POLITICO NIGHTLY: A House in revolt

 

View in browser   BY CHARLIE MAHTESIAN AND CALDER MCHUGH With help from Ari Hawkins Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), right, during the House speakership election at the U.S. Capitol Jan. 3, 2023. | Francis Chung/POLITICO WILD RIDE — A small but steadfast minority of Republicans in Congress threw the House into chaos today, as they rejected California Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid for speakership three separate times before adjourning until Wednesday. A speakership fight hasn’t gone to a second ballot in exactly 100 years, when Speaker Frederick Gillett (R-Mass.) prevailed in his re-election effort on the ninth ballot. McCarthy, who was elected Republican leader in November, has long had eyes on the speaker’s gavel. But he saw his fears officially realized today when his party’s right wing followed through on public promises that they wouldn’t elect the California congressman speaker. And while McCarthy tied himself in knots in an attempt to acquiesce to various demands , even agreeing to a clause that only five members could introduce a motion to vacate (a formal request to remove the speaker), it wasn’t enough for hardline Republicans who are determined to deny McCarthy the speakership. McCarthy could afford to lose only four Republicans today — he lost 19 in the first two ballots, and 20 in the third. Who did his GOP colleagues vote for instead? An assortment of conservatives, including one who isn’t even in Congress anymore. Here’s a guide to who received votes for speaker — and what it revealed about the Republican conference. Rep. Andy Biggs: Biggs, a former chairman of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, picked up 10 votes on the first ballot — second only to McCarthy. But he was never really a viable challenger. McCarthy had defeated the Arizona congressman in November when the House Republican conference voted for McCarthy to be its leader. Two of Biggs’ votes came from fellow Arizonans. He also received first-round support from Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Trump ally and conservative lightning rod, and Pennsylvania Rep. Scott Perry, the current chairman of the House Freedom Caucus and a key figure in former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Rep. Jim Jordan: The Ohio lawmaker and partisan pugilist received 6 votes on the first ballot — including from three newly elected lawmakers and Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert. Jordan, who was expected to chair the House Judiciary Committee, then nominated McCarthy on the second ballot — to no avail. All 19 Republicans who had voted against McCarthy coalesced around Jordan and delivered their votes to him. In the third round of balloting, Jordan actually picked up Florida Rep. Byron Donalds from McCarthy, for a total of 20. Rep. Jim Banks: The Indiana congressman and former chairman of the Republican Study Committee — the largest House GOP caucus — picked up one first-round vote for speaker from Josh Brecheen, a newly elected Oklahoma congressman. Banks is a Fox News regular and a close ally of Donald Trump Jr. whose sights might be fixed elsewhere — perhaps on Indiana’s open Senate seat in 2024. Rep. Byron Donalds : The Florida congressman received a single first-round vote from Texas Rep. Chip Roy, who has been a thorn in McCarthy’s side since winning election to Congress in 2018. Roy had also nominated Biggs for speaker at the November internal party meeting. Donalds has shown an interest in moving up in House leadership, though not to the top spot. One of four Black Republicans in the House, Donalds made a long shot challenge against New York Rep. Elise Stefanik to become conference chair — the House GOP’s number 3 position — but fell short. Lee Zeldin: The former congressman from New York picked up a first-round vote from Maryland Rep. Andy Harris . Zeldin, who left his Long Island-based House seat to run for governor last year, has seen his political stock surge after running a strong 2022 campaign that fell short by just six percentage points in blue New York. His top-of-the-ticket performance is credited by some with helping deliver the narrow House Republican majority since the GOP flipped four congressional seats there. There’s never been a speaker who wasn’t a House member — and Zeldin never publicly expressed interest in the position — but there’s no rule against it either. Welcome to POLITICO Nightly. Contact tonight’s authors at cmahtesian@politico.com and cmchugh@politico.com or on Twitter at @PoliticoCharlie and @calder_mchugh . WHAT'D I MISS? — Bankman-Fried pleads not guilty to criminal charges in New York: FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan today to criminal charges alleging the disgraced crypto industry titan led a massive international scheme that siphoned billions of dollars from consumers and investors. The 30-year-old political megadonor faces eight counts of wire fraud, money laundering and campaign finance violations and could spend decades in prison if he’s convicted. — McConnell breaks Senate record for longest serving leader: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) officially broke the record for longest serving Senate leader today . In his floor remarks to open the new Congress, McConnell paid tribute to the last Senate leader to hold the record: Democratic Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana, who served as majority leader for 16 years. “This scholarly Montanan was not an exciting idealist who transformed our national discourse, nor a policy entrepreneur who brought to the leader’s role his own sweeping wish list of federal programs,” McConnell said. “Mansfield made a huge impact through a different road: by viewing the role of leader as serving others.” — Colorado plans to send migrants to New York: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis plans to send migrants to major cities including New York , Mayor Eric Adams said today, warning that the nation’s largest city is already struggling to deal with an influx of people sent from Texas and other Republican-led states. However, the Democratic governor told POLITICO shortly afterward that the state has been helping asylum seekers reach their final destinations — including New York City — for weeks. The only change has been a recent winter storm and ensuing travel catastrophe that created a backlog of migrants wanting to leave Denver, which is now being cleared. AROUND THE WORLD COVID COORDINATION — EU countries are inching toward coordinated travel measures in response to China’s COVID surge, including pre-departure testing, masks on flights and testing wastewater for possible new variants, writes Helen Collis . The push for a joint response comes only after several EU countries had already introduced their own measures to curb COVID rates from China and surveil for new variants, despite vows to improve collaboration during the first wave of the pandemic. At a health security meeting today between national ministers and representatives from the European Commission, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the World Health Organization, officials moved closer to a consensus on pre-departure testing for travelers from China, stepping up wastewater monitoring from flights, and increased domestic surveillance of the virus, tweeted EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides. The members “converged” on these measures, she said, adding: “Discussion continues tomorrow in [the integrated political crisis response (IPCR) mechanism meeting].” The draft includes wearing masks on flights from China, personal hygiene for travelers and increased EU vigilance on testing and vaccination. It includes genomic surveillance at airports to detect new variants, such as testing toilet water, as well as increased monitoring and sequencing. The EU’s crisis response body will take all these measures into consideration when it meets Wednesday. NIGHTLY NUMBER 65,000 The number of people who viewed Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s body lie in state on the first official day of viewing, according to The Vatican, after the 95-year-old died on Saturday morning. That’s tens of thousands more than the 25,000-30,000 people Italian officials believed would be in attendance. In 2013, Benedict became the first pope to resign in 600 years, setting a new precedent for the papacy. RADAR SWEEP A DANGEROUS GAME — A 24-year-old NFL player for the Buffalo Bills named Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field Monday night after making a routine tackle, and remains in critical condition after he was revived by medical personnel on the scene. A normal football game rolling along in the first quarter stopped in its tracks (and was ultimately suspended by the league), as questions arose immediately about the league’s safety and how it views and treats its players. Kevin Clark reports on the tragedy and its giant implications in The Ringer. PARTING WORDS Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) gave his final floor speech today. | Win McNamee/Getty Images ‘HEAD BUTT AND A HUG’ — Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse teared up during his final floor speech today as he reflected on his tenure as a conservative who has repeatedly faced the wrath of members within his own party, Ari Hawkins writes for Nightly. Sasse, who will resign from the Senate on Jan. 8 and begin as president of the University of Florida next month, described his eight-year stint in Congress as a “head butt and a hug all at once.” He recalled his victory as a first-time candidate in 2014, and the backlash he faced after decrying efforts by Trump to overturn the results of the 2020 election. “We get captivated by the declining brands “Republican” and “Democrat” and we regularly think that the problem in the city might actually be that the policy divides are taken so seriously, that the deep divide is red-jersey screaming versus blue-jersey screaming. That would be a mistake,” Sasse said in a speech critiquing both parties. “The most important divide in American life today isn’t red versus blue. It’s pluralist versus political zealot. Recovery will come only from the pluralist and here’s what it will look like — citizens that resist the temptation to reduce fellow Americans to caricatures of political affiliation,” Sasse said. The lawmaker discussed his time on the Select Committee on Intelligence and his efforts to intensify Washington’s response to China. He praised the resolve of Ukrainian war veterans who he met while visiting the Polish and Ukrainian border, and reaffirmed his beliefs as a free market conservative. “On the left, media personalities and activists often weirdly and ahistorically denounce the idea of America itself, calling the Founding racist and our institutions unjust … But on the right now too, victimization is a story we trumpet. Demagogues denounce the idea that there could be anything left to ‘conserve’ in America. According to these zealots, we lost the idea of America long ago and it’s naive to think it could be recovered, much better to burn things down than try to rebuild. Cynicism is supposedly cool.” Did someone forward this email to you?  Sign up here .   Follow us on Twitter Charlie Mahtesian @PoliticoCharlie Calder McHugh @calder_mchugh Katherine Long @katherinealong Ari Hawkins @_AriHawkins   FOLLOW US

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POLITICO NIGHTLY: Close, closer, closest: The races that will decide the Senate

 

View in browser   BY CALDER MCHUGH Presented by Georgia Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker addresses the crowd of supporters. | Jessica McGowan/Getty Images KNIFE’S EDGE — Democrats and Republicans have already spent half a billion dollars on television ads in just two battleground states — Georgia and Pennsylvania. To that end, control of the Senate looks to be a toss-up — tiny margins in just a few key states may well make the difference on Election Day. We spoke with Natalie Allison , POLITICO’s national political reporter covering Senate campaigns, about what races we should watch, what might shock her and what she’s itching to know right now. This conversation has been edited. What, in your mind, is the Senate race that looks the closest right now? Nevada, based on a series of public polls, appears to be the closest. Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican Adam Laxalt are truly locked in a dead-heat. We see the term "margin-of-error race" used for a number of contests right now, but Nevada seems to be legitimately tied. That being said, Georgia is close. Pennsylvania is close. Arizona has become close. And then there are several races where election forecasters seem fairly confident about the outcome (Republicans winning in Ohio, North Carolina and perhaps to a lesser extent Wisconsin; Democrats favored to win in Colorado, Washington and to a lesser extent New Hampshire), but where the polls still show races within just a few points. Election Day is near! So, a lot of states are in play, and some are operating with razor-thin margins. Let’s start with Nevada because you mentioned it looks like the closest — does one candidate seem to have more momentum than the other? What are you seeing in Nevada that might ultimately decide the contest? Yes, the candidates there are neck-and-neck, and some recent polls have shown the Democratic incumbent, Cortez Masto, with a narrow edge. But Nevada is certainly not an exception to the GOP momentum we’re seeing nationwide at the end of the midterm cycle — undecided voters breaking for Republicans, people concerned way more about the daily cost of living than issues that can seem more theoretical, like abortion rights and threats to democracy. Our colleague Elena Schneider traveled to Nevada recently , where progressive Democratic strategist Sean McElwee called it “ground zero” for the party losing working-class voters due to economic issues. What about Georgia? The polls also look close there, but there’s the added possibility of a runoff if neither major-party candidate makes it to 50 percent. What would you say is the likelihood of that? Republican operatives for the last week have sounded pretty bullish about Georgia. The latest Herschel Walker abortion allegation just didn’t seem to stick. Republican voters had already accepted Walker was a flawed candidate, and the race is in many ways a contest of ground game in a purple state that has way fewer swing voters than Nevada, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Arizona, etc. The GOP thinks they can avoid a runoff. Meanwhile, Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff is mobilizing his field operation in Georgia in case there are weeks more of campaigning — a sign that Democrats aren’t exactly expecting a commanding victory next week. As for me, I am keeping my calendar pretty clear through early December. Given that very real possibility — and how long it took Nevada and Pennsylvania to count votes in 2020 — what’s the likelihood that we’ll know who will control the Senate on election night? It seems unlikely! It could take a while to count votes in Arizona and Georgia, too. If you could pick just one race to know the outcome of right now, what would it be and why? Georgia. Pennsylvania is another race that attracted tons of media attention this cycle, but the Walker-Warnock contest is a race that always was close, and if Walker wins, it’s a clear referendum on the Democratic power the state selected in 2020. If Republican Senate nominee Mehmet Oz loses by a little in Pennsylvania, he still will have closed the gap dramatically from where he was this summer. The two candidates in Georgia, though, have spent months trading off the lead and polling within a couple points, so they’ve sustained a really close race. I also want to know if I can plan a vacation for late November. How good of a sign is it for Republicans nationwide if Walker can pull it off? Or is that race just too idiosyncratic to draw larger conclusions? It certainly solidifies the notion that in the post-Trump era, a GOP candidate can run with a hefty load of personal baggage and still attract and keep the conservative vote. But yes, Georgia is a bit different than other battleground states we’re watching, because the pool of undecided voters is much smaller there. It’s going to be about which party can get its people out, and much less about which party is winning over tons of swing voters. A Walker win, though, is not a great sign for Democrats hoping to see a continued purpling of the Southeast after 2020. What’s a sleeper race that people are maybe paying less attention to that’s worth watching? Washington! Polling in that Senate race has really been all over the place, and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray is absolutely favored to win. But some polls have shown Tiffany Smiley making it a close race there at the end, and Murray and her Democratic allies are certainly treating it that way. They kept pouring in millions of dollars in the last couple weeks. So I’m interested to see how close the race actually ends up. And if Smiley is able to pull it out … I would think the Dems are in deep trouble. It would be a very dark sign for Democrats if Murray lost reelection in a solidly blue state President Joe Biden won two years ago by nearly 20 points. But I’ll be shocked if that happens — and I say that as someone who has covered and taken interest in the Washington Senate race when it didn’t seem as close as it is now. Regardless, though, it’s a state Democrats shouldn’t have had to spend much at all in. Welcome to POLITICO Nightly. Reach out with news, tips and ideas at nightly@politico.com . Or contact tonight’s author at cmchugh@politico.com or on Twitter at @calder_mchugh . A message from DoorDash: Project DASH empowers food banks, food pantries, and other social impact organizations to increase access to their communities. Learn more about how Project DASH is helping combat food insecurity.   POLL WATCHER 5 percent The amount of support that Chase Oliver, the Libertarian candidate for Senate in Georgia, got amongst likely voters in a new poll from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . That amount of support for a third-party candidate would almost certainly mean neither Herschel Walker nor Sen. Raphael Warnock would reach the 50 percent threshold needed to avoid a December runoff. Walker came in at 46 percent in the AJC poll while Warnock was at 45 percent. WHAT'D I MISS? — Supreme Court denies Lindsey Graham appeal to block subpoena in election subversion case: The Supreme Court has denied Sen. Lindsey Graham’s emergency bid to block a subpoena from Atlanta-area prosecutors investigating Donald Trump’s effort to subvert the 2020 election. The court, with no noted dissent, agreed that Graham can be required to provide testimony to a grand jury about matters that aren’t related to his official congressional work. Anything on his legislative business would be off limits, the high court’s order said. — Trump joins conspiracists stoking doubts about Pelosi attack: Trump has joined a chorus of conservative voices who have shared baseless conspiracy theories about the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi. During an appearance on the Chris Stigall radio show that aired this morning in Philadelphia, Trump called the attack a “sad situation” but questioned if there was more to the story being detailed by law enforcement. “Wow, it’s — weird things going on in that household in the last couple of weeks. Probably, you and I are better off not talking about it. The glass it seems was broken from the inside to the out so it wasn’t a break in, it was a break out. I don’t know, you hear the same things I do,” Trump said. — Giuliani attempt to dismiss defamation suit by Georgia election workers is denied: A federal judge has rejected Rudy Giuliani’s effort to dismiss a lawsuit brought by two Georgia election workers who he falsely accused of election fraud — stoking a furor that led to threats and harassment against both women. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell ruled in a 27-page opinion that the case brought by both the mother-daughter duo — Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss — was enough to justify advancing their lawsuit against Giuliani and presented “ample circumstantial evidence of a civil conspiracy between Giuliani and members of the Trump Campaign.” — Roberts temporarily blocks House from obtaining Trump tax returns: Chief Justice John Roberts today temporarily blocked a House committee from obtaining several years of Trump’s tax returns . The chief justice ordered the stay to freeze the House Ways and Means Committee’s request for the documents, which Trump has fought for years. The former president on Monday filed an emergency application asking the Supreme Court to intervene in the case after a federal appeals court last week denied Trump’s request to block the release of his tax returns.   NEW AND IMPROVED POLITICO APP: Stay up to speed with the newly updated POLITICO mobile app, featuring timely political news, insights and analysis from the best journalists in the business. With a fresh look and improved features, the sleek and navigable design offers a convenient way to access POLITICO's scoops and groundbreaking reporting. Don’t miss out on the app you can rely on for the news you need, reimagined. Already a POLITICO app user? Upgrade today! DOWNLOAD FOR iOS  – DOWNLOAD FOR ANDROID .     AROUND THE WORLD Likud party leader and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara Netanyahu cast their votes in the Israeli general election. | Amir Levy/Getty Images RUN IT BACK — Exit polls out of Israel today suggest that Benjamin Netanyahu — currently Israel’s opposition leader — has won enough seats to bring him back into power as Israel’s next prime minister, even in the midst of a corruption trial. For the fifth time since 2019, Israelis voted in national elections today , hoping to break the political deadlock that has paralyzed the country for the past three and a half years. Results are not finalized, but Netanyahu’s bloc appears to have a narrow majority that will require him to build a governing coalition. Election officials said that by 2 p.m. local time, turnout stood at 38.9 percent, the highest at that time since 1999. A message from DoorDash: Project DASH has powered more than 2.5 million deliveries of an estimated over 50 million meals. Find out how Project DASH is reducing barriers to access.   NIGHTLY NUMBER $15 billion The amount of money that Poland could be spending on weapons from South Korea, based on an agreement that the Polish government made with Seoul , if all options are exercised in the coming years. South Korea is racking up multibillion-dollar defense deals in Europe as Seoul pushes to become a bigger player in international weapons sales. Several Eastern European countries, which usually purchase from the United States, are turning to South Korea as they say the South Koreans can deliver weapons faster and cheaper — something the U.S. defense industry will have to contend with as they worry about losing contracts. RADAR SWEEP FEELING BLUE — By all accounts, we have a growing mental health crisis in the United States . But where does that come from, and how are we treating it? Is depression more common or simply being diagnosed more? And who’s profiting from those diagnoses? Robert Whitaker looks into big pharma’s connection to the rise in cases of depression in America — and how we’re treating them — for the online magazine Unherd. PARTING WORDS Sen. Ben Sasse won approval from the University of Florida Board of Trustees to be the school's next president despite vocal opposition from some faculty and students. | AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File IN THE GATOR’S MOUTH — University of Florida leaders today unanimously backed Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) as the flagship school’s next president , a move that was heralded by school trustees but opposed by faculty members and students who protested his selection, writes Andrew Atterbury . The appointment of Sasse gives the University of Florida a new conservative leader as Florida’s GOP continues to fight against the perceived liberal bias in higher education. He joins several other former Republican lawmakers to take on leadership roles in Florida, including former state Senate President John Thrasher, who led Florida State University and state Sen. Ray Rodrigues, who was recently named chancellor of the state university system. Sasse, who will resign from his Senate post to take the new role, was a prominent Trump critic and one of just seven GOP senators who voted to convict him for inciting the events of January 6th. In addressing objections by the student body that include his opposition to same-sex marriage, Sasse asked the university to separate him from his political past as he looks to take over the Gainesville school. “One of the things that’s sad about our moment is that we often reduce whole humans to specific views on supercharged policy issues at a given moment,” Sasse said today. “Humans are a lot more complex and interesting than that.” “I think neighborliness is a lot more interesting than politics.” Did someone forward this email to you?  Sign up here .   DON’T MISS POLITICO’S 2nd ANNUAL DEFENSE SUMMIT ON 11/16: The United States is facing a defining moment in the future of its defense, national security and democratic ideals. The current conflicts and developments around the world are pushing Washington to reshape its defense strategy and how it cooperates with allies. 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Sen. Graham puts on atrocious display in KBJ hearing

 

Today's Top Stories:

Sen. Lindsey Graham interrupted SCOTUS nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson so many times that Sen. Dick Durbin intervened to let her speak
The Republican competition to see who could be the most offensive and obnoxious boor. But it was Lindsey Graham who made the biggest ass of himself.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: A Republican Senator just called out his OWN party to their faces for "jack*ssery" during today’s hearing.
The reprehensible display of QAnon conspiracies and barely disguised racism from his colleagues was too much for Sen. Ben Sasse.

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Major update on windfall tax for oil companies
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Whoa.

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13,000 Afghan babies have died from malnourishment since January as US sanctions prevent aid groups from delivering relief
95 percent of the population does not have enough to eat, and 3.5 million children need nutritional support. The United Nations has called the situation "a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of unparalleled proportions."

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Texas official orders LGBT+ books pulled from library shelves
A North Texas superintendent told his employees that if they were different, "You better hide it...here in this community, we’re going to be conservative."

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COVID testing and treatment for uninsured ends
Two years into the pandemic and with a new variant on the horizon, America has officialy given up on fighting the COVID-19 virus because...how are you gonna pay for it?

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Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dies at 84 of cancer
The glass ceiling-breaking Albright was remembered for her years of service to the United States and for defending the US sanctions on Iraq that led to deaths of half a million children by starvation.

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Ron Johnson REFUSES to fight for Wisconsin jobs!
OD Action partner: This is Democrats' chance to retire the Trump Republican and keep the Senate.

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SCOTUS sides with Republicans, rejects Wisconsin governor's state legislative map
The heavily partisan court flexed its muscle on behalf of Republicans in an appalling show of judicial overreach.

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Manhattan prosecutor confirms Trump committed multiple felonies before resigning
A New York lawyer who quit in protest of the DA's hesitancy to charge Trump wrote in his resignation letter that Trump lied on numerous financial statements and "committed crimes."

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Wall Street bonuses have soared by 1,743% since 1985
A new analysis finds that if the federal minimum wage had increased at the same rate, it would currently be $61.75 an hour.

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Sen. Sanders vows to reintroduce M4A bill as Biden admin continues with dangerous Medicare privatization scheme
The Biden team appears to be insistent on rebranding a Trump-era Medicare backdoor privatization scheme as millions are set to lose Medicaid coverage when pandemic extensions expire.

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Russia, Russia, Russia

Ukrainians forces retake town of Marakiv

US declares that Russia has committed war crimes in Ukraine

Russian general loses his cool in face-to-face meeting with Americans

Putin tells "unfriendly countries" they have to pay for gas in rubles

Roma refugees facing widespread discrimination as they flee Ukraine

And in other news...

Chinese man bitten by venomous snake in snake wine bottle

Former Boeing pilot found not guilty in 737 MAX fraud trial

Miami Beach imposes curfew during Spring Break after two shootings

Man mauled by tiger at Florida airboat attraction

$5 million worth of ancient Israeli artifacts returned after being seized from weirdo US billionaire

Hope...

Florida program to save hungry manatees a huge success

K-pop inspired food trucks help Seoul families hit hard by COVID-19

MacKenzie Scott makes record $275 million donation to Planned Parenthood

"Anti-racist baby" book soars in sales after Ted Cruz used it as a prop to attack KBJ

Endangered baby black rhino born in Czech zoo, named 'Kyiv'

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