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Clashes erupt at GOP county conventions with Michigan party's future on line

DETROIT — Verbal clashes dominated the first two hours of a Republican convention Monday night in Macomb County, one of Michigan's largest, opening a period of 13 days that could redefine the state party's future.

Tribune News Service

House GOP sets its sights on midterm races in Biden country

Republicans have already seized a lead in generic congressional ballot polling.

Axios

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Pakistan parliament elects Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister

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Illinois Democrats join President Biden in taking aim at specter of elusive ‘ghost guns’

The Illinois measure — which is on its way to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk — requires all firearms, including 3D printed guns, to have serial numbers, which would effectively ban ghost guns. It’s the lack of those identifying numbers that has made the guns undetectable.

Chicago Sun-Times

Democrats Might Soon Rediscover the Value of the Filibuster

Some liberal political analysts are warning that Republicans will gain a big Senate majority over the next two elections.

Reason

What Trump’s Mehmet Oz endorsement means for the Pennsylvania Senate race

PHILADELPHIA — Just how much power does Donald Trump’s endorsement have in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race?

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Disney gave Florida GOP $125,000 before pausing contributions over ‘don’t say gay’ law

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Walt Disney Co. donated $125,000 to the Republican Party of Florida at the beginning of this year’s legislative session, according to new filings with the state.

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Could Marjorie Taylor Greene be blocked from office? A decision could be made today

The Independent UK

GOP lawmaker says even death penalty supporters see ‘major problem’ in Melissa Lucio case

Texas State Reps Jeff Leach and Joe Moody were part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers who visited Melissa Lucio on death row last week as they call for her life to be spared

The Independent UK

GOP goes full "groomer" to stir violence

Republicans don't really think liberals are "grooming" children — but they know saying so is permission to violence

Salon

GOP strategist says Trump’s dwindling rally crowds show base disappearing

Polls indicate Trump remains top choice for GOP votes in 2024

The Independent UK

Liz Cheney breaks fundraising record in first quarter of 2022

Ms Cheney faces a primary against Trump-endorsed Harriet Hageman in August

The Independent UK

Editorial: A campaign is underway to suppress the right to vote. It must be defeated

With midterm elections on the horizon, voters across America soon will weigh their choices. They should also be thinking hard about another critical aspect to this election season — the broad, systematic campaign underway to suppress access to the vote, a movement particularly directed at Americans of color.

Chicago Tribune

Gov. Pritzker’s camp grapples with Dem Party Chair Rep. Kelly: Coordinated campaign an issue

“I think we can be a lot further along. We need more cooperation,” Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., told the Sun-Times. “We’re moving in the right direction but too slowly.”

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Accused of racist Facebook post, Virginia GOP official resigns from electoral board

NORFOLK, Va. — A Hampton Republican Party official resigned after accusations of racist Facebook posts.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Pennsylvania GOP candidates for governor are spending millions as the primary nears the final stretch

PHILADELPHIA — Bill McSwain got a major boost from a conservative group that spent millions of dollars to promote his campaign for governor — and he has the most cash in the bank in the nine-candidate Republican primary field.

The Independent UK

Psaki accuses Republicans of holding Covid funding ‘hostage’ over immigration demand

‘We need this Covid funding, and it’s really a huge disappointment to us that the Congress has left for two weeks without passing this into law’

Tribune News Service

Herschel Walker's no-show looms large over Senate GOP debate

ATLANTA — Former football great Herschel Walker skipped the first major Republican U.S. Senate debate, but his absence at the event in Gainesville on Saturday helped shape the back-and-forth among the five candidates who showed up.

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Election-year politics make crime, inflation top issues in shortened Illinois legislative session

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Republican state lawmakers, outnumbered and looking to boost their relevance, had one goal for the election-year legislative session — to paint majority Democrats as soft-on-crime and anti-police.

The Independent UK

Trump allies claim he was ‘played’ after endorsing TV’s Dr Oz for Senate seat

Former president’s support of Mehmet Oz seen as ‘Apprentice’ star returning to celebrity-focused roots

Axios

Trump gambles GOP kingmaker status with Dr. Oz endorsement

Some of Trump’s advisers are worried about him taking such a risk on Oz.

The Independent UK

GOP's energy promises face limits in Pa. governor's race

Republican candidates for Pennsylvania governor are pledging to open up natural gas production, but there are constraints to what a governor can do

Tribune News Service

Trump backs Dr. Oz in key Senate endorsement for midterms

Donald Trump endorsed celebrity physician Mehmet Oz over former Bridgewater Associates executive David McCormick in the Republican primary for a Pennsylvania Senate seat, providing crucial support that could swing a close race.

The Independent UK

Colorado Republicans back election denier for Senate primary

Colorado Republicans have voted to place on their U.S. Senate primary ballot a state representative who supports former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 presidential election

Chicago Tribune

Illinois lawmakers approve crime package, $46.5 billion budget in marathon final day of session

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois lawmakers early Saturday approved a $46.5 billion budget that includes $1.8 billion in largely temporary election-year tax relief and a $1 billion deposit into the state’s rainy day fund.

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