Pelosi Touts House Push To Censure Trump

Donald Trump challenged President Biden to take a cognitive test saying he had “aced it” but then immediately forgot Rep. Ronny Jackson’s (R-TX) name — who was the White House doctor at the time — and called him Ronny Johnson instead. Associated Press: Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him.

Wall Street Journal: “Eight years after battling Donald Trump over the direction of the party, the U. S. senator from Florida has landed in an astonishing spot: Rubio is among a few leading candidates on Trump’s vice presidential shortlist.” “Rubio’s backers have pitched the former president on his attributes, such as his being the son of Cuban immigrants.

“Nearly a year since Texas adopted a law empowering state and local police officers to arrest undocumented migrants who cross into its territory, Republican lawmakers in at least 11 states have tried to adopt similar measures, capitalizing on the prominence of immigration in the 2024 presidential election,” the New York Times reports. “The fate of the proposals — six have been enacted or are under consideration, with Louisiana expected to sign its measure into law as early as next week — is still being litigated.

Ex-Trump White House official Alyssa Farah Griffin told Mediaite that then-President Donald Trump discussed “executing” people at multiple White House meetings.

New York Times: “The European Union has in recent years emerged as the world’s most ambitious frontier in fighting climate change. It did so through major policy shifts like setting high targets to cut emissions, preparing to ditch combustion engines, pushing for nature restoration and curbing the effect of farming on the environment.

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