Johnson Has a Tough Job. McCarthy’s Concessions Are Making It Tougher.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s push to advance an aid package for Ukraine in the face of vehement opposition from his own party was never going to be easy.
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Dickey Betts, Legendary Guitarist For The Allman Brothers Band, Dies At 80
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died. He was 80.
Trump’s Hopes Of Erasing Biden’s Financial Advantage Rest With His Small-Dollar Army
WASHINGTON — Even as he collects checks as big as $814,600 for his campaign efforts, Donald Trump’s hopes of erasing President Joe Biden’s current financial advantage in the 2024 election likely rest with his millions of followers who over eight years have already given him $1.5 billion in small-dollar donations.
Owner Of New York City’s Defunct Nuclear Plant Sues The State
The company that owns the shuttered nuclear plant that once provided the bulk of New York City’s zero-carbon electricity is suing the state over a law passed last year specifically to block the Indian Point power station from carrying out routine releases of treated wastewater into the Hudson River, HuffPost has learned.
First Gen Z Congressman Lays Bare A 'Damn Hypocrisy' Of Marjorie Taylor Greene
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) on Wednesday took Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to task for hypocrisy during a House Oversight Committee hearing.
A Second Trump Presidency Would Be A Nightmare Scenario For Transgender People
Jules was driving to their friend’s house in St. Petersburg, Florida, last year when a police officer pulled them over for a busted taillight. Jules wondered if the officer saw their “Say Gay” sticker — a small protest to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” bill — and nervously handed over their driver’s license. The 26-year-old EMT in training had legally changed their gender marker to an M on their state documents in 2019, but their photo still reflected how Jules looked early in their medical transition, someone without a thick dark mustache and more baby-faced.
The America depicted in Civil War is not half as alarming as the real one
As the supreme court heard arguments relating to the 6 January riot and Donald Trump sat in a criminal court in Manhattan, cinemas across America have been showing scenes from an imagined world after the end of democracy. The movie Civil War, written and directed by Alex Garland, depicts a conflict-ridden US in which rebel forces battle to overthrow the government. As a thought experiment, this would be a lot more fun in a year in which a man with 91 felony charges wasn’t standing for his second term as president. As it is, the film currently at No 1 at the US box office is under some pressure to say something meaningful about where we are now.
Trump trial jury selection process follows a familiar pattern with an unpredictable outcome
NEW YORK (AP) — When the first batch of potential jurors was brought in for Donald Trump’s criminal trial this week, all the lawyers had to go on to size them up — at first — were their names and the answers they gave in court to a set of screening questions.