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City Council

Police in Serbia fire tear gas at election protesters threatening to storm capital’s city hall | #citycouncil

Police in Serbia have fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city council building By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press December 24, 2023, 2:04 PM ET • 2 min read BELGRADE, Serbia — Police in Serbia fired tear to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city council […]

Alabama

House Republicans are making a gamble with a possible Jim Jordan speakership | #elections | #alabama

CNN — If House Republicans elect hard-charging Jim Jordan as speaker on Tuesday, they will be picking an election denier who is known for working to shut down the government rather than running it. The party would be ending its two-week speakership debacle, but it’d be elevating a ringleader in former President Donald Trump’s attempt […]

Alabama

Judge denies Trump legal team’s motion to extend deadline over protective order dispute in election subversion case | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN — A federal judge on Saturday denied a request from former President Donald Trump’s legal team for a deadline extension over the handling of evidence in the 2020 election subversion case. Trump’s lawyers will have to respond by Monday afternoon to the Justice Department’s proposal for a protective order. John Lauro, an attorney for […]

Alabama

Republican senator should drop his ‘irresponsible’ protest and OK military nominees, Biden says | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

HELSINKI (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said it is “irresponsible” of a Republican senator from Alabama to block confirmation of military officers in protest of a Defense Department policy that pays for travel when a service member has to go out of state to get an abortion or reproductive care. “He’s jeopardizing U.S. […]

Mayor

Kosovo’s new mayor takes up post peacefully in minority area as West warns against ethnic violence

MITROVICA, Kosovo — A new mayor has been sworn in in northern Kosovo after a vote in April that was boycotted by the ethnic Serb minority which dominates the area. Erden Atic, who is from the Bosnian minority, took up his post in the northern, Serb-dominated part of the divided city of Mitrovica on Friday, […]

Mayor

Seattle to pay $2.3M to whistleblowers over ex-mayor Durkan’s 2020 deleted texts

The city of Seattle will pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit brought by employees who helped reveal that thousands of then-Mayor Jenny Durkan’s text messages had been deleted in 2020 May 12, 2023, 10:52 PM ET • 4 min read SEATTLE — The city of Seattle will pay $2.3 million to settle a lawsuit […]

Alabama

Mitch McConnell details GOP efforts to not ‘screw this up’ in 2024 Senate battle | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

CNN — Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell should be brimming with confidence. Republicans are in the driver’s seat to take the Senate majority: with 23 seats held by Democrats, compared to just 11 for Republicans. There are likely just two GOP incumbents whose seats Democrats may try to flip – and both are in Republican […]

Alabama

How McCarthy survived House chaos and won over Matt Gaetz to clinch the speaker’s gavel | #elections | #alabama

CNN — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz strode into House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s office on Monday night with a list of demands. Among them: The chairmanship of a key House Armed Services subcommittee. McCarthy rejected the offer. That decision set in motion a chain of events that left Gaetz and McCarthy locked in open confrontation […]

Alabama

How McCarthy survived House chaos and won over Matt Gaetz to clinch the speaker’s gavel | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Mayor

She made history as Chicago mayor. Reelection may be harder

CHICAGO — Lori Lightfoot made history as the first Black woman and first openly gay person to serve as Chicago mayor, sailing to victory four years ago as an outsider who vowed to rid City Hall of corruption and deliver a safer, more equitable city. But her bid for a second term is very much […]