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Military and GOP officials blast Tommy Tuberville’s ‘corrosive’ and ‘paralyzing’ blockade

Alabama football coach turned Republican US Senator Tommy Tuberville has single-handedly blocked the promotion of hundreds of American military officials since March to protest Pentagon policy to reimburse service members’

Kamala Harris refutes ‘ridiculous’ Republican claims about Democrats’ abortion views

Vice President Kamala Harris addressed Republican attempts to paint Democrats as extremists on the issue of abortion and the rights of newborns on Sunday during an interview with CBS’s Face

House committee chairman says Sen. Tuberville is ‘paralyzing’ the Pentagon by blocking promotions

Alabama football coach turned Republican US Senator Tommy Tuberville has single-handedly blocked the promotion of hundreds of American military officials since March to protest Pentagon policy to reimburse service members’

DeSantis eyes revoking constitutional safeguard for Florida’s Black voters

In mid-August, lawyers representing Florida Republicans made a startling admission. The state’s new congressional map, drawn by governor Ron DeSantis, made it harder for Black voters in north Florida to

Man trying to cross Atlantic in giant ‘hamster wheel’ charged over alleged knife threat

A serial adventurer intercepted off the South Carolina coast during his latest attempt to cross the Atlantic in a makeshift “hydropod” was charged with criminal conduct on the high seas

Critics condemn New York mayor for saying migration crisis will ‘destroy’ city

The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, has said an increase in migration would “destroy” the city, seemingly blaming the Biden administration for failing to provide federal support as much

Florida supreme court to hear abortion case that could drastically limit access

The Florida supreme court on Friday will hear arguments in a case that could drastically limit abortion access in the south-eastern United States. Abortion providers in Florida filed a lawsuit

DeSantis struggles to shake Hurricane Idalia’s dark clouds after snub to Biden

One reality of Florida politics is that a bad hurricane for the state traditionally blows good fortune for its governor. It was true for Rick Scott, elected a senator in

Flamingos spotted as far north as Ohio after being blown off course by Idalia

Flamingos have been spotted as far north in the US as Ohio and Pennsylvania in recent days, after they were blown off course by the powerful Hurricane Idalia that hit

Florida supreme court signals openness to abortion ban that would slash access

In arguments in a case that could drastically limit abortion access in the south-eastern United States, the Florida supreme court on Friday seemed open to arguments to uphold a law