBA lifts mortgage rates again, NZ's Reserve Bank raises rates for 12th time — as it happened

The ASX loses ground on US debt ceiling impasse and lower iron ore prices, CBA lifts variable home loan rates, and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand lifts official rates to 5.5 per cent, the highest in 14 years.

Tribune News Service

Harlan Crow dismisses Senate panel’s questions about gifts to Clarence Thomas

WASHINGTON — A billionaire Republican donor brushed off questions from the Senate Judiciary Committee about his relationship with Justice Clarence Thomas, in a letter Monday that argues the panel did not have the authority to investigate the lavish gifts he provided to the member of the Supreme Court.

Al Jazeera

Trump criminal trial over hush money payment to start next March

Criminal trial over alleged hush money payments is set to take place amid the Republican presidential primary season.

The Independent UK

Marjorie Taylor Greene pays $100k for chapstick used by Kevin McCarthy

‘They doing this insane chapstick s*** while the country teeters on default. Wild,’ Ilhan Omar tweets

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis to launch presidential campaign on Twitter with Elon Musk

Rightwing Florida governor has maintained a consistent distant second place to Donald Trump

The Independent UK

George Santos sent ‘thank you notes’ to Republicans for saving him from expulsion vote

House Ethics Committee still investigating New York Republican

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