Politics

18

Sep

By Dorothy Brand

Politics

9th District: Griffith says he likes to ferret out government problems; Baker says Griffith is invisible in the district

Early voting for the Nov. 5 general election starts Friday, and, in the 9th Congressional District, Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Salem, and his Democratic challenger, Karen Baker, are kicking their campaigns into full gear — one candidate touts understanding of the course ahead while the other steers toward a change in direction. In an interview following a Feeding Southwest Virginia event in Abingdon, Griffith removed his congressional badge to switch into campaign mode. Having represented the 9th District since 2011, and the Salem area in the Virginia House of Delegates for six years prior, Griffith said his experience in office gives…

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13

Sep

By Dorothy Brand

Politics

Judge says he will dismiss lawsuit seeking to oust Bristol abortion clinic

The lawsuit seeking to oust Bristol’s abortion clinic from the building it has occupied for more than two years — filed by the owners who said they are morally opposed to abortions — will be dismissed by Bristol Circuit Court Judge Sage B. Johnson. But the fight isn’t over yet. The judge did not rule on a counterclaim filed earlier this year by the clinic owner’s attorney in response to an April 30 letter the building’s owners sent to the clinic, Bristol Women’s Health, stating that they were giving 30 days’ notice that the lease would be terminated. The counterclaim…

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08

Sep

By Dorothy Brand

Politics, Local News

Tight race for control of Congress could be decided by just a handful of campaigns

WASHINGTON (AP NEWS) — The race for control of Congress is as close as ever, with barely two dozen House seats and a handful in the Senate likely to determine the majority this November and whether a single party sweeps to power with the White House. Lawmakers are returning to Washington for a three-week legislative sprint, away from the campaign trail where races have become “trench warfare” and a seat-by-seat slog. Many of the highest-profile races are being waged in Montana, New York, California, and beyond, far from the presidential battleground states contested by Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Kamala…

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06

Sep

By Dorothy Brand

Politics

Lt. Gov. Winsome Earl-Sears Announces Run for Virginia Governor

RICHMOND — Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears on Thursday evening officially announced her candidacy for governor of Virginia in the upcoming 2025 election, aiming to become the nation’s first Black female governor and the first woman in the commonwealth to hold statewide office since Mary Sue Terry’s tenure as attorney general in the 1990s. “The future, a new chapter, is about to begin,” Earle-Sears said at a rally in Virginia Beach. “Together, we have the power to ensure that our brightest days are ahead of us still. But to make that future a reality, we must come together, it is really…

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06

Sep

By Dorothy Brand

Politics

Election 2024 Latest: Trump heads to North Carolina, Harris campaign says it raised $361M

Donald Trump is returning to the battleground state of North Carolina Friday to address a meeting of the Fraternal Order of Police as he tries to portray himself as tougher on crime than his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, in the campaign’s closing months. Meanwhile, Harris’ campaign announced Friday that it raised $361 million from nearly 3 million donors in her first full month as a candidate. Trump’s team announced Wednesday he brought in $130 million over the same period. There are 60 days until the November election. Early voting will be underway in at least four states by…

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27

Aug

By Dorothy Brand

Politics, World News

Zoned land tax causing coalition cracks

Ireland - For farmers, August can mean one thing: harvest season. And in Leinster House, crops are being eyed up too. This week's Government row over the long-promised Residential Zoned Land Tax has all the hallmarks of a pre-election fight between political partners who are now as worried about maximizing their votes as they are about keeping the coalition peace. For so long in relative lockstep with each other, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael now appear to be at odds over how to resolve an issue that risks affecting their key farming voter base - and on who gets to…

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26

Aug

By Dorothy Brand

Opinions, Politics

Trump promises mass deportations of undocumented people. How would that work?

WASHINGTON — “Mass deportation now!” is a catchphrase for the Trump presidential campaign, as the Republican nominee proposes a crackdown on immigration that would oust thousands of undocumented people. Often citing a deportation operation enacted by former President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed in campaign rallies that he plans to not only go back to the tough immigration policies of his first term in office but expand them greatly. “We’re going to have the largest deportation,” Trump said at a June campaign rally in Racine, Wisconsin. “We have no choice.” The crowd responded…

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26

Aug

By Dorothy Brand

Politics

She’s the sitting vice president. She’s the candidate of change. How Harris is having it both ways

WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s the sitting vice president who has been in office for 3 1/2 years. She’s also the presidential candidate of just five weeks promising a “new way forward.” Kamala Harris is having it both ways as she hits the campaign trail after the Democratic National Convention, taking credit for parts of President Joe Biden’s record in rallies staged in front of Air Force Two while casting herself as a new leader who rails against “the politics of the past.” In every presidential cycle candidates run on experience or freshness, but Harris so far appears to be successfully…

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21

Aug

By Dorothy Brand

World News, Politics

Senate upholds Governor Kawira Mwangaza’s impeachment

Embattled Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has been impeached. This is after 26 senators voted to send her home after upholding her impeachment by the Meru County Assembly. Mwangaza was found guilty of all three charges against her in a vote marred with some Senators abstaining in protest after 26 senators upheld MCAs' ouster motion with four voting no and 14 abstaining. Senate Speaker Amason Kingi said that the Senate had accordingly voted to remove from office Governor Mwangaza and accordingly she ceased holding office paving the way for the swearing into office her Deputy Governor Isaac Mutuma as the fourth…

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18

Aug

By Dorothy Brand

Politics

Trump vs Harris live: Trump rallies in Pennsylvania as Harris, Walz to take bus tour through state ahead of DNC

Former president Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are on the campaign trail this weekend, with both candidates holding events in Pennsylvania. On Saturday, Trump held a rally in Wilkes-Barre where he launched familiar attacks against Harris, Democrats, prosecutors in New York and the media. The former president spent most of the time repeating his familiar remarks about inflation, the border, the stock market and more. Meanwhile, the Harris-Walz campaign will embark on a bus tour around Pennsylvania on Sunday, just one day ahead of the Democratic National Convention. Harris, joined by her husband, Doug Emoff, her running mate…

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