Author: Brian Slodysko
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Dem-led House kicks Greene off committees
WASHINGTON • A divided House tossed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off both her committees Thursday, an unprecedented punishment that Democrats said she’d earned by spreading hateful and violent conspiracy theories. Underscoring the political vise her inflammatory commentary has clamped her party into, nearly all Republicans voted against the Democratic move but none defended her lengthy…
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McCarthy condemns Greene remarks but blasts Dem ‘power grab’
WASHINGTON • House Republicans decided Wednesday to stand by two GOP lawmakers who have polarized the party, voting to retain Rep. Liz Cheney as their No. 3 leader and saying they’d fight a Democratic push to kick Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene off her committees. In a 145-61 vote by secret ballot, House Republicans overwhelmingly rebuffed…
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Report: Sessions to announce Alabama Senate bid
WASHINGTON • Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions will announce that he is entering the race for his old U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, two Republicans with direct knowledge of his plans said Wednesday. Sessions, 72, will be making a return to the political stage a year after stepping down as President Donald Trump’s first attorney…
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Hickenlooper, Bennet could be cut from debates after July
The largest presidential field in modern Democratic politics could quickly shrink as more than half of the contenders — including Colorado’s John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet — are in real danger of failing to meet tougher requirements to participate in the fall round of debates. Short on support and money and bound by tough party…
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2 women publicly accuse Indiana attorney general of groping
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save INDIANAPOLIS — Two women came forward Friday to publicly accuse Attorney General Curtis Hill of groping them during a party earlier this year, increasing pressure on the embattled Republican to resign. Democratic state Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon published her account of the March 15 incident,…