"When they need to make stupid stupider, they send me up," Chaz Stevens said.
TAIPEI (Reuters) -China should have the confidence to talk to Taiwan's legally elected government, President-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday as he appointed his new national security and diplomacy team amid what he called unprecedented challenges. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the island's strong objections, has ramped up military and political pressure against Taipei during the past four years as it seeks to press sovereignty claims. Lai, who...
By Yimou Lee and Ben BlanchardTAIPEI (Reuters) -China should have the confidence to talk to Taiwan's legally elected government, President-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday as he appointed his new national security and diplomacy team amid what he called unprecedented challenges.China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, over the island's strong objections, has ramped up military and political pressure against Taipei during the past four years as it seeks to press...
Summer Lee, Pennsylvania’s first Black congresswoman, has expanded her base. Her primary is a test case in a year progressive candidates face a challenge from pro-Israel fundsThe US representative Summer Lee greeted a cheering crowd of a couple of hundred supporters at the Pittsburgh teachers’ union headquarters on Sunday, with two days left until her Democratic primary.Lee, who made history in 2022 when she became the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania, predicted that...
Florida State went 12-0 during the 2023 college football regular season and won the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship over Louisville. The Seminoles proceeded to miss out on the Playoff and got absolutely smacked by Georgia in the Orange Bowl after a large majority of its starting lineup opted out. Their new ACC rings do not […]
LGBTQ activist Ashley Brundage, 43, runs a company offering DEI training and seminars on how to overcome 'unconscious bias'. But the transgender mother-of-two was showered with praise by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who told her to 'keep up the great work!'. The Democrat hopes his glowing testimonial will help win over Republicans as she bids to become the first transgender official elected in the state
Mac Warner says he doesn't want to put local elections officials in the middle of the 'illegal' Bidenbucks directives.
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – David K. Thomson is New Mexico's 43rd chief justice since statehood. Justice Thomson was sworn in on Wednesday, April 17. Thomson was chosen by his colleagues and will serve a two-year term, according to the Administrative Office of the Courts. As chief justice, he will act as the administrative head of budgetary []
On behalf of the United States of America, I wish everyone in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic a happy, healthy, and prosperous Lao New Year. As you celebrate this special holiday, the United States looks forward to advancing our comprehensive partnership and working closely with Laos in support of its ASEAN chair year. There is
Romanian and Swiss entrepreneurs and investors, members of the Switzerland-Romania Chamber of Commerce (CCE-R), elected a new eight-member Board of Directors during the General Assembly organized on April 15, 2024 in Bucharest. On April 19, the new board of CCE-R elected a new president of the Chamber: Dr. Adriana Cioca, Managing Director of Artemis Romania, […]
Neither Cllr Tom Hunt, the leader of the council, nor Cllr Shaffaq Mohammed, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, have to stand this year – but Cllr Douglas Johnson from the Green Party does. Cllr Johnson, the leader of his group, was able to win comfortably in 2021 and now he is aiming to do that again, keeping the City ward a Green ward. He told the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS): “I’m a councillor for City ward, I was elected in 2016 and again in 2021. “I chair the council’s housing...
The New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Board of Commissioners has four new representatives for Orleans and Jefferson parishes.