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Alabama

U.S. Senate Republicans push for Mayorkas impeachment trial • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON — More than 40 U.S. Senate Republicans lobbied Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday to hold a full impeachment trial for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Schumer and other Democrats have indicated they’d be open to immediately voting to dismiss the House-passed articles of impeachment rather than holding a trial in the Senate. The […]

Alabama

Aid to Ukraine, Israel overwhelmingly approved by U.S. House in bipartisan vote • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON — Military and humanitarian aid could be on its way to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan within weeks after the U.S. House took a series of overwhelmingly bipartisan votes Saturday to approve $95 billion in emergency assistance — and the Senate appeared poised to agree. The approval in a rare weekend session ended months of […]

Alabama

Shomari Figures and Caroleene Dobson head to general election • Alabama Reflector | #elections | #alabama

Democrat Shomari Figures and Republican Caroleene Dobson are headed to the November general election after winning runoffs Tuesday in Alabama’s newly drawn 2nd Congressional District. As of 10:26 p.m. Tuesday, Figures, an attorney, had 21,926 votes (61%) while House Minority Leader Anthony Daniels, D-Huntsville, had 13,990 votes (39%) in unofficial returns. In the Republican runoff, […]

Alabama

New details make Tuberville’s blockade appear even more foolish | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sen. Tommy Tuberville last year became the first sitting senator in American history to launch a monthslong blockade against confirming U.S. military officials. The Alabama Republican, however, claimed to have a good reason. In the wake of Roe v. Wade’s demise, the Pentagon created a travel-reimbursement policy for servicemembers who needed to travel for reproductive […]

Alabama

McConnell to step down as U.S. Senate GOP leader • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November, he said on the Senate floor Wednesday, announcing the end of a run as party leader that broke records for its length and shaped American politics over nearly two decades. “One of life’s most underappreciated talents is […]

Alabama

Baldwin County readies to vote Super Tuesday | #elections | #alabama

FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — Poll watchers have all been trained and are ready. Voting machines have been tested, and soon, it will be time for voters to have their say at the 59 polling places across Baldwin County. Because of the massive growth in the county, some new voting precincts have been created, and some […]

Arkansas

Arkansas lawmakers provide feedback after U.S. House votes to ban TikTok

The United States House of Representatives voted 352 to 65 passing the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. All four representatives from Arkansas voted in support of the bill.The push in Washington to ban certain apps such as TikTok comes as more lawmakers express their concerns over national security. Rep. Steve Womack released […]

Alabama

U.S. Senate Republican blocks legislation protecting in vitro fertilization • Alabama Reflector | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

WASHINGTON — U.S. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi blocked a bill from passing Wednesday that would have preserved access to in vitro fertilization nationwide, stalling a push by Democrats following a landmark Alabama Supreme Court decision. The court ruled earlier this month that frozen embryos counted as children under state law and parents could […]

Alabama

GOP’s Katie Britt looks to capitalize on post-SOTU fiasco | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

By any fair measure, Sen. Katie Britt had a rough few days, though she has no one to blame but herself. Nearly a week ago, the Alabama Republican had the unenviable task of delivering her party’s official State of the Union response, which didn’t go especially well. Britt’s overwrought delivery, wild tonal swings, and kitchen […]

Mayor

Houston TX Mayor John Whitmire’s first two months in City Hall

Mayor John Whitmire speaks during a press conference at the Houston Emergency Center in January. Houston’s new mayor has met with a slew of elected officials, big-name executives and staffers during his first two months in office. Karen Warren/Staff photographer Aside from council meetings and staff calls, Whitmire’s top priority – resolving City Hall’s years-long […]