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WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans on Friday put forward their second nominee for speaker, though lawmakers departed Capitol Hill for the weekend without unifying enough to hold a floor vote and with a highly uncertain outcome when they return. Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan won the conference nomination in a closed meeting, defeating Georgia’s Austin […]
Evidence shows Republican leadership not good for environment Funn,y isn’t it? So many right wingers cry about how wrong America is, while they are the main cause of their very habitat becoming a wasteland. In Brevard County, a right-wing controlled county in our right-wing state, miles of the Intracoastal Waterway are dead. No alarm cry from […]
The U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) will be the third state or territory to hold its Republican caucuses, along with Nevada, on Feb. 8. But because St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas voters will cast their ballots in an earlier time zone, their caucuses will wrap up earlier than Nevada. Because USVI is a U.S. […]
A wide array of congressional Democrats are lashing out at the GOP’s efforts to score border policy concessions in the ongoing budget fight, warning the proposal would worsen conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border. In a joint statement Thursday, the Black, Hispanic, Asian Pacific American and Progressive caucuses warned against the Republican push to make border […]
A wide array of congressional Democrats are lashing out at the GOP’s efforts to score border policy concessions in the ongoing budget fight, warning the proposal would worsen conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border. In a joint statement Thursday, the Black, Hispanic, Asian Pacific American and Progressive caucuses warned against the Republican push to make border […]
by Rob Schofield, NC Newsline September 14, 2023 by Rob Schofield, NC Newsline September 14, 2023 NC Newsline is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. NC Newsline maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Rob Schofield for questions:
OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Tim Scott seldom specifically brings up race in Iowa. Nor does the Republican presidential candidate have to. He is often the only Black person at his campaign events in the state. The South Carolina senator introduces himself as the product of early-life mentors who taught him not to be bitter. When race comes up, he […]
OSKALOOSA, Iowa (AP) — Tim Scott seldom specifically brings up race in Iowa. Nor does the Republican presidential candidate have to. He is often the only Black person at his campaign events in the state. The South Carolina senator introduces himself as the product of early-life mentors who taught him not to be bitter. When […]
Alabama Republicans rejected calls to draw a second majority-Black congressional district this week, instead creating maps that Democrats and advocates say completely ignore a recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. A federal court ordered the state to redraw its congressional map last year to include two districts where Black voters make up voting-age majorities, […]
Georgia state Rep. Mesha Mainor from Atlanta switched to the Republican Party Tuesday (July 11) and became the only Black GOP state lawmaker, giving Republicans a 102-78 majority in the Georgia House of Representative, the Associated Press reports. Mainor, who was first elected in 2020 to represent the heavily Democratic District 56, had a rocky […]