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US House in chaos after Kevin McCarthy loses speaker votes

US House in chaos after Kevin McCarthy loses speaker votes

US House in chaos after Kevin McCarthy loses speaker votes. In a day filled with high drama in politics, Republican leader Kevin McCarthy was repeatedly unsuccessful in his attempt to become Speaker in the US House of Representatives. The House ended without any Speaker on the night of Tuesday, the first time since 1923 that they failed to select the speaker after the first round vote. The beginning of a new Congress was meant to be a celebration of those in the Republican Party as it took control of the lower chamber following the November elections. However, President McCarthy was…
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​Elon Musk claims he will start restoring banned Twitter accounts next week

​Elon Musk claims he will start restoring banned Twitter accounts next week

​Elon Musk claims he will start restoring banned Twitter accounts - Elon Musk announced Thursday that he will start restoring all previously banned accounts on Twitter beginning next week. This is his largest-reaching move to reverse the policy of suspending users for violating its rules repeatedly. Musk tweeted Thursday, "The people have spoken." "Amnesty starts next week. Vox Populi, Vox Dei." Musk had surveyed his followers on Wednesday about whether to offer general amnesty for suspended accounts, provided they have not violated the law or used egregious spamming. The poll closed on Thursday at 12:45 ET. 72.4% voted in favor…
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Republicans tried to put Criminality onto the 2020 Ballot. The voters didn’t support it.

Republicans tried to put Criminality onto the 2020 Ballot. The voters didn’t support it.

Republicans tried to put criminality onto the 2020 ballot - Crime would be the final straw in the favor of Republicans in Pennsylvania in the midterm elections in 2022. Like 1994, where the then U.S. Tom Ridge clobbered Lieutenant. Governor Mark Singel with Reginald McFadden the victim of clemency, who committed murder shortly after his release. In Pennsylvania's highly watched U.S. Senate race, Republican candidate Mehmet Oz slammed Lt. Governor. John Fetterman for his role as a member of the Board of Pardons. But the difference is that Singel's campaign fell to the pressures and Democrat Fetterman won. Why? Despite…
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Trump’s 2024 campaign sets the stage for a possible confrontations on the Sunshine State

Trump’s 2024 campaign sets the stage for a possible confrontations on the Sunshine State

Trump's 2024 campaign sets the stage for a possible confrontations - The twice-impeached former president Donald Trump, who helped inspire an armed assault at the U.S. Capitol, in attempts to overturn the results of the election in 2020 He is the very first Florida politician to publicly announce that he's running for the nation's highest post in 2024. "The pausing," Trump called this time period of four years many times in his talk at Mar-a-Lago. The news of the day Trump's announcement from his exclusive club for members at Palm Beach sets up a confrontation with the Florida Governor. Ron…
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Donald Trump launches his bid as president as an underdog

Donald Trump launches his bid as president as an underdog

Donald Trump launches his bid as president as an underdog - It's officially announced: Donald Trump is running for the presidency of the United States in 2024. The former president announced the news the night before in an hour-long address at his home in Mar-a-Lago and kicked off what's likely to be a tense election for the Republican nomination. The speech wasn't exactly captivating however, and Trump was able to spend the majority of the time repeating themes he's been insisting on for the last six years. It was possible that what was strange or even subversive the moment the…
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Republicans close to capturing the U.S. House majority

Republicans close to capturing the U.S. House majority

Republicans close to capturing the U.S. House majority - Early on Thursday (10 November), Republicans were closer to securing a majority of the US House of Representatives, while control of the Senate was still in doubt. This is two days after Democrats stopped a Republican "redwave" in midterm elections. Edison Research predicted that Republicans would win at least 210 House seats. This is eight short of 218 required to take the House from Democrats. Although Republicans are still the preferred party, 33 House contests remain undetermined. This includes 21 of 53 most competitive races based on a Reuters analysis by…
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Luria makes a Final Case to Support Democracy, Vies for Black Voters

Luria makes a Final Case to Support Democracy, Vies for Black Voters

Luria makes a Final Case to Support Democracy, Vies for Black Voters Democratic Rep. Elaine Luria is spending the last day of her campaign in new areas in  Virginia district to garner the backing of Black residents, whose vote could determine whether she is elected to another term. In the final weeks of the campaign Rep. Elaine Luria was seated on a wooden deck in the far reaches of her district that she had just drawn with a microphone in her hand with a 7-year-old Black girl by her side as she made her final argument about the issues that…
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Trump is Having A Big Florida Rally And DeSantis isn’t invited.

Trump is Having A Big Florida Rally And DeSantis isn’t invited.

Former president Donald Trump is set to assist an ally Republican with his efforts in Florida in their bid to win another chance to win Florida's Sunshine State this year. However, it could not be the governor of the state. Ron DeSantis after Trump declined to invite him to a rally which took place two days prior to Election Day. Trump announced on Wednesday an upcoming rally scheduled for November. 6 to show his support for the Senator. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) Senator who often used insults against during the campaign for Trump's Republican Party presidential nomination in the 2016 election.…
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A lot of Central Texas counties fully staffed for elections, despite rising threats to employees

A lot of Central Texas counties fully staffed for elections, despite rising threats to employees

An increase in threats to poll workers in the wake of Trump's 2020 election has many worried that there will be a shortage of workers to work during this year's election. However, there was a positive sign in Central Texas, many counties were in good shape to meet their goals for hiring by the beginning of early voting. Hays, Bastrop, Burnet, Williamson and Caldwell counties all claimed they could not have any difficulty in hiring sufficient poll employees. Kristin Miles who is Bastrop County elections administrator, Bastrop County elections manager has said the polling places were completely staffed for several…
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