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Who is to decide when a candidate has crossed the line? The courts?

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Kevin McCarthy was elected House speaker on a historic post-midnight 15th ballot early Saturday, overcoming holdouts from his own ranks and floor tensions that boiled over after a chaotic week that tested the new GOP majority’s ability to govern. “My father always...

The Republican failures at selecting a house speaker to replace Pelosi make them look incompetent. Ironically, the ideological radicalization motivating it may work to Democrat advantage. When the Republican house speaker is a few votes short, and he can't get the votes he needs from his own...

sear, I don't know. I'm not sure they know, or how they'd know.

If there aren't enough resources to provide each policeman a body-cam, police command could simply warn his patrolmen, any policeman receiving a plausible accusation of police brutality will be required to wear one of the police body-cams available. Shouldn't every COP wear one when interacting...

sear, Ukraine's military lacks that kind of offensive capability. The West resists providing the weapons for it for fear of causing runaway escalation from Russia. Ukrainians aren't stupid. They have only limited means.

In Ukraine, I saw the greatest threat to the Russian world isn’t the west – it’s Putin Timothy Garton Ash The Kremlin’s imperial war has made its own culture and language a common enemy for people across its former empire This thought came to me recently when I was in the Ukrainian city of...

When will Russia's military exit Ukraine? Autumn 2023?

The symptom, the result of gun restrictions reaches government attention when detected by investigating crime. Personal use drug possession whether for medicinal or recreational use is different. What Illinois sales to out of state residents reveals is the economic profile. It can't be 100%...

Putin cancels annual year-end news conference: Kremlin The break in tradition comes as Russia’s war in Ukraine falters and its economy struggles under the weight of sanctions. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold a year-end news conference this year, the Kremlin has said, suspending...

The court system often is where humor goes to die. For those seeking to use satire or parody of corporations, jokes often run into trademark or other lawsuits and result in a little more than “ha, ha, thump.” The same bad audience could await the defendant in Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. v...

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Russia stands to lose its biggest tech company, which would throw a wrench in President Putin's plans to foster Russian-grown alternatives for Western technology. Yandex, often referred to as Russia's Google, is the country's largest internet business best known for its search browser and...

It is estimated that over 6500 workers, largely from India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan, have died since Qatar was awarded the World Cup in 2010. https://honisoit.com/2022/10/how-many-worker-deaths-would-you-ignore-for-277-million/

Almost half of our energy system disabled: Ukraine PM The Ukrainian prime minister warns that Kyiv could face a ‘complete shutdown’ of the power grid due to Russian strikes. Ukrainian tanks and military vehicles on a road in the Kherson region, Ukraine on November 18, 2022, as Russian missile...

N Korea warns of ‘all-out’ nuclear response to US ‘aggression’ North Korea has promised to ‘resolutely react’ to US threat of nuclear weapons use with its own nuclear capabilities. 19 Nov 2022 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has promised to use nuclear weapons to counter threats from the...

The Supreme Court case that could threaten US democracy https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/article268880707.html SCOTUS is scheduled to hear Moore v. Harper this term. A slim Republican majority in North Carolina's legislature has gerrymandered Republican control of 10 of North Carolina's 13...

Catherine Cortez Masto defeats Adam Laxalt in Nevada, clinching control of Senate for Democrats Yahoo News

The 1973 United States Supreme Court Roe v. Wade ruling recognized women's right of choice. The 2022 Supreme Court Dobbs v. Jackson revoked this right, leaving it to prevailing jurisdictions to acknowledge or usurp this right. The power to impose, renew this abortion restriction was obtained by...

By David Gelles and Max Bearak Nov. 9, 2022Updated Nov. 10, 2022 SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were created 80 years ago to rebuild countries devastated by World War II and to stabilize the global economy. But an expanding group of world leaders now...