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Kentucky’s Democratic governor would rather not talk about climate change
Kentucky’s Democratic governor, Andy Beshear, has been called the state’s “consoler-in-chief.” He’s presided over a period of extreme weather in the state, from tornadoes that leveled entire towns in the farmlands of western Kentucky to record flooding that washed out thousands of homes in its mountainous Appalachian east. Through it all, voters have taken note
The first Democratic primary is approaching. But where?
After decades of Iowa and New Hampshire kicking off the presidential primary season, the Democratic National Committee last year upended that tradition. At the behest of President Joe Biden, who wanted to give voters of color more say in the process, the DNC tapped South Carolina to cast the first votes in 2024.But just four
Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak declared over, Uganda boosts response
Brazzaville/Kampala/Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared the end of an Ebola outbreak that re-emerged six weeks ago in the country’s North Kivu Province. The announcement came as neighbouring Uganda races to curb an unrelated outbreak declared last week. With only one case confirmed, the just-ended outbreak was one of the Democratic Republic
The First Key Democratic Primary of the Year Is Headed for a Runoff
Neither Jessica Cisneros nor Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) secured enough votes to win the Democratic U.S. House primary for Texas’ 28th congressional district on Tuesday night. The first marquee Democratic primary of the 2022 midterms now heads to a run off. The Associated Press called the race early Wednesday morning, with Cuellar leading by a narrow margin…
Democratic Republic of the Congo declares Ebola outbreak over
Brazzaville/Kinshasa – The Ebola outbreak that erupted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s North Kivu Province in October – the second in 2021 – was today declared over, the national health authorities announced after no new cases were reported at the end of a 42-day countdown, or two incubation periods after the last confirmed case…
The Democratic Civil War Has a Winner: Donald Trump
First, the good news. The government did not shut down at midnight. New COVID infections in the United States have fallen twenty-five per cent over the past couple of weeks. Vaccine mandates by large companies and government agencies, many of them imposed at President Biden’s behest, seem to be working—without vaccine-refusenik workers quitting en masse,…