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Here’s what’s in the debt ceiling deal
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Here’s what’s in the debt ceiling deal

CNN  —  After several weeks of tense negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt ceiling and cap spending. The drama is by no means over. Congressional leaders in both parties have to convince enough of their members to vote for the agreement, which contains provisions that lawmakers on each side of the aisle don’t support. Not all the details of the agreement are available yet. And the information made public Saturday evening shows some discrepancies. The bill text is scheduled to be released on Sunday. ...
DeSantis’ Official Presidential Launch Appears to Gallop Closer | Politics
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DeSantis’ Official Presidential Launch Appears to Gallop Closer | Politics

Recent moves out of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ political operation indicate that he may finally make an official presidential campaign announcement within the next two weeks, as his camp continues to spar with former President Donald Trump’s operation and the governor slides in the polls.After months of running a de facto campaign and crisscrossing the country armed with a Florida-focused stump speech, DeSantis may now be forced to make an official announcement due to federal election regulations.DeSantis’ political camp moved offices on Monday – a venture that will likely incur notable expenses. Federal election law requires candidates running for federal office to register and file financial reports if they spend more than $5,000. Depending on how much it costs and how they plan to pay f...
Report finds democracy for Black Americans is under attack
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Report finds democracy for Black Americans is under attack

Extreme views adopted by some local, state and federal political leaders who try to limit what history can be taught in schools and seek to undermine how Black officials perform their jobs are among the top threats to democracy for Black Americans, the National Urban League says.Marc Morial, the former New Orleans mayor who leads the civil rights and urban advocacy organization, cited the most recent example: the vote this month by the Republican-controlled Tennessee House to oust two Black representatives for violating a legislative rule. The pair had participated in a gun control protest inside the chamber after the shooting that killed three students and three staff members at a Nashville school."We have censorship and Black history suppression, and now this," Morial said in an ...
In Colorado River talks, still no agreement about water cuts
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In Colorado River talks, still no agreement about water cuts

Bureau of Reclamation issues recommendations to protect Colorado River system Bureau of Reclamation issues recommendations to protect Colorado River system 00:37 The Biden administration released an environmental analysis Tuesday of competing plans for how seven Western states and tribes reliant on the dwindling water supply from the Colorado River should cut their use but declined to publicly take a side on the best option. On one side is California and some tribes along the river that wan...
Ex-head of Michigan medical marijuana board and former state House speaker admits he took bribes
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Ex-head of Michigan medical marijuana board and former state House speaker admits he took bribes

File: House Speaker Rick Johnson, R-LeRoy, right, talks with House Minority Leader Dianne Byrum, D-Onondaga, during a session in the House Chambers, Dec. 16, 2003, in Lansing, Mich.  AL GOLDIS / AP The former head of a Michigan medical marijuana licensing board has agreed to plead guilty to accepting $110,000 in bribes when he led the panel over a two-year period, authorities said Thursday. Rick Johnson acknowledged in a signed court filing that he acted "corruptly" when he accepted cash and other benefits to help businesses get licenses. Charges against Johnson and three other men were announced by U.S. Attorney Mark Totten at a press conference near the Capitol in Lansing.Jo...
Takeaways and key lines from the indictment against Donald Trump
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Takeaways and key lines from the indictment against Donald Trump

CNN  —  The historic indictment and related court documents against former President Donald Trump have been unsealed. The criminal charges stem from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s investigation into hush money payments, made during the 2016 presidential campaign, to women who claimed they had extramarital affairs with Trump, which he denies. Trump “repeatedly and fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal criminal conduct that hid damaging information from the voting public during the 2016 presidential election,” according to the charging documents. Each criminal charge Trump is facing relates to a specific entry among the business records of the Trump...
Trump’s Indictment Tests the Limits of His Brand | Politics
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Trump’s Indictment Tests the Limits of His Brand | Politics

President of the United States. Leader of the free world. Commander-in-chief of a superpower military.It doesn't get much better than that – on a resume. Former U.S. presidents – even the ones who lost re-election or suffered from low approval ratings – tend to do very well after leaving office, scoring lucrative book deals and other perks.But for Donald Trump, four years in the White House have left him arguably worse off. His eponymous brand has been damaged, his finances took a hit during his presidency, and – no matter how his legal problems are resolved – the twice-impeached Trump will go down in history as the first U.S. president to be indicted."I still wonder, if when he began the campaign in 2015, he actually did so with the idea of winning," says Jeffrey Engel, founding director ...
Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles responds to criticism of Christmas card of his family posing with guns
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Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles responds to criticism of Christmas card of his family posing with guns

Republican Rep. Andy Ogles, who claims he was once recognized as "Tennessee's most conservative mayor," has come under intense criticism in the wake of the mass shooting at a private Christian grade school on Monday. The day of the shooting, which left three children and three adults dead, Ogles issued a statement saying he was "heartbroken" and offered his "thoughts and prayers" to the families of the victims. But his response quickly became clouded by a recent Christmas card photo that shows Ogles, his wife and two of their three kids showing off their rifles in front of their Christmas tree.  THIS is last year's Christmas card from Tennessee Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican who represents the district that Covenant School is in in Nashville. #tnleg pic.twitter.com/IpkLzZs5m5— S...
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Biden issues executive order aimed at reducing gun violence: “It’s common sense”

Washington — President Biden issued an executive order on Tuesday that aims to increase the number of background checks to buy guns, promote better and more secure firearms storage and ensure U.S. law enforcement agencies are getting the most out of a bipartisan gun control law enacted last summer. The Democratic president discussed his latest efforts at curbing gun violence in a speech from Monterey Park, California. In January, a gunman stormed a dance hall in the community near Los Angeles and shot 20 people, killing 11, following a Lunar New Year celebration. The president called the shooting "a tragedy that has pierced the soul of this nation.""I'm here on behalf of the American people to mourn with you, to pray with you, to let you now you are loved and not alone," he told th...
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Biden announces deal to sell nuclear-powered submarines to Australia

President Biden and the leaders of two close U.S. allies formally announced Monday that Australia will purchase nuclear-powered attack submarines from the U.S. to modernize its fleet amid growing concern about China's influence in the Indo-Pacific region.Mr. Biden flew to San Diego for talks with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on an 18-month-old nuclear partnership given the acronym AUKUS. The three leaders delivered remarks from Naval Base Point Loma at the entry of San Diego Bay, flanked by U.S. sailors with the USS Sterett destroyer in the background. "Today, as we stand at an inflection point in history, where the where the hard work of advancing deterrence and promoting stability is going to affect the prospect of peace for de...