Month: May 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that he and President Joe Biden will meet in person on Monday to discuss raising the nation’s debt limit. McCarthy, R-Calif., and Biden spoke by phone as the president flew back from a trip to Japan. McCarthy said the call was “productive.” Talks to keep the federal government’s funding broke off again for several days, with McCarthy signaling that negotiations would resume later Sunday. Both sides have said progress is being made, but are staying aloof. The Treasury Department has said a deal should be reached before the funding dries up…

(BDN) – AUGUSTA, Maine – Mal Leary, the dean of the Maine State House press corps with more than 45 years of chronicling state politics, died Saturday at age 72. He reported across the media in a career that began in 1975 during the tenure of independent Gov. James Longley. For most of his career, he ran a new kind of one-man cable service that sold his press and radio stories about politics to the media. Leary was one of the most trusted people in the Statehouse and was well liked by politicians and aides for his old-school approach. For…

LONDON (AP) – Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein made big gains in Northern Ireland’s local elections, repeating its success in last year’s assembly elections, when it first became the biggest party. With counting completed on Saturday afternoon, Sinn Fein, which seeks the unification of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland, took 144 of the 462 local government seats, an increase of 39 from the last government election local in 2019. Its main rival, the Democratic Unionist Party, captured 122 seats, while the centrist Alliance Party had 67. Michelle O’Neill, deputy leader of Sinn Fein, said the results were “thrilling”….

CHICAGO (WLS) — At least 21 people have been shot, including one fatally, in gun violence across Chicago this weekend, police said. sunday A man and woman were driving in West Town when they were shot Sunday morning, police said. The 30-year-old man and 29-year-old woman were driving in the 2200 block of West Walnut Street shortly before 3:20 a.m. when shots were fired, according to CPD. Both were taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition. No one has been arrested and detectives from Area Three are investigating. Saturday A 22-year-old man was driving north in the 4700 block of…

DILI, East Timor (AP) – Vote counting was underway in East Timor’s parliamentary election on Sunday with two former independence fighters being considered for prime minister. Two main political parties, the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, or Fretilin, and the opposition, the National Congress for the Reconstruction of Timor (CNRT), are believed to be in a tight race for the National Parliament of 65 seats. A total of 17 games were played. Neither party has formed a pre-election coalition, but analysts said the CNRT, a party led by former prime minister and pro-independence leader Xanana Gusmao, is favored…

Former President Donald Trump’s list of critics and enemies certainly includes a lot of truly awful and nasty people. From CNN and MSNBC hosts to neocon war hawks to the so-called intelligence community to Lincoln Project con artists, an awful lot of people don’t like Trump. And of course the Democrat conspiracy theories about Trump being a Russian asset and the Russians successfully “hacking the election” were gibberish from the start. And yes, many of Trump’s supporters are vilified and abused by elitist left-wing snobs who don’t care to understand why they support Donald Trump. All that said, Donald Trump…

DILI, East Timor (AP) – Vote counting was underway in East Timor’s parliamentary election on Sunday with two former independence fighters being considered for prime minister. Two main political parties, the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor, or Fretilin, and the opposition, the National Congress for the Reconstruction of Timor (CNRT), are believed to be in a tight race for the National Parliament of 65 seats. A total of 17 games were played. Neither party has formed a pre-election coalition, but analysts said the CNRT, a party led by former prime minister and pro-independence leader Xanana Gusmao, is favored…

What shapes Americans’ views of migrants from the border and southern states arriving in their cities? It’s not always where they live, but it can depend on their politics. Democrats, including those in cities and suburbs, are overwhelmingly receptive to the idea of ​​temporarily accepting migrants into their places. But principle often collides with practicality: they are not always sure there is room. The number of Americans who think there is room in their city, in the form of amenities or public housing, is less than the number willing to accept people. Among the democrats who live in the cities,…