Politics

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A high aide to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has joined Daniel Cameron‘s gubernatorial campaign in Kentucky, as the GOP nominee adds another political heavy hitter to his team in trying to defeat Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear in one of the nation’s most carefully watched races. ...

House Democratic management on Tuesday squawked that Republicans will use the upcoming funds appropriations payments to satiate the correct flank of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. ...

Rep. Matt Rosendale has launched laws prohibiting the Department of Defense from utilizing taxpayer funds to host or assist grownup cabaret performances..Mr. Rosendale, Montana Republican, authored the invoice after the Defense Department hosted a number of drag reveals at army installations nationwide. ...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday formally jumped into the 2024 presidential race, submitting paperwork with the Federal Election Commission formally declaring his candidacy. ...

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are utilizing a grand jury in Florida as a part of their investigation into the doable mishandling of categorized paperwork at former President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach property, an individual conversant in the matter mentioned Tuesday night time. ...

Sir Keir Starmer stated he won't repeat the errors which "decimated" coal mining communities within the Nineteen Eighties along with his plan to part out new oil and gasoline drilling.The Labour chief pledged to work with unions to "seize the opportunities" of inexperienced power to forestall mass job losses. Starmer makes an attempt to woo union bosses in convention speech - politics stayDuring a Q&A on the GMB Congress, it was put to him that his plan to finish new oil and gasoline extraction "is a threat to Scottish jobs and UK energy security".But the Labour chief stated: "I need to be completely clear: oil and gasoline are going to be a part of the combo for many years to return, into the 2050s. "What I will never let happen is a repeat of what happened in coal minin...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasted the Biden administration for opening its doorways to unlawful immigrants fleeing poverty, violence or the results of local weather change, saying the U.S. isn’t a protected nation in these respects. ...

A two-year pilot scheme is being launched to extend entry to weight reduction medicine and minimize NHS ready lists - as Rishi Sunak stated the brand new remedies might be a "game-changer".Ministers hope the £40m programme utilizing medicine like semaglutide - also called Wegovy - will assist crack down on weight problems, cut back strain on the well being service and get monetary savings in the long run. Semaglutide "suppresses appetite by mimicking the hormone glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which is released after eating", in keeping with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).This makes individuals really feel full, lowering the quantity of meals they eat.It was introduced earlier this yr that it could be accessible on the NHS. NICE suggested that s...

Homeland Security’s assistant secretary for the border stated Tuesday that the chaos that’s reigned on the U.S.-Mexico boundary has not been “a success,” as he confronted a grilling from congressional Republicans who stated he’s operating a “shell game” to cover simply how unhealthy situations are. ...

The prime minister mentioned Russia would have hit "new lows" if it seems that Moscow is answerable for what he described as the most important assault on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine because the begin of the battle, following the destruction of a important dam.Speaking en path to Washington, Rishi Sunak instructed reporters that the intelligence businesses had but to make a definitive judgement on whether or not President Putin was behind the "appalling attack" on the Nova Kakhova dam as he condemned the incident. "If it's intentional, it would represent, I think, the largest attack on civilian infrastructure in Ukraine since the start of the war, and just demonstrate the new lows that we would have seen from Russian aggression," he instructed the press forward of his ...