#Texas House votes to impeach AG Ken Paxton

#Texas House votes to impeach AG Ken Paxton

The Texas House on Saturday voted to impeach embattled state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). The vote was 121-23, with two present but not voting, and three who were absent from the chamber. He will be suspended from office pending a trial in the Senate. The impeachment represents a sudden reversal for Paxton, who has twice cruised to…

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#DeSantis image suffers dent after rocky Twitter launch

#DeSantis image suffers dent after rocky Twitter launch

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s faulty 2024 launch has raised the question of whether he’s really the Republican best equipped to take on former President Trump in the primary. DeSantis announced his presidential campaign on Twitter Spaces on Wednesday alongside Elon Musk, but the event was disrupted by technical glitches and largely mocked by critics afterward….

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#Cannes 2023 Award Winners (Updating Live)

#Cannes 2023 Award Winners (Updating Live)

The 2023 Cannes International Film Festival is coming to an end with the awards ceremony for the 76th festival. The closing ceremony has kicked off at the Palais des Festivals’ Grand Théâtre Lumière in Cannes Saturday night. This year’s jury, headed by Swedish director Ruben Östlund — a two-time Cannes’ winner, who last year took…

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#Cannes: Arab Films ‘Four Daughters’ and ‘The Mother of All Lies’ Share Top Documentary Prize

#Cannes: Arab Films ‘Four Daughters’ and ‘The Mother of All Lies’ Share Top Documentary Prize

Two documentaries by Arab women directors have jointly won this year’s L’Oeil d’or (Golden Eye) award for best documentary at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania’s Four Daughters and The Mother of All Lies from first-time Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir were announced as this year’s best documentary winners at a…

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