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With the U.S. presidential election looming, each campaign is placing its bets on Wisconsin, where small voting blocs and swing counties can sway what is now considered a ‘purple’ state — one that could determine the winner. CBC | World News
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Republicans go all-in on U.S. campus protests as potential election winner
It doesn’t take a college degree to figure out Republicans see the protests on U.S. college campuses as a winning election-year issue for them. The proof is in their plans for a half-dozen congressional hearings, new campaign ads and choreographed confrontations with student protesters. CBC | World News
Read More »Trump, Republicans try to equate campus protests to Jan. 6 riot, Charlottesville rally
Donald Trump on Tuesday lamented the possibility that Columbia University’s pro-Palestinian protesters could be treated more leniently than the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Experts say comparisons to the Capitol riot, or an infamous 2017 Charlottesville rally, are strained. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. House Republicans impeach Biden’s Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish President Joe Biden’s administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback. CBC | World News
Read More »In an Iowa gym, Republicans faced a choice. They chose Donald Trump
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Read More »House Republicans approve Biden impeachment probe, as president slams ‘baseless political stunt’
The House on Wednesday authorized the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Joe Biden, with every Republican rallying behind the politically charged process despite lingering concerns among some that the investigation has yet to produce evidence of misconduct by the president. CBC | World News
Read More »Zelenskyy set to make urgent plea for Ukraine aid to reluctant Republicans
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was on Capitol Hill on Tuesday as the Russian invasion is grinding into a third year and U.S. funding hangs in the balance, as many Republicans have cooled on further Ukraine military aid. CBC | World News
Read More »Republicans nominate Mike Johnson for U.S. Speaker — their 2nd pick in 1 day
U.S. House Republicans chose Rep. Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for House speaker, hours after an earlier pick, Rep. Tom Emmer, abruptly withdrew in the face of opposition from former president Donald Trump and hardline Republican lawmakers. CBC | World News
Read More »Republicans drop staunch Trump ally Jim Jordan as U.S. House Speaker nominee
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday dropped Jim Jordan as House Speaker nominee, putting them back at square one 17 days after Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. CBC | World News
Read More »Democrats unlikely to convince 4 Republicans to hear witnesses at impeachment trial
Another key Republican has announced opposition to calling witnesses in U.S. President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, appearing to doom a bid by Democrats to have testimony in the trial and paving the way for an expected acquittal of Trump. CBC | World News
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