Byelection in the south Sydney seat expected to be won by Liberal candidate Simon Kennedy as AEC warns voter turnout could be lowGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberal party will be hoping to the exorcise the ghost of Scott Morrison on Saturday as voters in Sydney’s south go to the polls to elect his replacement.The byelection in the seat of Cook, which comes after Morrison announced his resignation from politics in January, is almost certain to be...
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, political reporter Allan Smith examines how Donald Trump's new abortion stance takes a page from the GOP's 2022 midterm playbook. Plus, senior political editor Mark Murray asks if policy announcements from Trump and Joe Biden on Monday were blotted out by the total...
“It is not a Washington Monument ploy. It is a necessary moment that we need to push through to actually get strategic outcomes,” said Russell Rumbaugh.
Two Fox News correspondents Thursday appeared to roll their eyes at Republicans' latest stunt on Capitol Hill before introducing a segment that put the emphasis on Democrats decrying efforts across the aisle. When Neil Cavuto introduced the segment on the impeachment effort against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, he called it a "soap opera." Cavuto focused on the Republican senators he said are "not too keen" on pushing Sen. Chuck Schumer to schedule the trial, then...
A coalition of parents’ rights activists have reignited the fight for school choice for Virginia’s families with the help of The Heritage Foundation. Virginia’s Thomas Read More
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, we examine how Arizona is now at the center of the political universe. Plus, chief political analyst Chuck Todd explains why it's getting more difficult for politicians to find the middle. Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here. 2024’s...
Gov. Jim Justice today amended a recent State of Emergency to include Barbour, Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Wetzel, and Wood counties because of flooding and ongoing storm-related threats. This announcement follows an earlier declaration for Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, and Nicholas counties on Tuesday, after severe thunderstorms caused flooding, downed trees, power outages, and road blockages. The State of Emergency []
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John Cassidy, New Yorker staff writer and columnist on politics and economics, talks about the better-than-expected jobs report, the worse-than-expected inflation report and how both parties are responding to the perception and reality of the U.S. economy.
In Ghana, president suspends electricity export amid power shortage crisis Nana Akufo-Addo, the president of Ghana, ordered the country to cease exports of its electricity supplies to neighboring countries last Tuesday. The executive decision marks the latest measure by the Ghanaian government to address the country’s monthslong power shortage caused by years of missing backpay, This story The Soapbox: The politics of energy appeared first on Washington Square News.
This week’s featured read is “We’re All Dead Here,” a middle-grade book by 2001 Brainerd High School graduate Jake Rudquist.
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun State for 2023, Ladi Adebutu, on Thursday, described himself as a peace-loving politician rather than a desperate one. Adebutu said it was for the sake of peace that he restrained his supporters from toeing the path of violence during the 2023 election. According to him, Read More