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Roy Cooper makes stop in Graham
3+ hour, 22+ min ago (220+ words) Former Gov. Roy Cooper, the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, made a campaign stop in Graham on Monday. Former two-term Gov. Roy Cooper stopped in Graham on Monday as part of his “Make Stuff Cost Less” tour highlighting affordability issues…...
Michigan housing shortage requires urgent action | Dillon
14+ min ago (58+ words) Michigan's housing crisis isn't a mystery. It's a supply shortage. | Opinion The Detroit News Michigan's housing crisis isn't a mystery. It's a supply shortage. | Opinion Many proposals are floating around Michigan right now to lower the cost of housing, but…...
Starmer says his political journey is over at his last question session as UK leader
9+ hour, 19+ min ago (866+ words) Starmer, who leaves office next week, bid farewell to the boisterous weekly Prime Minister’s Questions sessions where he has traded barbs with opposition politicians and defended his government’s record. On Monday, he will step down as prime minister after losing…...
Opinion - The South is democracy’s front line, and the left must send reinforcements - AOL
11+ hour, 35+ min ago (747+ words) In my backyard, outside Atlanta, I have been fighting fire ants. Anyone who has lived in the South knows you don’t prune a fire-ant problem, you kill the nest. Ignore one, and it becomes a dozen. I keep thinking about…...
What’s in the $95B reconciliation package
1+ hour, 28+ min ago (575+ words) The budget resolution is the third attempt at reconciliation. There are no offsets in the measure, a possible issue for fiscal hawks. Identical resolutions must pass the House and Senate to unlock the reconciliation process, which allows bills related to…...
House Democrats split over U.S. aid to Israel as public opinion shifts - AOL
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (570+ words) WASHINGTON — House Democrats were deeply divided Wednesday over a vote to end U.S. aid for Israel, an intraparty fight that split the party's top two leaders. On Wednesday afternoon,House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., votedagainst an amendment by…...
TRT World - Nearly half of House Democrats defy leadership to vote against US military aid to Israel
12+ min ago (445+ words) The US House of Representatives has rejected a bold legislative amendment to eliminate $3.3 billion in annual US military aid provided to Israel. Yet, the final tally revealed a historic realignment within the Democratic Party that would have been unthinkable just…...
More than half of House Democrats vote to cut Israel aid in growing split
48+ min ago (726+ words) The vote tally, 104-314, was not enough to attach the amendment to a broader national security spending bill, but stands as a stark accounting of the shifting attitudes that are dividing the Democratic Party and the nation over Israeli Prime Minister…...
Trump’s speech: A primer on foreign interference, voting security
2+ hour, 54+ min ago (971+ words) President Donald Trump is set to address the nation July 16 with an expected primetime focus on election integrity. Trump's comments and news reports show he will focus on the 2020 election that he lost. The administration has been cagey about offering…...
Sussex pauses public hearings after housing bill passes | Real estate | delawarebusinessnow.com
27+ min ago (185+ words) Sussex County canceled public hearings on two land use applications after legislative action that governs approvals for housing developments. Two applications for cluster subdivisions that were slated to go before the Planning & Zoning Commission now appear to be approved ‘by-right…...