NEWBURYPORT — Methuen Mayor James Jajuga's defamation lawsuit against Valley Patriot publisher Thomas Duggan will move forward, at least in part.Source: Judge advances portion of Jajuga's defamation lawsuit...
The 2020 presidential race has begun. Super PACs and party committees are raising and spending gobs of cash. The threat of foreigners infiltrating U.S. political campaigns looms.Source: Federal Election Commission chairwoman: government shutdown is ‘incredibly wasteful and unproductive’...
The “Dry Alabama” Facebook page, illustrated with stark images of car wrecks and videos of families ruined by drink, had a blunt message: Alcohol is the devil’s work, and the state should ban it entirely.Source: Democrats Faked Online Push to Outlaw Alcohol in Alabama Race...
Much attention has focused on H.R. 1, the comprehensive package of democracy reforms introduced on Thursday by Representative John Sarbanes (D-Md.) on behalf of the new Democratic House majority. The unprecedented legislation is perhaps the most important domestic initiative of the new Congress.Source: How to Fix America’s Broken Political System...
It isn't your usual bill, the "For The People Act" introduced Friday by House Democrats. Also known as H.R. 1, symbolically their first legislation, it is a 571-page compendium of existing problems and proposed solutions in four political hot zones: voting, political money, redistricting and ethics.Source: House Democrats Introduce Anti-Corruption Bill As Symbolic First Act...
President Donald Trump is tightening his iron grip on the Republican Party, launching an elaborate effort to stamp out any vestiges of GOP opposition that might embarrass him at the 2020 Republican convention.Source: Trump campaign moves to stave off mayhem at 2020 convention...
