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Do all Team USA athletes get a tattoo of the Olympic rings? A look at traditions from the village

Paris 2024 Olympic Games run from July 26 to August 11

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2024

GOP’s Jacobs doubles down on controls for high-powered guns

Republican New York Rep. Chris Jacobs is not seeking reelection amid backlash over his support for an assault weapons ban

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2022

Jan. 6 committee-led elections bill passes House, but has an uncertain Senate future

WASHINGTON — The House quickly took up and passed its response to a Senate proposal on how to overhaul a 135-year-old law governing the counting of presidential electoral votes, sending the hot-button issue back to the other side of the Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Sep 21, 2022

New York’s 23rd Congressional District Republican primary features former gubernatorial nominee, state party chairman

Nicholas A. Langworthy and Carl Paladino are running in New York’s 23rd Congressional District Republican primary on August 23, 2022.

Ballotpedia · Jul 14, 2022

Republican senator faces backlash for work on gun bill after school shooting

John Cornyn of Texas, lead negotiator on modest bipartisan reform proposal in Senate, was booed and heckled at party convention

The Guardian - US · Jun 23, 2022

Hyperpartisan politics are hurting democracy, says outgoing NY lawmaker Chris Jacobs

NEW YORK — An upstate New York congressman who abandoned his reelection effort in a clash with fellow Republicans over gun control criticized on Sunday the nation’s polarized political climate as harmful to democracy, in what has become a familiar refrain from centrist GOP lawmakers.

Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022

GOP candidate says ‘Hitler is the kind of leader we need today’

‘Any implication that I support Hitler or any of the sick and disgusting actions of the Nazi regime is a new low for the media’

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022

NY Republican congressional candidate Carl Paladino says Hitler is the ‘kind of leader we need today’

ALBANY, N.Y. — An upstate congressional candidate with a long history of controversial remarks is once again in hot water after saying that Adolf Hitler is “the kind of leader we need today.”

Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022

At the Races: Hearing today, gone tomorrow? - Roll Call

The CQ Roll Call newsroom tracks campaigns nationwide, sharing the best stories, with some extras, in the At the Races newsletter.

Roll Call · Jun 9, 2022

Stefanik-backed GOPer praises Hitler

Carl Paladino, who is running for Congress, also shared post suggesting Uvalde and Buffalo shootings were fake

Salon · Jun 9, 2022