Oregon high court says 10 GOP state senators who staged long walkout canโt run for reelection
The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a record-long walkout last year to stall bills on abortion, transgender health care and gun rights cannot run for reelection.
With Lee stepping down as Florida elections chief, DeSantis names Byrd as secretary of state
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday that state Rep. Cord Byrd will replace Secretary of State Laurel Lee, a former circuit judge who helped steer Florida through the 2020 elections and is now stepping down after a little more than three years in her post.
Blinken to Taliban: Any legitimacy 'will have to be earned'
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says that any legitimacy or international support for the Taliban โwill have to be earnedโ after Afghanistanโs new rulers announced an interim government that drew a deeply skeptical Western response.