Dale Romans Enters Kentucky Senate Race as Democrats’ Latest Long Shot
Dale Romans, pitching himself as an independent-minded Democrat in the mold of Joe Manchin, will try to win a seat for the party in the deep-red state. Source: Original News
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House Returns After Long Recess to Take Up Bill to End Shutdown
After a 54-day break, the House is expected to vote on the Senate-passed spending deal. Approval would clear it for President Trump’s signature. Source: Original News
Senator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees
Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, said the African country has a long history of corruption. The amount paid is far more than recent annual assistance given to it. Source: Original News
Supreme Court Extends Order Allowing Limits on Food Stamp Payments
The justices allowed the Trump administration to withhold full benefits for two more days while Congress worked to advance a government funding bill. Source: Original News
Johnson to Seat Grijalva, Seven Weeks After She Was Elected
Speaker Mike Johnson had refused to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat of Arizona, claiming he lacked the power to do so. Source: Original News
Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy Heir, to Seek Nadler’s N.Y. Congressional Seat
Mr. Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy, said the Democratic Party needed someone who could stand up to President Trump and his allies. Source: Original News
Jack Schlossberg, Social Media Provocateur, Gives Politics a Try
As he prepares a Congressional run, J.F.K.’s grandson admits, “I’m not for everybody.” Source: Original News
Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling
The move would set up a clash with Gov. Gavin Newsom, a chief critic of the president and an opponent of oil exploration in the Pacific. Source: Original News
How the Heavy-Metal Fall of a Dictator Shapes Trump’s Venezuela Policy
Seizing Panama’s leader was relatively easy. But the similarities between Panama and Venezuela are dangerously misleading, some analysts warn. Source: Original News
‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran
For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran. Source: Original News