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Trump revives feud with Arizona’s Ducey over 2020 vote count
by - 04/24/21 8:49 AM ET✕Former President Trump is reviving his feud with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) over an election audit in the state being pushed by Republican state legislators.In statements Friday and Saturday, Trump berated Ducey for what he deemed insufficient support for the effort. The former president maintains the audit push is necessary to detect what he says was voter fraud in November’s presidential race.“Why are the Democrats so desperate to stop this Election Fraud from being revealed? That answer is obvious! The Governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, has been shockingly of zero...…by - 04/24/21 8:49 AM ET✕Former President Trump is reviving his feud with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) over an election audit in the state being pushed by Republican state legislators.In statements Friday and Saturday, Trump berated Ducey for what he deemed insufficient support for the effort. The former president maintains the audit push is necessary to detect what he says was voter fraud in November’s presidential race.“Why are the Democrats so desperate to stop this Election Fraud from being revealed? That answer is obvious! The Governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey, has been shockingly of zero...WW…
Montana Senate passes bill legalizing recreational marijuana
by - 04/23/21 11:09 PM ET✕Montana’s Senate on Friday passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana and direct taxes on the drug to support addiction treatment and conservation programs.The bill passed out of the House earlier this month and was passed in the upper chamber by a 34-16 margin. It will go back to the House so it can approve the legislation with the Senate’s amendments.Should the bill be signed into law, recreational marijuana sales would be taxed at a rate of 20 percent. Of the money raised, $6 million annually would go toward drug addiction programs, and 20...…by - 04/23/21 11:09 PM ET✕Montana’s Senate on Friday passed a bill to legalize recreational marijuana and direct taxes on the drug to support addiction treatment and conservation programs.The bill passed out of the House earlier this month and was passed in the upper chamber by a 34-16 margin. It will go back to the House so it can approve the legislation with the Senate’s amendments.Should the bill be signed into law, recreational marijuana sales would be taxed at a rate of 20 percent. Of the money raised, $6 million annually would go toward drug addiction programs, and 20...WW…
Putin signs law to limit staff in ‘unfriendly’ countries
by - 04/23/21 8:58 PM ET✕Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law limiting staff in embassies, consulates and agencies in “unfriendly” countries.The law Putin signed will also order the government to cobble together a list of the countries that will be subject to the restrictions.According to the , the cutbacks will take place in “state bodies and state institutions of foreign states committing unfriendly acts against the Russian Federation.”The law comes as Russia finds itself in a slew of diplomatic controversies with European and Western powers.Russia and the Czech...…by - 04/23/21 8:58 PM ET✕Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law limiting staff in embassies, consulates and agencies in “unfriendly” countries.The law Putin signed will also order the government to cobble together a list of the countries that will be subject to the restrictions.According to the , the cutbacks will take place in “state bodies and state institutions of foreign states committing unfriendly acts against the Russian Federation.”The law comes as Russia finds itself in a slew of diplomatic controversies with European and Western powers.Russia and the Czech...WW…
St. Louis lawyer who pointed gun at Black Lives Matter protesters considering Senate run
by - 04/20/21 11:02 PM ET✕Mark McCloskey, who rose to national prominence after he was seen pointing an assault rifle at Black Lives Matter protesters in St. Louis last year, is looking at a possible Senate run in Missouri.McCloskey, a wealthy personal-injury lawyer, said that a Senate run is a “consideration.”McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, garnered attention in 2020 after they were seen waving guns at protesters outside their St. Louis mansion. While the two were indicted on charges of unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering, Republicans have raised them up as an example of what...…by - 04/20/21 11:02 PM ET✕Mark McCloskey, who rose to national prominence after he was seen pointing an assault rifle at Black Lives Matter protesters in St. Louis last year, is looking at a possible Senate run in Missouri.McCloskey, a wealthy personal-injury lawyer, said that a Senate run is a “consideration.”McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, garnered attention in 2020 after they were seen waving guns at protesters outside their St. Louis mansion. While the two were indicted on charges of unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering, Republicans have raised them up as an example of what...WW…
Republicans fret over divisive candidates
by - 04/19/21 6:00 AM ET✕Republicans are sounding the alarm that divisive candidates running across the country could cost them key Senate and gubernatorial races next year.The party is concerned that disruptive contenders could hurt their chances of keeping Senate seats in Missouri, Alabama and Wisconsin and flipping the governor’s mansion in Virginia. Republicans are also nervously watching primaries for open Senate seats in North Carolina and Ohio and Democratic-held seats in Arizona and Georgia.Nearly a dozen GOP strategists and donors almost unanimously said former Missouri Gov. Eric...…by - 04/19/21 6:00 AM ET✕Republicans are sounding the alarm that divisive candidates running across the country could cost them key Senate and gubernatorial races next year.The party is concerned that disruptive contenders could hurt their chances of keeping Senate seats in Missouri, Alabama and Wisconsin and flipping the governor’s mansion in Virginia. Republicans are also nervously watching primaries for open Senate seats in North Carolina and Ohio and Democratic-held seats in Arizona and Georgia.Nearly a dozen GOP strategists and donors almost unanimously said former Missouri Gov. Eric...WW…
Taylor Greene defends ‘America First’ effort, pushes back on critics
by - 04/17/21 2:44 PM ET✕Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) defended her efforts to form a pro-Trump caucus in the House of Representatives, saying she would push forward with forming the group but distancing herself from nativist language the group has espoused. Greene said in a statement that she had not read a staff-written draft from the “America First Caucus” that calls for a “common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions.”“On Friday, sick and evil POS in the media attacked me with phrases I never said or wrote. They released a staff level draft proposal from an...…by - 04/17/21 2:44 PM ET✕Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) defended her efforts to form a pro-Trump caucus in the House of Representatives, saying she would push forward with forming the group but distancing herself from nativist language the group has espoused. Greene said in a statement that she had not read a staff-written draft from the “America First Caucus” that calls for a “common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions.”“On Friday, sick and evil POS in the media attacked me with phrases I never said or wrote. They released a staff level draft proposal from an...WW…
Kinzinger: Republicans who join ‘America First’ caucus should be stripped of committees
Follow Us © 1996-2021 News Communication Rep. (Ill.) blasted fellow GOP lawmakers who plan to join the "America First Caucus," saying anyone who becomes a member should lose their committee assignments.Kinzinger, a vocal critic of former , tore into the caucus after it that GOP Reps. (Ga.) and (Ariz.) would lead formation of the group.The caucus calls for promoting "Anglo-Saxon political traditions,” and several House Republicans came out Friday to criticize the group and its policy platform.“I believe anyone that joins this caucus should have their...…Follow Us © 1996-2021 News Communication Rep. (Ill.) blasted fellow GOP lawmakers who plan to join the "America First Caucus," saying anyone who becomes a member should lose their committee assignments.Kinzinger, a vocal critic of former , tore into the caucus after it that GOP Reps. (Ga.) and (Ariz.) would lead formation of the group.The caucus calls for promoting "Anglo-Saxon political traditions,” and several House Republicans came out Friday to criticize the group and its policy platform.“I believe anyone that joins this caucus should have their...WW…
Freedom Caucus member condemns GOP group pushing ‘Anglo-Saxon political traditions’
by - 04/16/21 10:37 PM ET✕Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) tore into a new GOP caucus promoting “Anglo-Saxon political traditions,” describing it as “hatefulness.”The rebuke from Buck, a member of the hardline Freedom Caucus, marks the first signs of internal division among some of the most conservative House members. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), two other Freedom Caucus members, are heading up the newly-formed“The hatefulness of this statement is only surpassed by its ignorance of American history and values,” Buck tweeted, referencing the...…by - 04/16/21 10:37 PM ET✕Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) tore into a new GOP caucus promoting “Anglo-Saxon political traditions,” describing it as “hatefulness.”The rebuke from Buck, a member of the hardline Freedom Caucus, marks the first signs of internal division among some of the most conservative House members. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), two other Freedom Caucus members, are heading up the newly-formed“The hatefulness of this statement is only surpassed by its ignorance of American history and values,” Buck tweeted, referencing the...WW…
Alleged sex trafficking victim may be cooperating with feds in Matt Gaetz investigation, ex-girlfriend says
by - 04/16/21 11:12 PM ET✕Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) former girlfriend has expressed fears that a woman who is allegedly a sex-trafficking victim of the Florida lawmaker recorded a call with her, raising the prospect that a second cooperating witness is working with prosecutors in their investigation of the matter. The lawmaker is accused of traveling with the woman over state lines for sex when she was 17 years old in violation of sex trafficking laws.Gaetz’s former girlfriend raised the concerns with two of her friends, who then relayed them to . She told her associates the...…by - 04/16/21 11:12 PM ET✕Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) former girlfriend has expressed fears that a woman who is allegedly a sex-trafficking victim of the Florida lawmaker recorded a call with her, raising the prospect that a second cooperating witness is working with prosecutors in their investigation of the matter. The lawmaker is accused of traveling with the woman over state lines for sex when she was 17 years old in violation of sex trafficking laws.Gaetz’s former girlfriend raised the concerns with two of her friends, who then relayed them to . She told her associates the...WW…
Democrats praise Biden for recognizing Armenian genocide
by - 04/24/21 1:58 PM ET✕Democrats praised President Biden on Saturday after he recognized the massacre of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as a “genocide.”Biden’s declaration was not only the fulfillment of a campaign promise but also an announcement that bipartisan administrations had refrained from making. “[O]ur hearts are full of joy that President Biden has taken the historic step of joining Congress with formal recognition on Armenian Genocide Day,” said Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). “History teaches us that if we ignore its darkest chapters,...…by - 04/24/21 1:58 PM ET✕Democrats praised President Biden on Saturday after he recognized the massacre of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in 1915 as a “genocide.”Biden’s declaration was not only the fulfillment of a campaign promise but also an announcement that bipartisan administrations had refrained from making. “[O]ur hearts are full of joy that President Biden has taken the historic step of joining Congress with formal recognition on Armenian Genocide Day,” said Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). “History teaches us that if we ignore its darkest chapters,...WW…