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DeSantis’ Disney Board Might Be Powerless
“Gov. Ron DeSantis’ handpicked board overseeing Disney World’s government services is gearing up for a potential legal battle over a 30-year development agreement they say effectively renders them powerless to…
Debt Talks Are Frozen as House Republicans Splinter
“House Republicans who have said they will not vote to raise the national debt limit without deep spending cuts are backing away from their promise to balance the budget and…
House GOP Lines Up to Defend Trump
Washington Post: “Still more than 10 months until the first caucuses of the GOP presidential nominating contest, the House Republican conference appears more and more as if it has taken…
Modi’s Power to Sideline Challengers Is Only Growing
“The last time an Indian leader held so much power — in the 1970s, when the country slid into outright dictatorship under Indira Gandhi — it was the courts that…
Trump Says the Justice System Has Been Weaponized
“As he awaits possible indictment by the Manhattan district attorney and remains under scrutiny in multiple other criminal investigations, former President Donald J. Trump has regularly railed against a justice…
Fox News CEO Said Fact Checks Were ‘Bad for Business’
“Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott sounded the alarm inside the company about the financial fallout that the right-wing network would suffer if it continued fact-checking then-President Donald Trump’s lies after…
Fetterman Set to Return to the Senate
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) “plans to return to the Senate the week of April 17 after more than a month of inpatient treatment for depression,” Politico reports. “His return will…
Kentucky Republicans Override Governor’s Veto
“Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people — from…
Matt Gaetz Hired a Convicted War Criminal
“Derrick Miller, a former U.S. Army National Guard sergeant who spent eight years in prison for murdering an Afghan civilian in 2010, now serves as a legislative assistant covering military…
Democrats Favored in Wisconsin Race
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “In one of the biggest elections of the calendar year, a Democratic-aligned justice appears favored in next week’s Wisconsin state Supreme Court election. But that was…
Tennessee Governor Calls for Prayers, Not Legislation
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) has called for prayers in the wake of Monday’s deadly mass shooting at a Nashville elementary school, while noting that “there will be a time…
Michigan Democrats Rise
New York Times: “Seven years after Michigan helped cement Donald Trump’s presidential victory, the state has transformed into a new — if fragile — focal point of Democratic power, testing…
Rand Paul Won’t Back TikTok Ban
Rep. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced in the Louisville Courier Journal that he opposes a ban on TikTok, calling it a form of censorship that would “emulate China’s speech bans.” Save…
GOP Lawmaker Warns Fellow Republicans
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX), who’s feuding with other House Republicans over immigration legislation plans, issued an ultimatum: “Bring unchristian anti-immigrant bills to the floor and I am a NO on…
Trump’s Return to Fox News Gets a Cool Reception
“Donald Trump finally returned this week to his old stomping ground, Fox News, after several months away,” the New York Times reports. “The chilly reception from some of his one-time…
Biden’s Private Message to Bibi
“President Biden urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a strong private message to halt his government’s judicial overhaul just hours before Netanyahu went on television and announced the suspension of…
Pence Hints He May Drop Legal Challenge to Subpoena
“Mike Pence on Wednesday hinted that he may not pursue a legal battle to avoid testifying in the Justice Department’s criminal probe into Donald Trump’s attempts to steal the 2020…
Manhattan Grand Jury Will Break for a Month
“The Manhattan grand jury examining Donald Trump’s alleged role in a hush money payment to a porn star isn’t expected to hear evidence in the case for the next month…
Senate Votes to End Iraq War Authorization
“More than two decades after Congress voted to green-light the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, the Senate voted 66-30 to revoke the law that authorized military operations for that war,” the…
Majority Say Criminal Charges Should Disqualify Trump
A new Quinnipiac poll finds that Americans, by a 57% to 38% margin, think criminal charges should disqualify Donald Trump from running for president again. Save to Favorites
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