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Congress preps for drama with spending, farm bill, Pentagon policy and election-year bombast
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Congress preps for drama with spending, farm bill, Pentagon policy and election-year bombast

By Lindsey McPherson | The Washington Times Memorial Day for Congress kicked off an election-year summer sprint in which serious legislating usually takes a backseat to partisan messaging bills. The Senate started voting on bills that the Democrats in control there know will fail but want to message on. That started last week with a second failed vote on a border policy bill and will continue next week when Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer plans a vote on a bill to establish a statutory right to contraception. The Republican-led House is more focused on bills it can pass but also wants to score points. House GOP leaders laid out an ambitious plan to pass all 12 annual spending bills in June and July. With what will soon be a two-vote GOP majority, they don’t have much ...
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Libertarians pick Chase Oliver as presidential nominee, rejecting RFK, Jr., and Trump
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Libertarians pick Chase Oliver as presidential nominee, rejecting RFK, Jr., and Trump

By BRITTANY GIBSON | Politico The Libertarian Party selected former Georgia Senate candidate Chase Oliver as their presidential nominee on Sunday, spurning appeals for support over the weekend from both Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The selection of Oliver, who has described himself as “armed and gay” and whose third-party candidacy helped force a runoff in the Georgia Senate race in 2022, came a day after Trump suggested he would be the best nominee for the party, drawing a sustained chorus of boos. The former president was deemed ineligible for the nomination by the Libertarian Party chair — Trump wrote on his social media platform that, as the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, he could not have accepted the nomination, anyway — while Kennedy was eliminated in the...
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Alaskans outraged after crew reportedly prevented from flying U.S. flag at Denali National Park
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Alaskans outraged after crew reportedly prevented from flying U.S. flag at Denali National Park

By Valerie Richardson | The Washington Times A flag flap erupted at Denali National Park in Alaska following a report that the superintendent has banned construction workers from flying the stars and stripes. The National Park Service denies the claim. Sen. Dan Sullivan, Alaska Republican, fired off a letter to National Park Service Director Charles Sams asking him to “immediately investigate” a claim that contractors on a major federal bridge project inside the park were told to stop flying U.S. flags because they detract from the “park experience.” “It is an outrage that on the lead-up to Memorial Day, a construction worker was prohibited from flying an American flag in a national park in Alaska,” Mr. Sullivan said this weekend on X. “I cannot conceive of a federal law or regula...
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Memorial Day: Important facts about the solemn American holiday
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Memorial Day: Important facts about the solemn American holiday

10 facts about Memorial Day history, including traditions and key stats about US armed forces By Nicole Pelletiere | Fox News Memorial Day is observed in the U.S. on Monday, May 27. While some Americans will use the federal holiday as a time to relax and recharge, others view it as a day of mourning. If you’re not certain why that is, here are 10 number-based facts about how Memorial Day came to be — plus current observance traditions and key statistics about America’s military. 1. When did the first Memorial Day take place? America’s first Memorial Day observance was on May 5, 1868, which was originally called Decoration Day by the Grand Army of the Republic, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.  President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamal...
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Could Trump Turn the Bronx Red?
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Could Trump Turn the Bronx Red?

By Olivia Reingold | The Free Press In an overgrown field in the Bronx, a borough that has not voted red in a presidential election since 1924, Orthodox Jews, fraternity brothers, George Santos, Dominican immigrants, off-duty firefighters, and thousands of others are craning their necks for a view of Donald J. Trump.  “Thank you, thank you,” Trump mouths to the crowd over the tune of “God Bless the USA.”  He strides up to the podium, in a breeze that rattles the American flags behind him but is no match for his frozen blond coif. Thousands of hands spring into the air, pumping rhythmically to chants of “U! S! A!” “Hello, New York City, and hello to all the incredible tough, strong, hardworking American patriots right here in the Bronx,” roars the former president. “Wh...
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GOP Super PAC Invests $5 Million in 8th Congressional District Race Amidst Fierce Contest
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GOP Super PAC Invests $5 Million in 8th Congressional District Race Amidst Fierce Contest

By Rocky Mountain Voice Staff A GOP-affiliated super PAC has earmarked $5 million for advertising in Colorado’s hotly contested 8th Congressional District race. This financial commitment underscores the significance of this district in the 2024 elections. The district, which is seen as a critical battleground, will likely see intensified campaign efforts as both parties vie for control. The substantial ad reserve by the GOP-aligned group indicates a strategic move to sway voters and secure a victory in this pivotal race. One of the candidates, Gabe Evans, is a conservative State Representative with a history of running towards challenges. With twelve years in the US Army and Colorado Army National Guard as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter pilot and company commander, Evans has completed...
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American Confidence in Elections: Preventing Noncitizen Voting and Other Foreign Interference
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American Confidence in Elections: Preventing Noncitizen Voting and Other Foreign Interference

By Hans von Spakovsky | Heritage Foundation We should provide both access and security in the election process. We want to ensure that every eligible citizen is able to vote and that those votes are not diluted, voided, or stolen due to unlawful registration and voting by aliens who have no right to participate in our political and election process and by the unfair and unjust inclusion of aliens in the apportionment of the House of Representatives, as well as the drawing of boundary lines for political districts at the federal, state and local level. Individual aliens and foreign entities and governments should also not be able to interfere in recall elections and ballot-issue referenda. That is essential in convincing the public that they can and should turn out to exercise the franch...
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The Biden effect? Border Patrol has lost a quarter of workforce since 2020 election
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The Biden effect? Border Patrol has lost a quarter of workforce since 2020 election

ByAnna Giaritelli | Washington Examiner The U.S. Border Patrol has lost nearly a quarter of its workforce since Democratic candidate Joe Biden beat incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, and some agents say it is no coincidence. More than 4,000 federal agents have left the Border Patrol since October 2020. Twice as many agents have chosen to retire early compared to retirement rates during the Obama and Trump administrations. In recent years, Border Patrol agents have lamented that the Biden administration’s immigration policy has caused a crisis that has sunk morale, but the new data provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirmed that far more agents are choosing to leave than normal. “The administration is so bad for ...
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Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump following their disputes during Republican primary
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Nikki Haley says she will vote for Donald Trump following their disputes during Republican primary

By MEG KINNARD | The Gazette Nikki Haley said Wednesday that she will be voting for Donald Trump in the general election, a notable show of support given their intense and often personal rivalry during the Republican primary calendar. But Haley also made it clear that she feels Trump has work to do to win over voters who supported her during the course of the primary campaign and continue to cast votes for her in ongoing primary contests. “I will be voting for Trump,” Haley, Trump’s former U.N. ambassador, said during an event at the Hudson Institute in Washington. “Having said that, I stand by what I said in my suspension speech,” Haley added. "Trump would be smart to reach out to the millions of people who voted for me and continue to support me and not as...
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Mickey and Minnie in a union? You bet, at Disneyland in California
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Mickey and Minnie in a union? You bet, at Disneyland in California

By Rebecca Mezistrano and Ross Kohan | The Street The Happiest Place on Earth is dealing with some not-so-happy employees. 1,700 Disneyland cast members who play characters in the California theme park have voted to unionize under the Actors’ Equity Association. Disneyland has more than 21,000 total cast members, from food service workers to hair and make-up artists, and they’re represented by more than a dozen different unions. Until now, those who dress up as famous Disney characters around the park have been excluded from unions. But now they’ll have their say, with the Actors’ Equity Association saying in a statement “These workers are on the front lines of the Guest experience; they’re the human beings who create lifelong memories when your kids hug a character, or when your ...
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