Mohave County, Arizona, has rejected the idea of hand-counting ballots in the 2024 election, after the all-Republican Board of Supervisors voted 3-2 against the measure. The estimated cost of the hand-counting was over a million dollars, and the Board of Supervisors concluded that the results would be inaccurate. The decision was made despite initial push for hand-counting due to conspiracy theories about voting machines.
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Florida Governors Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom have agreed to a live policy-based debate on Fox News, proposed by Fox News host Sean Hannity. The debate was initially suggested by Hannity during an interview with Newsom in June, and DeSantis accepted the challenge on Wednesday. The date and time of the debate have yet to be announced, but it is expected to be a three-hour long event broadcast live on Fox News.
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At least 44 people were killed and nearly 200 injured in a suicide attack at a political rally in Pakistan's Bajur District on Sunday. The rally was organized by the religious political party Jamiat Ulema Islam, and was attended by supporters of the hard-line cleric and political leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman. The attack has been widely condemned by political leaders in the country, with the government launching an investigation and promising to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Democrats have pushed a Supreme Court ethics legislation through a Senate committee, which has been met with opposition from Justice Alito, who is the first member of the court to take a public stand against it. The legislation is in response to Justice Alito's interview with two Wall Street Journal writers, including one who is an attorney representing plaintiffs in a key case before the Supreme Court. Its prospects in the full Senate remain uncertain.
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) is reportedly considering a long-shot primary challenge to President Joe Biden in 2024, meeting with donors in New York next week to discuss the possibility. Phillips, a moderate Democratic member of House leadership, has called for a contested primary featuring younger candidates rather than handing the 2024 nomination to the 80-year-old Biden. He is highly unlikely to mount a primary challenge unless Biden's health worsens or his political standing drops precipitously.
House Democrats have introduced the End Solitary Confinement Act, a bill that would limit the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails and detention centers, with exceptions for sleeping, medical quarantine, and deescalating emergencies. It would also ensure incarcerated people access to 14 hours of daily time out of their cells, including 7 hours of programming. The bill has been endorsed by the ACLU, NAACP, and NAMI, and seeks to reduce the number of people currently in solitary confinement in the US.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., appeared confused during a vote on a defense appropriations bill Thursday, prompting a fellow Democratic senator to step in. Feinstein, 90, had been away from Washington, D.C., for shingles and complications from shingles earlier this year, and the bill was passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday. It provides $823 billion in funding for the Department of Defense and other national security programs, and will now move to the full Senate for consideration.