Trump ambassador Kelly Craft joins Kentucky governor's race
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Former United Nations Ambassador Kelly Craft launched her long-anticipated campaign for Kentucky governor on Wednesday, saying the state's “best days are ahead of us” as she joined a crowded lineup of Republicans competing to challenge Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear next year. Craft has spent years cultivating connections within the GOP as she and her husband, coal magnate Joe Craft, donated millions of dollars to Republican candidates. Now as she transitions from party activist to political candidate, she enters the fray with advantages — the ability to tap in
Read MoreBaldwin, Collins press Senate colleagues to pass marriage equality legislation
Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Tuesday penned an an op-ed in The Washington Post urging their colleagues to pass legislation guaranteeing federal protections for marriage equality. The two called on the Senate to pass the Respect for Marriage Act, which would guarantee legal marriage regardless of a couple’s sex, race, ethnicity or national origin. “Individuals in same-sex and interracial marriages need, and should have, the
Read MoreIs the Mar-a-Lago case doomed?
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Read MoreMost in new poll say inflation causing financial hardship
A majority of Americans in a new Gallup poll said that inflation-driven price increases are causing moderate or severe financial hardship. Fifty-six percent of respondents said they are facing financial hardship, according to the survey giant, which noted that the percentage has steadily increased in recent months, rising from 45 percent in November and 49 percent in January. While lower-income families are experiencing fairly similar levels of financial hardship as last fall, midd
Read MorePavlich: The left’s electric vehicle push is about freedom
Since last week, the California electric grid operator has been sending out frantic messages warning residents to avoid using electricity, or charging their electric vehicles, as the system becomes overloaded due to continuing heat. “#ISO has issued an Energy Emergency Alert (EEA) 1 effective today, from 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. Consumers are strongly urged to use less #energy to avoid rotating #poweroutages,” the California ISO tweeted out Tuesday. The timing was impeccable. Just days before the crisis started, which is expected to continue in the coming we
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