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Brandon Johnson fleshes out senior staff, shows continued influence of Preckwinkle, Chicago Teachers Union

Annette Guzman, budget director for Cook County, will be city budget director under Johnson. Jennifer Johnson, chief of staff at the CTU, where Brandon Johnson has been a paid organizer, will serve as deputy mayor for education.

Chicago Sun-Times

Trump calls police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt a ‘thug’ during CNN town hall

Mr Trump called 6 January, 2021 a ‘beautiful day’

The Independent UK

Democrats need to make the U.S. Constitution work for them as the 2024 election looms

U.S. President Joe Biden has launched his re-election campaign, and we can expect to hear a lot about the need to protect American democracy from the Donald Trump-led Republicans.

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CNN touts "masterful" Kaitlan Collins

"You do not have to like the former president's answers, but you can't say that we didn't get them," CNN CEO says

Salon

Kevin McCarthy flip flops on George Santos and says he won’t support indicted congressman’s re-election bid

House speaker shifts position on embattled representative after previously standing by him

The Independent UK

Donald Trump accused of sexual harassment by two ex-White House staff - 'countless cases'

Alyssa Farah Griffin and Stephanie Grisham, who both worked in communications for the former President, made their accusations after a jury found Trump liable for sexually assaulting writer E. Jean Carroll

Daily Mirror

Supreme Court sides with ex-Cuomo aide, others convicted of corruption related to 'Buffalo Billion'

The Supreme Court has ruled for a onetime top aide to ex-New York Gov_ Andrew Cuomo and for others who were convicted of corruption related to an economic development project known as the “Buffalo Billion.”

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CNN reporter rips "spectacle of lies"

"It is awful. It's a Trump infomercial. We're going to get crushed," a CNN insider told The Daily Beast

Salon

Why Biden doesn't just use the 14th Amendment to address the debt limit crisis — What to know

President Joe Biden and his administration have been searching for ways he might act unilaterally to avoid an economic “calamity” if Congress can’t reach agreement to allow more federal borrowing

The Independent UK

Title 42 explained: Has the policy expired – and when did it pass?

The Trump-era Covid policy is set to end on Thursday

The Independent UK

US authorities ‘seeing large numbers of migrants at border’ before Title 42 expiration – as it happened

Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warns people against crossing border illegally in White House briefing

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis’ super PAC slams Trump’s CNN town hall

DeSantis has yet to announce his candidacy

The Independent UK

David Simon says CNN staffers should quit over town hall with ‘fascist’ Trump

“Well, If I worked at CNN today, I would quit. Honestly,” Mr Simon says

The Independent UK

CNN praises Kaitlan Collins’ ‘tough’ questioning at Trump town hall amid furious backlash at network

‘You do not have to like the former president’s answers, but you can’t say that we didn’t get them,’ CNN CEO says during editorial call with angry staff

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Experts: Trump "confessed on live TV"

“All three ongoing criminal cases got new evidence tonight against Trump,” attorney says

Texas Observer

‘We Have to Put These People Back in Their Place’: Gene Wu Explains White Supremacy, Reddit, and Life in the Minority

"A lot of these little things had a very strong white-supremacist basis."

The Guardian - US

Schumer decries Republican senator’s ‘revolting’ remarks on white nationalists

Senate majority leader speaks after Tommy Tuberville of Alabama appeared to defend white nationalists in US military

The Guardian - US

‘What was CNN thinking?’: our panel on Donald Trump’s town hall

Lies, ridicule and applause from a pliable audience – the ex-president gave the audience what they came for, much to the discredit of CNN

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The Conversation

4 factors that contributed to the record low history scores for US eighth graders

When national student test scores revealed recently that knowledge of U.S. history and civics had reached an all-time low, one Republican lawmaker described the drop as an “outright failure that should concern every parent across the country.”

Belfast Live

Row over Joe Biden’s comments on ‘making sure the Brits didn’t screw around’ on Irish visit

Biden visited Northern Ireland in April to mark 25 years of the Good Friday Agreement

Daily Mirror

Four barmy statements fact-checked from Donald Trump's bizarre town hall rant with CNN

Last night former President Donald Trump appeared on stage at a town hall hosted by CNN, which in the past he branded "fake news" and the "liberal media", as he prepares for a potential election run in 2024

France 24

Title 42: What is it and how did the US use it to curb migration?

This week marks the end of coronavirus restrictions on asylum that have allowed the U.S. to quickly expel migrants at the southern border for the last three years.

Reuters

U.S. House passes Republican bill tightening border security

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved Republican legislation intended to stop immigrants and illegal drugs crossing the nation's southwestern border with Mexico, leaving it to the Senate to attempt a broader, bipartisan immigration bill.

Reuters

Migrant detentions at U.S.-Mexico border hit record highs as Title 42 ends

Migrants gathered on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday hours before immigration restrictions known as Title 42 expire, with some rushing to cross ahead of tough new asylum rules that will replace a COVID-era order.

The Week

Tim Scott: US senator ready to shake up 2024 electoral race

While Donald Trump continues to hog the Republican Party limelight with increasingly acrimonious outbursts, Tim Scott, the senator from South Carolina, has been quietly impressing the party faithful.

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