By Nafisa Eltahir CAIRO (Reuters) – Rival Sudanese political factions formally attended reconciliation talks in Cairo on Saturday, the first since a conflict in the country began almost 15 months ago, but admitted there was little prospect of quickly ending the war. During the conference the Democratic Bloc, which is aligned with the army, refused […]
Voting booths at a vote center. (Danielle Prokop/Source NM) Most of the action in Tuesday’s South Dakota primary election is in Republican legislative races, where a fight for control of the party has drawn in players ranging from upstart challengers to fundraising groups affiliated with members of Congress. There are 44 Republican legislative primary races […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Armed and masked men from an array of clans and factions have started providing security for aid convoys in Gaza as Hamas tries to keep its clout in the enclave, Palestinian officials and sources in the militant group say. Video footage obtained by Reuters showed a convoy of trucks entering […]
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Republican Party was deep in debt when a longtime party donor who had given more than $1 million over the past decade asked for a meeting with its chairwoman. Kristina Karamo turned down the donor. Her reasoning, according to two people familiar with the matter, was that he […]
LANSING — Opposing factions of the Michigan Republican Party are now planning competing conventions at opposite ends of the state. Kristina Karamo and Pete Hoekstra, who both claim to be the Michigan Republican Party chair, now plan March 2 conventions at opposite ends of the state. Former ambassador and congressman Pete Hoekstra, who was elected […]
Speaker Mike Johnson hasn’t had much success taming the House GOP’s constantly warring factions. The situation has, if anything, gotten worse under his reign. Just over three months into his speakership, Johnson’s already caught in the same swamp that eventually drowned Kevin McCarthy. A few firebrands are threatening to force a vote to boot him […]
(Bloomberg) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will seek to stop his ruling party’s factions from fundraising and competing for leadership positions, after a money scandal sent its public support to the lowest on record in one poll last week. Most Read from Bloomberg Kishida, who disbanded his own faction over the allegations, said the […]
When Nikki Haley was a South Carolina legislator, she backed budgets boosted by federal aid. Running for governor, she criticized a “bailout culture” and dependence on Washington. She once called the Confederate battle flag a heritage symbol and sidestepped calls to remove it from statehouse grounds. After a racist massacre in Charleston, Haley moved to […]