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The panel: Chuck Williams, reporter, WRBL-TV Columbus, @chuckwilliams Donna Lowry, legislator host and reporter for GPB News, @donnalowrynews Kevin Riley, managing editor, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, @ajceditor Rahul Bali, political reporter, WABE, @rahulbali The breakdown: 1. What to expect from the Georgia GOP convention. WRBL’s Chuck Williams spoke with outgoing GOP Chairman David Shafer about what to expect from the convention moments before our show. Shafer said this convention will be one of the most well-attended conventions. Note: Shafer is stepping down as party chairman and is a target of Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ election investigation. LISTEN: Chuck Williams…

WASHINGTON DC – Several GOP senators told Fox News that FBI Director Christopher Wray should resign because of how he has run the bureau. “Christopher Wray should absolutely resign,” Ohio Sen. JD Vance told Fox News. “What has happened in the last four or five years is that the American people have seen the leadership of the FBI engage in political hacking.” But Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, disagreed. House Oversight Chairman James Comer is leading an investigation into the business dealings of Hunter Biden and other members of the Biden family. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post, Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for…

After rumors swirled all offseason, this has been reported Dalvin Cook will be officially released by the Minnesota Vikings after not finding a business partner. That means teams like it Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncosor Los Angeles Chargers he will be free to sign him to a free agent deal. The move frees up $9 million in cap space with a dead cap of just over $8.2 million. Since he was cut after June 1, the Vikings can carry over ~$3.1 million of that dead cap to 2024 with the remainder on the books in 2023. They decided his contract was…

The think tank has also noted a general increase in military activity across the front line, but not all of it is part of Ukraine’s counteroffensive effort. The Institute for the Study of War has announced that Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive has begun. Ukrainian forces have not disclosed the details of their mission. However, the think tank said it would likely consist of many companies in numerous locations of varying intensity and would not be developed as a single operation. Initial setbacks are also expected. The main focus of Ukraine’s defensive operation remains sealed off to prevent Russian troops from premeditating…

Actress Alicia Silverstone on Wednesday endorsed the 2024 Democratic nominee and Biden’s main challenger, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., even as she admitted she has been disappointed in the Democratic Party. “Last year, I canceled my Democratic Party registration and registered as an independent voter,” Silverstone wrote on Instagram. “Like many others, I am deeply disappointed with the political leadership at every turn.” The “Clueless” star said she was tired of “the division, the lies, [and] exploitation at the expense of people and public health”. Alicia Silverstone supported Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for 2024 and said she was “deeply disappointed” in…

A prominent Labor Party donor has joined the Just Stop Oil protests outside the House of Commons. Dale Vince, the founder of green energy company Ecotricity, was part of the slow walk down Whitehall to Trafalgar Square. Vince’s association with the climate protest group has already given Sir Keir Starmer headaches. According to the Sky News Westminster Accounts project, Ecotricity has given £860,000 to Labor since the 2019 election, as well as £20,000 to Sir Keir and £10,000 to Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner. Mr Vince’s donations to the party over the past decade total around £1.5m Speaking during the…

Gun violence is a real and serious problem that raises real and serious questions. In a country with more than 300 million people and even more guns than those in circulation, there is no single, easy solution to the problem. There are several different and overlapping factors that fuel the problem of gun violence. Ease of access to guns (including illegal guns) is one, but there are also complicated issues like mental health and perennial problems like gang violence and domestic violence. Delving into this very real and truly troubling issue, Governor Gavin Newsom, who on Thursday called for a…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate confirmed Dilawar Syed as deputy administrator of the Small Business Administration on Thursday, ending more than two years of delays after a Republican gridlock in the last Congress. Syed will be the highest-ranking Muslim official in the US government. Republicans on the Small Business Committee had blocked his nomination, citing the agency’s payments to abortion providers and other reasons. President Joe Biden had first nominated the Pakistan-born businessman to the post in March 2021, and renominated him this year in the new Congress. Syed was upheld 54-42 Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat who chairs…