Ousted Michigan Republican Party chair seeks help from appeals court
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals is being urged to step into a dispute over leadership of the state Republican Party.
Political news from county Kent
Singer, songwriter, provocateur and politician Kinky Friedman dead at 79
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and dabbled in politics with campaigns for Texas governor and other statewide offices, has died.
Michael Flynn Has Turned His Trump-World Celebrity Into a Family Business
In 2021, retired Gen. Michael T. Flynn, Donald J. Trump’s first national security adviser, became chairman of a 75-year-old nonprofit organization — the kind of small charity where chairmen typically work for free.
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door
Kabongo Kambila Ringo stood outside the tent where he has been staying with his pregnant wife and ate from a clear plastic tray of Girl Scout cookies melting in the midday sun.
Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There’s a vacant motel next door
KENT, Wash. (AP) — Kabongo Kambila Ringo stood outside the tent where he has been staying with his pregnant wife and ate from a clear plastic tray of Girl Scout cookies melting in the midday sun.
U.S. heat domes could have stormy impacts in Canada. What to expect this summer
A “heat dome” has settled over parts of the western U.S., with excessive heat warnings in effect for millions. While it’s yet to be seen if those temperatures will hit Canada, meteorologists and scientists say the country could still see an impact, likely in the form of storms.
Redone, hidden, burnt: seven famous subjects and the portraits they hated
Vincent Namatjira’s portrait of Gina Rinehart has found no favour with the subject, with the mining tycoon asking the National Gallery of Australia to remove the painting from an exhibition. But Australia’s richest womanis not the first person to take a painting of their likeness to task.
Miniature Poodle Named Sage Wins Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a Sage bet.
MP Natalie Elphicke Defects To Labour From Tories
Natalie Elphicke has become the latest MP to leave the Conservatives and defect to the Labour party.