Politics

Organizers estimate 4,000 people turned out for the first-ever Pride festival in the Michigan town of Grand Haven, population 11,000. ​ 

Four major environmental groups will endorse President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection for president on Wednesday night, ahead of the president’s speech at a League of Conservation Voters dinner in the nation’s capital. ​ 

Twenty Republicans voted to kill the resolution, which also called for a $16 million fine if the California Democrat were found to have lied while investigating former President Donald J. Trump. ​ 

Mr. Suarez, a 45-year-old Cuban American elected overwhelmingly as mayor of Miami, is presenting himself as a fresh Republican face but faces allegations of influence peddling. ​ 

A Senate panel on Wednesday zeroed in on a Democratic-led bill that would implement a range of ethics and transparency reforms at the Supreme Court, with a pair of experts urging passage of the legislation to address a “crisis” at the high court. ​ 

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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, who leaves Friday, could meet with Xi Jinping, China’s leader, during a visit he had postponed because of a Chinese spy balloon. ​ 

An all-indictment, all-the-time news diet could swallow the summer, denying attention to other Republican candidates who need it like oxygen. ​ 

GOP lawmakers, accusing CEOs of skewing left, have become less dependent on corporate PAC money than at any time in the past three decades. ​ 

On Wednesday’s show: Former Pres. Donald Trump’s appearance in a Miami courthouse following his indictment was an historic moment in American politics. We discuss that and other developments in our weekly roundup. ​