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On June 14, Mayra Flores (R) defeated Dan Sanchez (D), Rene Coronado (D), and Juana Cantu-Cabrera (R), claiming for the GOP Filemon Vela’s (D) previous district. Vela resigned on March 31. Flores will serve the remainder of Vela’s term, which ends in January 2023.

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House clears bipartisan gun violence reduction measure

WASHINGTON — The House cleared bipartisan gun violence reduction legislation on Friday, delivering President Joe Biden a legislative victory ahead of his departure for Europe.

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Illinois governor calls special legislative session on reproductive rights

CHICAGO — Illinois politicians reacted swiftly and along party lines to Friday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, with Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Democratic legislative leaders immediately announcing they plan to call a special legislative session to strengthen the state’s already-stringent protections for reproductive rights.

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Texas Republicans cheer end of Roe v. Wade while Democrats vow to fight back in November

Attorney General Ken Paxton declared on Twitter that he would be closing his office and “making it an annual holiday” in honor of the Supreme Court decision.

The Texas Tribune

Will Supreme Court abortion ruling lift California Democrats this fall?

WASHINGTON — California Democrats facing close races could get an important political boost from Friday’s Supreme Court decision reversing its half-century-old ruling that women have a constitutional right to an abortion.

Tribune News Service

Medication abortion is common, effective, and under attack by Republicans

Most abortions in the US and overseas involve pills that can be taken at home, but GOP lawmakers have launched a new war on drugs, Alex Woodward reports

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House clears bipartisan gun violence reduction measure - Roll Call

The House sent President Joe Biden a bipartisan bill to curb gun violence that includes mental health and school security provisions.

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Trump decries McCarthy’s handling of Jan. 6 panel, which a Democrat calls a ‘historic and strategic blunder’

WASHINGTON — House Republicans are sticking beside Kevin McCarthy despite former President Donald Trump’s attacks on the minority leader’s decision to pull GOP members from the Jan. 6 committee.

Los Angeles Times

Jan 6 hearings: Key takeaways we’ve learned from the committee so far

The next instalment of the House investigation into the Capitol riot and Donald Trump’s role in provoking it starts at 1pm ET on Tuesday

The Independent UK

GOP test-drives plot to steal 2024

Trump allies' plot to seize local election offices just got a test drive in New Mexico

Salon

Setting gridlock aside, Congress set to OK gun violence bill

Congress is on the verge of approving a $13 billion bipartisan gun violence bill that seemed unimaginable a month ago

The Independent UK

GOP unity? Some aim for reconciliation after tough primaries

Two days after losing a bitter primary to a rival she once deemed a “sellout” for occasionally working with Democrats, Katie Arrington appeared at a “unity rally” to urge South Carolina Republicans to come together and back Rep. Nancy Mace in the fall general election

The Independent UK

Former President Trump not making GOP gov endorsement yet, but says ‘maybe’ Bailey best to beat Pritzker

The former president apparently thinks Darren Bailey is “doing a good job,” according to an interview with The Center Square’s Greg Bishop ahead of a planned “Save America” rally on Saturday in central Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times

Going to Disney World: No sour grapes in billionaire Griffin’s exodus to Sunshine State as Illinois election clouds loom?

The announcement came rather awkwardly just five days ahead of the June 28 primary — a primary in which Griffin has contributed $53 million to the campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who is dropping in the polls.

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Daily Mirror

Channel 4 reporter told 'go back to your own country' by Republican politician in gun row

Channel 4's Washington correspondent Siobhan Kennedy was told to 'go back to your own country' by US Republican Party politician Marjorie Taylor Greene during a gun control press conference

Tribune News Service

Republicans, NRA cheer US Supreme Court decision overturning New York concealed-carry restrictions

ALBANY, N.Y. — Republicans and gun lobbyists applauded the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday for striking down a longstanding New York law restricting the carrying of concealed firearms, calling it a win for gun owners in the Empire State.

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Trump electors in Michigan being served with federal subpoenas

LANSING, Mich. — Some of the 16 Michigan Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming to cast the state's electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in December 2020 are receiving grand jury subpoenas from federal officials, according to multiple sources.

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FBI interviews Allegheny County GOP chair Sam DeMarco about Trump's attempt to plant fake electors

PITTSBURGH — FBI agents interviewed the chairman of the Allegheny County Republican Party at his home early Thursday morning as part of a nationwide investigation into former President Donald Trump’s attempt to send alternate electors from key swing states to Washington to overturn the 2020 election.

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Axios

Top DOJ officials detail Trump's efforts to overturn election results

Their testimony reveals the extent of Trump's efforts to politicize the department and help him carry out his desire to change the election results.

Salon

To restore DOJ integrity, arrest Trump

Are you listening, Merrick Garland? Protecting the DOJ means keeping Trump's stubby fingers off it

Axios

Jan. 6 panel reveals new details about GOP lawmakers' role in Trump's DOJ schemes

Rep. Scott Perry repeatedly connected the White House with Jeffrey Clark

Roll Call

Trump ignored lack of election fraud, pressured DOJ officials to ‘just say’ election was ‘corrupt’ - Roll Call

Former President Trump pressured Justice Department officials to push his own political goals, conjuring memories of Richard Nixon.

Tribune News Service

Supreme Court rules on part of North Carolina’s voter ID case

RALEIGH, N.C. — The constitutionality of North Carolina’s voter ID law is still up in the air — but on Thursday, Republican lawmakers won a related legal fight at the U.S. Supreme Court.

Roll Call

Jan. 6 panel airs evidence of more GOP lawmaker pardon requests - Roll Call

Five GOP members of Congress requested pardons following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, according to evidence presented at a hearing

The Texas Tribune

Supreme Court makes it harder for states to restrict guns — but ruling shouldn’t affect Texas’ loose rules

The high court found that states can’t require people to show “proper cause” for a gun permit. Texas allows people to carry handguns without a permit.

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