A state judge on Thursday ordered the Cochise County, Ariz., Board of Supervisors to certify the county’s vote canvass after two GOP members refused to do so over an unfounded conspiracy about vote machine certification. Pima County Superior Court Judge Casey McGinley ruled that two GOP supervisors’ decision to opt against certification by a Monday…
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Treasury official says potential EU price cap on Russian oil could limit Moscow’s revenues
A top U.S. Treasury official welcomed reports that the European Union (EU) has asked the bloc’s member states to approve a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil, saying it would reduce Moscow’s revenue needed to finance its war in Ukraine. Speaking at the Reuters NEXT conference on Thursday, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo responded to…
North Dakota, Wyoming Republicans urge Senate colleagues to pass rail strike bill
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) penned a letter to their Senate colleagues on Thursday urging them to pass a bill to avert the impending rail strike without adding paid sick leave to the agreement. The House on Wednesday passed a bill to avert the rail strike ahead of a Dec. 9…
Biden student loan debt forgiveness plan suffers another setback
A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to shelve a lower court’s ruling blocking President Biden’s student debt relief plan as the administration’s full appeal proceeds. The decision from the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit marks the second appeals court to issue a setback to the policy, effectively halting the…
House Jan. 6 committee has completed all interviews, Lofgren says
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), a member of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Thursday said the panel has completed all of its depositions, totaling more than 1,000 interviews. During an appearance on “CNN This Morning,” Lofgren told anchor Kaitlan Collins that Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos’s (R)…
Amazon CEO: No plans to take down antisemitic film Kyrie Irving shared
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Wednesday signaled that the company would not take down an antisemitic film and book from its store that gained attention after Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving promoted it. Irving was suspended from the Nets after tweeting a link to the 2018 film titled “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America,”…
Republican Georgia lieutenant governor says he couldn’t vote for Walker
Georgia Lt. Gov Geoff Duncan (R) said he did not vote for either Republican Herschel Walker or Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) in the state’s Senate runoff. “I showed up to vote this morning,” Duncan told CNN’s John Berman on Wednesday. “I was one of those folks who got in line and spent about an hour…
Biden, DeSantis tied in hypothetical matchup: poll
President Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) were tied in a hypothetical 2024 matchup, according to a new Marquette Law School poll. The poll, which was released on Thursday, found that 42 percent of registered voters would cast their ballots for DeSantis and 42 percent would support Biden. Eleven percent said they would vote…
House panel gets Trump tax returns
The House Ways and Committee has received former President Trump’s tax returns, ending Democrats’ multiyear legal battle to obtain the documents, multiple outlets reported on Wednesday. The reports indicate the Treasury Department has complied with the committee’s request after the Supreme Court last week rejected Trump’s emergency appeal to stop the handover, effectively capping his…
Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County certifies election after being sued
The elections board in Luzerne County, Pa., certified their vote canvass on Wednesday after being sued for missing a state deadline earlier in the week. Board members on Monday had voted to defy the state certification deadline in a 2-2 vote, with one abstention, after polling places in the county experienced paper shortages on Election…