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Will Ron DeSantis run for president in 2024?

Mr DeSantis has been considered a potential Republican presidential candidate since 2021

The Independent UK

The allure of fascism: why do minorities join the far right?

A white supremacist ideology would appear to be antithetical to people of color, but there’s a perverse logic at play when they join extremist groups

The Guardian - US

Marianne Williamson: ‘You don’t even know what misogyny is until you’ve been a woman running for president’

In second presidential bid, Williamson is running a more grounded campaign – as a political outsider appalled at how America’s political elites have ignored the needs of ordinary people

The Guardian - US

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NAACP advises against traveling to Florida: ‘Openly hostile toward African Americans’

Travel warning points to ‘sustained, blatant, relentless and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights’ under Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Trump was warned about retaining classified documents, notes reveal

Exclusive: previously unreported warning contained in notes taken by lawyer Evan Corcoran that prosecutors have viewed in recent months

The Guardian - US

Canada, Maine, and Spain….how one ballot measure ties them together

Welcome to the Monday, May 22, Brew.

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Debt ceiling talks enter make-or-break phase

With less than two weeks to go before a potential debt default.

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First Thing: US debt ceiling talks ‘productive’ as Biden and McCarthy to meet

Sunday night phone call between president and Republican House speaker reported to have struck a more positive tone. Plus, how solar farms took over the California desert

The Guardian - UK

Editorial: Going the Ron way: DeSantis’ new immigration law and culture wars will backfire

Ron DeSantis doesn’t just want to run for the presidency, the Florida governor seems to already have declared himself president as he tries to wrest clear federal responsibilities away from the U.S. government with a new Florida law that heavily penalizes employment of undocumented immigrants, gives state officials more authority…

Tribune News Service

Mark Z. Barabak: Feinstein is not going to quit the Senate. Ever. Just ask her biographer

Other than family and close friends, few people have a longer history with Dianne Feinstein or a better understanding of California's ailing U.S. senator than Jerry Roberts.

Los Angeles Times

John M. Crisp: A President Harris might even be good for our republic

If an increasingly possible scenario develops—a 2024 rematch between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump—age will be an issue. But not just Biden’s.

Tribune News Service

Beshear vs. Cameron: What to expect from Kentucky’s closely watched governor’s race this fall

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The stage is officially set for what is widely expected to be the nation’s most expensive, contentious and closely watched election of 2023 — the Kentucky governor’s race.

Tribune News Service

Doyle McManus: Debt ceiling negotiations were hard when Biden was vice president. They're even harder now

For a brief moment last week, it was possible to imagine that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had found a patch of common ground in their standoff over the federal debt ceiling.

Los Angeles Times

AP News Digest 3 am

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The Conversation

The US could default on June 1 owing to gridlock over the debt limit; Biden vs Trump polls are close

The United States debt limit is a legislative limit on the overall debt the US government can incur. As the US keeps running budget deficits, the debt keeps increasing. Congress could deal with this permanently by either repealing the debt limit, or increasing it to a very large number.

Zenger

Trump’s Niece Says On A Podcast About The Dangers Of Normalizing His Fanatic Supporters

Mary Trump continues to criticize her uncle for allowing to hate and antisemitism as she says that democracy is still at stake.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate OKs extending postpartum Medicaid — with an anti-abortion amendment

New moms will be able to keep their health insurance for a full year under a proposal the Senate passed Sunday. A last-minute anti-abortion amendment means the bill will go back to the House.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Senate committee revamps school funding bill to revive voucher-like proposal

The Senate education committee has drastically changed House Bill 100 after Gov. Greg Abbott signaled he would call a special session if a voucher-like program didn’t pass.

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The Independent UK

Debt ceiling explained: Why it's a struggle in Washington and how the impasse could end

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are to meet face to face on Monday after a weekend of on again, off again negotiations over raising the nation’s debt ceiling

The Independent UK

Tim Scott set to announce launch of his 2024 GOP presidential campaign

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is set to announce his bid for president

The Independent UK

Biden, McCarthy to hold pivotal meeting on debt ceiling as time to resolve standoff grows short

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have a pivotal meeting coming up on the impasse over the debt ceiling

Chicago Sun-Times

Civil rights groups warn tourists about Florida in wake of ‘hostile’ laws

The NAACP warns in a statement that Florida ‘devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color.’

ABC News

Succession season 4, episode 9 recap and power rankings: With only one episode until the finale, it's every Roy for themselves

It's Succession's penultimate episode and the balance of power has never been more volatile. As Americans take to the streets to protest the election result, the Roys brace themselves for an emotional funeral.

Chicago Sun-Times

5 takeaways on the looming debt ceiling deadline crisis

Illinois House Democrats are divided over whether President Biden should invoke the 14th Amendment to let the federal government borrow money over the debt limit. GOP pushing for work requirements for public benefits.

The Independent UK

Biden and McCarthy to resume talks Monday as debt ceiling deadline looms

United States expected to hit default deadline on 1 June

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