#DeSantis team a little lighter after campaign sheds staff

#DeSantis team a little lighter after campaign sheds staff

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) 2024 campaign is reorganizing amid its struggle to meet fundraising expectations — including shedding staff, a campaign spokesperson confirmed to the Hill on Saturday. The team let go fewer than 10 employees on Thursday, primarily from its event-planning team, as was first reported by Politico. The campaign spokesperson said the…

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#Winners and losers from the second fundraising quarter

#Winners and losers from the second fundraising quarter

The end of the second fundraising quarter marks a new glimpse into how campaigns are faring ahead of November’s high-stakes elections. Most of the Republican presidential hopefuls and President Biden had not yet officially declared their candidacies by the end of the first quarter in March. Campaigns had two weeks past the end of the…

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#Five non-climate reasons why danger of extreme heat is rising

#Five non-climate reasons why danger of extreme heat is rising

Heat waves are the most deadly climate disaster, killing far more people every year than wildfires, hurricanes and floods combined. But rising temperatures aren’t the only reason that extreme heat is becoming a bigger risk. Other important reasons include discriminatory urban planning, the insidious nature of heat illness itself and the decade-long federal tug-of-war over…

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#Tucker Carlson, Pence clash over support for Ukraine

#Tucker Carlson, Pence clash over support for Ukraine

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Friday elicited boos at a major Iowa conservative gathering as he made the case for strong U.S. support for Ukraine. Pence sat down with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson for an event hosted by the Family Leader, and the two men clashed over the former vice president’s staunch…

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#Tucker Carlson aggressively questions Pence over Jan. 6, 2021

#Tucker Carlson aggressively questions Pence over Jan. 6, 2021

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson aggressively pressed former Vice President Mike Pence Friday about how he’d characterize the events of Jan. 6, 2021, when a pro-Trump mob invaded the Capitol, forced the evacuation of lawmakers and interrupted the counting of electoral votes in the 2020 election. The questioning by Carlson, who described the events…

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#Kerry testifies ‘under no circumstances’ will US pay climate reparations

#Kerry testifies ‘under no circumstances’ will US pay climate reparations

White House climate envoy John Kerry said the U.S. would “under no circumstances” pay reparations to other countries ravaged by climate change in testimony Thursday before the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s oversight subcommittee. During the hearing, subcommittee chairman Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) directly asked Kerry whether the U.S. would pay reparations, to which Kerry responded…

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