Tag: Political parties
GOP source: Priebus mulling run for Wisconsin governor
MADISON, Wis. — Reince Priebus, a former White House chief of staff to Donald Trump, has called Republican donors and power brokers in Wisconsin...
Highlights of COVID-19 relief bill progressing in House
WASHINGTON — A Democratic-led effort to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package has passed its latest challenge with House committees advancing measures that...
AP-NORC poll: Few in US say democracy is working very well
WASHINGTON — Only a fragment of Americans believe democracy is thriving in the U.S., even as broad majorities agree that representative government is one...
Ex-presidential contender leaves Turkish opposition party
ANKARA, Turkey — A politician who once ran as a presidential challenger to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan resigned Monday from Turkey’s main opposition...
Buttigieg campaign manager seeking to lead Indiana Democrats
INDIANAPOLIS — The manager of former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 presidential campaign is entering the race to become the Indiana Democratic Party’s...
Kansas tax-cut fight revives memories of past GOP experiment
TOPEKA, Kan. — Republican lawmakers in Kansas are struggling to contain their impulses to slash state income taxes, conjuring memories of a past, nationally...
GOP’s Tenney, who won House seat by 109 votes, is sworn in
Republican Claudia Tenney of New York was sworn in Thursday as a member of Congress, reclaiming a seat she lost two years ago and...
Populist party backs Draghi as Italy’s new PM in online vote
MILAN — Grassroots members of Italy’s populist 5-Star Movement, the largest political force in the Italian Parliament, signaled their approval Thursday for a new...
Amid COVID shutdowns, GOP’s McCarthy attended son’s wedding
MORRO BAY, Calif. — At a time when California residents were being urged to avoid social gatherings because of the risk of spreading coronavirus,...
GOP bill would force yearly teacher action on union dues
INDIANAPOLIS — Republican lawmakers are advancing a bill that would require Indiana teachers to renew requests every year for automatic deduction of union dues...
