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Turkey NATO veto drives Swedish culture clash around Kurdish minister
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The Swedish Democrats on Friday submitted a motion of "no confidence" against the Social Democrat Minister of Justice Morgan Johansson. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Thursday threatened to resign if t...
Exclusive: Gov. Ron DeSantis to veto $35 Million Tampa Bay Rays facility amid polarization of shootings
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DeSantis’s decision is in response to the Rays politicizing recent shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde ahead of a matchup with the Yankees in May. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at t...
China and Russia veto new UN sanctions on North Korea for first time since 2006
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United Nations Russia and China on Thursday vetoed a US-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution to strengthen sanctions on North Korea in a vote the US ambassador to the UN called dangerous, disappointing ...
Indiana lawmakers override GOP governor’s veto to enact anti-trans sports ban
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Washington Indiana banned transgender women and girls from competing on public school sports teams consistent with their gender after the state's Republican-led legislature voted Tuesday to override a veto issued ea...
Kentucky legislature overrides governor’s veto of sweeping abortion bill
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Kentucky's GOP-controlled legislature on Wednesday overrode Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's veto of a broad abortion bill that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, restricts access to medication abortion ...
Pennsylvania House passes anti-trans sports ban as governor vows to veto bill
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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill that would prohibit transgender girls and women in the state from competing on sports teams consistent with their gender -- a provision the state's ...
As Ukraine burns, UN Security Council watches Russia halt group’s action with its veto power
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The United Nations was formed after World War II with the aim of halting future wars, but as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns the world about a new world war, the Security Council is being used by Russia...
MSNBC struggles without Maddow as her ‘veto power’ reportedly keeps Olbermann off network: ‘How embarrassing’
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MSNBC has continued to brand its 9 p.m. hour as "The Rachel Maddow Show," but with a series of rotating hosts, instead of Maddow herself, following the network’s biggest star stepping away from the network until Apri...
Biden ‘has ceded the veto pen’ to European allies: Sen. Tom Cotton
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"You mentioned kicking Russia out of the international banking system known as SWIFT," he told host Laura Ingraham. "Apparently, there are some European nations like Germany that don't want to do that, so we're not g...
North Dakota Gov. Burgum vetoes transgender sports ban, following similar veto by South Dakota’s Noem
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The bill passed overwhelmingly in the North Dakota House, which could have the votes to override Burgum's veto if it chooses, KX News reported. But the margin was much slimmer in the state Senate, meaning the measure...
Tucker slams Arkansas governor over ‘castration’ veto: He did ‘exactly’ what Walmart scion ‘wanted him to do’
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Carlson said Hutchinson, who is term-limited, profusely claimed he did not confer with any of Arkansas' mega-corporations or elite, such as the Walton family -- the founders of WalMart, Tyson Foods or Dillard's. "Tuc...
Tucker presses Arkansas gov over veto of bill banning gender hormones, surgeries for transgender youth
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"The Tucker Carlson Tonight" host explained to viewers that the bill nearly passed with Hutchinson's support until the governor rejected the legislation that would have prohibited doctors from providing gender-confir...
House lawmakers say they will cut holiday short to override possible Trump veto of defense bill
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Washington Multiple House lawmakers, including the top Democrat and Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, have said they will cut their holiday short if necessary to override a veto by President Donald Tr...
Democrats fear McConnell veto over Biden agenda
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President-elect Joe Biden's agenda in Washington may only go as far as Mitch McConnell lets him. McConnell, the Senate Republican leader who was reelected in Kentucky to a seventh term last week, is poised to hold ...