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The Latest Breaking News on US Politics

Michael Cohen claims Trump was a ‘defeated man’ at New York fraud trial

The former president stormed out of the trial during his former lawyer’s testimony

The Independent UK

Georgia voting maps discriminate against Black voters, judge rules

Federal judge orders state lawmakers to redraw maps that violate the Voting Rights Act

The Independent UK

This is new Speaker Mike Johnson’s anti-LGBT+ record

‘Homosexual marriage is the dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy that could doom even the strongest republic,’ Mike Johnson wrote in 2004

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North Carolina lawmakers codify semi-closed primary system

North Carolina lawmakers made unaffiliated voter participation in partisan primaries a permanent feature of state election laws as part of a veto override of S747 on Oct. 10, 2023. As part of the omnibus election bill, political parties holding primaries in the state must allow unaffiliated voters to participate in their primaries.…

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Who is Mike Johnson, the new US Republican House speaker?

Mike Johnson was elected as House speaker after three other candidates were unable to secure enough votes.

Al Jazeera

Mike Johnson pushed big Medicare cuts

"It's right on his website"

Salon

Judge says he’ll look at Donald Trump’s comments, reconsider $10,000 fine for gag order violation

A New York judge says he will take a fuller look at Donald Trump’s out-of-court comments and reconsider a $10,000 fine he imposed on the former president a day earlier at his civil fraud trial

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Seth Meyers on Mike Johnson: ‘A far-right conservative almost no one has heard of’

Late-night hosts react to the end of speakership chaos in Congress as Republicans elect Mike Johnson, an election denier

The Guardian - US

The Maga-fication of congressional Republicans is now complete

Republicans have elected an obscure and extreme Trumpist, Mike Johnson, as speaker of the House

The Guardian - US

New House speaker pushed for ‘hard labor’ for abortion providers after fall of Roe

Mike Johnson of Louisiana has continued to champion anti-abortion bills even as some in his party beware US voter backlash

The Guardian - US

Mike Johnson: Who is the new Republican speaker of the US House?

Mike Johnson has become the 56th Speaker of the House of Representatives

Evening Standard

Mike Johnson won't contain the chaos

Johnson goes from "who the hell?" to second in line for the presidency. But don't expect a functional government

Salon

Prosecutors ask for renewed gag order on Trump in Jan 6 case

Prosecutors cited a recent Truth Social post about Mark Meadows as they described Mr Trump as an ongoing danger to the integrity of the justice system

The Independent UK

(Republican) War Is Over

Plus: Extra credit at Berkeley, 4 percent of Cuba has migrated to the U.S. in the last two years, 20 hours in a kibbutz safe room, and more...

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Special counsel accuses Trump of threatening Mark Meadows after he testified in election case - as it happened

Jack Smith says the former president threatened his former chief of staff, citing posts on Truth Social

The Conversation

Back in the 1960s, the push for parental rights over school standards was not led by white conservatives but by Black and Latino parents

A key issue underlying the 2023 Virginia election first drew statewide – and national – attention in a debate two years ago.

The Guardian - US

Jamaal Bowman calls Republicans who compared him to Capitol rioters ‘crazy’

Democrat pleads guilty to misdemeanour charge for pulling fire alarm in congressional building as crucial funding vote loomed

The Guardian - US

Mike Johnson as speaker shows ‘Maga is ascendant’ in Congress, Matt Gaetz says

Far-right Florida congressman who triggered ousting of former speaker Kevin McCarthy says ‘the swamp is on the run’

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Trumpist Mike Johnson is the US House speaker. There’s plenty to fear

The newly elected speaker, Mike Johnson of Louisiana, had a leading role in trying to overturn the 2020 election

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Former Trump Aides Flip As Legal Troubles Mount

A former lawyer and aide of Donald Trump plead guilty and testify against him, further complicating his legal battles.

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The 15 battleground districts that will decide Virginia’s legislative elections

Welcome to the Thursday, October 26, Brew.

The Guardian - US

Abortion on the ballot: six US states with elections in 2023

Here’s what you need to know about where and how Americans will vote on abortion this year

Salon

Meadows could be Smith's smoking gun

Meadows testified before a federal grand jury three times this year after being granted immunity, ABC reports

Evening Standard

Donald Trump storms out of New York courtroom after receiving $10,000 fine

Former US President was fined after making disparaging remark about court clerk

The Independent UK

Trump isn't accustomed to restrictions. That's beginning to test the legal system

Donald Trump was slapped with a $10,000 fine for violating a gag order after he was unexpectedly called to the witness stand in his New York fraud trial

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