Author: The Gazette
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Utah Democrats see opportunity with newly passed maps but expect legal hurdles
Utah lawmakers passed a redistricted congressional map on Monday following a court-ordered redrawing for the 2026 elections in August. The redrawing, which gives Democrats a glimmer of hope in two likely more competitive districts, comes alongside a national redistricting battle between blue and red states. The push-and-pull was initially sparked by Gov. Greg Abbott’s (R-TX)…
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Joe Concha warns Andrew Cuomo is ‘running out of runway’ to beat Zohran Mamdani
Washington Examiner Senior Writer Joe Concha predicted that Andrew Cuomo is “trailing” behind his opponent for New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani, because of his reputation as a “horrible governor of New York.” “I don’t wish anything with Cuomo. I think he was a horrible governor of New York, obviously New Yorkers feel that way…
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Pentagon nominee backs Trump call on 10% Taiwan defense spending
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The nominee to be the Pentagon’s senior official for the Indo-Pacific region said on Tuesday he strongly supported President Donald Trump in saying that Taiwan should spend up to 10% of its GDP on defense. Taiwan’s proposed defense budget for next year will reach 3.32% of GDP, and President Lai Ching-te said in…
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White House debates pulling back pay from furloughed workers
The White House is scrutinizing ways to keep federal workers who were furloughed during the government shutdown from receiving back pay. The Trump administration is eyeing a memo from the Office of Management and Budget that asserts there is a loophole in a 2019 federal law seeking to ensure government workers receive retroactive compensation for…
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Trump’s threat to invoke Insurrection Act escalates showdown with Democratic cities
By Emily Schmall, Andrea Shalal and Joseph Ax CHICAGO (Reuters) -Hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers gathered on Tuesday at an Army facility outside Chicago, as Donald Trump’s threat to invoke an anti-insurrection law and deploy troops to more U.S. cities intensified the battle over the limits to his authority. The Republican president on Tuesday…
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UNICEF official says Gaza babies forced to share oxygen masks, Israel challenges UN data
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Israel has repeatedly denied permission to transfer incubators from an evacuated hospital in North Gaza, a U.N. children’s agency official said on Tuesday, adding to strain on overcrowded hospitals further south where newborn babies are now sharing oxygen masks. Israel disputed the assertion and said it was allowing the transfer…
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MTG joins handful of Republicans in favor of extending Obamacare subsidies
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) revealed on Monday that she’s bucking Republican leadership in supporting a measure to attach Obamacare subsidies to a government spending bill. “I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year,” she wrote in a scathing post on X. “I’m going to go against…
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Macron’s last-ditch bid for political accord suffers early blows
PARIS — The mission of Sebastien Lecornu, France’s caretaker prime minister, to save Emmanuel Macron’s presidency from a deepening crisis ran into roadblocks Tuesday as several parties showed little appetite for compromise to end the political impasse. Macron asked the outgoing premier to have one last attempt — with a deadline of Wednesday evening —…
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Qualcomm buys open-source electronics firm Arduino
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Qualcomm on Tuesday said it has acquired Arduino, an Italian not-for-profit firm that makes hardware and software for developing prototypes of robots and other electronic gadgets. San Diego-based Qualcomm is a major supplier of chips at the heart of mobile phones but has been expanding into other fields such as connected…
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Brazil’s Finance Minister confirms studies on eliminating public transport fares
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad confirmed on Tuesday that the government is conducting studies, at the request of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on a plan to eliminate public transportation fares nationwide. Speaking on a government radio program, Haddad acknowledged the initiative, which surfaced in media reports last week and rattled…