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Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelection
Read full article: Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout can’t run for reelectionThe Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection.
With Lee stepping down as Florida elections chief, DeSantis names Byrd as secretary of state
Read full article: With Lee stepping down as Florida elections chief, DeSantis names Byrd as secretary of stateFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that state Rep. Cord Byrd will replace Secretary of State Laurel Lee, a former circuit judge who helped steer Florida through the 2020 elections and is now stepping down after a little more than three years in her post.
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Blinken to Taliban: Any legitimacy 'will have to be earned'
Read full article: Blinken to Taliban: Any legitimacy 'will have to be earned'U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that any legitimacy or international support for the Taliban “will have to be earned” after Afghanistan’s new rulers announced an interim government that drew a deeply skeptical Western response.