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Michigan GOP attempts to tie gun reforms to Holocaust, faces backlash

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Republican Party's official social media accounts made misleading posts Wednesday to try to connect Democrat-backed gun proposals to the Holocaust, spurring criticism from both sides of the political aisle.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023

Iran hostages bitter that former Texas Gov. Connally may have stalled their release to help Reagan win

WASHINGTON – For 444 days, Iranian militants held 52 Americans hostage in Tehran, leaving emotional scars for them and their loved ones — and dooming Jimmy Carter’s presidency.

Tribune News Service · Mar 22, 2023

Friends Who Took Double-Dcker Bus Around World Reunite 50 Years Later

Friends who traveled 40,000 miles around the world in a double-decker London bus have reconnected after 50 years.

Zenger · Mar 21, 2023

Pence hits back at DeSantis over Ukraine war criticism

Former Vice President Mike Pence Wednesday blasted Ron DeSantis over his criticism of the war in Ukraine.

Tribune News Service · Mar 15, 2023

Martin Schram: Fox invites Marxist punditry

This past week, it seemed like almost anywhere we surfed cable TV or internet news, we encountered a talking-head or print-pundit citing the identical quick-quip to summarize the central flaw in the newest controversy that Fox’s Tucker Carlson just ignited about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Mar 13, 2023

CPAC '23: Kari Lake declares war

Is Kari Lake for real or just a grifter? Plus: I totally agree with Steve Bannon about something important

Salon · Mar 11, 2023

Commentary: Jimmy Carter was right about human rights

When I first joined the U.S. State Department’s Foreign Service, I was optimistic about the positive role the United States played in the world. By the time I left not quite a decade later, I was haunted by how dangerous our shortsighted foreign policy can be.

Chicago Tribune · Mar 10, 2023

President Biden appointed 109 federal judges through March 1

President Joe Biden (D) has appointed and the Senate has confirmed 109 Article III federal judges through March 1, 2023, his third year in office. This is the second-most Article III judicial appointments through this point in all presidencies since Ronald Reagan (R). The Senate had confirmed 86 of President…

Ballotpedia · Mar 9, 2023

Carl P. Leubsdorf: The surprising parallels between Reagan and Trump

On a February night in 1975, as the chief political writer of The Associated Press, I attended the second annual meeting of a new conservative organization for a speech that was to have a historic long-term impact.

Tribune News Service · Mar 8, 2023

Robe & Gavel: Federal Judicial Vacancy Count released for March 1

Welcome to the March 7 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

Ballotpedia · Mar 7, 2023