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Ballot initiative signature campaign costs increased nearly 300% over the past four elections

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Like Jesus: MAGA makes Trump a martyr

Trump's anointment as some type of new Jesus Christ is a symptom of a much larger problem with the Christian right

Salon

Biden wraps up emotional Irish tour with campaign-style rally

U.S. President Joe Biden gave a rousing campaign-style speech to an exuberant crowd in his ancestral home town in the west of Ireland on Friday to wrap up a nostalgic three-day state visit ahead of what is expected to be a gruelling 2024 re-election bid.

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Martin Schram: Making history in Ireland

At last, stripped across a full page of The Washington Post, was the headline Richard Nixon had always wanted to see:

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George Skelton: If the public doesn’t finance political candidates, special interests will happily step in

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — American politics will never be perfectly clean because politicians represent and reflect imperfect humans.

Los Angeles Times

Jonathan Bernstein: Why isn’t Trump’s polling lead discouraging GOP challengers?

Judging by opinion polls, Donald Trump looks to be the overwhelming favorite for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the clear alternative. But news this week from South Carolina suggests that Republicans aren’t nearly as sold on Trump as the polling suggests.

Tribune News Service

After convention loss, Georgia Dems stress state’s importance to party

CHICAGO — At the site of this city’s victory lap after winning the Democratic National Convention, national party Chair Jaime Harrison confessed that a family member wanted him to forgo Chicago in favor of Georgia’s capital for the big event.

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Fight over tenure has Texas professors fearing loss of academic freedom, job security

After 11 years working as a college professor, Yasmiyn Irizarry reached a goal she dreamt about from the very beginning of her career: tenure.

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Commentary: Trump 1, Republicans 0

If there really is no such thing as bad publicity, Donald Trump has had an excellent couple of weeks. Once dismissed by a growing number of Republicans as a candidate whose time had passed, who would be easily bested by a Trump-without-baggage like Ron DeSantis, the real Trump has been…

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Commentary: How Los Angeles’ first female public defender pioneered the rule that led to Trump’s indictment

Warren G. Harding was a terrible president, but he did get two things right. He freed an ailing Eugene Debs from federal prison, where Debs had been locked up for criticizing World War I, and he appointed Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Los Angeles’ first female public defender, as assistant attorney general…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Why did Chicago get another Democratic National Convention? Because experience matters

On the heels of a divisive mayoral election, news that Chicago has been chosen to host the 2024 Democratic National Convention reawakens something that feels like hope.

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Democrats find their Eden for 2024 national convention

The state of Illinois recently lost three Fortune 500 companies, and its population has declined by more than 100,000 residents in the past two years. Meanwhile, its largest city is a poster child for rampant crime and a failing public education system.

Tribune News Service

AP News Digest 3:10 a.m.

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan.

The Independent UK

Warmly welcomed, 'Cousin Joe' jokes of staying in Ireland

In Ireland this week, wellwishers have lined the streets to catch even a glimpse of President Joe Biden

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Trump met with chants of ‘New York hates you!’ as he arrives for Manhattan deposition

Video shows chants growing louder as former president’s car passes through crowd

Chicago Sun-Times

Donald Trump answers questions for 7 hours in N.Y. fraud lawsuit

A New York attorney general’s lawsuit alleges the former president and his family misled banks, associates by giving them false information about his net worth, asset values.

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge rejects delay in Donald Trump rape trial, but grants concessions

The former president’s attorney sought a one-month delay in his trial in the alleged rape of a columnist after it was revealed that a Democratic donor was paying her lawyer.

Chicago Sun-Times

Despite cache of secret FBI recordings, ex-ComEd CEO tells jurors in bribery trial she didn’t view Madigan as an ally of utility

Anne Pramaggiore will face more questions when the ComEd bribery trial resumes Monday, when she will surely face vigorous cross-examination by prosecutors in the high-stakes case.

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Feinstein’s absence puts focus on Newsom’s 2020 promise to appoint a Black woman senator

Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s weeks-long absence from Washington as she recuperates from shingles not only led to calls for her retirement, it refocused attention on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s promise to appoint a Black woman if either of California’s U.S. Senate seats opened up.

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis signs six-week abortion ban into law in Florida

The ban is set to strike another blow against the availability of abortion in the Deep South

Salon

DeSantis to sign 6-week abortion ban

The only exceptions to the ban will be in the case of rape and incest up to 15 weeks, per Thursday's hearing

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Sen. Ted Budd of North Carolina endorses Donald Trump for president in 2024

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Budd announced Thursday his endorsement of former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign, just a week after Trump became the first president in history to be arrested on felony charges.

Chicago Sun-Times

Mayor-elect Johnson faces fiscal cliff in general operating budget

Chicago’s fiscal challenges can’t be solved with smoke and mirrors

Axios

Inside the GOP's 100-day "weaponization" war

Republicans face skepticism from the wider public that the investigations are worth the time and money.

Tribune News Service

Bill requiring Texas schools to tell parents what books kids check out passes

AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas Senate passed a proposal Thursday that would require schools to inform parents of all books their children check out of campus libraries.

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