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...Another witness, Robert Holden, a Democratic council member from Queens, said the city was as lawless as he had ever recalled in his 71 years....
...Half a mile away at the Maverick County Democratic party headquarters, local party chair Juanita Martinez juggles calls from her roster of candidates as she pushes back on disquiet over Biden’s policies....
..., Rex Tillerson, his two attorneys-general, Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr, his chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, Mark Milley and — if I had to hazard a guess — his wife, the former first lady, Melania...
...In Taiwan, a wave of disinformation and propaganda against the ruling Democratic Progressive party on TikTok prior to the January 13 presidential election has also triggered a fierce debate over how to counter...
...The Liberal party, with a large L, the centre-right party, was seen as having swung too far to the right by a lot of its supporters after my defenestration....
...The suit was filed in federal court in Texas, though the parties wrangled over the venue....
...In other words, is it before the Democratic party has officially sanctified Biden as the nominee, in which case there still could be a chance for some kind of modified primary-type election?...
...It doesn’t mention, as Susie Gilbert’s history does, that the travelling party consisted of 360 people and seven scenery containers, and that the resulting financial loss nearly pushed the company into insolvency...
...The air is heavy with sweat, flowers and sausages. The floor is so polished it feels laminated. In one corner, a man clasps his wife’s bottom as if it were a Fabergé egg....
...democratic ideals of the rule of law, free elections and respect for human rights....
...The agreement came together in part because Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate, gave it his blessing in order to shore up support for his party in the upcoming midterm elections, as Democrats...
...Bali was Xi Jinping’s coming out party having essentially quarantined himself in China for the last two and a half years. As Swampians can attest, Zoom meetings are no substitute for real ones....
...But those levers in many instances are being pulled in the opposite direction by the president’s drive to bring down prices at the pump — which he fears will hurt his Democratic party in this year’s midterm...
...But sceptics also abound, noting while Trump has sought to cement his status as a kingmaker in the Republican party by making many endorsements, a number of his decisions have backfired....
...New Democratic Party: “As long as the world is using oil, I want them to be using our oil, because that’s better for the world — and it’s definitely better for us.”...
...The biggest of these was to place all his eggs in the vaccination basket. Once it became clear that many Americans would refuse to take the jab, Biden could have ramped up America’s testing capacity....
...After Powell’s family announced his death on Monday, tributes began to pour in, for his years of public service, his willingness to cross party lines as political polarisation intensified, and his capacity...
...On the advice of his defence secretary and his chairman of joint chiefs of staff, William Perry and John Shalikashvili, he approved the creation of a new entity called the Partnership for Peace (PfP), open...
...Rivian targets up to $53bn valuation in IPO The Amazon-backed maker of electric vans and trucks is targeting a valuation as high as $53bn when it makes its debut on the Nasdaq, potentially as soon as next...
...The president’s decision to renominate Jay Powell as Federal Reserve chair yesterday irked some on his party’s left who take issue with the incumbent chair’s stance on climate related risks....
...As I’ve argued in Swamp Notes past, some regionalisation of foundry capacity would be good for everyone....
...During the second term of the Obama administration, I spent a week travelling with the then vice-president in my capacity as the Pentagon’s senior Middle East policy official....
...Although pitched as a non-partisan stand for fundamental democratic rights, the decision by so many business leaders to speak out comes as Republicans in 47 states have proposed more than 300 bills which...
...Other than three border towns in Texas, Miami was the city with the biggest swing towards Trump in his second presidential run over his first, giving him 11.2 per cent more of its vote....
...Certainly, the corporatist wing of the Democratic Party has made many high-profile mistakes (both politically and in terms of policy) by doing the opposite....
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