Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) — For over a month, House Speaker Mike Johnson has sat on a funding package that would send desperately needed ammunition and weaponry to Ukraine, mulling how best to gain a grasp of what is expected to be a difficult lift in the House. The Republican speaker has indicated he will attempt to push for approval of tens …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democrats have dominated California politics for years, but party infighting heading into Tuesday’s primaries could give Republicans an edge in swing U.S. House districts that are expected to help determine control of Congress. In Southern California’s 47th District, which includes famed surf breaks in Huntington Beach and Laguna Beach, Democrats Dave Min and Joanna Weiss and …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to return to the swing state of Wisconsin next week for an event touting worker apprenticeship programs, the White House announced Thursday. The visit to Madison will mark her sixth trip to Wisconsin as vice president and her second this year. She was in Waukesha in January for an abortion rights …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nearly two weeks after announcing he would not seek reelection, Tennessee Congressman Mark Green reversed course Thursday and announced he will pursue a fourth term after all. The Republican said he has received “countless calls” from constituents and colleagues asking him to reconsider, including from former President Donald Trump. “I was reminded of the words of …

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde is launching his first television ad of the race, part of a seven-figure statewide buy his campaign said Monday will include multiple spots over the next month. Hovde, a multimillionaire businessman, is running to take on Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. She has yet to run an ad in the …

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A severe lack of affordable housing has prompted Oregon lawmakers to consider chipping away at a 1970s law that made the state a national leader in leveraging land use policy to prevent suburban sprawl and conserve nature and agriculture. The so-called urban growth boundary, a sacred cow of Oregon’s liberal politics, helped to cement the state’s …

CHARLESTON, Carolina del Sur, EE.UU. (AP) — La precandidata presidencial republicana Nikki Haley afirma que no es “el final de nuestra historia” a pesar de la fácil victoria primaria de Donald Trump en Carolina del Sur, su estado natal, donde la exgobernadora había sugerido durante mucho tiempo que sería evidente su capacidad para competir con el expresidente. Desafiando los exhortos …

COLUMBIA, Carolina del Sur, EE.UU. (AP) — El expresidente Donald Trump alegó el viernes que las cuatro acusaciones formales que enfrenta han impulsado el respaldo del que goza entre los afroestadounidenses porque lo ven como una víctima de discriminación, comparando el riesgo judicial que atraviesa con el legado histórico de los prejuicios antinegros en el sistema jurídico de Estados Unidos. …

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WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Republican Party was deep in debt when a longtime party donor who had given more than $1 million over the past decade asked for a meeting with its chairwoman. Kristina Karamo turned down the donor. Her reasoning, according to two people familiar with the matter, was that he was a “Republican in Name …