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GOP Majority Whip Tom Emmer drops speaker bid after four hours

Emmer ends attempt to become speaker after Donald Trump launches vicious attack

The Independent UK

Michael Cohen describes ‘gang of four’ cutting insurance deals and says ‘final decisions were done by Mr Trump’ – as it happened

Trump’s former fixer testifies in ex-president’s civil fraud trial at Manhattan court

The Guardian - US

Michael Cohen testifies in front of Donald Trump in New York fraud trial

Trump’s one-time ‘fixer’ reunites with the former president as a star witness against him

The Independent UK

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Trump files series of bids to have election interference case tossed

Former president is accused of conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing Congress’s certification of the election results

The Independent UK

Trump demand: Dump entire Jan. 6 case

Team Trump looks to scuttle Jack Smith's entire D.C. indictment with sweeping dismissal motions

Salon

Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis pleads guilty

"I look back on this experience with deep remorse," Jenna Ellis said in a tearful statement during her guilty plea

Salon

Trump says he's like Nelson Mandela

"We did nothing wrong,” Trump asserted

Salon

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Jenna Ellis: Donald Trump's former lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election interference case

Jenna Ellis becomes third prominent Trump ally to plead guilty to charges

Evening Standard

Texans Pete Sessions, Roger Williams both out in whirlwind day to pick U.S. speaker

Sessions dropped out of the race after a first round of voting within the Republican conference. Williams entered the race after the apparent front-runner, Tom Emmer of Minnesota, failed to reach the 217-vote threshold, but later on Tuesday evening and the Texas lawmaker was also out.

The Texas Tribune

Trump allies are railing against ‘anti-Trump’ Tom Emmer for speaker

‘He’s my biggest fan now because he called me yesterday and told me he’s my biggest fan so,’ Trump says of Emmer

The Independent UK

‘It was amazing to find sisters’: Brixton Black Women’s Group on their revolutionary newsletter

Marking 50 years since the influential anti-racist collective formed, a new collection of their writings provides a unique voice from a time of violent prejudice

The Guardian - UK

Sheila Jackson Lee expresses regret after audio leaks of her berating, demeaning staffers

Jackson Lee is running for Houston mayor, and the recording of her expletive-laden rant toward an employee was sent from an anonymous email account to multiple news organizations, three days before the start of early voting.

The Texas Tribune

Kevin McCarthy dismissed Liz Cheney warning before January 6, book says

Adam Kinzinger, another anti-Trump Republican, details exchange – and ‘shoulder checks’ from McCarthy – in new memoir

The Guardian - US

Trump claims only Jesus Christ could get the votes for House speaker

‘There’s only one person that can do it all the way. Do you know who that is? Jesus Christ,’ former presidenrt says

The Independent UK

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Tom Emmer drops out of House speaker race amid significant Republican opposition and Trump attacks- US politics live

House whip withdrew as party’s speaker nominee after being attacked by Trump and lack of support from dozens of Republicans

The Guardian - US

House still without speaker as Republicans fail yet again to unify

Tom Emmer – the third nominee in three weeks – drops out of race just hours after winning nomination

The Texas Tribune

Texas proposition lets voters decide whether to cut property taxes for homeowners and businesses

Proposition 4 could usher in a bevy of property tax changes. That includes using $12.7 billion from a record state budget surplus to lower school district taxes.

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Michael Cohen says he inflated assets to ‘whatever number Trump told us to’

Trump’s ex-fixer takes stand at New York fraud trial as former president, in attendance in court, attacks Cohen as ‘proven liar’

The Independent UK

House Republicans have no clear frontrunner for speaker after candidate forum

The forum comes as the House will vote to pick a new nominee in the third week without a speaker

The Independent UK

Trump claims he is ‘genius’ for realising ‘us’ is spelled the same as ‘US’

The former president questioned whether anybody else had ever thought to make the connection before

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All candidates for Douglas County School District Board of Directors District C complete Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey

All three candidates running in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election for Douglas County School District Board of Directors District C — Incumbent Jason Page (nonpartisan), David DiCarlo (nonpartisan), and Brad Geiger (nonpartisan) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to…

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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Colorado roundup

Colorado is holding elections, including for school boards and city council, on Nov. 7, 2023. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run for office.

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Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey: Florida roundup

Florida is holding elections, including for municipal offices and state legislative offices, on Nov. 7, 2023, and Aug. 20, 2024, respectively. A number of candidates running in these elections completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run…

The Texas Tribune

Lubbock County becomes latest to approve “abortion travel ban” while Amarillo City Council balks

Lubbock is now the fourth, and largest, county to pass the ordinance which would punish people through civil lawsuits for aiding pregnant women seeking abortions outside of Texas.

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