Politics

Texas Senators Dodge Questions About Abortion Case

NBC News reports: Republican Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz of Texas dodged questions Tuesday about Kate Cox, a mother of two who has drawn national attention after their state’s Supreme Court blocked her from getting an abortion after her fetus received a fatal diagnosis. Cruz and Cornyn were notably skittish when they were asked to weigh in on Cox’s …

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DeSantis: My Wife Had To Fight To Get A Mammogram

“My wife, she just had a sense. She felt something, she went to see the doctor. The doctor cleared her and then she came back to me and she said, ‘You know, I don’t know.’ “And I was like, ‘You’re fine’ because like for me, if a doctor told me I’m fine, I would never think twice. I’d be off …

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GOP Pressured To Push Contraception Not Abortion

Politico reports: Kellyanne Conway is going to Capitol Hill on Wednesday with a message for Republicans: promote contraception or risk defeat in 2024. The former senior counselor and campaign manager for President Donald Trump is part of a group set to brief Republicans on how they might get ahead of Democrats’ attacks that the GOP is anti-woman by talking more …

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DeSantis Blames Trump For Satanic Temple Display

“So it’s interesting, I heard this and then I was like, well how did it get there? Is that even a religion? And lo and behold, the Trump administration gave them approval to be under the IRS as a religion. So that gave them the legal ability to potentially do it. “So I don’t know what the legislature– what they, …

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FL Opens Antitrust Probe Into College Football Playoffs

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody writes: I’m a lifelong Gator, but I’m also the Florida Attorney General, and I know injustice when I see it. No rational person or college football fan can look at this situation and not question the result. The NCAA, conferences, and the College Football Playoff Committee are subject to antitrust laws. My Office is launching …

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Good News For Dems: NY Must Redraw US House Map

The New York Times reports: New York’s highest court ordered the state to redraw its congressional map on Tuesday, delivering a ruling that immediately threw New York’s political landscape into chaos and reopened a process with sweeping national implications. State Democrats are now widely expected to try to shift anywhere from two to six Republican-held seats, from Long Island to …

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GOP New Hampshire Gov To Endorse Nikki Haley

Manchester’s ABC affiliate reports: Republican presidential candidates have been competing for Gov. Chris Sununu’s endorsement for months. Sununu has said he does not think Trump can win next year and wants the Republican Party to turn the page. Now, sources tell WMUR that Sununu has made his decision. He’s going to be backing former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, and …

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New Polish PM Declares End To Right Wing Nationalism

The Washington Post reports: In a cathartic moment for many in Poland, centrist political veteran Donald Tusk got the nod on Monday to be the country’s next prime minister, marking the end of eight years of right-wing nationalist rule and a dramatic shift in the European political landscape. Tusk’s alliance secured a majority in October elections with a promise to …

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Texas Woman Flees State To Seek Emergency Abortion

Reuters reports: A woman who had asked a court for an order allowing her to get an abortion under the medical emergency exception to Texas’ near-total ban will leave the state to receive care while the state’s highest court considers her case, her lawyers said in a court filing on Monday. Lawyers for Kate Cox said in a filing with …

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Lawsuit Seeks To Place Dean Phillips On Florida Ballot

Politico reports: A Tampa lawyer who has run for office previously wants a federal judge to order state election officials to put the name of Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) on the March 19 ballot along with Biden. The lawsuit filed contends the process used by Democrats — as outlined under Florida law — is unconstitutional. The lawsuit does not include …

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Javier Milei Sworn In As President Of Argentina [VIDEO]

The Associated Press reports: Javier Milei was sworn in inside the National Congress building, and outgoing President Alberto Fernández placed the presidential sash upon him. Some of the assembled lawmakers chanted “Liberty!” Afterward, he broke tradition by delivering his inaugural address not to assembled lawmakers but to his supporters gathered outside — with his back turned to the legislature. He …

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DeSantis Seeks $2.2 Million For Election Police Force

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis wants another $2.2 million for a controversial election police force. But there’s no guarantee the Legislature will provide the funding. This week, DeSantis released his “Focus on Florida’s Future” budget and requested funding for 16 full-time positions in the Office of Election Crimes and Security. The salaries for those positions make up more than …

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Sanders: Sending More Aid To Israel Is “Irresponsible”

The Hill reports: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said Sunday that the United States approving additional aid to Israel is “irresponsible,” pointing to the thousands of civilians killed in Gaza amid Israel’s war against militant group Hamas. “Israel is losing the war in terms of how the world is looking at this situation,” Sanders said on CBS’s Face the Nation. “And …

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Romney: I Don’t See “Any Evidence” Against Biden

USA Today reports: Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, threw cold water on House Republicans’ impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, saying he does not “see any evidence” that the president’s actions warrant his removal from office. Romney, who has long criticized the GOP’s direction, said in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that House Republicans “ought to have some evidence” …

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Cuba Claims South Florida Terrorist Arrived Via Jet Ski

Reuters reports: Cuba said late on Saturday it had thwarted a terrorist plot hatched in neighboring south Florida, according to a report broadcast on state-run media, after a man allegedly arrived on the island by jetski to commit acts of violence. The resulting investigation, which state-run media said was still underway, alleged the plot was tied to at least two …

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UPenn President Resigns After Antisemitism Hearing

The New York Times reports: The president of the University of Pennsylvania, M. Elizabeth Magill, resigned on Saturday, four days after she appeared before Congress and appeared to evade the question of whether students who called for the genocide of Jews should be punished. Support for Ms. Magill, already shaken in recent months over her approach to a Palestinian literary …

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DeSantis: My Kids Drove Me To Sue Over Playoffs Snub

Florida Politics reports: When Floridians ask themselves why their Governor promised $1 million from the new budget to sue the College Football Playoff potentially over the exclusion of the Florida State Seminoles, they can credit — or blame — a seven-year-old, a five-year-old, and a three-year-old in part. Ron DeSantis noted Friday he had “some disappointed kids saying ‘Daddy, you …

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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Loses Bid For Houston Mayor

The Associated Press reports: Houston elected Democratic state Sen. John Whitmire as its next mayor on Saturday night, elevating a Texas lawmaker who has represented the city for 50 years by giving him a victory over U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee in a runoff. Whitmire, 74, who is one of Texas’ most powerful Democratic legislators, will now be at the …

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Koch-Linked PAC Pumps Millions Into Haley Campaign

Bloomberg News reports: A super political action committee with close ties to billionaire donor Charles Koch has spent $4 million on Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley, with more spending planned in the coming weeks. The money has gone to canvassing in early voting states and advertising in Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia, according to …

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Billionaire Megadonor Endorses “Elegant” Nikki Haley

The Hill reports: Home Depot co-founder and billionaire Ken Langone put his support behind GOP hopeful Nikki Haley on Friday, calling her approach to the 2024 election “smart.” “I think she’s just what we need right now. I think her approach is smart. I think she’s clarified herself on some issues which is very important,” Langone, who is seen as …

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