In plot to oust speaker, Marjorie Taylor Greene is short on friends

In plot to oust speaker, Marjorie Taylor Greene is short on friends

When Rep. Matt Gaetz decided in the fall that it was time to try to oust then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the process unfolded rather quickly. On Monday, Oct. 2, the Florida Republican took the procedural step, filing what’s known as a motion to vacate the chair. On Tuesday, Oct. 3 — less than 24 hours

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‘His life is at risk’: Lawmaker calls for release of jailed Russia critic

‘His life is at risk’: Lawmaker calls for release of jailed Russia critic

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GOP legislators in Arizona balk at effort to undo abortion ruling

GOP legislators in Arizona balk at effort to undo abortion ruling

Republican-appointed justices on the Arizona Supreme Court gave the political world an unexpected jolt this week, clearing the way for a 160-year-old near-total abortion ban to take effect. Under the 1864 law — approved before the end of the Civil War, and before women could vote — anyone who performs abortions or helps people access

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Mika: Women in Arizona now won’t have access to some life-saving health care

Mika: Women in Arizona now won’t have access to some life-saving health care

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Biden leads Trump, majority say hush money charges are serious

Biden leads Trump, majority say hush money charges are serious

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There’s a silver lining in Trump’s delusional Deep State fantasies

There’s a silver lining in Trump’s delusional Deep State fantasies

As House members returned to Washington this week, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was already struggling to rally his caucus around a bill to extend a 9/11-era surveillance program. The effort to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Section 702 had already split the House GOP for months. but a compromise of sorts was finally about

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Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer believes Trump is about to be convicted

Stormy Daniels’ former lawyer believes Trump is about to be convicted

Michael Avenatti, the onetime lawyer for Stormy Daniels, was once seen as a hero of the anti-Trump resistance. His on-camera braggadocio and his insistence that his client’s hush money arrangement could spell danger for Donald Trump’s public perception — if not his freedom — made him into a celebrity of sorts on the left. But

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Trump-loving activists to pay up to $1.25 million settlement for voter suppression scheme

Trump-loving activists to pay up to $1.25 million settlement for voter suppression scheme

Happy Tuesday, all! Here’s your Tuesday Tech Drop, the past week’s top stories at the intersection of tech and politics. Another brick in the Wohl Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, two far-right activists supportive of Donald Trump, could pay up to $1.25 million in damages after settling a lawsuit related to a fraudulent, voter suppression

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