WASHINGTON — Two of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s top aides who were instrumental in forging her unexpected path to victory last year are leaving Capitol Hill, less than a month after one of them ignited a firestorm by challenging Speaker Nancy Pelosi and comparing moderate House Democrats to segregationists.
WASHINGTON — A former Air Force helicopter pilot who nearly beat an incumbent Republican House member in the heart of Texas last year is launching another against-the-odds campaign — this time against Sen. John Cornyn, a fixture in Texas Republican politics.Kenya The New York Times world18 Aug 2024
HAVELOCK, N.C. — They met here at the Cherry Point Marine airfield two decades ago, the start of a friendship that would be forged over hundreds of hours in the cockpit of an EA-6B Prowler warplane over the Middle East, jamming enemy radar systems. One was in the pilot’s seat and the other navigated beside him.
WASHINGTON — Darrell Issa, the former nine-term congressman from California, will try to return to Congress by challenging Rep. Duncan Hunter, who was indicted last year, setting up a clash among two allies of President Donald Trump for one of the Republicans’ most endangered seats.
TYSONS, Va. — Under scrutiny for his embrace of centrist politics at a time when an insurgent Democratic wing is demanding more leftist policies, Michael Bloomberg, actively weighing a presidential run in 2020, on Friday rejected the idea that he could not represent a broad coalition in the party.
In at least three states that offer driver’s licenses to unauthorized immigrants, ICE officials have requested to comb through state repositories of license photos, according to newly released documents. At least two of those states, Utah and Vermont, complied, searching their photos for matches, those records show.
URBANA, Ohio — Voters in this small town, a camera-ready county seat cut from the mold of a 1960s-era television set, believe in their congressman. Rep. Jim Jordan calls this home, and his fellow Urbanans believe he is a man of integrity. They believe his family, a dynasty of wrestling icons, has served the community well.
WASHINGTON — A former Air Force helicopter pilot who nearly beat an incumbent Republican House member in the heart of Texas last year is launching another against-the-odds campaign — this time against Sen. John Cornyn, a fixture in Texas Republican politics.
ALGONA, Iowa — For nearly two decades, Rep. Steve King pummeled Republican primary challengers, dispatched Democrats, even a former Iowa governor’s wife, and glided to victory in his conservative district.
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