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Senate confirms highest-ranking Muslim in government after earlier GOP blockade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Dilawar Syed as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration, ending more than two years of delays after a blockade by Republicans in the last Congress. Syed will be the highest-ranking Muslim official in the U.S....
California's Newsom pushes constitutional amendment to tighten gun access amid 2024 campaign
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Thursday amending the U.S. Constitution to harden federal gun laws amid a surge of mass killings across the nation, his latest step onto the national stage amid the unfolding 2024 White House campaign. With the...
Dispute erupts over a section of Kentucky's transgender law that hinges on one word
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A new dispute has erupted over Kentucky's sweeping transgender law, revolving around one word in a section banning sex education topics — including sexual orientation — from discussion in classrooms. The measure's top Republican sponsor pushed back this...
Bill to move up Connecticut presidential primary dies despite bipartisan support
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State Democratic and Republican party leaders expressed surprise and disappointment Thursday after a bipartisan proposal to move up Connecticut's presidential primary died on the final night of the legislative session. In a moment of political comity, the two...
New Hampshire budget passes after rare bipartisan, bicameral cooperation
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — For the first time in decades, New Hampshire lawmakers have sent the governor a two-year budget without having House and Senate negotiators craft a compromise between the two chambers. The House on Thursday quickly concurred with the $15.2 billion plan approved...
Pat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a run for president and helped make religion central to Republican Party politics in America through his Christian Coalition, has died. He was...
Presley gets Mississippi Democratic nod for governor without party primary, after court ruling
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Utility regulator Brandon Presley is now uncontested for the Democratic nomination for Mississippi governor this year after the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that another Democratic candidate waited too long to challenge being kept off the ballot. Presley...
Attorney: Ownership of Nashville shooter's writing will go to students' parents
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ownership of the writings of a shooter who killed six people at a Nashville school earlier this year will be transferred to the families of students at the school, an attorney representing the shooter's parents announced Thursday. The development is the...
Republicans set to push mail ballots, voting methods they previously blasted as recipes for fraud
ATLANTA (AP) — After years of criticizing mail voting and so-called ballot harvesting as ripe for fraud, Republicans at the top of the party want to change course. They are poised to launch aggressive get-out-the-vote campaigns for 2024 that employ just those strategies, attempting...
Expulsions, walkouts, filibusters: Lawmakers grapple with acrimonious legislative sessions
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Lawmakers this year have kicked rival colleagues out of office in Tennessee and off the chamber floor in Montana. They have staged walkouts in Oregon and filibusters in Nebraska, where interactions are so fraught that some lawmakers say they’re unsure they can work...
