#Biden allies brush off calls for primary debates

#Biden allies brush off calls for primary debates

President Biden’s long shot primary rivals increasingly want to debate him in 2024, but those demands are being ignored by the White House and haven’t picked up steam with progressives in Congress.  Biden’s two Democratic opponents, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Marianne Williamson, have talked openly about the benefits of debating. Third-party candidate Cornel West…

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#Trump keeps GOP guessing on first primary debate

#Trump keeps GOP guessing on first primary debate

Questions are swirling around whether former President Trump will participate in August’s Republican primary debate. Trump, who is leading the crowded GOP primary pack by a large margin in most polls, has been coy about whether he will be on stage with the other candidates come August. “I like to debate. I probably am here…

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#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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#McCarthy backs effort to expunge Trump impeachments

#McCarthy backs effort to expunge Trump impeachments

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is throwing his weight behind the conservative effort to expunge the two impeachments of former President Trump, saying Trump’s behavior didn’t rise to a level that merited either punishment, and he would like to eradicate both votes from history.  Leaving the Capitol on Friday ahead of a long holiday recess, the…

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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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