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In windy Iowa, a GOP lawmaker faces a reckoning over Trump’s clean energy war  PoliticoView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

WA lawmaker denied entry to ICE facility where Bear Gulch crew members are detained  KOMO Lawmakers push for answers days after Border Patrol detains crew workers helping firefighters in Washington blaze  CNN Border Patrol arrested firefighters as they were battling a wildfire  The Washington Post Fire crew arrests: Congress members demand answers  The Seattle Times Lawyer: Keizer firefighter arrested by Border Patrol while fighting …

A Minnesota state lawmaker has joined the race for the governor’s office. Rep. Kristin Robbins (R-Maple Grove) officially announced her gubernatorial campaign on Wednesday, becoming the third well-known Republican to join the race. Scott Jensen and Kendall Qualls have already announced plans to run for the office again in 2026, and Phillip Parrish and Brad Kohler are also seeking the …

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another while pretending to be a police officer is facing new and upgraded state charges after a fresh indictment was announced Thursday, just a week after he pleaded not guilty in federal court. Vance Boelter now faces two charges of first-degree murder, four counts of …

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. The top Democrat on a House committee is demanding that Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins account for discrepancies between her public statements about wildland firefighter staffing and a ProPublica report …

Greg Abbott sues to remove Houston lawmaker for leading redistricting quorum break  Houston Chronicle Gov. Greg Abbott asks Texas Supreme Court to expel House Democratic leader who left state  The Texas Tribune What is gerrymandering? Why is it legal?  CNN F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats  The New York Times Texas Governor Greg Abbott seeks court order to …

South Carolina statue for Black Civil War vet Black Civil War hero Robert Smalls to be honored with statue at South Carolina State House 02:41 Inside a small art studio not far from Atlanta, 67-year-old Basil Watson is shaping history.  The Jamaican-born artist is creating a sculpture of Robert Smalls, the historic South Carolina lawmaker who escaped slavery in Charleston …

Marjorie Taylor Greene Is First Republican Lawmaker to Call Gaza Crisis a ‘Genocide’  The New York Times Marjorie Taylor Greene decries ‘horrific’ crisis in Gaza  The Hill The Belated Voices Against The U.S.-Israeli Genocide of The Palestinians  forever-wars.com Jeffries hammers Trump on Gaza, calls for increased aid  Yahoo Home Israel must do ‘much more,’ Schumer says  JNS.org Source link

Colorado lawmaker says Gabbard has become ‘weapon of mass destruction’ for Trump  Politico Trump AI video of Obama at White House shows dangerous obsession  MSNBC News Bolton dismisses Gabbard’s Obama allegations: ‘She’s imagined evidence that doesn’t exist’  The Hill After accusing Obama of treason, Trump now says the former president ‘owes me big’  USA Today Gabbard’s Misleading ‘Coup’ Claim  FactCheck.org Source link

Minnesota Lawmaker Convicted of Burglary Plans to Resign, Ending Democratic Majority  The New York Times Nicole Mitchell to resign from Minnesota Senate after burglary conviction  MPR News Minnesota senator to resign following felony burglary conviction  Axios State Sen. Nicole Mitchell will resign after guilty verdict in burglary trial  CBS News State Sen. Mitchell found guilty  MinnPost Source link