Friday, May 3

Will Republicans Find Consensus on Abortion Politics?

Republicans continue to clash today as celebration management stays uncertain.

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After Arizona’s greatest court renewed a 160-year-old abortion restriction on Tuesday, criticism of the choice gathered from both Democrats and Republicans. Former President Donald Trump likewise revealed today that he opposes a nationwide abortion restriction, leaving Republicans—- in Arizona and throughout the nation—- to openly compete with their position on the concern.

The future of Republican governing stays uncertain as the celebration looks for to be in power in the White House and Congress. Speaker Mike Johnson will now satisfy Trump in Florida today, in the middle of growing opposition to him from fellow conservative legislators, in addition to clashes today over the renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and Ukraine help.

Signing up with the Atlantic personnel author and visitor mediator Franklin Foer to discuss this and more are Lisa Desjardins, Congressional Correspondent, PBS NewsHour; Susan Glasser, a personnel author for The New Yorker; Ryan Lizza, the chief Washington reporter at Politico and a co-author of Playbook; and Domenico Montanaro, a senior political editor and reporter at NPR.

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