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What Cassidy Hutchinson Might Say
Cassidy Hutchinson, a top aide to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, will testify today before the January 6 Committee. Playbook: “Hutchinson knows a lot. Before, on, and after Jan….
Mitch McConnell’s Court Delivers
New York Times: “Mr. McConnell is indisputably a chief architect — if not the chief architect — of the conservative court that has shaken the nation over the past week…
GOP Candidate Suggests Pregnancy Not Likely After Rape
Yesli Vega (R) — the GOP nominee in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District vying to unseat Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) — drew outrage after audio published by Axios Richmond appeared to…
Former Mark Meadows Aide to Testify
“Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and a witness to many critical events and conversations, is expected to testify publicly on Tuesday before…
Biden to Extend Troop Presence In Poland
“While in Europe for a NATO summit with world leaders, President Joe Biden plans to announce extension of some of the increased U.S. troop presence in Poland and changes to…
Public Pension Funds Borrowing Money to Invest
Wall Street Journal: “U.S. public pension funds don’t have nearly enough money to pay for all their obligations to future retirees. A growing number are adopting a risky solution: investing…
Biden Irked by Democrats Who Don’t Think He’s Running
“Earlier this month, when Senator Bernie Sanders said he would not challenge President Biden in 2024, Mr. Biden was so relieved he invited his former rival to dinner at the…
FBI Seized John Eastman’s Phone
“The FBI seized the phone of former President Donald Trump’s election attorney John Eastman last week, according to a new court filing from the lawyer,” CNN reports. “About six federal…
Biden’s Pick for ICE Withdraws
“President Biden’s nominee to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Ed Gonzalez, said Monday that he was withdrawing himself from consideration after his nomination hit roadblocks following domestic violence allegations,” The…
Pelosi Signals Votes to Protect Abortion
“Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday said she’s preparing votes on a number of bills protecting abortion as well as codifying landmark Supreme Court decisions as a response to the…
Judge Blocks Louisiana Abortion Ban
“As the fight over abortion rights shifted to courthouses around the country on Monday, Louisiana took center stage, when abortion providers successfully won a temporary injunction by challenging the state’s…
Roe Is the New Prohibition
David Frum: “The culture war raged most hotly from the ’70s to the next century’s ’20s. It polarized American society, dividing men from women, rural from urban, religious from secular,…
Ravnsborg Presses Ethics Case Against Kristi Noem
“Former South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg, in his first public comments since being removed from office last week, appeared before a state ethics board Monday to press for an…
Abortion Could Shake Up Midterm Elections
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “The president’s party often struggles in midterms, although extraordinary circumstances can save them from losses. The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe vs. Wade could be 2022’s…
January 6 Committee Calls Special Hearing
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol on Monday abruptly scheduled a hearing for Tuesday afternoon to hear what the panel called “recently obtained evidence” and…
The Right Isn’t Ready
David French: “Through it all, I was guided by two burning convictions—that Roe represented a grave moral and constitutional wrong and that I belonged to a national Christian community that…
The GOP’s False Assurances That Roe v. Wade Was Safe
Aaron Blake: “The overturning of Roe v. Wade has long occupied an unusual space in conservative politics. On the one hand, the Republican Party has pushed for it for decades;…
Brace for a Backlash Against Abortion Decision
First Read: “Big, abrupt change doesn’t happen that often in this country. Yet when it does, it usually produces a political backlash for the side that’s most responsible for that…
White House Warns of GOP Efforts to Strip Women of Rights
“The Biden administration is promising to fight Republican efforts in the House of Representatives to pass a nationwide abortion ban at 15 weeks following the Supreme Court’s historic decision to…
Clarence Thomas Wants to Revisit Media Libel Standard
“Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday indicated that he believes the Supreme Court should reconsider a ruling that makes it more difficult to sue media organizations, saying he disagreed with the…
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