Ken Buck announces he will leave Congress
on March 22, scrambling race to replace him
Posted By: sunset, 3/12/2024 5:02:59 PM
U.S. Rep. Ken Buck will leave Congress on March 22, the Windsor Republican announced Tuesday in a decision that’s sure to scramble the already highly contentious and competitive race to replace him that includes U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. “It has been an honor to serve the people of Colorado’s 4th District in Congress for the past nine years,”
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DC attorney general drops charges against
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during SOTU speech 15 replies
Steve Nikoui for disruption of Congress
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free-speech lawsuit against a former New
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Attorneys Qualifications Commission to
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Kemp signs Georgia law reviving prosecutor
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sanctions panel. Democrats fear it's aimed
at Fani Willis 7 replies
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early, leaving House majority hanging
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Liberal FOX News Host Jessica Tarlov Forced
to Issue On-Air Correction About Tony
Bobulinski (VIDEO) 18 replies
to Issue On-Air Correction About Tony
Bobulinski (VIDEO) 18 replies
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Members of the Biden administration suffered embarrassment earlier in the morning after their "ceasefire" resolution went down in the flames at the UN. They are such amateurs that they can't even throw Israel under the bus without screwing it up.
Blinken continued to try, though, meeting with Netanyahu and lecturing him on the finer points of combating Hamas. You know, because if anyone knows about defeating terrorists,