California on alert for floods and mudslides as powerful storms hit state with heavy rain, wind

Authorities across California focused Thursday on clearing roads and restoring power following heavy rain and winds that gusted to 101 miles per hour during the latest in a series of storms buffeting the state. A disaster declaration from Gov. Gavin Newsom remained in effect as the state Office of Emergency Services expanded deployment teams up and down the state — mostly...

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Biden's regulators propose banning non-competes

The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday kicked off the process for regulating non-compete clauses in employment agreements, issuing a proposed rule that would largely ban the practice. Under the proposal, the FTC would still allow employers other legal avenues to protect trade secrets and other sensitive information. However, those non-disclosure agreements cannot be so...

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GOP debates: Who could take McCarthy's place?

If not Kevin McCarthy, then who? It’s the all-consuming question that has started openly percolating among the House GOP, as McCarthy’s speaker bid stalls. So far, though, Justin Amash — a former congressman who switched from Republican to Independent in 2019 and is considered a gadfly among his former colleagues — is all they’re getting, at least publicly. It’s a sign of...

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Kennedy passes on Louisiana gubernatorial bid

Republican Sen. John Kennedy told supporters Wednesday he will forgo this year’s Louisiana governor race and stay in the U.S. Senate. Fresh off winning a second term as senator, Kennedy said that he decided after deliberating that “at this juncture, I just think I can help my state and my country more in the Senate.” “I have passed more bills as the lead author than any first-term...

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Kat Cammack draws boos over Dem booze accusations

But with the chamber unable to adopt rules, there was little to be done about the remark. from Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories https://ift.tt/fEI6m3w via IFT...

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Biden: 'My intention' is to visit the southern border

President Joe Biden intends to visit the southern U.S. border, he said Wednesday, following months of insistence from his political opponents that he make the trip. “That’s my intention,” Biden said, responding to a question from reporters about whether he’d go to the border. “We’re working out the details now.” The president is scheduled to visit Mexico City next week for...

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McCarthy’s political operation spent millions on lawmakers now opposing his speaker dreams

Money can buy a lot of things. The speakership of the House may not be one of them. In the 2022 election cycle alone, political groups affiliated with Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) spent over $1 million supporting Republican representatives who have now voted against him for speaker, according to a review of federal campaign finance records. Of the 20 Republicans who voted...

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