Back To Basics: Congress Tries To Keep Government Lights On

“Arizona U. S. Senate candidate Kari Lake (R) recently held a campaign event that included a Confederate battle flag prominently displayed behind her,” the Arizona Republic reports. “For Lake, the optics of an image of her in front of the symbol of the Confederacy could undermine her efforts to reach Arizona’s sizable independent voters and deepen the Democratic narrative of her as an extremist.”

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“Israel’s military said it rescued four hostages from central Nuseirat in Gaza on Saturday morning, in what it described as a complex daytime operation,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Rep. Nancy Mace says she is fighting a lonely battle. She faces a tough Republican primary challenge, with outside groups tied to former Speaker Kevin McCarthy trying to remove the lawmaker from her seat representing South Carolina’s low country,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “Mace’s contest Tuesday will test whether the 46-year-old’s colorful persona and unorthodox policy stances still resonate with Charleston, S.

“Donald Trump routinely blames President Biden for higher prices at the grocery store and everywhere else Americans shop, and promises to ‘fix it,’” the New York Times reports. “But Mr. Trump has offered little explanation about how his plans would lower prices. And several of his policies — whatever their merits on other grounds — would instead put new upward pressure on prices.”

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Mexico’s President-elect, Claudia Sheinbaum, an energy engineer and physicist by training, has published widely on the energy transition and greenhouse gas emissions as an environmental scientist. She has co-authored a UN climate report, and as Mexico City mayor, she installed solar power on a city market and electrified public transportation routes. Now, the country waits to see whether her environmental pedigree will translate into action as president.