Quick Glance: Battle for Biden's Memory: Defense Against Special Counsel
- Biden's allies defend him against accusations regarding his memory
- Biden rejects memory loss report, emphasizes remembrance of Beau's death
- Strategy: Highlight contrast with Trump's confusion and legal issues
- Biden reacts sensitively to special counsel's accusations, showing a fighting spirit
Rep. Matt Gaetz's amendment requiring the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance before House Judiciary Committee meetings set off tense exchanges ... Show more https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-exchange-over-pledge-allegiance-amendment-jerry-nadler-house-judiciary-committee-1778302
HAPPENING NOW: The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on "Biden's Border Crisis - Part One." https://abcn.ws/2J0gebC
Quick Glance: President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy have a "frank" discussion about the national debt.
- On Wednesday,, speaks with the press after meeting with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.
- The 1st of February (UPI) — Kevin McCarthy, the newly elected House Speaker, said he was encouraged by his meeting with President Joe Biden to discuss the national debt, which gave him hope that an agreement could be reached.
- The president hosted McCarthy, R-Calif.
- "President Biden made clear that, as every other leader in both parties in Congress has affirmed, it is their shared duty not to allow an unprecedented and economically catastrophic default," the White House said.
President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act Tuesday, granting federal protections for gay and interracial marriage.
A landmark bill protecting same-sex marriage rights cleared Congress after it received bipartisan approval in the House ... Show more https://nyti.ms/3VIZA1w
Watch Now: Legislation protecting same-sex marriages is heading to President Joe Biden's desk after the House gave it final approval Thursday.
Quick Glance: Charlie Crist Wins Democratic Primary in Florida, Will Face DeSantis
- Rep. Charlie Crist defeated Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in the Democratic primary for Florida's gubernatorial election on Tuesday, as Crist looks to unseat rising star Gov. Rick Scott.
- Ron DeSantis (R) and recover the governorship, which Crist previously held as a Republican.
- In the race between Fried and Crist, DeSantis has frequently loomed large.
- Rep. Val Demings (D-FL) also easily won Florida's Democratic Senate primary on Tuesday, setting up a fight between Demings and incumbent Republican Sen. Marco Rubio.
Quick Glance: Democratic Rivals: Nadler Defeats Maloney In Newly Redrawn New York House District
- On Tuesday, Rep. Jerry Nadler won the Democratic primary for a new Manhattan-based House district, defeating Rep.
- At 9:38 p.m., the Associated Press declared Nadler's Democratic primary for the 12th Congressional District.
- The 12th Congressional District isn't the only New York House district with a contentious primary this year.
- Mondaire Jones (who relocated to the district from upstate New York).
In beating Agricultiral Commissioner Nikki Fried, the congressman becomes a long-shot Democrats hope can topple – or at least dent – DeSantis ... Show more https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/08/23/florida-new-york-primary-desantis-nadler-maloney/7867051001/
Quick Glance: Election results in Florida and New York in 2022
- Ron DeSantis held a rally for his supporters ahead of the upcoming general election.
- Democrat in New York's 4th Congressional District Laura Gillen is expected to win.
- Special election, 19th Congressional District: The district is in need of a congressman following the resignation of Democratic Rep.
- On Tuesday night, Rep. Val Demings spoke to supporters at an election night gathering in Orlando, Florida.
Quick Glance: Republicans Say They Will Not Support Gay Marriage. They said the same thing about Roe.
- Before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
- Republicans are already downplaying the threat to other rights granted by the Supreme Court, such as contraception and same-sex marriage privileges.
- Ted Cruz (R-Texas) stated the Supreme Court "was overreaching" and "clearly wrong" when it legalized same-sex marriage nationwide in the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision in 2015.
- A few Senate Republicans, like Ohio's Rob Portman, Maine's Susan Collins, and Alaska's Lisa Murkowksi, have publicly supported same-sex marriage.
Quick Glance: Two top House Democrats refuse to say if Biden should run in 2024.
- When asked in a televised debate whether Biden should pursue a second term, Reps. Jerry Nadler and Carolyn Maloney, two of the party's establishment liberals who head major committees and are running for a Manhattan-area House seat, shied away from endorsing the president.
- Maloney, who chairs the Oversight Committee, stated, "I don't believe he's running for reelection."
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is more leftist than Nadler, Maloney, and Manchin, similarly declined to say if she would support Biden running in 2024 in a June CNN interview.
- Biden, 79, has stated that he intends to run for reelection.
Quick Glance: Lawmakers Demand Damage Assessment Following Discovery of "Highly Classified" Documents at Trump's Residence
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