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Utah Republican Senator Mitt Romney is not running for reelection in 2024. He cites his age and the current state of the Republican party as reasons for his departure, though in a video statement he said he’s “not retiring from the fight.”
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, and other senators arrive at the chamber for votes at the U.S. Capitol on September 6.
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- On Up First today, NPR’s Domenico Montanaro says Romney’s belief in bipartisanship and the need to work with the other side to get things done is rare, particularly for Republicans. Romney believes that the next generation needs to address the problems, rather than boomers who have put in place a lot of these programs but haven’t paid for a lot of them.
Newly disclosed evidence from a federal corruption trial in Chicago revealed a conflict of interest for Anita Dunn, a top Biden adviser. In 2018, her public relations firm SKDK partnered with anti-harassment charity Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund and supported Alaina Hampton, who sued then-Democratic Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan for retaliating against her when she reported harassment. At the same time, her firm was also providing “crisis communications” for Madigan.
- NPR’s Tom Dreisbach spoke to Hampton, who said she never would have worked with Dunn’s firm if she knew it was also advising Madigan. SKDK initially defended its work but later apologized to Hampton. However, Hampton told Dreisbach the apology doesn’t repair the damage done to her and the #MeToo movement.
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