#Ukraine signals counteroffensive is near: What to know about the coming fight

#Ukraine signals counteroffensive is near: What to know about the coming fight

Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive is just around the corner, with top commanders and defense officials announcing Kyiv has nearly everything it needs to mount a successful attack on occupying Russian forces.  “Preparations are being finalized,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said at a news conference Friday, adding they were “mostly ready” for the offensive. That followed…

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#Kansas enacts sweeping transgender ‘bathroom bill’

#Kansas enacts sweeping transgender ‘bathroom bill’

Republican legislators in Kansas on Thursday enacted what LGBTQ rights groups have characterized as one of the most sweeping and restrictive transgender bathroom bills in U.S. history, overriding Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of the measure. The Kansas House voted 84-40 Thursday to override Kelly’s veto of Senate Bill 180, which defines sex in state law…

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#Meet the cheapest US states to buy a house

#Meet the cheapest US states to buy a house

A new study analyzing Zillow data has found that the monthly median sale price of a house last year was over $500,000 in Utah, California and Colorado — and over a staggering $800,000 in Hawaii. The study, conducted by Studio City realtors, found that Hawaii clocked in as the most expensive state in the U.S….

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#House GOP passes debt limit package: Five takeaways

#House GOP passes debt limit package: Five takeaways

After a week of internal sniping, House Republicans on Wednesday approved legislation in a 217-215 vote that would slash federal spending and extend the government’s borrowing authority into next year. The package has no chance of becoming law in the face of opposition from the Senate and White House, both of which are controlled by…

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#GOP leaders blink, makes last-minute changes to debt bill

#GOP leaders blink, makes last-minute changes to debt bill

House GOP leadership apparently caved to Midwestern Republicans and hardliners on their major debt limit and tax cut bill overnight, making changes to biofuel tax credits and public assistance work requirement provisions despite insisting on Tuesday that they were done negotiating the measure and would not make any more changes to it. The last-minute changes…

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#Trump is enemy No. 1 as Biden makes it official

#Trump is enemy No. 1 as Biden makes it official

President Biden is laser focused on preventing former President Trump from returning to the White House, a message voiced loud and clear in his Tuesday reelection announcement.  Facing no formidable primary challengers yet, Biden is taking direct aim at Trump, warning the country — and anxious Democrats — that four more years of Trump is…

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