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Spain is 1st Black woman to lead South Carolina Democrats

Christale Spain, a longtime party operative, has been elected as chair of South Carolina’s Democratic Party

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2023

Nikki Haley, Others Struggle to Gain 2024 Ground on Trump

Nine months before the first 2024 US presidential primary, Donald Trump's onetime UN envoy Nikki Haley is barnstorming early-voting New Hampshire, one of several Republicans scrambling to dent the huge poll lead of the nomination front-runner. With Trump's legal setbacks mounting, Americans are bracing for a parade of contenders positioning…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 29, 2023

Karnataka elections | Man who came to the limelight during the hijab row is BJP candidate in Udupi

The coastal city of Udupi hit the headlines last year when a government pre-university college for girls turned down the demand of six Muslim girls to allow them to wear hijab or headscarf in classrooms.

The Hindu · Apr 29, 2023

Biden v Trump: US is unenthused by likely rematch of two old white men

As Biden formally launches his 2024 bid and Trump chalks up endorsements polls show voters have little appetite for a replay

The Guardian - US · Apr 29, 2023

Marijuana job lands Oregon Secretary of State in trouble

Oregon Secretary of State Shemia Fagan is in hot water, with Republican lawmakers calling for her resignation and the Democratic governor seeking investigations because Fagan took a consulting job with a marijuana firm

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2023

Oklahoma's top education official embraces culture wars

Oklahoma's newly elected Republican head of public schools campaigned for the job last fall on a platform of banning certain books and fighting “woke ideology” in public schools

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2023

Zooey Zephyr row spotlights rise of GOP far-right caucuses

The banishment of transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from Montana’s House floor has showcased the rising power of hard-line conservatives who are leveraging divisive social issues to gain political influence

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2023

Georgia's Kemp veers from Trump, but state GOP not moving on

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is trying to steer the Republican Party away from Donald Trump and his 2020 election lies, but his state party shows little interest in moving on

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2023

GOP split dooms scaled-back Kansas 'school choice' plan

Republican lawmakers in Kansas who say parents need alternatives to public schools couldn’t pass even a scaled-back version of the “school choice” plans enacted in other states with GOP-controlled Legislatures

The Independent UK · Apr 29, 2023

Montana is the latest state to ban gender-affirming care for trans minors

Gov. Greg Gianforte signed the bill on Friday, a piece of legislation that exiled transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr told fellow lawmakers would leave "blood" on their hands.

WEKU · Apr 29, 2023