A group of right-wing House Republicans on Tuesday sabotaged a procedural vote teed up by GOP leadership in a bid for retribution over the debt ceiling bill that passed last week.
Why it matters: It signals a renewed willingness by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's detractors to break with norms to hold his feet to the fire.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie filed paperwork on Tuesday to run for president, launching a second bid for the White House after weeks of escalating his accusations that former President Trump is a flawed GOP candidate.
Why it matters: Christie is joining a small group of 2024 Republicans who are willing to say that it's time for the party to move past Trump, but some Republican operatives say he will singularly change the primary dynamics by relentlessly taking Trump to task in a way that others won't.
The White House has not shared much of anything with lawmakers about who the administration thinks should be the next national cyber director, a top cyber-minded senator told Axios.
Why it matters: It's been nearly four months since Chris Inglis stepped down as the first national cyber director inside the White House, and lawmakers and policy experts have been putting pressure on President Joe Biden in recent weeks to name a replacement.
Why it matters: Latinos are one of the nation's fastest-growing voting demographics. The rise of LGBTQ+ Latino elected officials — as tracked by the LGBTQ+ Victory Institute — illustrates Hispanics' evolving diversity.
The PGA Tour and LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed breakaway tour, agreed to merge on Tuesday, in a deal that shocked the sports world and set the stage for two bitter rivals to combine under one roof.
Why it matters: The agreement halts ugly litigation that embroiled the two tours and puts the PGA in the awkward spot of merging with the same entity its been trashing for human rights abuses and negative impact on the sport.
Why it matters: Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), a Trump loyalist, has proven willing to use the panel’s resources to scrutinize and counter investigations into the ex-president.
The Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency on Tuesday for LGBTQ+ people living in the U.S., the first time the organization has made such a warning in its 40-year history.
The big picture: The historic declaration comes in response to an "unprecedented and dangerous spike in anti-LGBTQ+ legislative assaults sweeping state houses this year," HRC said in a press release.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) accused Florida officials on Monday of misleading migrants over their transportation from the Texas border to Sacramento.
Driving the news: Bonta told KCRA he has evidence that the two flights that arrived in Sacramento within four days of each other were part of a "scheme" that's "official policy of the state of Florida whereby the state of Florida used public tax dollars to fund this program, the so-called voluntary transportation program."
Cornel West, a prominent progressive activist and scholar, announced Monday he's running for president in 2024 as a candidate for the People's Party.
Driving the news: "In these bleak times, I have decided to run for truth and justice, which takes the form of running for president of the United States as a candidate for the People's Party," the 70-year-old democratic socialist said in a video posted online.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday it's filed a criminal case with the Texas county's district attorney over flights Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) arranged transporting 49 undocumented migrants from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard last September.
Driving the news: "The charge filed is Unlawful Restraint and several accounts were filed, both misdemeanor and felony," said Adelina Simpson, a spokesperson for the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office, in an emailed statement Monday evening.
