#GOP Rep. Rosendale weighing bid to challenge Tester in Montana

#GOP Rep. Rosendale weighing bid to challenge Tester in Montana

Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), a second-term conservative firebrand, is taking steps toward launching a challenge against Democratic Sen. Jon Tester (Mont.) in the 2024 elections, according to a number of sources familiar with the situation. Rosendale has not confirmed his candidacy, which would set up a rematch after he unsuccessfully ran against Tester in 2018….

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#Arizona governor revokes authority for counties to carry out abortion-related prosecutions

#Arizona governor revokes authority for counties to carry out abortion-related prosecutions

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) issued an executive order on Thursday to remove the authority to carry out abortion-related prosecutions from counties. Hobbs’ order would centralize this authority with the state’s attorney general, a shift likely to provide greater protection for abortion rights in the state.  Hobbs announced her signing of the executive order in…

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#Republicans punt on Boebert’s effort to impeach Biden

#Republicans punt on Boebert’s effort to impeach Biden

House Republicans on Thursday neutered an effort to impeach President Biden, punting the resolution to a pair of committees and avoiding — for now — a politically perilous vote that threatened to split the GOP and undermine the party’s various investigations into the White House.  The 219-208, party-line vote ends a two-day clash between GOP leaders…

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#Names of George Santos bond sponsors released

#Names of George Santos bond sponsors released

Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) father and aunt financially backed his criminal bail, according to newly unsealed court documents. The release of their names — father Gercino dos Santos and aunt Elma Preven — on Thursday is the latest iteration of a months-long saga surrounding Santos, the federally indicted freshman lawmaker who has come under intense…

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#Biden calls Chinese president a ‘dictator’

#Biden calls Chinese president a ‘dictator’

KENTFIELD, Calif. — President Biden on Tuesday said that Chinese President Xi Jinping is a dictator who got upset when the Chinese spy balloon was shot down in February because he didn’t know about it. “The reason why Xi Jinping got very upset in terms of when I shot that balloon down with two box…

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#Hunter Biden attorney pushes back on GOP howls

#Hunter Biden attorney pushes back on GOP howls

Chris Clark, an attorney for Hunter Biden, pushed back on GOP claims that the president’s son received favorable treatment after accepting a plea deal. Biden, the president’s son, agreed to a plea deal on Monday to two counts of willful failure to pay income tax, concluding a five-year investigation. He separately agreed to enter a…

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