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Jun 24 2024
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Giants promote lefty Raymond Burgos as Bob Melvin tries to sort out pitching staff
Erik Miller drew the initial assigment as an opener for Monday’s game against the Cubs and Jordan Hicks will start Thursday’s series finale. What happens between is to be determined. Blake Snell plans to continue his rehab assignment while Kyle Harrison and Keaton Winn remain on the injured list. Burgos was drafted by Cleveland in 2016 and signed a minor-league contract with the Giants in 2022
San Francisco ChronicleJun 19 2024
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Shenandoah, Warren voters choose Cao in Republican primary
Hung Cao received 1,888, or 68%, of ballots cast in Warren and Shenandoah counties during Tuesday's Republican primary for the Nov. 5 U.S. Senate race. That's slightly more than the 61.8% of votes he received statewide on his path toward securing the GOP nomination to face U.S. Senator Tim Kaine. In Warren County, unofficial results show 929 votes, or 69.17%, were cast for Cao. Second place
The Northern Virginia DailyFeb 22 2023
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Minnesota Senate approves 'driver's licenses for all' bill, sending it to Walz
A bill to allow Minnesotans to get a driver’s license or state identification card without showing proof of legal presence in the U.S. is headed to Gov. Tim Walz’s desk to be signed into law. Early Wednesday morning, the Minnesota Senate voted 34-31 to pass the bill known as “driver’s licenses for all.” The House approved the bill last month, meaning it now heads to the governor, who is
KSTPJun 26 2024
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Stabenow rolls out free summer meal expansion for Michigan kids • Michigan Advance
Elementary school children enjoyed breakfast foods, snacks and milk at Waverly East School in Lansing Wednesday morning as leaders announced a program that will bring free breakfast and lunch to kids around the state — even when school is out for the summer. U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Lansing), chair of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, led an initiative to pour
Michigan AdvanceJun 13 2024
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Donald Trump Makes First Return To Capitol Hill, Scene Of Insurrection
Former President Donald Trump made his first visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday since a rioting mob of his supporters mounted an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Trump, now a convicted felon, is huddling with GOP lawmakers at their campaign headquarters on both sides of the Capitol complex. His meetings mark his triumphant return to the top of the Republican Party after
HuffPostJul 01 2024
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South Africa names new cabinet for multi-party government
The appointments have come after weeks of intense negotiations among the eleven parties in the governing coalition South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a new cabinet late Sunday night, appointing his main political rival, John Steenhuisen, former leader of the opposition Democratic Alliance (DA), as minister of agriculture. Ramaphosa took office on June 19 as head of the multi-
RTSep 20 2021
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Senate parliamentarian nixes Democrats' immigration plan
Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough on Sunday ruled against Democrats' plan to provide 8 million greencards as part of their $3.5 trillion spending bill, dealing a significant blow to Democrats' immigration reform chances.
MacDonough's guidance, a copy of which was obtained by The Hill, all but closes the door to Democrats using the spending bill to provide a pathway to
The HillJun 24 2024
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Josh Duggar, of ’19 Kids and Counting,’ Gets Appeal in Child Pornography Case Rejected by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal made by former reality television subject Josh Duggar, who was convicted of possessing child pornography in 2021 and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2022. The decision came Monday morning, per the Associated Press. Duggar featured on the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting.” Prior to the Supreme Court’s decision, the conviction was upheld in lower
VarietyJun 26 2024
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State budget talks drag on amid controversy over Michigan school funding
LANSING — Strong opposition to a new and unusual proposal to fund Michigan schools in 2025 dragged budget negotiations through all of Wednesday afternoon and could push votes into late Wednesday night or Thursday morning. In another development, the school aid budget lawmakers are expected to vote on Wednesday or Thursday doesn't quite achieve Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's call for universal
Detroit Free PressJul 01 2024
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Putin’s flirting with Trump’s crush, Kim
Few things hurt worse than seeing your crush in the arms of someone else, especially when that someone else is your best friend. We’ve all been there, right? So imagine how Donald Trump must feel seeing his crush, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, arm in arm and lovey-dovey with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, the guy who’s spent millions and deployed armies of Russian bots to help Donnie in
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