US representative Raul Grijalva became the second congressional Democrat to call for US president Joe Biden to withdraw from the presidential race on Wednesday, as the fallout from his shaky performance at Thursday’s debate continues. “If he’s the candidate, I’m going to support him, but I think that this is an opportunity to look elsewhere,” […]
Mickey Dollens said he tried to warn people. The state representative who spent the 2024 legislative session fighting to protect Oklahoma’s initiative and referendum process said new laws passed this year will make it more difficult to get future state questions in front of the voters. Dollens, an Oklahoma City Democrat, said House Bill 1105 […]
A former Tennessee lawmaker resigned from the Tennessee Human Rights Commissioner board this month following an internal investigation into remarks some colleagues reported as racist and sexist. Former Rep. Christopher Crider, who was appointed to the board last year by Lt. Gov. Randy McNally, resigned on June 6, a week after the internal investigative findings […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. Former Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand […]
Ray Holmberg (Photo provided by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly) Former North Dakota state Sen. Ray Holmberg has signed an agreement indicating he will plead guilty to a child sex tourism charge. A plea agreement filed in U.S. District Court says Holmberg will voluntarily plead guilty to a charge of traveling with intent to engage […]
By Guy Faulconbridge and Lidia Kelly MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, could reduce the decision-making time stipulated in official policy for the use of nuclear weapons if Moscow believes that threats are increasing, parliament’s defence committee chairman said. The war in Ukraine has triggered the biggest confrontation between Russia and the West […]
On Wednesday, no less credible a source than Slate.com announced that Lansing, Michigan, is the most relevant bellwether population center in the country. Where goeth Lansing, so goeth the nation, we say. (Crucial Waukesha County can f— off!) Hours after the publication of the piece, as if to emphasize that Lansing is “where it all […]
Louisiana Republican State Rep. Lauren Ventrella rejected criticism on Thursday for co-authoring a bill that requires the Ten Commandments be displayed in public schools, and said anyone offended should just not look at them. “What do you say to the parents of students, or even teachers, who don’t share your religious views?” CNN host Boris […]
The Louisiana lawmaker behind the radical new law requiring that the Ten Commandments be displayed in public school classrooms across her state is no stranger to the culture wars. State Rep. Dodie Horton, a Republican from Haughton, Louisiana, is also one of the prime movers behind her state’s bill prohibiting teachers from discussing gender identity […]
The Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee is demanding the Biden administration declassify all relevant intelligence about the status of Russia’s nuclear anti-satellite program, saying it would allow for a full public debate on the threat posed by Moscow’s project. Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio said in a speech that the Biden administration has […]
Rep. Neil Friske on the floor of the Michigan House of Representatives, at the Michigan Capitol, in Lansing, Mich., Oct. 10, 2023. Police arrested the Republican lawmaker early Thursday, June 20, 2024, while responding to reports of possible gunshots in Michigan’s capital city, authorities said. Rep. Friske was arrested “for a felony-level offense” around 2:45 […]
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — A Republican state lawmaker from Vermont has apologized for repeatedly pouring water into a Democratic colleague’s bag, after he caught her doing it on video. State Rep. Mary Morrissey publicly apologized to state Rep. Jim Carroll, colleagues and the citizens of Vermont from the House floor on Monday. Both are from […]