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Senate confirms highest-ranking Muslim in gov't 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....
Ex-Indiana attorney general eyes GOP governor's race after groping case derailed 2020 reelection
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill is considering whether to join the 2024 Republican governor’s race, nearly three years after his reelection bid was derailed by allegations that he drunkenly groped four women during a party. Hill built a following...
Mike Pence will launch his presidential campaign in Iowa on June 7
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will officially launch his long-expected campaign for the Republican nomination for president in Iowa next week, adding another candidate to the growing GOP field and putting him in direct competition with his former boss. Pence will...
North Carolina GOP negotiations likely next to curb appointment powers of Gov. Roy Cooper
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina House and Senate Republicans are likely headed to negotiations over how to retool the composition of several key state commissions controlled by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's appointees after the House approved its version of the changes on Wednesday. ...
Ohio Republican J.R. Majewski abandons 2nd congressional bid, citing mother's health
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Donald Trump-backed Ohio Republican whose military record was called into question during his unsuccessful 2022 congressional campaign says he is abandoning plans to run again next year. J.R. Majewski tweeted Tuesday that he is bowing out of his latest...
Ex-New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie planning to launch GOP presidential campaign next week
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to launch a Republican presidential campaign next week in New Hampshire. Christie, who also ran in 2016, is planning to make the announcement at a town hall Tuesday evening at Saint Anselm College's New Hampshire...
Christie allies launch super PAC ahead of expected 2024 campaign for the GOP presidential nomination
NEW YORK (AP) — Allies of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie have launched a new super PAC to support his expected candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination. Christie has painted himself as the only potential candidate willing to directly take on former President...
Former North Carolina state Sen. Ben Clark running for lieutenant governor in 2024
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Former North Carolina state Sen. Ben Clark has added his name to the list of candidates for lieutenant governor in 2024. The Democrat, who served five terms in the General Assembly through last year, formally entered the race last week. He said he’d be a...
Wrangling over education in Kentucky turns to lack of appointments to state school board
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republicans stepped up criticism of Kentucky's Democratic governor on Thursday for a lapse in appointments to the state school board, reviving a contentious issue but with a twist. On his first day in office in late 2019, Gov. Andy Beshear overhauled the...
Biden judicial nominee Wamble withdraws from consideration, cites nearly 2-year wait for action
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor tapped by President Joe Biden to become a U.S. district judge in Kansas has withdrawn from consideration, citing the nearly two-year wait for action on his nomination. Jabari Wamble is Biden's second judicial nominee to withdraw this month....
