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Barnette deflects past comments in Pennsylvania GOP Senate race

Political commentator Kathy Barnette, who has surged into a three-way tie in Pennsylvania’s closely watched Republican U.S. Senate primary, defended most of her previous incendiary comments as taken out of context as she faces new scrutiny.

Tribune News Service · May 16, 2022

Buffalo shooting: Anti-racism experts condemn ‘great replacement’ conspiracy pushed by Tucker Carlson and GOP

Attack that killed 10 people at grocery store on Saturday was latest example of attacker espousing the far-right conspiracy theory

The Independent UK · May 15, 2022

‘A history maker’: Karine Jean-Pierre set for White House press secretary role

She will be the first Black openly gay woman to step into the role, a symbol of change after the Donald Trump era

The Guardian - US · May 15, 2022

UAE's newly elected ruler sees Iran, Islamists as threat to Gulf safe haven

United Arab Emirates strongman Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who was formally elected president on Saturday, led a realignment of the Middle East that created a new anti-Iran axis with Israel and fought a rising tide of political Islam in the region.

Reuters · May 14, 2022

See the Kathy Barnette tweets targeting Muslims, LGBTQ and Obama

Trump warned Republicans Thursday that Barnette's history will preclude her from winning a general election in PA.

Axios · May 13, 2022

How the ‘pro-life’ movement killed Roe v Wade

Powerful legal groups, conservative Christian activists and right-wing figures shaped an anti-abortion agenda in the hands of the US Supreme Court, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · May 13, 2022

Will Bunch: Who is Kathy Barnette, and can Pa. figure it out before she wins the GOP Senate nod?

For about an hour Wednesday night, the crunchy green artificial turf of the big indoor practice field at Newtown Athletic Club in Bucks County offered a kind of a safe space for Kathy Barnette to revel in her new status as sudden-shock co-front-runner in Pennsylvania’s GOP U.S. Senate primary, in…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 13, 2022

Former staff at Lauren Boebert’s restaurant call her a ‘monster’ who once pointed gun at Obama supporter, report says

‘The second the restaurant blew up, her head blew up, and it became something entirely different,’ ex-waitress says

The Independent UK · May 12, 2022

America, Asean in geostrategic drift

As Southeast Asia's renowned regional bloc, Asean has been wanting to have its cake as well as eat it. Its summit meeting with the United States in Washington this week is a testimony to trying to have it both ways. When Washington cares less about Asean, the nominally 10-member grouping…

Bangkok Post · May 12, 2022

It's not just a meal: Inside the nation's most secretive and exclusive power lunch

WASHINGTON — Al Gore came armed with policy memos, George H.W. Bush with jokes and Dan Quayle with requests from Cabinet secretaries. Mike Pence brought plenty of patience.

Los Angeles Times · May 12, 2022