#How the Ukraine War was turned into a political football

#How the Ukraine War was turned into a political football

As Ukraine fights for its national survival, Congress chose the easy and wrong over the difficult and right this last week.  The second and third order effects of the Biden administration’s “just enough” Ukrainian war funding strategy came to a political head as Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the House voted to pass a “clean continuing resolution to keep the government funded at current spending…

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#Gingrich: Republicans who supported McCarthy ouster are ‘traitors,’ should be primaried

#Gingrich: Republicans who supported McCarthy ouster are ‘traitors,’ should be primaried

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) labeled the Republicans who voted to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as “traitors,” saying they should face primary challenges in 2024. “Ninety-six percent of the Republicans voted for McCarthy, 4 percent voted against him. From my position as a longtime Republican activist, they’re traitors,” Gingrich said on Fox…

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#Gaetz moves to oust Speaker McCarthy 

#Gaetz moves to oust Speaker McCarthy 

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Monday moved to force a vote on ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), following through with his pledge to do so after the Speaker put a “clean” continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government on the House floor. A vote on the motion to vacate the chair will have to be…

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#Trump fury dominates on first day of New York fraud trial

#Trump fury dominates on first day of New York fraud trial

NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s fury was on full display Monday during the first day of his civil fraud trial, where he lambasted the judge overseeing the case outside of the courtroom and stared daggers into the attorney general investigating business practices involving some of his most famed properties. The former president’s frustration — and his counsels’ — was…

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