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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. – in a twist some colleagues wondered was a joke – said Wednesday that he endorses former Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as Republican National Committee Chair. Gaetz, who spearheaded McCarthy’s ouster from the House Speaker position last October, backed McCarthy as a potential replacement for RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel amid reports … Read more
The Supreme Court on Thursday hears a momentous case about whether former President Donald Trump can be kicked off the ballot in Colorado.
Red Cross says only a third of households who sought emergency shelter have moved into homes, as governor’s pledge rings hollow Every afternoon Diana Tevaga rushes back from work to her hotel room to feed her pitbull, Pe’a, and tabby cat, Kenzie, bracing herself for another dispiriting evening searching online for an affordable apartment in … Read more
Zelenskiy aide says ‘foreign policy has become a hostage of internal politics’ after Republicans torpedo aid bill The repeated failure of the Biden administration to get a funding package for Ukraine approved by the Senate will have real consequences in terms of lives on the battlefield and Kyiv’s ability to hold off Russian forces on … Read more
Secretary of State Antony Blinken departed the Middle East after the U.S. and Israel spiked the latest hostage deal proposed by Hamas on Thursday. Blinken spent the better part of the past week negotiating with Israel, Egypt, Qatar and Hamas over a potential hostage release deal. The proposal sent over by Hamas late on Tuesday … Read more
Kansas is set to nearly double state legislators’ pay at the start of next year, making their compensation better than it is for their counterparts in a majority of states, including more populous ones like Georgia and Texas. The increase is nearly $28,000 a year for rank-and-file legislators, boosting their total compensation from $30,000 to … Read more
Across Putin’s Russia, creaking infrastructure and a wave of accidents have plunged households into the cold in the depth of winter, fueling rare showings of anger and irritation in a country where public criticism has been increasingly quashed.
The bill would require transgender people to be identified on birth certificates, a measure some compare to ‘pink triangles’ On Tuesday afternoon, the Iowa house education committee met to debate House Study Bill 649, a bill proposed by the Republican governor, Kim Reynolds. The bill, as drafted, would end legal recognition for transgender people anywhere … Read more
The Palestinian nationalist, jailed for violence in the Second Intifada, may be the key to negotiating a two-state solution The Israeli public’s desire to bring home all of the hostages from Gaza is forcing hard choices for Israel’s rightwing government, which has tried to resist Hamas’s demands that Israeli hostages be exchanged for specific Palestinians … Read more
Trump, the only major candidate running in the battleground state, is assured of victory over Ryan Binkley Why is Nevada holding both a primary and caucuses? Nevada’s Republican party is hosting caucuses on Thursday, just two days after the state held a non-binding presidential primary. Donald Trump, the only major candidate running in the caucuses, … Read more
