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Alabama

Republican Sen. Katie Britt says AOC would ‘defund police but fund terrorists’ | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) denounced Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) call to restore funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, contrasting it to the Democrat’s position on defunding the police. Several countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, withdrew funding from the UNRWA, the agency providing critical funding for Palestinian civilians and […]

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Alaska

Biden, in Alaska speech commemorating Sept. 11 attacks, urges unity and defense of democracy ⋆ Michigan Advance | #alaska | #politics

Twenty-two years after Al-Qaeda terrorists staged coordinated attacks that killed nearly 3,000 Americans, there is a threat to U.S. democracy coming from closer to home, President Joe Biden said in a memorial speech in Anchorage. “Terrorism, including political and ideological violence, is the opposite of all we stand for as a nation that settles our […]

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Mayor

Local rabbi grieves close friend, sister city mayor killed in Hamas attacks

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – A local rabbi is mourning the loss of a close friend, the mayor of San Diego’s sister city in Israel, killed during the Hamas attacks on Saturday morning. “He is my friend, our friend,” said Rabbi Jason Nevarez. “We were just talking and reminiscing, catching up that day.” Nevarez can’t help […]

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Mayor

San Diego Mayor Gloria mourns death of Israel sister city mayor in Hamas attack – NBC 7 San Diego

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and the city’s Jewish leaders expressed sorrow Saturday over the death of Ofir Liebstein, the mayor of Shar’ar Hanegev, San Diego’s sister city in Israel, after news of Liebstein’s death in the Hamas attack. “This morning I learned of the death of Mayor Ofir Liebstein. He led Shar’ar Hanegev in […]

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Mayor

San Diego Mayor Gloria mourns death of Israel sister city mayor in Hamas attack – NBC 7 San Diego

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and the city’s Jewish leaders expressed sorrow Saturday over the death of Ofir Liebstein, the mayor of Shar’ar Hanegev, San Diego’s sister city in Israel, after news of Liebstein’s death in the Hamas attack. “This morning I learned of the death of Mayor Ofir Liebstein. He led Shar’ar Hanegev in […]

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Mayor

Mayor Adams on marking 9/11: “It never left”

Mayor Adams on marking 9/11: “It never left” – CBS New York Watch CBS News New York City Mayor Eric Adams wasn’t a politician when the planes hit the World Trade Center more than two decades ago, but he believed elected office was in his future. He tells CBS New York’s Political Reporter Marcia Kramer […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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