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The American right’s growing embrace of Orbán builds upon millions of dollars that his government has spent on lobbying in the US, and new connections between Hungarian and American conservative think tanks. “Make America great again, make Europe great again!” Orbán declared in English, before continuing in Hungarian: “Go Donald Trump! Conservatives from around the US, Europe and beyond traveled to Budapest for the two-day event, which was organized by a Hungarian government-funded think tank. Two American nonprofits that are actively planning policies for a second Trump term have shown an interest in Hungary and Orbán’s model. But some of the American conservatives who flew into the country for CPAC seemed more focused on the optics of Budapest than on democratic rights.

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☆ Arizona Senate to vote on repeal of 1864 near-total abortion ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Arizona Senate on Wednesday will vote on legislation to repeal the state’s 160-year-old near-total abortion ban, three weeks after the state Supreme Court revived the law and thrust reproductive rights into the political spotlight. Katie Hobbs signs it, as expected, it would clear the way for the state’s 15-week limit to remain state law. On April 9, the state Supreme Court ruled that the ban should be the state law. Abortion rights advocates are also gathering signatures for a ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights into the state constitution. Several Arizona House members, including House Speaker Ben Toma, spoke out against the repeal last week.

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☆ Republicans could cost Kari Lake the Arizona Senate race as a new poll shows 15% of GOP voters backing her likely Democratic opponent
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kari Lake is hoping to flip the Arizona US Senate seat being vacated by Kyrsten Sinema. But a new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey shows that she's not consolidating the GOP base. The poll shows her likely Democratic opponent, Ruben Gallego, winning 15% of GOP voters. AdvertisementIn the fight to win Arizona's Senate seat this fall, Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego and GOP candidate Kari Lake are locked in a close race in what has become one of the nation's premier swing states. AdvertisementBut the latest survey showed the challenges that she still faces as she works to flip the key Senate seat for the GOP.

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☆ Arizona GOP defies Trump, refuses to repeal 160-year-old abortion ban
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Trump said last week a near-total, Civil War-era abortion ban in Arizona had gone too far. The law makes providing or helping with an abortion punishable by up to five years in prison. AdvertisementArizona Republicans shut down an attempt by Democrats to repeal a contentious abortion ban from 1864 that was reinstated by the state's Supreme Court earlier this month. Democrats attempted to introduce a bill Wednesday that would repeal the ban during a state House legislative session, NBC reported. It makes providing or helping someone get an abortion a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.

Persons: Trump, —, Ben Toma, Donald Trump, Kari Lake —, Lake Organizations: Service, Arizona Republicans, NBC, Republican, Arizona Locations: Arizona

☆ Abortion: As Trump contorts, will his potential running mates bend with him?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Kristi Noem said Donald Trump was “exactly right” to want states in charge of abortion access in America. For Noem, Scott and others in consideration to become Trump’s running mate, the former president’s latest contortions around abortion present a new challenge as they compete for his attention. Trump angered several anti-abortion leaders this week by refusing to back a federal abortion ban while embracing exceptions that Republicans throughout the country have for years opposed as morally questionable. But for a party that has long defined life as beginning at conception, Trump’s latest evolution on abortion will test those aspiring to run with him. “That’s just a fact.”Rubio was an early co-sponsor of South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham’s bill to ban abortion nationwide 15 weeks into a pregnancy.

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☆ Kari Lake airs election grievances as GOP leaders urge her to look forward
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Watch CNN’s coverage of the US Senate race in Arizona on “Inside Politics Sunday with Manu Raju” at 11 a.m. GOP leaders have counseled Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake to avoid airing grievances about past elections and instead center her campaign on a more forward-looking message. But what I’m trying to do is look forward,” she said in the interview, which will air on Sunday’s “Inside Politics” with Manu Raju. “I do continue to talk about it when I’m on the campaign trail in Arizona. “We had major problems in our election, and we’re really working to resolve those problems.

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☆ Kari Lake woos D.C. lobbyists at fundraiser, private meetings as Arizona Senate race heats up
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Arizona Republican Senate Candidate Kari Lake speaks with reporters after leaving the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Capitol Hill on March, 6 2024 in Washington, DC. Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake has been quietly meeting with lobbyists and raising money in Washington in recent weeks, according to people familiar with the matter. Lake has built her political brand around her willingness to buck the D.C. establishment wing of the GOP. On Tuesday, Lake met with about a dozen lobbyists in the nation's capital, and the following day she attended a campaign fundraiser that was heavy with D.C. hired guns. "I don't give a damn what the lobbyists think," Lake wrote in a tweet on X.

Persons: Kari Lake, Mitch McConnell, Lake, Joe Biden, McConnell, Kari, KARI Organizations: Capitol, Arizona Republican, GOP, D.C, The Arizona Senate, Republican, Microsoft, American Bankers Association, CNBC, Victory Fund, National Republican Senatorial Committee, PAC Locations: Arizona, Washington , DC, Washington, Ky

☆ Arizona's Senate race just got a whole lot less interesting following Kyrsten Sinema's decision to retire
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announced on Tuesday that she won't seek reelection. Arizona won't be the site of an epic three-way Senate race as many had once predicted. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementSen. Kyrsten Sinema is not running for reelection — denying the political world the opportunity to see what would've been one of the most fascinating Senate races in recent memory. AdvertisementYet Lake couldn't pull it off in 2022, despite widespread perceptions that she was favored in that year's governor's race.

Persons: Sen, Kyrsten Sinema, Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake, —, Kyrsten, would've, Joe Biden's, Sinema, Gallego, Donald Trump, MAGA, Steve Daines, Kari Lake's, That's, who've, Mitt Romney Organizations: Arizona, Service, Democratic Party, Democratic, Senate, Arizona Senate, Republican, Republicans, GOP, NBC, Utah Republican, Sinema Locations: Ruben Gallego of Arizona, Montana, Lake, Arizona

☆ Kyrsten Sinema Bows Out of Arizona Senate Race
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Kellen Browning | More About Kellen Browning | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona said on Tuesday that she would not seek re-election, ending more than a year of speculation about her political future and clearing the race for a traditional matchup between the eventual Democratic and Republican nominees. “Because I choose civility, understanding, listening, working together to get stuff done, I will leave the Senate at the end of this year,” she said in a video announcement. Ms. Sinema, a first-term senator who left the Democratic Party in 2022 to become an independent, faced potentially long odds in another race. Her decision to bow out of the race now sets up a showdown directly between Representative Ruben Gallego and the eventual Republican nominee. Kari Lake, the former nominee for governor — and a close ally of former President Donald J. Trump who has championed his baseless election fraud theories — is the leading candidate in the Republican primary, though Mark Lamb, a sheriff, is also running.

Persons: Kyrsten Sinema, ”, Sinema, Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake, —, Donald J, Trump, Mark Lamb, Biden’s, Joe Manchin III Organizations: eventual Democratic, Democratic Party, Republican Locations: Arizona, West Virginia

☆ Why Republicans are fighting the basic-income programs many cities and states are adopting: 'Is money a birthright now?'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | Allie Kelly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewAs guaranteed basic-income programs get more popular, opposition is also on the rise. Several lawmakers, like Arizona's Gillette, believe that income programs would discourage work and could raise taxes. A recently introduced bill in South Dakota would ban basic-income programs at the state level and prevent municipal governments from creating local programs. AdvertisementDespite opposition, basic-income program participants have seen benefitsPilot income programs have remained divisive with policymakers, but several major cities have seen positive results. In 2020, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey pledged $15 million to Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, which helped 25 cities and towns nationwide begin basic-income programs.

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Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort Hotel and Convention Center on February 24, in National Harbor, Maryland. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesArizona Senate candidate and close Trump ally Kari Lake geared up the CPAC crowd here Saturday ahead of former president Trump’s remarks later this afternoon. 1 alpha man in Donald J. Trump,” Lake said. Chants of “USA, USA, USA” broke out at one point during her speech. She encouraged voters to “get involved and help President Trump,” as well as her own Senate campaign in Arizona.

Persons: Kari Lake, Anna Moneymaker, Trump, Trump’s, ”, Donald J, “, We’re, USA ” Organizations: Conservative Political, Gaylord, Resort, Convention Center, Getty Images, Arizona Republican, Arizona, Trump Locations: National Harbor , Maryland, Getty Images Arizona, East, ”, USA, Arizona

☆ At CPAC, Trump’s potential running mates compete to prove their loyalty
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii claimed not to know that attendees could choose her in a poll to pick Trump’s potential running mate, while South Dakota Gov. The jockeying to become Trump’s vice presidential pick, playing out behind the scenes for weeks if not longer, spilled into the open at this week’s CPAC, the country’s annual gathering of conservatives. The various approaches to campaigning for the job were on full display inside CPAC, and it’s uncertain which will win over Trump. “Last year, when everyone was asking me if I was going to consider running for president, I said no. “Because anything could happen to Trump.”But he conceded it was a fool’s errand trying to guess whom Trump might pick.

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☆ From doubter to devotee: How New York’s Elise Stefanik emerged as a top Trump ally
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Stefanik has often explained it herself: She saw Trump’s popularity in her upstate New York district and got on board. That first impeachment proceeding made her a “Republican star,” as Trump himself said at the time. When there was a nationwide baby formula shortage in 2022, Stefanik blamed the “White House, House Dems, & usual pedo grifters” on social media. One upset donor told CNN in 2023 that he gave to Santos “because of Elise Stefanik’s endorsement.” Stefanik frequently denied any previous knowledge of his Santos’ history. “The American people stand with President Trump,” Stefanik wrote, “against the unethical, unconstitutional, and unprecedented weaponization of the judicial system.”CNN’s Alayna Treene contributed to this story.

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☆ Opinion: Here’s who won’t be Trump’s VP
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-29 | by ( Opinion Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The Donald Trump vice presidential reality selection show is heating up, with pundits laying out lists of possible people Trump might choose. They range from South Carolina GOP Sen. Tim Scott, to Ohio Sen. JD Vance, to even former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Trump won’t select a running mate who will help expand his voting base, as he did in 2016 when he named then-Indiana Gov. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/APWith those type of schemes, Trump needs a vice president who will not push back like Pence did. In fact, there’s plenty of time for the other contestants vying to be Trump’s VP pick to debase themselves with public displays of affection.

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PHOENIX (AP) — Gina Swoboda, an election activist endorsed by former President Donald Trump, has been chosen as the next chair of the Arizona Republican Party, a leadership post that puts her center stage in the battleground state for November's presidential election. Fox10 television in Phoenix reported that Swoboda garnered 67% of the votes at Saturday's state party meeting. Swoboda is a former employee of the Arizona Secretary of State’s office and was the election day director of operations for Trump in 2020. She has been working for the Arizona Senate as a senior adviser on elections. “Gina understands that the White House and Senate Majority —and frankly, the survival of our Republic — runs through State 48.”

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The race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination is down to two major candidates with just one day to go until New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation GOP primary. On Monday, Haley has scheduled events in Franklin and Salem, while Trump has an evening rally in Laconia. Key questions after DeSantis drops out of racePolitical Cartoons View All 253 ImagesHaley tries to draw independents without alienating Trump backersWhat to expect in the New Hampshire primaryWho’s running for president? Others who have appeared in Iowa and New Hampshire on Trump’s behalf include South Dakota Gov. Lake was at a rally Sunday night taking pictures with supporters and holding a baby in the crowd.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump's, Nikki Haley, Haley, Trump, Jean Carroll, DeSantis, Elise Stefanik, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Kristi Noem, Kari Lake, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Vivek Ramaswamy Organizations: New, GOP, Florida Gov, United Nations, Trump, New York, Ohio, South Dakota Gov Locations: Franklin, Salem, Laconia, New York, New Hampshire, Iowa, South Carolina, Arizona, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

While vice presidential candidates typically aren't picked until after a candidate has locked down the nomination, Trump's decisive win in last week's Iowa caucuses and the departure of Florida Gov. That interest comes despite the fate of Trump’s first vice president, Mike Pence. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesThe Trump campaign has held several events in both Iowa and New Hampshire with high-profile surrogates. Tim Scott’s a very, very good dude and would make a great vice president,” he said. “I absolutely love what she did, this whole thing with the Harvard.”Ingrahm-Kelly, who is leaning toward voting for Trump on Tuesday, said she also likes the idea of another woman vice president.

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☆ High profile conservatives serve as surrogates as Trump looks to lock down GOP nomination
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Daniel Strauss | Kristen Holmes | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Additionally, two former Republican presidential candidates have traveled to the early primary states alongside Trump almost immediately after they ended their respective campaigns to defeat him. Doug Burgum dropped out in December, he endorsed Trump and traveled with him in Iowa and to New Hampshire. Kari Lake speaks to reporters before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/APIn Keokuk, Iowa, earlier this month, Greene panned the rest of the GOP field as knockoffs of Trump. Still, Republican strategists and campaign operatives often lament that surrogates and endorsements aren’t as influential as they used to be.

Persons: Matt Gaetz, ”, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ronny Jackson, Donald Trump’s, Trump, Kari Lake, Byron Donalds, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Doug Burgum, Elise Stefanik, Kristi Noem, Ramaswamy, ’, –, he’s, Gregg Keller, Mitt Romney’s, “, Donald Trump, —, Stefanik, “ Trump, ” Terry Sullivan, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio’s, it’s, Lake, Bob Vander Plaats, Trump’s, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Greene, Bush, ” Greene, aren’t, pollster, Trump’s surrogates, It’s Organizations: CNN, Florida, Georgia, Texas, Iowa, Center, Arizona, Florida Rep, Trump, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, Republican, North Dakota Gov, New, South Dakota Gov, Republicans, it’s, ”, AP, GOP Locations: Iowa, lockstep, Florida, New Hampshire, Trump’s, West Des Moines, Des Moines , Iowa, Keokuk , Iowa

That's when Rep. Elise Stefanik, the hard-charging upstate New York Republican, came up, according to a person at the dinner table. At the thought of Stefanik as a possible choice for vice president, Trump nodded approvingly. "I'm not going to get into any of my conversations with President Trump. In New York, Stefanik is known as a frequent presence not only in her district but across the state — and someone who can easily be reached. Aside from Stefanik, Bannon ticked through his view of Trump's deep bench of potential VP picks.

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☆ Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Kelly Mclaughlin | Natalie Musumeci | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has died, the Supreme Court announced. AdvertisementFormer Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who became the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court, died on Friday, the high court announced. Before her tenure on the nation's top court, O'Connor served as the Republican leader of the Arizona Senate. O'Connor retired from the Supreme Court in 2005O'Connor announced her retirement in 2005 after her husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 25, 2012 in Washington, DC.

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☆ Former US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor dead at 93
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

[1/5] U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor speaks during an interview with Reuters Editor-in-Chief Stephen Adler at the 92nd Street Y in New York March 15, 2012. Chief Justice John Roberts recalled O'Connor as having "blazed an historic trail as our nation’s first female justice." "We at the Supreme Court mourn the loss of a beloved colleague, a fiercely independent defender of the rule of law, and an eloquent advocate for civics education." Her 1981 appointment by Republican President Ronald Reagan made her the Supreme Court's first woman justice nearly two centuries after the Supreme Court was established in 1789 but her place in history went beyond breaking men-only barriers. The Supreme Court, which has had a 6-3 conservative majority since 2020, overturned the landmark Roe ruling in 2022.

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Abortion rights protesters march through downtown Tucson in part with nationwide demonstrations following the leaked Supreme Court opinion suggesting the possibility of overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision, in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., May 14, 2022. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that a group of healthcare providers can sue the state over the law because they are harmed by it, reversing a lower court ruling. The panel did not address the merits of the challenge, finding only that the providers are entitled to pursue it in court. It is instead being defended by Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen and Arizona House of Representatives Speaker Ben Toma, both Republicans. However, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered him to reconsider last year after it overturned Roe.

Persons: Roe, Wade, Rebecca Noble, Kris Mayes, Warren Petersen, Ben Toma, Doug Doucey, Jessica Slarsky, Erin Hawley, Douglas Rayes, Rayes, Brendan Pierson, Alexia Garamfalvi, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Circuit, Democrat, Arizona, Republican, Ninth Circuit, Center for Reproductive Rights, Alliance Defending, ADF, District, U.S . Supreme, Supreme, Thomson Locations: Tucson, Tucson , Arizona, U.S, Arizona, U.S ., New York

Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case back to a lower court to consider the doctors’ request for a court order blocking the law. A court blocked enforcement of the 1864 law shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. But after the Supreme Court overturned the decision, then-Republican Attorney General Mark Brnovich succeeded in getting a state judge in Tucson to lift that court order. This past summer, abortion rights advocates began a push to ask Arizona voters to create a constitutional right to abortion. The proposed constitutional amendment would guarantee abortion rights until a fetus could survive outside the womb, typically around 24 weeks of pregnancy.

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☆ Peter Thiel was an FBI informant. Here's how you could become one.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Sonam Sheth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Billionaire megadonor and Trump supporter Peter Thiel became an FBI informant in 2021, Insider reported. What does an FBI informant do? The main responsibility of an FBI informant is, as the name suggests, to provide information and intelligence to the bureau. According to an internal FBI guide, the FBI can recruit lawyers, reporters, clergy members, prison officials, and even minors and individuals who live overseas. They "will be either an 'FBI source' or a 'former FBI source' and, in turn, his or her conduct or misconduct will reflect upon the FBI."

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☆ Trump told ex-Arizona GOP Senate nominee Blake Masters that he wouldn't be able to beat conservative favorite Kari Lake in a Senate primary next year, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-10 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump told Blake Masters he couldn't defeat Kari Lake in an Arizona Senate primary, per the Times. At the same time, former television journalist Kari Lake — another Trump favorite — won the GOP gubernatorial primary. Both candidates were more reflective of the new and Trumpier Arizona Republican Party, which had been moving away from the center-right ideology of figures like former Gov. The former president reportedly told Masters he didn't think the ex-candidate could defeat Lake in a Senate primary next year, according to The New York Times. According to the Times, Lake is eyeing an October entry into the Republican Senate primary.

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