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Proponents have passed similar bills before, but this time they’ll have to contend with a White House striving to rekindle relations with Saudi Arabia.

(JNS) — Resolutions proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives mean nothing. They give members an opportunity to pay lip service to various

Retired FBI agent Maria Jocys easily collected enough signatures from Durham voters to get her name on the midterm ballot to challenge Sheriff Clarence Birkhead as an unaffiliated candidate. But of the 15,865 she received, a third appear suspect.

MONTPELIER — A leading candidate for Vermont’s open seat in the U.S. House has dropped out and endorsed a top opponent, shaking up the most closely watched race in a banner election year.State Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale, D-Chittenden, will no longer run...

This isnt inevitable. im joined now by a member of the congress congresswoman rep. shontel brown -- thanks for being. here i want to begin by talking about the mood of the congressional progressive caucus, and democrats as a whole. how hard it is to keep fighting? >> first of all, thank you again thank you for having me symone and congratulations on your new show. when i think about the situation that most recently happened in texas, and as an aunt of six, with some of my nieces and nephews bein...

The $1.73 billion proposal now heads to the Illinois Gaming Board, which must license Bally’s to operate the Chicago casino set to be built along the Chicago River near Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street.

Ald. Nicholas Sposato (38th Ward) and Ald. Emma Mitts (37th Ward) — who both support the proposal — used a parliamentary procedure to prevent a vote on Monday. However, Public Safety Committee Chair Ald. Chris Taliaferro (29th Ward) filed a notice with the city clerk’s office to ensure the measure would get an up-or-down vote on Wednesday. 

“We’re not asking for an additional anything, just save our teachers” a Chicago Public Schools parent said Tuesday. “We’re not asking for more, we’re just asking for the status quo.”

Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s proposed resolution reminds us that anti-Zionist extremism and the denial of Jewish rights is what has left descendants of 1948 refugees in limbo and made peace impossible.

Tlaib’s proposed resolution reminds us that anti-Zionist extremism and the denial of Jewish rights is what has left descendants of 1948 refugees in limbo and made peace impossible.