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Ohio election officials scramble ahead of August vote on state constitution changes

Ohio Republicans set up an August special election to decide whether to make it harder to amend the state constitution, before voters might see an amendment on abortion access.

WEKU

POINT: 2024 is not a 2016 rerun — Trump is a one-trick pony

Those afraid that the 2024 GOP presidential contest will become a repeat of 2016 need not worry. The race is radically different this year; it will not play out the same.

Tribune News Service

Bice ponders family leave bill as she juggles multiple priorities

Stephanie Bice is a busy woman. She sits on four committees — double the usual most House members get — represents the class of 2020 on the Republican leadership team, and is the vice chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus. Oh, and she’s chairing a subcommittee with a modest…

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Editorial: He’s in, but Florida, state of extremism, pays the price for DeSantis’ 2024 run

We’ve known Gov. Ron DeSantis has been running — hard — for the White House for months, campaigning in all but name from Ohio and Michigan to Israel and Japan.

Tribune News Service

Patricia Murphy: Can Tim Scott break the Trump fever for the GOP?

Here we go again. A qualified, conservative, likable Republican gets into the GOP presidential primary against Donald Trump. And then so does another one, and another, and another until eventually, the race becomes a blob of Donald Trump vs. everyone else.

Tribune News Service

Trump and DeSantis' rivalry intensifies as Florida governor formally enters 2024 presidential race

Ron DeSantis’ entry into the 2024 White House race against former President Donald Trump sets up a clash of the Republican Party’s two leading figures

The Independent UK

McCarthy faces pressure from conservatives vital to his job as debt talks resume

WASHINGTON — House conservatives ratcheted up pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hold firm in talks over raising the debt ceiling just days before a potentially catastrophic U.S. default.

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Ken Paxton dismissed House investigators as partisan Democrats. Their backgrounds suggest otherwise.

A Texas Tribune review of the investigators’ employment history, voting records and campaign donations found a lack of support for the attorney general’s claim.

The Texas Tribune

McCarthy signals debt deal optimism as US is put on credit watch

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s optimism that White House and GOP negotiators would reach a deal in time to avert a potentially catastrophic default didn’t mollify analysts as the U.S. was put on a ratings watch late Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

Amid technical glitches, Ron DeSantis launches 2024 GOP presidential campaign to challenge Donald Trump

Florida’s Ron DeSantis, fresh off a 19-point reelection win and holding a rich campaign war chest, enters the crowded GOP field looking to topple former President Donald Trump.

Chicago Sun-Times

As Oregon Senate GOP boycott hits 'crucial point,' governor begins talks

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek has begun meeting with Democratic and Republican leaders of the statehouse to try to end a three-week-old boycott by GOP senators

The Independent UK

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis launches bid for 2024 GOP presidential nomination

WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday — a diminished figure in his party after a steady fall in polls in recent months, but still the top rival to former President Donald Trump.

Los Angeles Times

Does Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stand a chance against Donald Trump?

It was one of Washington’s worst-kept secrets and on Wednesday it finally became official: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has joined the field of Republican presidential candidates challenging Donald Trump for the 2024 nomination. But will DeSantis, who has cast himself as a more electable version of Trump, be able to…

France 24

From self-proclaimed ‘socialist’ to Team Trump and DeSantis: Elon Musk’s curious politics revealed

The Tesla and Twitter tycoon has donated to both parties and proclaims himself ‘neither left nor right’. But his escalating interventions in America’s culture wars tell a different story, writes Io Dodds

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McCarthy says GOP and White House ‘have time’ to reach debt deal

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy expressed optimism Wednesday that White House and GOP negotiators would reach a deal in time to avert a potentially catastrophic U.S. default.

The Independent UK

Nikki Haley’s anti-trans attack on Dylan Mulvaney flops at New Hampshire GOP event

Transgender influencer became target of right-wing attacks after she partnered with Budweiser

Fortune

Massive money manager Pimco likens passing a debt ceiling deal to passing a kidney stone: ‘We are in the painful period right now’

“We know it will pass, it is just a question of how painful it will be,” Pimco’s Libby Cantrill wrote Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

If Sen. John Cornyn is part of the ‘deep state,’ as Trump says, what exactly is the deep state?

WASHINGTON – Sen. John Cornyn earned a spot on Donald Trump’s naughty list by saying the GOP should pick someone else for president in 2024.

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Los Angeles Times

Florida’s Ron DeSantis launches 2024 bid for White House

WASHINGTON — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday — a diminished figure in his party after a steady fall in polls in recent months, but still the top rival to former President Donald Trump.

The Guardian - US

Ron DeSantis: 10 things to know about the Republican White House hopeful

The Florida governor claims ‘blue-collar roots’ and an Ivy League education but has pursued hard-right policies as he seeks to take on Trump

Roll Call

Debt limit vibe back on the upswing after White House meeting - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday that negotiations to lift the statutory debt limit are going better than they had been a day earlier.

Miami Herald

It’s official: Florida Gov. DeSantis files paperwork for his presidential campaign

Ron DeSantis filed paperwork Wednesday to run for president in 2024, making a long-awaited entrance to a race that will test whether a Republican governor who rewrote Florida’s political rulebook — and often infuriated critics — can overcome the challenges of a race for the nation’s highest office.

WEKU

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, top rival to Trump, jumps into the race for president

He made the announcement on Twitter. "I'm running for president to lead our Great American Comeback," he tweeted, along with a video.

The Independent UK

The War on Terror turned Ron DeSantis into Florida’s anti-woke warrior. Will that win him the White House?

Yale-educated governor is the highest profile Republican seeking to dethrone Donald Trump, writes John Bowden

Tribune News Service

GOP, Biden negotiators resume talks amid debt default impasse

WASHINGTON — Negotiators for the White House and House Republicans resumed talks on lifting the U.S. debt ceiling amid an impasse just days before a potentially catastrophic default, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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