Protests erupted across America Friday night as abortion rights activists objected to the Supreme Court’s reversal of the Roe v. Wade decision, creating a particularly tense stand-off in Arizona’s Capitol where lawmakers reported being trapped by an angry mob that had to be dispersed with tear gas. “We are currently there being held hostage inside the Senate building due to members of the public trying to breach our security,” Arizona state Sen. Kelly Townsend tweeted Friday night. “We smell teargas and the children of one of the members are in the office sobbing with fear.” Authorities confirmed a security situation…
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she will not run for president in 2024, ending speculation for a possible rematch with Donald Trump eight years later. In an interview with the Financial Times, Clinton said she expects President Joe Biden to run for reelection and does not want to get in the way of that. ”No, out of the question,” she said when asked about 2024. “First of all, I expect Biden to run. He certainly intends to run. It would be very disruptive to challenge that.” She talked about the 2024 election in apocalyptic terms, saying that democracy was…
[cmsmasters_row][cmsmasters_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsmasters_text] Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin finished atop the Alaska special Republican congressional primary in early results released Sunday, advancing to the general election in the race to succeed the late Rep. Don Young. Palin – who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump – finished atop the field of 48 candidates with nearly 30% of the early ballots counted, followed by fellow Republican Nick Begich at 19.3%, surgeon Al Gross, an independent, and Democratic state legislator Mary Peltola at about 7.5%. The results could change somewhat as Alaska keeps counting the mail-in ballots, but the top four finishers…