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Sen. Manchin announces variety of federal grants

MORGANTOWN – Sen. Joe Manchin this week announced various federal grants to support public safety, law enforcement, agriculture and health services. Department of Justice Grants from the U.S. Department of Justice totaling $5,829,155 include: $3,120,400 for Full Circle Training ...

Joke MCCARTHY Shutdown Act raises valid points

Why should Congress get paid for shutting down the government? Maybe Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig was trolling House Speaker Kevin McCarthy when she introduced the My Constituents Cannot Afford Rebellious Tantrums, Handle Your (MCCARTHY) Shutdown Act, but we suspect many Americans would ...

Scuttling the dress code in the Senate diminishes decorum

Congress is bickering as usual. A potential federal shutdown is looming. Public respect for the elected representatives of government is at historic lows. What a perfect time to announce that members of the world’s greatest deliberative body are welcome to start coming to the U.S. ...

Congress should agree to more aid

by Doyle McManus After three months of grueling combat against Russian troops, Ukraine’s summer offensive is finally showing results — but not the dramatic breakthrough Ukrainians and their supporters in the West hoped for. The Ukrainians’ goal was to penetrate Russia’s ...

Nancy Pelosi and the protracted decay of democracy

by Kevin Frazier Last Friday, Nancy Pelosi announced her intent to run for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Pelosi has occupied that seat since 1987. In nearly four-decades of service, she has accumulated political power and financial resources, earned tremendous ...

GOP impeachment inquiry into Biden marks low point in history

by Noah Feldman The decision by the House Republican leadership to open an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden — without any evidence of wrongdoing — marks a low point in the mis-deployment of the Constitution’s mechanism for removing a sitting president. Bad as it is, however, ...