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Saturday, 7 October 2023

DeSantis' chartered jet trade mission around the world cost nearly $1.6 million

TALLAHASEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ week-long trade mission in April that took him around the globe cost nearly $1.6 million, according to records released by the DeSantis administration to POLITICO. The bulk of the cost went to pay to charter two private jets for the trip that took the Republican governor, along with first lady Casey DeSantis and other state officials...

DeSantis' chartered jet trade mission around the world cost nearly $1.6 million

TALLAHASEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ week-long trade mission in April that took him around the globe cost nearly $1.6 million, according to records released by the DeSantis administration to POLITICO. The bulk of the cost went to pay to charter two private jets for the trip that took the Republican governor, along with first lady Casey DeSantis and other state officials...

Now a senator, Laphonza Butler makes a proud return to EMILY’s List

NEW YORK — Laphonza Butler, the country’s newest U.S. senator, spoke in front of a familiar crowd Friday at a fundraising luncheon for EMILY’s List, the pro-abortion rights group supporting Democratic women candidates. She led the group for two years before being appointed to fill the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat earlier this week. It was a homecoming for Butler, who was...

UAW holds off on widening strike citing 'significant progress' in talks

The United Auto Workers will not expand its strike against the Big Three auto manufacturers for the time being, union President Shawn Fain said Friday, since contract talks have made "significant progress" in recent days. Fain said the union was poised to strike some of General Motors’ most-profitable product lines, but that the company made a major concession on bringing...

New front opens in abortion wars as pharmacies begin dispensing pills

A handful of independent pharmacies across the country have quietly begun dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone under new rules created by the Biden administration earlier this year, even as a looming Supreme Court case could reimpose restrictions or ban the drugs entirely. Thousands of branches of major pharmacy chains are poised to join them — making the drugs more...

Friday, 6 October 2023

Georgia prosecutors seek trial testimony from top Trump adviser

Georgia prosecutors intend to call Boris Epshteyn, a top lawyer and adviser to former President Donald Trump, as a witness in the upcoming trial of Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, two of Trump’s co-defendants in a sprawling racketeering case related to Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election. Epshteyn is one of six witnesses who reside outside of Georgia that Fulton...

Biden team weighs using State Department grants to fund weapons for Ukraine

The Biden administration is considering using a State Department grant program to send additional military aid to Ukraine as Congress continues to battle over weapons funding, according to two U.S. officials with knowledge of the discussions. The White House is weighing a range of options as it scrambles to find additional money to support Ukraine after lawmakers stripped...