#Conservatives send warning to McCarthy on spending

#Conservatives send warning to McCarthy on spending

A group of 21 hard-line conservative House Republicans told Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) that they plan to vote against spending bills they think contain insufficient overall cuts and outlined specific demands of the Speaker that include him publicly rejecting the possibility of supplemental funding for Ukraine. The warning shot comes as the House returns Tuesday…

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#Biden’s age is stumbling block to reelection 

#Biden’s age is stumbling block to reelection 

Worries from U.S. voters that President Biden is too old to serve another four-year term as president are increasingly looking like the biggest challenge the president faces in winning reelection next year.   Biden, at the age of 80, is already the oldest person to serve as president, and he would be 86 at the end…

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#Supreme Court weakened Colorado’s nondiscrimination law. What’s next for LGBTQ rights?

#Supreme Court weakened Colorado’s nondiscrimination law. What’s next for LGBTQ rights?

The Supreme Court in an expected move on Friday ruled that Lorie Smith, a Colorado-based Christian web designer, is not beholden to a state law prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations and may legally refuse services to LGBTQ people. The ruling, which states that Colorado’s anti-discrimination law violates Smith’s First Amendment rights by requiring her to create…

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#Gen Zers make ‘difficult’ employees, managers say

#Gen Zers make ‘difficult’ employees, managers say

Three-quarters of bosses find Generation Z workers a trifle difficult, a corporate survey has found.  A poll of 1,344 managers and business leaders by ResumeBuilder.com found that 74 percent consider Gen Z employees more challenging than older staffers.   Pressed for specifics, employers did not mince words.  “They think they’re better than you, smarter than you,…

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#Putin vows to put down ‘armed mutiny’ by Wagner chief

#Putin vows to put down ‘armed mutiny’ by Wagner chief

Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to put down the “armed mutiny” by Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin after his forces appeared to take control of a Russian military headquarters responsible for overseeing the war in Ukraine.  Putin said in an address on Saturday that “any action” that divides the country betrays the Russian people and…

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