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Stopgap funding bill set to dominate September agenda - Roll Call

Lawmakers will wrestle with a White House request for $47.1 billion in emergency funds and the need to avert a partial government shutdown.

Roll Call

Enabling a demagogue: a new film traces Republicans’ capitulation to Donald Trump

Michael Kirk’s documentary Lies, Politics and Democracy is a chilling study in how Trump subdued the Republican party

The Guardian - US

Trump: McConnell should be "scorned"

The former president had plenty to say about his debunked election conspiracy theories

Salon

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Trump rallies for Oz, Mastriano in Pa. amid midterm worries

Former president Donald Trump heads to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Saturday for his first rally of the general election season

The Independent UK

First it was Trump, now McConnell’s taking fire from Rick Scott over GOP Senate chances

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell is used to getting trashed by Donald Trump.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Ramesh Ponnuru: Republicans need to get serious about Social Security

We’ve reached the point in the midterm election campaign where Democrats insist that Republicans are itching to destroy Social Security. The usual gambit is to take stray comments from one or two Republicans and pretend that they represent a secret and sinister plan.

Tribune News Service

Trump threatens to ‘do something with’ Mitch McConnell after GOP Senate leader criticises his endorsements

Veteran senator and ex-president clash as Republican hopes of retaking the Senate dim

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Republicans notably silent, split as Trump probe deepens

At first, Republicans were highly critical of the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate

The Independent UK

Is Dr. Oz done? Republicans still see a path to a comeback against Fetterman

WASHINGTON — Mehmet Oz remains behind John Fetterman in the race for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat 10 weeks until Election Day.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

McConnell flip-flops on Dr Oz and now says he has ‘great confidence’ in GOP Senate hopeful

The Senate minority leader has previously said ‘candidate quality matters’

The Independent UK

Justice for sale: The dark-money tsunami

Will a right-wing electronics tycoon's unprecedented $1.6B donation force us to face the tide of corruption?

Salon

Decades on Capitol Hill: From civility to open hostility

How has Congress changed in the last four decades

The Independent UK

The Republican Party is having an identity crisis

WASHINGTON — The GOP is now acting like a party in search of itself with less than three months before U.S. elections that once favored Republicans to retake both chambers of Congress and set them up for 2024.

Tribune News Service

As Republicans stumble – could Democrats really hold on to the Senate?

Republicans need just one seat to regain the chamber, but recent failures mean things are looking up for the Democrats

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Jackie Calmes: Trump's latest grift — the Save America PAC $100 million hoard

Donald Trump says he's naming me "Patriot of the Month." But the defeated president has told me that month after month in fundraising emails, including every day this week.

Tribune News Service

Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms

WASHINGTON — Potential changes in control of one or both chambers in the midterm elections could put the practice of earmarking federal funds for local projects on the chopping block in the next Congress.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Republicans attacking student loan relief as a taxpayer burden got degrees on taxpayers' dime

President Joe Biden's student loan relief proposal, including a freeze on payments through the end of the year and forgiveness of $10,000 to $20,000 in loan balances, has elicited predictable cries of outrage from Republicans.

The Independent UK

Views on pandemic clash in politically divided Kentucky

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear defended his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and offered a spirited assessment of the state’s future after a series of tragedies

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The Independent UK

Dr Oz insists Mitch McConnell’s ‘candidate quality’ comment was not about him

They’re not sending their best, at least according to Mitch McConnell

The Independent UK

Trump launches fresh attack on ‘pawn’ Mitch McConnell and calls for new GOP Senate leader

‘A new Republican Leader in the Senate should be picked immediately,’ Trump claims

Roll Call

Earmarks’ future unclear as Republicans split ahead of midterms - Roll Call

Potential changes in control of one or both chambers could put earmarks for local projects on the chopping block.

The Independent UK

‘Socialism’ or ‘giant step forward’: Liberals and conservatives clash over Biden student loan cuts

Mitch McConnell calls Biden move ‘student loan socialism’ as progressives and activists see decision as a victory

The Independent UK

Mitch McConnell asked to comment on Trump’s attacks on his wife

‘Why do Republican senators allow a broken down hack politician ... to openly disparage hard working Republican candidates,’ Trump asks

The Guardian - US

Republicans thought they had midterms in the bag. Voters just rejected them again

Tuesday’s special election in New York state was more evidence that voters are furious about Republican attacks on abortion rights – and going to the polls to boost Democrats

The Orange County Register

Editorial: Will the GOP drop the ball in Senate races?

With control of a currently 50-50 Senate up for grabs, it looks like the GOP could well come up short even in a favorable political environment because of questionable choices of candidates in key races.

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