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Greg Abbott files lawsuit to remove House Democratic Caucus chair in redistricting standoff
Gov. Greg Abbott filed an emergency petition Tuesday with the Texas Supreme Court to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office after Wu and other Democrats left the state to delay Republican efforts to redraw congressional district lines. The lawsuit from Abbott, a Republican, argues that Wu, the Texas House Democratic Caucus chair, violated the state Constitution and that his…
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Marjorie Taylor Greene calls for George Santos’ prison sentence to be commuted
It might be hard to find someone to have your back in politics if you get caught lying about your life story, become one of a handful of people ever expelled from Congress and then are thrown into federal prison. But George Santos is no ordinary former politician. In a letter Monday, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene formally came to…
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With jobs report, Trump follows playbook of rejecting unfavorable data
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the coronavirus surged during President Donald Trump’s first term, he called for a simple fix: Limit the amount of testing so the deadly outbreak looked less severe. When he lost the 2020 election, he had a ready-made reason: The vote count was fraudulent. And on Friday, when the July jobs report revisions showed a distressed economy,…
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What happens next in Texas redistricting and for Democrats facing civil arrest warrants
Facebook Tweet Email Link Texas Republicans are scheduled to reconvene Tuesday after they voted to issue civil arrest warrants for Democrats who fled the state to stop a GOP-led redistricting effort. The Texas House on Monday authorized the warrants for dozens of Democratic lawmakers who didn’t appear and denied the Texas House a quorum necessary to move forward with redistricting.…
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Modi and Trump once called each other good friends. Now the US-India relationship is getting bumpy
NEW DELHI (AP) — The men shared bear hugs, showered praise on each other and made appearances side by side at stadium rallies — a big optics boost for two populist leaders with ideological similarities. Each called the other a good friend. In India, the bonhomie between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump was seen as a…
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California could slash 5 GOP US House seats to counter Texas’ move to pad Republican margin
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Democrats are considering new political maps that could slash five Republican-held House seats in the liberal-leaning state while bolstering Democratic incumbents in other battleground districts. The move comes in direct response to efforts by Texas Republicans to redraw House districts in order to strengthen the GOP hold on the chamber in 2026. A draft plan…
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Why were US job numbers which riled Trump revised down by so much?
Natalie Sherman & Jake Horton BBC Verify BBC President Donald Trump has fired the head of the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (LBS) after the department revised down recent job numbers by more than 250,000. He says the figures were “rigged” to make his administration “look bad”. Although the latest revisions were bigger than usual, it is normal for the…
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2 dead, 6 hurt in mass shooting in downtown L.A. after music festival
Two people were killed and six others were wounded at an after-party for the Hard Summer music festival in downtown Los Angeles early Monday, according to police and media reports. About 11 p.m. Sunday, a “big party” was shut down at a warehouse in the 1100 block of 14th Place after officers saw a person possibly armed with a gun…
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Kremlin plays down Trump’s nuclear rhetoric as US envoy set to visit Moscow
Bloomberg via Getty Images US President Donald Trump said he would move two nuclear submarines closer to Russia last week but didn’t specify if they are nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed. The sub pictured above is a US ballistic missile submarine called the USS Kentucky. The Kremlin has played down Donald Trump’s orders to move two nuclear submarines closer to Russia, saying…
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Third girl dies after sailboat and barge collision in Miami
Facebook Tweet Email Link Miami’s sailing community is “shattered by grief” after a third child died Sunday, six days after a sailboat and barge collision in Biscayne Bay, the Miami Yacht Club said. The collision happened between Monument and Hibiscus Islands around 11 a.m. July 28. Five girls between the ages of 7 and 13, as well as a 19-year-old…
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