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Pelosi Won’t Seek Leadership Role, Plans to Stay in Congress

Pelosi Won’t Seek Leadership Role, Plans to Stay in Congress

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress, a pivotal realignment making way for a new generation of leaders after Democrats lost control of the House to Republicans in the midterm elections.Read more

Poland, NATO Say Missile Strike Wasn’t a Russian Attack

Poland, NATO Say Missile Strike Wasn’t a Russian Attack

NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said Wednesday that a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people appeared to be unintentional and was probably launched by air defenses in neighboring Ukraine. Russia had been bombarding Ukraine at the time in an attack that savaged its power grid.Read more

Prosecutor: Witness Told Police U.Va. Suspect Targeted Victims

Prosecutor: Witness Told Police U.Va. Suspect Targeted Victims

A witness who saw a University of Virginia student open fire on a bus returning from a field trip described to police how the gunman targeted specific victims — many of them football players — shooting one as he slept, a prosecutor said in court Wednesday.Read more

Trump Seeks White House Again

Trump Seeks White House Again

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched his third campaign for the White House just one week after a disappointing midterm showing for Republicans, forcing the party to again decide whether to embrace a candidate whose refusal to accept defeat in 2020 sparked an insurrection and pushed American democracy to the brink.Read more

Florida’s Scott Takes on McConnell in Bid for Senate Leader

Florida’s Scott Takes on McConnell in Bid for Senate Leader

Florida Sen. Rick Scott said Tuesday that he will mount a long-shot bid to unseat Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, opening the latest front in an intraparty battle between allies of McConnell and former President Donald Trump over the direction of the GOP following a disappointing showing in last week’s midterm elections.Read more

Dispute Averted Over Special Election to Fill Kiggans’ Seat

Dispute Averted Over Special Election to Fill Kiggans’ Seat

Virginia’s Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin and a leader of the Democratic-controlled state Senate announced an agreement Tuesday to hold a special election in January to fill the seat of GOP state Sen. Jen Kiggans, who was elected to Congress this month.Read more

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Poland, NATO Say Missile Strike Wasn’t a Russian Attack

Poland, NATO Say Missile Strike Wasn’t a Russian Attack

NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said Wednesday that a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people appeared to be unintentional and was probably launched by air defenses in neighboring Ukraine. Russia had been bombarding Ukraine at the time in an attack that savaged its power grid.Continue Reading

Prosecutor: Witness Told Police U.Va. Suspect Targeted Victims

Prosecutor: Witness Told Police U.Va. Suspect Targeted Victims

A witness who saw a University of Virginia student open fire on a bus returning from a field trip described to police how the gunman targeted specific victims — many of them football players — shooting one as he slept, a prosecutor said in court Wednesday.Continue Reading

Trump Seeks White House Again

Trump Seeks White House Again

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday launched his third campaign for the White House just one week after a disappointing midterm showing for Republicans, forcing the party to again decide whether to embrace a candidate whose refusal to accept defeat in 2020 sparked an insurrection and pushed American democracy to the brink.Continue Reading

Florida’s Scott Takes on McConnell in Bid for Senate Leader

Florida’s Scott Takes on McConnell in Bid for Senate Leader

Florida Sen. Rick Scott said Tuesday that he will mount a long-shot bid to unseat Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, opening the latest front in an intraparty battle between allies of McConnell and former President Donald Trump over the direction of the GOP following a disappointing showing in last week’s midterm elections.Continue Reading

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