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Oct 16 2023
News
Here's who's running for the four seats up for grabs on the Topeka Board of Education
The four incumbents up for re-election to the Topeka Board of Education are each in fact running, but only two face competition. In District 1 Position 4, incumbent Lalo Muñoz is facing a challenge by Lana Kombacher and Jacqueline Bosch. For the member-at-large seat, incumbent Richard Bonebrake runs against Antoine "AC" Collins and John R. Williams. District 2 Position 5 and District 3
The Topeka Capital-Journal
Oct 23 2023
News
Newt Gingrich: 8 McCarthy Ousters 'Unleashed Furies' in House GOP
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., proclaimed on Sunday the eight House Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., "unleashed furies" in the GOP conference.
"Well, right now, [the House] can't govern," Gingrich told "Fox News Sunday."
"And I think that the eight people who betrayed the conference and joined the Democrats to defeat the 96% of
Newsmax (News)
Nov 01 2023
News
House Republicans Help Kill Effort to Censure Rashida Tlaib
On Wednesday night, the House took up a series of votes to censure Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). Greene had filed a resolution last week against Tlaib for her anti-semitic comments as well as her encouraging pro-Hamas activists to storm the Cannon House building, while the resolution against Greene was from three months earlier, filed in July by freshman Rep.
Townhall
Oct 26 2023
News
House Republicans ended their infighting and elected a speaker of the House
House Republicans ended their infighting and elected a speaker of the House
House Republicans ended their infighting and elected a speaker of the House Audio will be available later today.
After weeks of turmoil, Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana received enough votes and was elected House speaker. Three other GOP candidates failed to become speaker after Kevin McCarthy was ousted
NPR Fact Check
Feb 27 2020
Opinion
Bernie Sanders Could Be the First Jewish Nominee—and Get Fewer Jewish Votes Than Hillary Clinton
The Jewish vote in presidential elections always goes to the Democrats, with only a small percentage going to the GOP. In 2016, Hillary Clinton received 71 percent of it, while Donald Trump got only 24 percent. It’s a small vote—just 3 percent of the total in 2016, according to exit polls—but it’s important because in states like Florida, that small percentage could mean the difference between
Daily Beast
Nov 01 2023
News
Shawnee puts city manager on leave after employees receive sexually explicit video
Editor’s note: Reality Check is a Star series holding those in power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email tips@kcstar.com. The Shawnee City Council on Wednesday placed the city manager on administrative leave after learning that several city employees received an email from an outside account with a sexually explicit video of him
The Kansas City Star
Jul 29 2021
Headline Roundup
Senate Votes to Advance Infrastructure Package
On Wednesday night, the U.S. Senate voted to advance a bipartisan infrastructure deal, with 17 Republicans joining all 50 Democrats in favor of taking up the bill. The vote was 67 to 32.
The Senate will begin work on the $1 trillion infrastructure plan now that a bipartisan group of Senators has agreed to take action. It remains uncertain whether or not the bill will get the 60 votes
Washington Times
Associated Press Fact Check
The Hill
Nov 01 2023
News
Virginia Erroneously Purged Nearly 3,400 From State’s Voter Rolls
Virginia erroneously purged almost 3,400 voters from the state’s rolls, election officials said in the run-up to statewide elections on Tuesday. The administration of Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, had previously said that about 270 voters had been mistakenly removed from the rolls because of an error in the state’s computer system. The state’s admission on Friday that the problem was an
New York Times (News)
Nov 01 2023
News
Constitutional law expert weighs in on 'language disagreement' for 6 abortion ballot initiatives in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo — In Missouri, six new ballot initiatives regarding abortion in the state have been introduced for next November’s general election. Backers of the initiatives must secure more than 170,000 signatures from registered voters by early May. However, activist Sarah Starns has not launched a campaign yet because it's still undetermined what statement voters would see on their
KSHB
Nov 08 2023
News
Grappling with Trump and abortion losses: Six key takeaways from the Republican debate
On his home turf at the Republican presidential debate in Miami, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sharpened his case against front-runner Donald Trump and tussled with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley as she looked to build on her momentum.
Five candidates met on stage Wednesday night, just over two months before voting begins: DeSantis, Haley, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina,
NBC News (Online)