#CNN drama shows network lacks solution to Trump dilemma

#CNN drama shows network lacks solution to Trump dilemma

Chris Licht isn’t the whole story. News of the departure of the CNN chairman and chief executive early Wednesday morning ricocheted around the media world. But the bigger issue is the struggle of CNN in particular, and news organizations in general, to find a satisfactory way to deal with former President Trump, eight years after…

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#House floor paralyzed by conservative revolt

#House floor paralyzed by conservative revolt

The floor of the House was paralyzed for a second day on Wednesday amid an uproar from conservatives blocking party-line Republican measures, amounting to the biggest blockade since the Speaker’s election five months ago. In an effort to break the impasse, Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his top deputies huddled in the Speaker’s office for…

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#California, Texas make legal moves against Florida migrant flights

#California, Texas make legal moves against Florida migrant flights

Florida officials are facing potential legal peril over GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis’s migrant relocation moves. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) and Bexar County (Texas) Sheriff Javier Salazar, whose jurisdiction encompasses San Antonio, are focusing their criminal and civil investigations on whether migrants were lured onto flights under false pretenses. Salazar’s office filed charges with…

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#CEO Chris Licht to leave CNN

#CEO Chris Licht to leave CNN

Chris Licht, the embattled CEO of CNN, plans to step down as the company’s top executive after just one year on the job, bringing an end to his tumultuous tenure as the cable news network’s chief executive. The news was announced to staffers on the network’s Wednesday morning editorial call, a source told The Hill,…

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#McConnell, McCarthy finally jell with debt limit fight 

#McConnell, McCarthy finally jell with debt limit fight 

The relationship between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) jelled this month as they worked together on a debt ceiling deal. McConnell played an instrumental role as adviser to McCarthy and President Biden during months of stalemate, when the president refused to negotiate directly with the Speaker.  The veteran Kentucky…

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#Newsom’s feud with DeSantis turns ugly

#Newsom’s feud with DeSantis turns ugly

The long-running rivalry between Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is reaching a boiling point.  Newsom went after DeSantis on Monday after more than a dozen migrants from the Texas border were flown to Sacramento, Calif. He called the Florida governor a “small, pathetic man” and suggested that Florida officials…

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