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  • How Ron DeSantis’ position on Russia and Ukraine has shifted

    How Ron DeSantis’ position on Russia and Ukraine has shifted

     

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis once strongly supported arming Ukraine to fight Russia, urging then-President Barack Obama to do so as a deterrent to Russian aggression in Eastern Europe — a position at odds with his statements this week questioning the United States’ involvement in the conflict.

    ​Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis once strongly supported arming Ukraine to fight Russia, urging then-President Barack Obama to do so as a deterrent to Russian aggression in Eastern Europe — a position at odds with his statements this week questioning the United States’ involvement in the conflict. 

  • Democrats have been doing well in special elections in 2023

    Democrats have been doing well in special elections in 2023

     

    Democrat Jennifer McClellan easily won the special election for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District last week. The fact that a Democrat comfortably retained a Democratic seat in a district President Joe Biden would have won under its new lines by 36 points in 2020 is not surprising.

    ​Democrat Jennifer McClellan easily won the special election for Virginia’s 4th Congressional District last week. The fact that a Democrat comfortably retained a Democratic seat in a district President Joe Biden would have won under its new lines by 36 points in 2020 is not surprising. 

  • 81-year-old Texas man dies after dog attack

    81-year-old Texas man dies after dog attack

     

    An 81-year-old man died after being attacked by two dogs in San Antonio, Texas, and a suspect has been arrested in the incident, police say.

    ​An 81-year-old man died after being attacked by two dogs in San Antonio, Texas, and a suspect has been arrested in the incident, police say. 

  • Missing Chinese CEO is being investigated by authorities, company says

    Missing Chinese CEO is being investigated by authorities, company says

     

    Missing Chinese CEO Bao Fan is cooperating in an investigation by “certain authorities in the People’s Republic of China,” his company said in a statement Sunday.

    ​Missing Chinese CEO Bao Fan is cooperating in an investigation by “certain authorities in the People’s Republic of China,” his company said in a statement Sunday. 

  • US says China will face ‘real costs’ if it provides lethal aid to Russia for war in Ukraine

    US says China will face ‘real costs’ if it provides lethal aid to Russia for war in Ukraine

     

    US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday vowed there would be “real costs” for China if the country went forward with providing lethal aid to Russia in its war on Ukraine.

    ​US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday vowed there would be “real costs” for China if the country went forward with providing lethal aid to Russia in its war on Ukraine. 

  • DeSantis defended the Founding Fathers’ compromise on slavery in his first book

    DeSantis defended the Founding Fathers’ compromise on slavery in his first book

     

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday will release his book, “The Courage to be Free,” to much anticipation ahead of his expected plunge into the 2024 presidential race. But it’s not the first time DeSantis has dabbled in authorship to jumpstart his political ambitions.

    ​Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday will release his book, “The Courage to be Free,” to much anticipation ahead of his expected plunge into the 2024 presidential race. But it’s not the first time DeSantis has dabbled in authorship to jumpstart his political ambitions. 

  • The US is one of seven countries without paid family and medical leave. A bipartisan duo is trying to change that

    The US is one of seven countries without paid family and medical leave. A bipartisan duo is trying to change that

     

    A cocktail party on Capitol Hill is often hardly notable.

    ​A cocktail party on Capitol Hill is often hardly notable. 

  • Benjamin Crump wins NAACP Social Justice Impact Award and vows ‘never to stop fighting racism and discrimination’

    Benjamin Crump wins NAACP Social Justice Impact Award and vows ‘never to stop fighting racism and discrimination’

     

    Attorney Benjamin Crump has been at the forefront of some of the highest-profile cases involving civil rights and racial injustice — but acknowledges there’s much more work to be done.

    ​Attorney Benjamin Crump has been at the forefront of some of the highest-profile cases involving civil rights and racial injustice — but acknowledges there’s much more work to be done. 

  • Inflation is doing a crab walk and Fed officials fear its pinch

    Inflation is doing a crab walk and Fed officials fear its pinch

     

    The possibility of a 2023 market rally ground to a halt last week amid an onslaught of unfortunate inflation and economic data that spooked investors and increased the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will continue its economically painful rate hikes campaign for longer than Wall Street hoped.

    ​The possibility of a 2023 market rally ground to a halt last week amid an onslaught of unfortunate inflation and economic data that spooked investors and increased the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will continue its economically painful rate hikes campaign for longer than Wall Street hoped. 

  • Biden orders federal teams to go door-to-door and check in with residents of East Palestine after toxic wreck

    Biden orders federal teams to go door-to-door and check in with residents of East Palestine after toxic wreck

     

    Federal teams are going door-to-door to check in with residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and conducting health surveys as part of the federal government’s response to the toxic train derailment that has fueled anxiety about the safety of the air and water in the town, according to a White House official.

    ​Federal teams are going door-to-door to check in with residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and conducting health surveys as part of the federal government’s response to the toxic train derailment that has fueled anxiety about the safety of the air and water in the town, according to a White House official.