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The Guardian reports: A state judge struck down North Dakota’s ban on abortion on Thursday, saying that the state constitution created a fundamental right to access abortion before a fetus is viable. In his ruling, state district judge Bruce Romanick also said that the law violated the state constitution because it was too vague. Romanick was ruling on a request …

CBS News reports: Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, writing in an op-ed of the “serious threat” Donald Trump poses to the rule of law. “As the United States approaches a critical election, I can’t sit quietly as Donald Trump — perhaps the most serious threat to the rule of law in …

Axios reports: Fraudulent petition signatures cited by the DeSantis administration as justification for its probe of Florida’s abortion rights referendum had already been rejected, according to a local elections supervisor. That means those signatures never counted toward the total required to put the measure before voters, Palm Beach County supervisor of elections Wendy Link, a Gov. Ron DeSantis appointee, tells …

The Ohio Capitol Journal reports: The claim that car dealer and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno held an MBA from the University of Michigan has appeared in both a car dealership application and in a short biography of Moreno when he joined the board of the Cleveland Foundation. However, a spokeswoman for the university on Monday said all Moreno …

The Washington Post reports: At first glance, new billboards in Arizona look like Chick-fil-A’s iconic “Eat Mor Chikin” promos. But instead of cows, the billboards erected Tuesday feature four cats dressed in cow costumes. “EAT LESS KITTENS,” the billboards say. “Vote Republican!” Arizona’s Republican Party announced Tuesday that it had designed about a dozen of the billboards in the Phoenix …

Salt Lake City’s Fox affiliate reports: A federal judge has blocked one of Utah’s new laws on youth social media access from going into effect. In an order issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby agreed with NetChoice, a coalition of tech and social media companies, to halt Senate Bill 194 from being enforced. That law required age-verification …

“If she speaks, she loses. Because she’s a freaky exhibition when she’s real. This debate was a memorized presentation for Kamala. ABC gave her the questions. “And still, despite the clear bias of liberal ABC, President Trump, our President, America’s President… won. “America, in November, We the People take back our country from the socialist occupiers.” – GOP Rep. Clay …

The Hill reports: House GOP leadership scrapped plans for a Wednesday vote on the party’s stopgap funding plan, as its chances of passage sank in recent days amid opposition from defense hawks, hardline conservatives and moderates. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) had vowed all week to press forward with a vote on his funding plan — which pairs a six-month continuing …

Mediaite reports: Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) summed up his feelings on former President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night presidential debate performance in one word: “disaster.” The senior ranking Republican spoke to The Bulwark’s Tim Miller in the spin room after the night, which was dominated by sharp exchanges. Miller added that Graham also said Trump appeared unprepared and recommended the former …

The Hill reports: House Republicans are bemoaning former President Trump’s performance in the first — and potentially only — debate against Vice President Harris, acknowledging that the Democratic nominee successfully got under her GOP opponent’s skin. “I’m just sad,” one House Republican who is supportive of Trump told The Hill. “She knew exactly where to cut to get under his …

The New York Times reports: Representative Joe Wilson, Republican of South Carolina, was taken to a hospital on Tuesday, according to a social media post. A post on Mr. Wilson’s official social media account confirmed that he experienced a medical emergency. “Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC) was taken ill and is being evaluated at a local hospital in Washington, DC.,” the …

The Hill reports: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took issue with former President Trump’s call to shut down the federal government later this month unless the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is included in a stopgap spending bill. “A government shutdown is always a bad idea — at any time,” McConnell told reporters at the Capitol when asked …

Politico reports: The speaker announced last week that he planned to link a government funding bill to legislation that would require proof of citizenship to register to vote. The package would keep spending levels mostly steady, punting a government shutdown deadline currently set to hit on Oct. 1 to March 28. First, there are conservatives who oppose short-term spending bills …

The Tampa Bay Times reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the use of his election police to question people who signed petitions for an amendment that would overturn the state’s six-week abortion ban, saying it’s part of an investigation that has already uncovered fraud. “They’re doing what they’re supposed to do,” DeSantis said when asked during a news conference in Miami …

Florida Politics reports: Republican Vice Presidential candidate JD Vance is making headlines again, this time for spreading an unsubstantiated rumor that Haitian migrants are stealing and eating pets in Ohio. Yes, you read that right. Now Haitian leaders in South Florida are taking Vance to task. North Miami Democratic Rep. Dotie Joseph said that as a lawyer, Vance knows how …

The Daily Beast reports: Leonard Leo, a conservative activist and the former executive vice president of the Federalist Society, told the Financial Times his nonprofit group was pledging $1 billion to “crush liberal dominance” in corporate America. The conservative activist told the British broadsheet he would “direct resources to build talent and capital formation pipelines in the areas of news …

The Washington Post reports: Sen. Tommy Tuberville has blocked the promotion of an Army general who is a senior aide to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. Tuberville (Ala.) has frozen the nomination of Lt. Gen. Ronald P. Clark to become the four-star commander of all U.S. Army forces in the Pacific, according to the senator’s spokeswoman, Mallory Jaspers. The maneuver, which …

NBC News reports: Police in Springfield, Ohio, said Monday they had received no credible reports of immigrants harming pets, contradicting a claim by Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance as well as other Republican lawmakers and several conservative commentators. The Springfield Police Division said in a statement that they were aware of the “rumors” and had no information to …

“Donald Trump and JD Vance need to change the way they speak about women. You don’t need to call Kamala dumb. She didn’t get this far just by accident. She’s here, that’s what it is, she’s a prosecutor. “You don’t need to go and talk about intelligence or looks or anything else. Just focus on the policies. When you call …

The South Florida Sun-Sentinel reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is demanding that elected Florida Republicans join him in opposition to the proposed amendment that would enshrine abortion rights in the state Constitution. And he wants some of their campaign money to help fund the effort to defeat Amendment 4. DeSantis laid down the political law for Republicans on Saturday night in …