#DeSantis image suffers dent after rocky Twitter launch

#DeSantis image suffers dent after rocky Twitter launch

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s faulty 2024 launch has raised the question of whether he’s really the Republican best equipped to take on former President Trump in the primary. DeSantis announced his presidential campaign on Twitter Spaces on Wednesday alongside Elon Musk, but the event was disrupted by technical glitches and largely mocked by critics afterward….

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#Senate GOP takes backseat on debt talks, fueling anxiety

#Senate GOP takes backseat on debt talks, fueling anxiety

The negotiations between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on raising the debt limit has put the Senate in the backseat, fueling anxiety among the upper chamber’s conservatives that the deal will be a major disappointment.   Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is threatening to use every procedural tool available to slow down the legislation,…

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#Fifth House Democrat calls on Feinstein to resign

#Fifth House Democrat calls on Feinstein to resign

A fifth House Democrat on Friday called for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to resign her seat after her return to Washington following a prolonged absence due to shingles.  Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) argued lawmakers should resign if they become “a shadow of your former self.” “I think if you’re a member, and you become a shadow of…

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#Why the Wagner boss is saying Russia could lose war

#Why the Wagner boss is saying Russia could lose war

Wagner Group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin once again amplified his public rift with Russian leadership this week, saying the war in Ukraine had backfired and the Kremlin risked facing a revolution. In an interview that lasted more than an hour with a prominent pro-Kremlin blogger, Prigozhin offered an astounding —and perhaps a somewhat honest — assessment of…

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#Why GOP candidates are piling on DeSantis — not Trump

#Why GOP candidates are piling on DeSantis — not Trump

There’s a huge target on the back of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) as he enters the 2024 Republican presidential primary, even though he’s trailing the GOP-favored front-runner.   While former President Trump is maintaining a commanding, at times double-digit lead in national polls of GOP primary voters, DeSantis has drawn intense criticism from Trump and…

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#Hillary Clinton: Feinstein should not resign from Senate

#Hillary Clinton: Feinstein should not resign from Senate

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to note Feinstein’s status as one of California’s first women elected to the Senate. Hillary Clinton said Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) should not resign from her seat in the Senate, despite the 89-year-old’s recent health problems and growing calls from some Democratic lawmakers for her to step down….

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