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Nov 13 2023
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With GOP opposition, Speaker Mike Johnson would need Democratic votes to pass plan to avert shutdown
With a slim majority, Johnson can only afford to lose a few Republican votes. The House is set to vote Tuesday on a plan newly-elected Speaker Mike Johnson has pitched to avert a looming government shutdown -- yet enough of his Republican hard-liners have now said they'll oppose the funding measure that he'll have to rely on Democratic votes to pass it. Johnson told his GOP conference over the
ABC News (Online)
Nov 22 2023
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Hundreds evacuate from Kentucky town as 16-car chemical train DERAILS
Hundreds of people in rural Kentucky were asked to leave their homes on the eve of Thanksgiving after a train derailed, causing molten sulfur to catch fire and release dangerous fumes. At least 16 of the 40 coaches on the train came off the rails near Livingston, home to 200 people, 60 miles south of Lexington. The accident happened around 2:30pm, and Andy Beshear, the governor of Kentucky,
Daily Mail
Nov 27 2023
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Elon Musk does damage control with trip to Israel
Elon Musk is seeking to do damage control amid an advertising pullout over antisemitic remarks he made on X, the troubled social media platform once known as Twitter that the billionaire took over last year. Musk on Monday took a tour of an Israeli kibbutz attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as his guide. The Israeli government published photos of Musk’s
The Hill
Nov 23 2023
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Israel-Hamas pause in Gaza fighting begins ahead of hostage release
Palestinians walk on a road near rubble in Gaza City on Nov. 9. Photo: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images A four-day pause in the fighting in Gaza started on Friday morning local time, with Hamas expected to release the first group of Israeli hostages in the afternoon under a deal between the militant group and Israel. The big picture: Hamas agreed to free at least 50 women and children
Axios
Nov 28 2023
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Evanston, Wilmette charge Skokie man in bombing threat spree
Evanston and Wilmette have joined a long list of municipalities that have announced felony charges against a Skokie man they allege made multiple bomb threats against libraries, businesses and government offices, authorities said. Jacob Spiro, 23, of the 4600 block of Davis Street, Skokie, is charged with four felony counts of disorderly conduct for allegedly making false bomb threats against
Chicago Tribune
Nov 28 2023
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Education secretary butchers famous Ronald Reagan quote, but the joke is on him
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is going viral for badly misrepresenting a famous Ronald Reagan quote. Several weeks ago, Cardona spoke at the 2023 Winter Meeting of the Western Governors Association in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. During his speech, Cardona laid out the ways in which the Education Department wants to partner with governors to help states achieve their education goals. At the end
The Blaze
Nov 28 2023
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Chicago's first migrant camp set to begin construction in Brighton Park
Workers are set to start building Chicago’s first government-run tent encampment for migrants at a Southwest Side lot, officials said after a series of recent false starts and stops over the controversial base camp. Workers on Tuesday will “lay out materials, measure and begin placing bases” for the large encampment in Brighton Park, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s spokesman Ronnie Reese said in a
Chicago Tribune
Nov 22 2023
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Q2 Billings Area Weather: Travel not bad one way but not so good the other way
BILLINGS — A cold front will trigger snow Wednesday night until Friday morning for southern Montana and northern Wyoming. The heaviest snow amounts are expected along the southern mountains and foothills. Periods of snow may be heavy at times closer to the mountains west and south of Billings. Total snow accumulations in these areas could reach between 7 and 14 inches along north facing slopes
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Nov 27 2023
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Idaho asks Supreme Court to allow it to enforce its pro-life law
Idaho asked the Supreme Court Monday to step in and let it enforce its pro-life law — enacted after the high court’s ruling last year ending a national right to abortion — over objections from the federal government. In a filing Monday, the state told the justices that a federal district court sided with the Biden administration after it sued the state over its pro-life law, Idaho’s Defense of
Washington Times
Nov 21 2023
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New Hampshire man died with a big secret, leaving his town millions
TO AN AGREEMENT ON FUNDING AN OVERFLOW SITE. WELL, LISTEN TO THIS. THE TOWN OF HINSDALE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH A NEARLY $4 MILLION GIFT THAT WAS LEFT TO THE TOWN AS A SURPRISE. FOR YEARS, JEFFREY HOLT WAS KNOWN AS A MOBILE HOME PARK GROUNDSKEEPER IN TOWN. HE DIED IN JUNE AT THE AGE OF 82. IN SEPTEMBER, LOCAL OFFICIALS FOUND OUT THAT HIS WILL HAD BRIEF. INSTRUCTIONS $3.8
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