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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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Alabama

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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Alabama

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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Alabama

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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Alabama

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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Alabama

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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Mayor

Moscow mayor says hostile drone destroyed by air defenses

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a hostile drone was destroyed by air defenses as it approached the city on Sunday, while one of the capital’s airports suspended flights. Russia’s Defence Ministry said separately that the Ukrainian drone had been downed over the Podolsk district of the Moscow region south of the capital. A sign prohibiting […]

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Mayor

NYC mayor Eric Adams did not report crypto holdings in disclosure form

New York City Mayor Eric Adams arrives for a press conference on gun violence at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner on June 26, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images New York City mayor Eric Adams has reportedly pledged to correct his annual financial disclosure form filed with the Conflicts […]

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