you re live in cnn newsroom from washington. two major floor ris in texas. impeachment vote is underway for the texas attorney general. ken paxton is accused of bribery and abuse of power. they say the impeachment is illegal and is being pushed for by corrupt politicians as he calls them. up on capitol hill, kevin mccarthy said progress is being made. in the last hour or so, several members of mccarthy s whip team have been summoned to the speaker s suite. republican leaders are trying to finalize a deal to raise the debt ceiling and stave off what could be an economic disaster. let s begin our coverage of the debt talks. priscilla alvarez is up on the hill. manu raju, what are you learning about the negotiations? are they headed in the right direction? it is unclear. we do know they are close to reaching an agreement. they have been close for some time. there are a number of sticking points. they are having a difficult time resolving including spending to provisions to e
The 2024 election season got underway in Hillsborough County on Thursday, as nearly 50,000 ballots were sent out to Republican primary voters who elected to vote by mail. The county expects those voters will receive their ballots in the next couple days.
Workers are fighting to ensure this doesn t happen. joining us is michael mcdonald. his most recent book is called from pandemic to insurrection, voting in the 2020 u.s. presidential election. michael, thanks so much for being with us. lawmakers there in florida were poised to include new election worker protections in a broad election bill signed by governor desantis would have made it a third degree felony to harass and threaten election workers. it was removed at the last minute from pressure from a certain group called florida fair elections. what is going on with this? what s the rationale for not wanting to protect election workers? yeah, it s a bipartisan effort across the country going on. ten states from colorado, oklahoma so we could have red and blue states, that are passing these bills that do protect election workers and provide them with additional
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