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Herschel Walker to face Senator Raphael Warnock in Georgia Senate race
Walker defeated five fellow Republicans, including Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary Black and former Trump administration official and Navy veteran Latham Saddler.

Texas Attorney General Paxton defeats Bush in GOP runoff

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won his Republican runoff election against Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush on Tuesday despite facing a slew of legal problems, including an FBI investigation and a trial on securities fraud charges.

Trump press secretary Sanders wins GOP Arkansas governor nod

Former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders won the Republican nomination for Arkansas governor on Tuesday after a campaign where she focused primarily on national issues and criticizing President Biden.

Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger beats Trump ally
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was a top target of former president Donald Trump, has won the Republican primary as he seeks reelection.

Marjorie Taylor Greene wins GOP primary in Georgia

A defiant US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene easily defeated five fellow Republicans on Tuesday in a primary race that showed her conservative Georgia constituents standing steadfastly beside her after a turbulent freshman term.

Abrams wins Democratic nod for Georgia governor

Abrams became a star in the Democratic Party after her first gubernatorial election and ran unopposed in this year’s primary. She has become a leading advocate for voting rights.

Kemp cruises to victory in Georgia, dealing blow to Trump but not his voter fraud lies

Still, a vote for Governor Brian Kemp did not necessarily signify a rejection of former president Donald Trump or his claims of fraud.
Takeaways: Trump’s big primary defeat; scandals for the win

Clarence Thomas says he would hear ‘hate group’ appeal, revisit libel law

US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas renewed his call to roll back the constitutional protections against defamation lawsuits, saying he would have heard arguments from a Christian ministry labeled an “anti-LGBT hate group” because of its dissemination of sermons condemning homosexuality.

Supreme Court rules for inmates seeking reduced prison terms

The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan 2018 federal law aimed at reducing racial disparities in prison terms for cocaine crimes.

Andrew Giuliani invokes famous dad in bid for NY governor

One place former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani is in high demand these days is on the campaign of his son.

More than 1 million voters switch to GOP in warning for Democrats

Nowhere is the shift more pronounced than in the suburbs, where well-educated swing voters who turned against Trump's Republican Party in recent years appear to be swinging back.

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Trump’s lasting legacy grows with Supreme Court decision on Roe

WASHINGTON — President Biden rarely mentions his predecessor by name. But as he spoke to a nation processing a seismic shift in the rights of women, he couldn’t ignore Donald Trump’s legacy.

Supreme Court’s Roe decision disapproved by majority in CBS poll

A CBS News poll suggested that a majority of Americans disapprove of the US Supreme Court’s decision overturning the constitutional right to an abortion, which is inflaming a partisan divide on display in comments by senior lawmakers.

South Dakota governor plans to ban mail-order abortion pills

South Dakota’s Republican governor pledged on Sunday to bar mail-order abortion pills but said women should not face prosecution for seeking them.

Representative Mary Miller calls Roe decision ‘victory for white life’

US Representative Mary Miller of Illinois, speaking at a rally Saturday night with former President Donald Trump, called the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade a “victory for white life.”

Trump’s lasting legacy grows as Supreme Court overturns Roe

“It was three justices named by one president — Donald Trump — who were the core of today's decision to upend the scales of justice and eliminate a fundamental right for women in this country,” President Biden said Friday after the Supreme Court's conservative majority voted to overturn Roe v. Wade.

34 Senate Democrats urge Biden to take ‘immediate’ action on abortion

A group of Senate Democrats sent a letter to President Biden on Saturday urging him to take “bold action” on abortion rights a day after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that legalized abortion nationwide.

Decades ago, Alito laid out methodical strategy to eventually overrule Roe

More than three decades later, Alito has fulfilled that vision, cementing his place in history as the author of a consequential ruling overturning Roe, along with a 1992 precedent that reaffirmed that decision, Planned Parenthood v. Casey.

Tight bond between Clarence Thomas and his activist wife Ginni raises conflict of interest concerns

Even as Justice Clarence Thomas has found his voice in this emboldened right-wing court, revelations about his wife’s involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 election could mar his moment and fuel the public’s increasing distrust of the institution.

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