Ashwin Ramaswami: Trailblazing as the First Gen Z Indian-American Candidate for Georgia Senate
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Representing a new wave of young politicians within the Indian-American community, Ramaswami's candidacy signals a shift towards youth engagement in politics. Hailing from immigrant parents who migrated from Tamil Nadu in the 1990s, he embodies the spirit of the Generation Z cohort, born between 1997 and 2012.
The Democrats under dilemma on whether or not to publish Trump's tax records
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The unusual situation has arisen with the Supreme Court's decision recently to deny the motion by Trump's legal team to block public disclosure of Trump's tax records citing executive privilege of a former President. As the apex court cleared the way, the Democrats had already lost the majority in the House of Representatives where Republicans hold 222 seats against 213 seats of the Democrats.
Republicans get House, US gets 'divided' government
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The days of ambitious legislations such as those that marked the first two years of President Joe Biden's term - infrastructure, climate change and healthcare extension, are over. There will be instead a litany of congressional investigations into the Biden administration and bitter confrontations between the White House and the Republican-controlled House.
As Republicans inch closer to retaking the house, Trump's ally Rupert Murdoch decides to dump him
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Trump used to refer to the New York Post as his favorite newspaper as Murdoch always supported him, but in a dramatic turn of events, the Post's two successive headlines in the last two days have turned against Trump. The Post featured Governor Ron DeSantis' spectacular victory in Florida on the cover page with the headline "De Future", implying he was the future of the Republican Party for the 2024 presidential run.
Trump, Republican committees at loggerheads
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Trump will lose RNC funding for legal bills if he announces 2024 candidacy, says Fox News in a report claiming that top-level Republicans have encouraged the former leader not to announce his 2024 candidacy until after the mid-terms of the House of Representatives' elections. Trump tried to preempt the January 6 Capitol riot panel reports expected in September.
8 dead in suicide bomb attack in Congo on Christmas
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In a provisional assessment provided on Saturday night by General Ekenge Sylvain, spokesman for the governor of the North Kivu province, at least six people, including the suicide bomber, were killed and 13 others wounded in this "terrorist attack" in the city of Beni. According to the update delivered this Sunday morning by the medical director of the General Hospital of Beni, two other people died from the serious injuries caused by the explosion, adding that 14 other people were wounded, some in serious condition, Xinhua news agency reported.
DRC city partially evacuated over volcano eruption threat
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Lieutenant General Kongba Constant, military governor of the North Kivu region, announced on the official TV broadcaster RTNC that 10 districts would be evacuated, reports dpa news agency. Authorities would organise transport, he said, and residents should take along only the bare necessities. Residents had fled their homes in panic, some even to neighbouring Rwanda, after the Nyiragongo volcano erupted on May 22.
15 deaths after volcano eruption in Democratic Republic of Congo
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Government spokesman Patrick Muyaya said that 15 people were killed while fleeing following the explosion on May 22, reports Xinhua news agency. Nine people were killed in a truck rollover accident, while four others were prisoners trying to break the Munzenze central prison in Goma, the spokesman said.
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