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Congressman Dean Phillips to launch Democratic primary bid against Biden

Minnesota representative has voted for majority of Biden’s legislative agenda but says it’s time for next generation of leaders

The Guardian - US

Trump accused of witness threats after Meadows reportedly granted immunity

Special counsel says ex-president trying to send ‘threatening message to a foreseeable witness’ in election interference case

The Guardian - US

Expert: Ex-allies may doom Trump defense

Willis “never wanted to try 19 defendants. She wanted 18 guilty pleas and one trial against Donald Trump": lawyer

Salon

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House speaker once won taxpayer funds for Noah’s Ark park accused of bias

Mike Johnson represented Kentucky project said to have used Christian beliefs ‘as a litmus test for hiring decisions’

The Guardian - US

Internecine squabbling: On the dissonances within the Republican Party in the U.S.

If the House’s Speaker saga indicates anything, it is that the dissonances within the Republican Party could trouble Donald Trump and his political ambitions

The Hindu

How Speaker Mike Johnson kept pushing to overturn the 2020 election

Speaker Mike Johnson pushed same debunked conspiracy theories that led to guilty plea from Trump lawyer Sidney Powell

The Independent UK

Trump rages after judge rebukes denial

Judge Arthur Engoron found Trump's claim that he wasn't targeting his law clerk "not credible"

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The Guardian view on America’s new speaker: the right gets its man

Editorial: The US has got its federal government back. But Mike Johnson is not an answer to the nation’s political dysfunction

The Guardian - UK

Georgia must redraw maps to give Black voters fair shot, federal judge rules

Decision regarding congressional and state legislative maps could result in an additional Democratic seat in Congress

The Guardian - US

New York governor dodges questions on who paid for her trip to wartime Israel

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is refusing to disclose who paid for her to travel to wartime Israel last week for a self-described solidarity mission

The Independent UK

Bargaining in Blue: New Jersey court rules Newark police union must agree to disciplinary changes

Bargaining in Blue, a monthly newsletter from Ballotpedia, provides news and information on police collective bargaining agreements (CBAs), including the latest news, policy debates, and insights from Ballotpedia’s analysis of police CBAs in all 50 states and the top 100 cities by population.

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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.…

Al Jazeera

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.

Salon

Mike Johnson pushed big Medicare cuts

"It's right on his website"

The Independent UK

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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The Guardian - US

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

Evening Standard

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

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

Salon

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

The Independent UK

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

Reason

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