#Connolly staffers attacked in district office by baseball bat-wielding assailant

#Connolly staffers attacked in district office by baseball bat-wielding assailant

Two staffers for Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) were hospitalized Monday after a person armed with a baseball bat entered the congressman’s district office and committed “an act of violence.” Connolly, who represents Virginia’s 11th Congressional District, said the assailant asked for him before attacking his staffers. The staffers were taken to the hospital with non-life…

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#Manchin ratchets up battle with Biden

#Manchin ratchets up battle with Biden

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is becoming a bigger problem for President Biden and Democrats in the Senate as he faces an uphill reelection battle in West Virginia, a state where former President Trump won one of his biggest victories in 2020.  Manchin has criticized Biden and Democrats publicly, opposed various nominees and, this week, said…

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#Kentucky’s bitter GOP governor primary comes to a head

#Kentucky’s bitter GOP governor primary comes to a head

Kentucky’s contentious GOP gubernatorial primary is drawing to a finish Tuesday in a race that poses high stakes for the party looking to unseat Gov. Andy Beshear (D). State Attorney General Daniel Cameron, former U.N. ambassador Kelly Craft and Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles have regularly polled as the three main front-runners in the crowded Republican…

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#Cardona confirms student loan payments will resume this year: ‘The emergency period is over’

#Cardona confirms student loan payments will resume this year: ‘The emergency period is over’

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona confirmed this week that the Department of Education is preparing to restart student loan payments later this year. “The emergency period is over, and we’re preparing our borrowers to restart,” Cardona said at a Senate Appropriations hearing on Thursday, as the national COVID-19 public health emergency was set to expire at…

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