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Bowman faces primary from NY county executive

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) will face a primary challenge from George Latimer, a Westchester County, N.Y. executive, Latimer's campaign announced Wednesday. "I decided that the next step in my career would be a run for Congress because I believe our country is currently facing an existential crisis that threatens our very democracy," Latimer said in...

House Republican weighs voting against funding bill over electric vehicles

Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) said she’d consider voting against a bill to fund the government if it does not bar a Biden rule aiming to bolster electric vehicles. McClain, during a press conference on Wednesday said it’s “a hard line for me” to prevent an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that would be expected to...

HUD to join 14 entities in U.S. climate change research alliance

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is set to join the U.S. Global Change Research Program, a coalition of federal entities that coordinates research on climate change, HUD officials announced Wednesday at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. The program was established in 1989 and has 14 other member entities: the departments...

17-year-old arrested in DC carjacking of FBI agent

Washington, D.C., police said they arrested a 17-year-old in connection to a recent carjacking of an FBI agent late last month.  Authorities said the minor and an accomplice approached the FBI agent who was standing outside his vehicle in the afternoon on Nov. 29 in northeast D.C. The minor and his accomplice allegedly carjacked the...

Putin arrives in Middle East flanked by Russian fighter jets

Flanked by fighter jets, Russian President Vladimir Putin touched down in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday in the first part of his trip to the Middle East, where he will also travel to Saudi Arabia. Putin landed at Abu Dhabi International Airport in the UAE under protection from four Su-35 Russian fighter jets, which...

Senate progressives demand Biden reduce Gaza civilian deaths caused by US weapons 

A group of progressive Senate Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are pressing President Biden and his administration to step up oversight of the use of U.S. military weapons by the Israeli military in Gaza to reduce the civilian death toll.   In a letter to President Biden on Tuesday, the senators raised alarm...

Julián Castro tapped to run Latino Community Foundation

Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro is taking over as CEO of the Latino Community Foundation (LCF), a California-based nonprofit focused on expanding Latino economic, civic and political representation. Castro, a former mayor of San Antonio and 2020 presidential candidate, will take over the organization on Jan. 1. "One of the things that...

The IRS’s new crypto tax grab is a bridge too far

The IRS was unsuccessful with bank accounts, so now they are going after taxpayers’ digital asset transactions.

Kevin McCarthy to resign from Congress after being ousted as House speaker

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., announced in a Wall Street Journal op-ed on Wednesday that he will step down from Congress after he was ousted as House Speaker.

RNC Chair McDaniel defends GOP’s incredible shrinking field of 2024 presidential contenders

Republican National Committee chair McDaniel defends GOP's incredible shrinking field of 2024 presidential contenders

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