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Cornel West to run for president as independent, leaving Green Party

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/05/2023 - 12:48pm
West had said he would run for the People’s Party nomination, then abandoned that strategy to focus on the Green Party, which already had greater ballot access.
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A catalogue of Trump’s attacks on judges, prosecutors and witnesses

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/05/2023 - 12:38pm
As Trump faces gag orders, it’s worth emphasizing the scale, similarity and viciousness of his many attacks.
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Musk is nearly done destroying what made Twitter Twitter

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/05/2023 - 12:18pm
Musk didn’t buy Twitter. He bought millions of accounts he could repurpose for another app entirely.
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White House seeks a path forward on Ukraine amid House turmoil

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/05/2023 - 12:10pm
The shock of the departure of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker creates an uncertain landscape for President Biden’s top foreign policy goal.
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Arizona recount law could delay certifying 2024 election, officials say

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/05/2023 - 10:14am
Worst-case scenario, more than half a dozen election officials told The Washington Post, Arizona could delay pivotal steps in the process for sitting a president.
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An ideologically extreme caucus mulls electing a more-extreme leader

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/05/2023 - 10:10am
The Republican House caucus sits further to the right than any in recent memory. Jim Jordan sits further still.
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McCarthy thought he could harness forces of disruption. Instead they devoured him.

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 10/05/2023 - 5:00am
As far back as 2009, the future House speaker tried to channel the anti-politician, tea party wave building into a political force. But the movement crushed him.
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Dianne Feinstein, centrist stalwart of the Senate, dies at 90

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 9:32pm
A trailblazer for women in politics, she led the Intelligence Committee and helped mold the federal bench. Amid health setbacks, she faced calls to resign.
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Fight for speakership begins as House reels from McCarthy ouster

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 6:54pm
Jordan, Scalise and others race to position themselves as volatile terrain lies ahead on Ukraine and spending
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The House can’t function without a speaker

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 6:43pm
Speaker of the House is one of the most powerful positions in Congress, and a temporary speaker doesn’t have the authority to do much, scholars say.
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Supreme Court seems inclined to punt case on online hotel accessibility

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 4:35pm
Deborah Laufer, who has multiple sclerosis, filed more than 600 lawsuits against hotels whose websites lack accessibility information required by the ADA.
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Vote to oust McCarthy is a warning sign for democracy, scholars say

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 4:30pm
The speaker’s defeat at the hands of a hard-right fringe in the Republican Party will make it difficult for the House to function.
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A new measure of the political-cultural gap on climate change

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 4:00pm
New polling shows that divided views of the causes and risks of climate change show up in a number of demographics that overlap with party.
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Laphonza Butler sworn in as the third Black female senator in history

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 3:14pm
Laphonza Butler was tapped by California Gov. Gavin Newsom to fill the term of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who died last week.
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Officiant fires gun to welcome bride, shoots grandson — and wedding goes on

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 2:54pm
Michael Gardner, a Republican elected official in Texas, is charged with felony child abuse after accidentally shooting his grandson in a wedding he officiated in Nebraska.
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Ron DeSantis is still running for president

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 2:23pm
In case you were wondering — or perhaps expecting something else.
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Scalise, Jordan running to replace McCarthy as House speaker

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 2:11pm
The House is in need of a new speaker after Kevin McCarthy was ousted Tuesday. Follow along for the latest news on the search for McCarthy’s replacement.
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Man who attacked reporter on Jan. 6 sentenced to more than 4 years

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 1:51pm
Shane Woods came to D.C. on Jan. 6 armed with a knife, after telling a friend, “it’s going to be biblical.” He is now charged with murder in Illinois in a separate crash.
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At GOP dinner in rural Wisconsin, mixed reactions to McCarthy’s ouster

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 1:42pm
“Perception right now of Republicans in national politics is at a bottom,” a Wisconsin legislator told fellow party members on Tuesday night. Not everyone agreed.
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Biden touts $9B more in student loan forgiveness, progress in debt relief

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/04/2023 - 1:41pm
President Biden vowed to forge ahead on student loan forgiveness efforts for borrowers despite efforts by Republican lawmakers to derail his relief policies.
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