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Kamala Harris (D) ties for second-most tie-breaking votes cast by a vice president in United States history

Vice President Kamala Harris (D) cast her 29th tie-breaking vote in the Senate on March 1, breaking a 48-48 tie to approve Margaret R. Guzman to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Harris is now tied with John Adams (1789-1797) for the second-most tie-breaking votes cast…

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Meet Soapy, Jimmy Carter’s longtime barber and fellow ‘tough old bird’

AMERICUS, Ga. — On any given day during much of James “Soapy” Herndon’s ongoing, 62-year run as a barber, passersby might have spotted his shop filled not with clients but with Secret Service agents.

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Upcoming Article III Judicial Vacancies

According to the latest vacancy data from the U.S. Courts, there were 23 total announced upcoming vacancies for Article III judgeships. Article III judgeships refer to federal judges who serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of International Trade, or one of the 13 U.S. courts of appeal…

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Jacksonville, Florida voters to decide local races

The general election for Jacksonville, Florida is on March 21, 2023. The filing deadline to run passed on Jan. 13.

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"Ominous" DOJ memo could doom Trump

"There really isn’t anything else out there protecting Trump" after DOJ rejects presidential immunity, lawyer says

Salon

Trump’s threat of a third-party run is undercut by ‘sore loser’ laws

Donald Trump hates losing so much that he has suggested he will mount a third-party campaign if he doesn’t win the Republican presidential nomination.

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CPAC surfaces simmering GOP tensions

Trump's dark "retribution" speech at CPAC reveals that Republican reunification may be too hard to pull off by 2024

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DeSantis inches closer to presidential run announcement with California speech – as it happened

Governor condemns other states’ Covid responses and celebrates Florida as a ‘citadel of freedom’ in speech

The Guardian - US

Americans remain hopeful about democracy despite fears of its demise – and are acting on that hope

President Joe Biden will convene world leaders beginning on March 29, 2023, to discuss the state of democracies around the world.

The Conversation

Digital foot soldiers: Pro-Trump bots swarm DeSantis, Haley

Researchers have uncovered a network of tens of thousands of fake Twitter accounts created to support former President Donald Trump and attack his critics and potential rivals

The Independent UK

Trump news - live: Trump rages at CPAC empty seats mockery as he posts about Murdoch at 3am on Truth Social

Follow all the latest developments in Trumpworld

The Independent UK

First Thing: Biden warns of ‘hate and extremism’ in the US

The president spoke in Selma at the site of ‘Bloody Sunday’, which led to passage of historic voting rights legislation nearly 60 years ago. Plus, why women are mad as hell

The Guardian - UK

How Trump’s big lie played out on the CPAC stage

Most speakers focused on issues other than election integrity, but prominent election deniers were still given top billing

The Guardian - US

Georgia Republicans race to pass laws to restrict and challenge votes

In the final days of the legislative session, there’s also a push to create a mechanism to unseat county election board members

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Eyeing a run for president, Ron DeSantis wants to 'Make America Florida'

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

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Our top 15 stories of 2023 for BP’s 15th anniversary

Welcome to the Monday, March 6, Brew.

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Editorial: Biden's rehash of Trump asylum prohibition is misguided

If you think it’s unfair for would-be concertgoers to have to go through services like Ticketmaster, you might be shocked to learn that the Biden administration has issued a rule to force would-be asylum-seekers who transited through more than one country without being rejected for asylum there first to use…

The Independent UK

Florida Republicans propose ‘fascist’ bill to remove trans kids from parents’ custody

The bill follows 2022’s “Don’t Say Gay” law

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DeSantis’ sway over Florida Legislature unprecedented ahead of 2024 bid

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Florida lawmakers met for their annual legislative session last year, they championed bills that led to months of headlines for Gov. Ron DeSantis about sexual orientation, abortion, immigration, voting and the teaching of the nation’s racial history.

Los Angeles Times

Doyle McManus: DeSantis wants to displace Trump as the GOP's 2024 nominee. But he has hurdles to overcome

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn't announced that he's running for president, but he's doing a convincing job of acting like a candidate.

Chicago Tribune

Nearly half of Chicago voters didn’t choose Brandon Johnson or Paul Vallas in mayoral election. Winning them over could be key in April runoff

CHICAGO — Just months ago, few Chicagoans would have expected Paul Vallas or Brandon Johnson to best incumbent Lori Lightfoot and survive to the mayoral runoff election.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: The GOP’s Mayorkas impeachment sideshow

When Republicans won control of the U.S. House in the 2022 elections, we expected they would use their power to push politically motivated investigations. And indeed they have done just that, starting with the wasteful and pointless exercise of gathering evidence to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his…

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John M. Crisp: Is all politics truly local?

Is all politics truly local? If so, how do we account for many of the priorities on the list of the bills that my home state’s legislature hopes to pass this year?

The Independent UK

Jill Biden says husband Joe would never take old age competency test

First lady dismisses presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s proposal as ‘ridiculous’

The Independent UK

Donald Trump mocked for ‘half full’ CPAC event: ‘It’s TPAC, Trump PAC’

Trump measures crowd size as an ‘example of his own power and own authority’, says former ally Chris Christie

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