Who’s running for House speaker in the GOP | #elections | #alabama
The nine Republicans running for House speaker will make their pitch before a party candidate forum Monday evening. GOP lawmakers are slated to select their nominee for speaker Tuesday morning. The nominee could face a floor vote in the House later in the day. Only two of the nine candidates, Majority Whip Tom Emmer and […]
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Sen. Tuberville says military not equal opportunity employer | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.,speaks to reporters outside the Senate chamber in the Capitol on Thursday, July 13, 2023. Bill Clark | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the Alabama Republican and former football coach, said Tuesday that the U.S. military is “not an equal-opportunity employer.” The military is an equal-opportunity […]
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Senate confirms first military nominee in months amid broader blockade by Tommy Tuberville | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stands for photos in the office of Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) before a meeting with Schumer at the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty […]
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Trump bid to delay New York fraud trial ‘without merit,’ judge says | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks on as he attends the ALGOP Summer Meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, Aug. 4, 2023. Cheney Orr | Reuters A New York judge on Wednesday rejected Donald Trump’s request to delay his sweeping civil fraud trial, calling the former president’s request “completely without merit.” One day […]
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Court rejects Alabama congressional map in racial gerrymandering case | #elections | #alabama
A panel of three federal judges blocked Alabama from conducting any elections using a congressional map that was accused of being racially gerrymandered against the state’s Black voters. Finding that it would be “practically impossible” for the state’s legislature to fix the map ahead of the 2024 election cycle, the panel ordered a special master […]
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Court rejects Alabama congressional map in racial gerrymandering case | #elections | #alabama
A map of a GOP proposal to redraw Alabama’s congressional districts is displayed at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Ala., Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Kim Chandler | AP A panel of three federal judges on Tuesday struck down an Alabama congressional map accused of being racially gerrymandered against the state’s Black voters. Finding that it […]
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Here’s what’s next for the case in Georgia | #elections | #alabama
Tue, Aug 15 2023 5:02 PM EDT John Eastman calls Georgia indictment a ‘legal cluster-bomb’ John Eastman, former lawyer to Donald Trump, speaks to members of the media after leaving the State Bar Court of California in Los Angeles, California, US, on Tuesday, June 20, 2023. Eric Thayer | Bloomberg | Getty Images John Eastman, […]
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Lawmakers visit Taiwan as Biden seeks China detente | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
House Armed Services Committee chairman Mike Rogers landed in Taiwan on Tuesday with a delegation of lawmakers. Rogers’ visit to Taipei comes as the Biden administration takes several steps aimed at stabilizing the bilateral relationship with China. Anti-China sentiment is far more visible on Capitol Hill than it is in the White House, where trade […]
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Some GOP presidential hopefuls call for tighter federal abortion limits | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence gestures during the “National Celebrate Life Day Rally” commemorating the first anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Dobbs v Women’s Health Organization case, overturning the landmark Roe v Wade abortion decision, in Washington, U.S., June 24, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Two […]
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Election Day coverage of the 2022 midterms | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Russian billionaire admits to interfering in U.S. elections Yevgeny Prigozhin controls Concord Management and Consulting LLC. Alexander Zemlianichenko | AP Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin said he interfered in past U.S. elections and would continue doing so in the future, the first such admission from a figure who has been formally implicated by Washington in efforts to influence American politics. In […]
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