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Alabama

Next month’s 4th GOP presidential debate will be in Alabama | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

A fourth Republican presidential debate has been set for next month, with heightened polling requirements that could make the stage less crowded than before. In a memo sent to campaigns on Friday and obtained by The Associated Press, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel said the fourth debate would take place Dec. 6 in Tuscaloosa, […]

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Alaska

Pa. automatic voter registration angers Trump, echoing 2020 | #alaska | #politics

Donald Trump has a familiar target in his sights: Pennsylvania’s voting rules. He never stopped attacking court decisions on mail-in ballots during the COVID-19 pandemic, falsely claiming it as a reason for his 2020 loss in the crucial battleground state. Now, the former Republican president is seizing on a decision by Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro to bypass the Legislature […]

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Alaska

Husband of Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola dies in airplane crash | #alaska | #politics

 U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband has died in an airplane crash, her office said in a statement Wednesday. “We are devastated to share that Mary’s husband, Eugene Peltola Jr. — ′Buzzy’ to all of us who knew and loved him — passed away earlier this morning following a plane accident in Alaska,” her chief of […]

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Alaska

Joe the Plumber has died at 49 | #alaska | #politics

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Samuel “Joe” Wurzelbacher, who was thrust into the political spotlight as “Joe the Plumber” after questioning Barack Obama about his economic policies during the 2008 presidential campaign, and who later forayed into politics himself, has died, his son said Monday. He was 49. What You Need To Know His oldest son, […]

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Alaska

Post-Roe differences surface in GOP over new abortion rules | #alaska | #politics

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, Wisconsin’s 1849 law that bans the procedure except when a mother’s life is at risk became newly relevant. What You Need To Know When the U.S. Supreme Court repealed in June a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, Wisconsin’s 1849 […]

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Alaska

Johnson has ‘no reason to oppose’ Respect for Marriage Act | #alaska | #politics

WISCONSIN — Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., signaled support for the Respect for Marriage Act that would codify same-sex marriage. What You Need To Know Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., signaled support for the Respect for Marriage Act that would codify same-sex marriage The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to pass a bill protecting the right […]

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Alaska

Biden offshore drilling proposal would allow up to 11 sales | #alaska | #politics

President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday proposed up to 10 oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and one off the Alaska coast over the next five years — going against the Democrat’s climate promises but scaling back a Trump-era plan that called for dozens of offshore drilling opportunities including in undeveloped areas. Interior […]

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