NEW YORK — Rep. Jamaal Bowman was trounced in a suburban New York race that became a referendum on progressives’ attitudes toward Israel and the most expensive House primary in U.S. history. Moderate Democrat George Latimer bested Bowman Tuesday, making Bowman the first member of the Squad to lose an election since the far-left group […]
SEATTLE — Former Rep. George Nethercutt, who was a Spokane lawyer with little political experience when he ousted Democratic Speaker of the House Tom Foley as part of a stunning GOP wave that shifted national politics to the right in 1994, has died. He was 79. Nethercutt died Friday near Denver of progressive supranuclear palsy, […]
Five candidates are on the ballot in Tuesday’s special election to fill the remainder of the term on Biloxi Council in Ward 4. Former councilman Robert Deming III resigned May 30 after pleading guilty to a federal drug for the sale of products at his CBD and kratom stores in Mississippi and North Carolina. He […]
Windsor Mayor Barry Wilson is out as mayor of the town after a judge ruled Wednesday his election to the seat in April is null and void because he was not eligible to run for the office. In a lawsuit, Windsor resident James Cosner alleged Wilson wasn’t eligible to run for mayor because if he […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vince Fong, a California State Assembly member backed by former President Donald Trump, won a special election Tuesday to complete the remainder of the term of deposed former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, which runs through January. A McCarthy protege who also had the former speaker’s endorsement, Fong defeated fellow Republican […]
For Charlie Spies, Palm Beach County was the end of the line. Spies, a longtime staple of Republican political and legal circles, abruptly resigned as the Republican National Committee’s chief counsel in the middle of a weekend that brought together some of the party’s biggest dignitaries and donors, as well as served as an audition […]
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament voted on Thursday to dismiss Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, who has overseen the wartime reconstruction effort and championed efforts to set up a vital Black Sea shipping lane, lawmakers said. Kubrakov also helped ensure key logistical routes for millions of people fleeing the fighting early in the war after […]
A Pasco state senator says she doesn’t plan on moving anytime soon to run in a new legislative district after a boundary change effectively ousted her from the 15th District. Nikki Torres, R-Pasco, sent a news release this week endorsing a fellow Republican in the neighboring 14th Legislative District, clarifying that she does not plan […]
George P. Hinton is Chief Executive Officer of the Social Development Commission, former president of Aurora Sinai Medical Center and past director of Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin. Hinton is shown outside the SDC offices on April 12, 2018. George Hinton, the beleaguered chief executive officer of the Social Development Commission, resigned under pressure Thursday night. […]
A Northern California school administrator, who lost a city post four years ago over controversial Covid remarks, was accused of workplace bullying for putting his subordinate’s desk on a roof, officials said Thursday. The allegations against Kenneth Turnage II, director of maintenance, operations and facilities at the Antioch Unified School District, could end up costing […]
Myanmar’s jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest as a health measure due to a heatwave, the military government said. On Wednesday, it also granted amnesties for more than 3,000 prisoners to mark this week’s traditional New Year holiday. Ms Suu Kyi, 78, and Win Myint, the […]
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has made no secret of his public disdain for Rep. Matt Gaetz. But in a recent interview, he went further than ever, appearing to say that Gaetz ended his speakership while trying to prevent an ethics investigation into allegations that the Florida Republican had sexual relations with a 17-year-old, an […]