Author: Mariana Alfaro

Washington Post – Politics:

Cherelle Parker, a former city councilor and state legislator, emerged from a field of nine in a competitive race for the Democratic nomination for Philadelphia mayor.

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Voters in Kentucky will choose their next nominees for governor and secretary of states, while Philadelphia voters will select their next mayoral nominees in Tuesday’s primary elections.

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In a letter to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-Ala.) block of quick military promotions poses a “clear risk” to the nation’s military readiness and directly impacts the lives of service members’ families.

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The Texas House of Representatives voted 147-0 to expel Bryan Slaton a day after he resigned from his seat.

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The effort, led by the Planned Parenthood Action Fund and two of its Florida affiliates, would allow voters to decide whether the state should allow abortions until a fetus is viable.

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Pointing to the strong April jobs report, President Biden said “the last thing this country needs, after all we’ve been through, is a manufactured crisis … driven by the ‘MAGA’ Republicans in the Congress.”

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The Florida governor hasn’t officially entered the 2024 presidential race, but a few of the Republican candidates wasted little time in attacking DeSantis.

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Not wanting to run afoul of the Hatch Act which restricts federal employees from engaging in political acts while serving in their official capacity, the White House press secretary made clear in a tweet that she “can confirm that if re-elected, [Biden] would serve all 8 years.”

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Daines made his endorsement during an interview on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast. The senator told Trump’s son — Daines’s longtime friend — that the “best four years” he had in the Senate were those he served during the Trump administration.