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Wisconsin election officials want to revive 'critical' plan

Election officials in battleground Wisconsin hope to revive plans for a new division intended to work with the public and deal with an onslaught of records requests and complaints

The Independent UK

Biden, Yellen Won't Rule Out Declaring Debt Ceiling Unconstitutional

Plus: Kansas voting restrictions struck down, the legacy of the "vast wasteland" speech, and more…

Reason

Trump misses deadline to testify in E Jean Carroll trial – despite vowing to ‘confront’ case

‘I’m going to go back, and I’m going to confront this,’ Trump had claimed last week

The Independent UK

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Republicans and Democrats deadlocked as US debt ceiling deadline nears – as it happened

Negotiations continue over plan to increase debt limit before 1 June deadline

The Guardian - US

Judge "calls Trump's bluff" on testimony

“Trump folded like a meek little mouse," former prosecutor says

Salon

Trump rape trial: jury to hear closing arguments in E Jean Carroll lawsuit

Former president, who has declined to testify, denies rape of advice columnist in Bergdorf Goodman department store in 1996

The Guardian - US

Biden laughs off 2024 age concerns: ‘My career of 280 years’

As Joe Biden, the oldest president in US history, embarks on his reelection campaign, he is increasingly musing aloud about his advanced age, cracking self-deprecating jokes and framing his decades in public life as a plus

The Independent UK

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Yellen warns of 'calamity' unless Congress raises the debt limit. What's the holdup?

The treasury secretary warns that the U.S. could default on its debt by June 1, with disastrous economic consequences. GOP Rep. Dusty Johnson explains why Republicans insist on adding conditions.

WEKU

Punishing Rioters Is Wise. Bogus 'Seditious Conspiracy' Charges Are Not.

Politics ruin everything, including the criminal justice system.

Reason

What has gotten into Republican women?

GOP women freak out over losing reproductive rights, but embrace cruelty when it's someone else's rights at stake

Salon

Trump's absence at civil rape trial shows 'he did it,' accuser's lawyer says

Donald Trump's absence from a trial where writer E. Jean Carroll accuses him of rape and defamation shows that "he did it," a lawyer for Carroll said on Monday, while Trump's lawyer told jurors the case was "outrageous."

Reuters

Pennsylvania Democrats, Republicans to pick state supreme court nominees on May 16

Welcome to the Monday, May 8, Brew.

Ballotpedia

US to propose new rules for airline cancellations, delays

The Biden administration is starting work on new regulations that it says will expand the rights of airline passengers

The Independent UK

Biden's diet: A food fight in the White House

Biden prefers carbs over greens. The first lady wants him to eat more fish.

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The Guardian - US

White House prepares for possible charges against Hunter Biden

Federal prosecutors’ investigation into possible crimes involving taxes and gun purchase appears near completion

Chicago Sun-Times

How Illinois is being held hostage by abortion rights extremists

Our state’s leaders are out of touch with the majority of voters. They have moved away from abortion being “safe, legal and rare” to embracing an agenda that suppresses real choice, state Rep. Bill Hauter writes.

The Guardian - US

Alarm after lawyer who aided Trump’s 2020 election lie attacks campus voting

Rightwing lawyer Cleta Mitchell faces criticism after comments to GOP donors urging new rules to make voting harder for students

Irish Mirror

Ferghal Blaney - Down the Dáil

Our Mirrorman takes a break from Leinster House to bring Down the Dáil to Down the Doon(beg)

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The Independent UK

‘My career of 280 years’: Biden jokes off 2024 age concerns

As Joe Biden, the oldest president in U.S. history, embarks on his reelection campaign, he is increasingly musing aloud about his advanced age, cracking self-deprecating jokes and framing his decades in public life as a plus

Al Jazeera

Trump declines to testify in New York rape, defamation trial

Writer E Jean Carroll has accused former US president of assaulting her at a Manhattan department store in 1996.

Chicago Sun-Times

Donald Trump rejects last chance to testify at E. Jean Carroll trial

Former President Donald Trump has decided not to take the stand in a civil case by a columnist who alleges he raped her. Closing arguments could come Monday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor-elect Johnson forges ‘Unity Plan’ to reorganize the new City Council

The plan shrinks the number of Council panels from 28 to 20. Pat Dowell, whose switch of support from Lightfoot to Johnson was crucial to his victory, will be finance chair.

The Independent UK

Pro-Biden groups spend $20M+ to promote record ahead of '24

Three progressive groups are spending more than $20 million in a new national ad campaign to promote President Joe Biden’s record as he begins his 2024 reelection race

Reuters

Trump will not testify in New York rape, defamation trial

Former U.S. President Donald Trump will not testify at a civil trial to challenge claims made by writer E. Jean Carroll that he raped her in the 1990s and later defamed her, after letting a Sunday deadline pass without asking the court to appear.

The Independent UK

Biden trails Trump in brutal new poll after 2024 kickoff

Biden approval hits lowest on record as reelection bid gets off to slow start

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