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Oct 19 2023
News
Jim Jordan will back empowering interim speaker Patrick McHenry temporarily
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, will back a plan to temporarily empower interim speaker Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., until January, according to three sources. Jordan, who lost two rounds of votes, will continue to run for speaker and try to shore up votes in the meantime, according to the three sources. It is unclear, according to one source directly familiar, if Jordan will try for a third ballot on
NBC News (Online)Nov 08 2023
News
Republicans Keep State Seats In NJ-40: Unofficial Election Results
NORTH JERSEY — Republicans maintained their seats in the New Jersey Legislature for the 40th District, unofficial election results show. Senator Kristin Corrado won re-election by about 15 percentage points, while Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips kept his seat and voters chose Al Barlas to replace the retiring Kevin Rooney, per the latest vote tallies. The 40th district includes parts of
Patch.comOct 20 2023
News
Portland teachers authorize strike starting Nov. 1
After months of bargaining, the Portland Association of Teachers has given official notice that it will go on strike beginning Wednesday, Nov. 1, in what would be the first-ever teachers strike in Portland. The teachers union notified Portland Public Schools Thursday they intend to strike after association members voted this week to authorize it. The district sent out an announcement to
Oregon Public BroadcastingDec 01 2016
News
How a dubious tweet about illegal votes found its way to Trump's megaphone
When Donald Trump tweeted that “millions” of people voted illegally in the presidential election, headline writers were quick to point out that he had no evidence.
The GuardianOct 04 2023
Opinion
Democrats Blew a Huge Political Win By Not Saving Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker
For the first time in United States history, a Speaker of the House of Representatives has been removed from his post. And while you can’t blame Democrats for the blow that right-wing bomb throwers landed on Kevin McCarthy, what you can say is that they failed to do the right thing on behalf of the American people.
Let me explain. It would be understandable if Democrats decided to
Matt LewisJun 01 2021
News
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vows to defund state Legislature after voting restrictions bill fails, threatening salaries
Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday he would veto the section of the state budget that funds the Legislature hours after a Democratic walkout killed his priority elections bill.
“No pay for those who abandon their responsibilities,” Abbott said in a tweet. “Stay tuned.”
Late Sunday night, enough Democrats left the House to break a quorum and block passage of the elections bill, Senate
The Texas TribuneNov 07 2023
News
Reeves, Presley cast ballots in Mississippi’s General Election
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – All eyes are on the Mississippi governor’s race on Tuesday, November 7. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves cast his ballot in downtown Jackson Tuesday morning. He has been traveling across the state in hopes to boost Republican voter turnout and give him four more years as the state’s governor. “We think that we have had a tremendous last week. The get out the vote efforts
WJTV 12Feb 14 2019
News
Government shutdown: Border security deal faces vote in Congress as midnight Friday deadline looms
A bill that will provide some funding for a physical barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border appears likely to clear Congress as lawmakers rush to beat a midnight Friday deadline and avoid another government shutdown.
USA TODAYNov 06 2023
News
Trump's rivals say he can't beat Biden. Polls say he can.
MIAMI — Donald Trump's rivals have pledged to support him if he wins the Republican nomination, but increasingly they are arguing to GOP voters that he can't beat President Joe Biden in a rematch. "I don’t think so, because I think that there’s just too many votes built in against him," Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is polling second to Trump, told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt last
NBC News (Online)Nov 08 2023
News
St. Louis Park's Nadia Mohamed is 1st Somali-American to be elected mayor in U.S.
St. Louis Park’s Nadia Mohamed believed to be 1st Somali-American elected mayor in U.S. St. Louis Park’s Nadia Mohamed believed to be 1st Somali-American elected mayor in U.S. St. Louis Park’s Nadia Mohamed believed to be 1st Somali-American elected mayor in U.S. ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — Nadia Mohamed made history Tuesday night as St. Louis Park elected her as its new mayor, making her the
CBS News (Online)