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Homeland security chief calls Ted Cruz’s comments “revolting” in heated border hearing

“You’re willing to let children be raped to follow political orders,” Cruz told Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas at the hearing. “This is a crisis. It’s a disgrace.”

The Texas Tribune

Mike Pence must testify before grand jury investigating January 6 – reports

A federal judge ruled the former vice-president must appear in the inquiry into Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election

The Guardian - US

Texas school quits nonpartisan board association over politics

Southlake Carroll ISD school board members renounced the nonpartisan Texas Association of School Boards on Monday, citing the group’s promotion of “divisive political ideologies” largely related to diversity and inclusion.

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As more Republican states expand Medicaid to all, Florida lawmakers focus on kids

Florida is unlikely to expand Medicaid this year, as North Carolina and other Republican states have done recently, but lawmakers are pushing measures they say will expand health care for more children from low-income families.

Tribune News Service

‘Completely inappropriate’: AOC calls out Oversight chairman’s attempt to interfere with Trump probe

The New York lawmaker is the second-ranking Democrat on the House Oversight Committee

The Independent UK

Biden viewed favourably by most Democrats but 40 per cent want another 2024 candidate, poll finds

Mr Biden is expected to announce a re-election bid in the coming months

The Independent UK

Wisconsin residents can save the country by voting

This April 4 election will pick the swing vote on the state’s Supreme Court, which is dominated by a far-right majority. The Wisconsin race may even decide the next presidential election.

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House fails to overturn veto of ESG legislation

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Liberal outraises conservative in Wisconsin court race

The Democratic-funded candidate in Wisconsin’s pivotal state Supreme Court contest has raised more than five times as much money as her Republican-backed opponent ahead of the April 4 election

The Independent UK

Signature submission deadline for initiatives will change in South Dakota to six months before election day

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) signed a bill into law that would change signature deadlines for ballot initiatives to six months before election day. This change would affect ballot initiative campaigns in South Dakota, allowing campaigns more time to collect signatures closer to the election date.

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McCarthy calls on Biden to schedule meeting on debt ceiling

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he’s growing increasingly concerned about President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to negotiate on lifting the nation’s borrowing authority

The Independent UK

When it comes to explaining elections in Congress, gerrymandering is overrated

Over the past decade, a consistent refrain in discussions of politics has been that partisan gerrymandering – the drawing of congressional district lines to disproportionately advantage one party over the other – is unfair and distorts the balance of power in Congress.

The Conversation

Can Donald Trump still be elected president now he’s been indicted?

The indictment marks the first time an investigation into Trump’s inner circle has actually impacted the former president himself

The Independent UK

Push in states for $20 minimum wage as inflation persists

Just years after labor activists persuaded a handful of states to raise their minimum wage to $15 per hour, workers initially thrilled with the pay bump are finding their hard-won gains erased by inflation

The Independent UK

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6th, 21st Ward candidates discuss future of South Side ahead of runoff: Time to ‘resurrect dreams of residents’

Four community leaders vie for City Council seats left open by the departures of longtime alderpersons Sawyer and Brookins.

The Guardian - US

Wisconsin’s disabled voters face barriers amid ‘massive confusion’

Disabled voters push for better protection voting absentee and with assistance after temporary ban that disenfranchised some

Salon

Trump yearns to be an iconic cult leader

His campaign denies Trump wanted to invoke the specter of David Koresh, 30 years after Waco. We're not that dumb

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot put Knudsen in 43rd Ward seat — and into runoff against challenger Comer

Five months after a City Council appointment from Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Ald. Timmy Knudsen only got about a quarter of the vote in February. Now he’s lining up other Democratic support to survive a runoff with Brian Comer.

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Texas Republicans, once allied with prosecutors, seek to rein them in

Some local district and county attorneys have said they will not pursue abortion-related cases, or prioritize certain drug, property and election crimes.

Salon

Trump's lawyer may have doomed him

Trump was already in trouble in the Mar-a-Lago case. But his own attorney, Evan Corcoran, may have sunk him

Salon

Now Trump threatens Armageddon

Trump vows a "final battle" against his "enemies" — the message to his followers could hardly be clearer

Axios

First look: New leader, new mission for pro-Biden group

Build Back Together will focus on helping progressive groups tout president's record.

The Independent UK

Trump says Ron DeSantis would be working in a pizza parlour if it wasn’t for him

‘Not friends. I didn’t know him well,’ says Trump

The Guardian - US

Trump’s verbal assaults pose risks to prosecutors and could fuel violence

Trump has resorted to ‘incendiary rhetoric’ to deter investigations and to rile up his base, experts say, and shows no sign of letting up

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