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Feb 22 2023
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Joe Manchin won't run for president in 2024, considers political future as potential GOP challengers loom
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., has narrowed down his options concerning his political future for the 2024 election cycle, announcing Wednesday his decision not to run for president.
"I'm not running for President of the United States," Manchin told MetroNews during a radio interview broadcast from the State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia.
The two-term senator and former
Fox News (Online News)
May 23 2023
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McCarthy has little room to maneuver in debt ceiling talks
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), who was narrowly elected Speaker in January after 15 ballots, is coming under heavy pressure from conservatives not to agree to any debt ceiling deal that falls well short of the House-passed legislation that cut $4.8 trillion from the deficit.
So far, President Biden’s proposal to cap discretionary spending has fallen flat with McCarthy, who wants the
The Hill
Mar 28 2023
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Trump's Waco escalation: Now he's threatening Armageddon
On Saturday, Donald Trump held his first major political rally of the 2024 presidential campaign in Waco, Texas. He is a master showman, gifted at understanding and fulfilling his followers' dreams, needs and fantasies and their belief in their inherent greatness and destiny. In so many ways, Trump is their preacher, teacher, father figure, confidant, priest and lover all embodied in one
Salon
May 01 2023
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Taneytown Mayor Bradley Wantz loses reelection bid; voters choose Christopher Miller as next mayor
Taneytown Mayor Bradley Wantz has lost his bid for reelection to Christopher Miller, according to results posted to the City of Taneytown’s Facebook page on Monday night. Wantz, 41, had served one four-year term as mayor of Taneytown and had two challengers in the May 1 election. Miller, 29, earned the most votes Monday, with 426; Wantz received 188 votes; and Daniel Haines, 25, a one-term
Baltimore Sun
Mar 09 2023
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Newark unveils Harriet Tubman monument honoring Underground Railroad conductor
Amid calls for racial justice in 2020 following the killing of George Floyd, the city of Newark decided to rename a park for abolitionist Harriet Tubman and erect a monument in her honor. On Thursday, Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka, First Lady Tammy Murphy, and a host of community leaders unveiled the Harriet Tubman monument for the Underground Railroad conductor during a press conference at the
nj.com
Mar 13 2023
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LB Singleton re-ups with Broncos, source says
The Denver Broncos are re-signing free agent linebacker Alex Singleton to a three-year, $18 million deal that includes $9 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Monday. Singleton led the Philadelphia Eagles in tackles in 2020 and 2021, and did the same with the Broncos this past season after signing a one-year deal with them last March. Singleton, 29, was not a starter for
ESPN.com
Jan 15 2021
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National Rifle Association files for bankruptcy
The National Rifle Association said Friday that it has filed for bankruptcy and is moving to Texas, where the organization says it has 400,000 members. The NRA is currently based out of New York, where state Attorney General Letitia James has filed a lawsuit alleging financial crimes by its top officials and seeking to disband the organization.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection stops all
CBS News (Online)
Apr 03 2023
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Asa Hutchinson takes different tack on Trump indictment than other 2024 GOP rivals
Unlike his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Asa Hutchinson is urging former President Donald Trump to drop out of the 2024 race and deal with his mounting legal issues.
That's advice the former president isn’t taking.
"Obviously that’s his choice and he’s not going to do it. That’s his right," Hutchinson said Monday in a Fox News Digital interview.
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 13 2023
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Man sentenced to prison for burning cross in his front yard to intimidate Black neighbors
A Mississippi man was sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison for burning a makeshift cross in his front yard in order to scare his Black neighbors out of their home. Defendant Axel Charles Cox, 24, is already serving an eight-year sentence in Mississippi and has to do his federal sentence concurrent to certain state cases. He must also serve three years of supervised release
Law & Crime
Nov 04 2021
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U.S. Senate Democrats fail in latest bid to debate voting rights bill
U.S. Senate Democrats on Wednesday failed to advance voting-rights legislation for the fourth time this year due to overwhelming Republican opposition, raising potential ramifications for the 2022 congressional and 2024 presidential elections.
The Senate voted 50-49 in favor of starting debate on the "John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act" but fell short of the 60 votes needed under
Reuters