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Dept. of Labor ESG rule targeted by GOP Congressmen

The move is one of many steps top conservatives are taking to dismantle financial ESG policies.

Axios

Ramesh Ponnuru: Republicans are coming for ESG investing

Republican complaints about “ESG investing” have been building in recent years. But they have not always been clear about what they want to do about it besides complain.

Tribune News Service

Impeachment, investigations, infighting: GOP’s thin margin in the House stirs intraparty conflict

WASHINGTON — The relatively weak red ripple from last week’s midterm elections may leave Republicans’ hopes for impeachment revenge against Joe Biden high and dry, but that probably won’t stop them from seeking dirt against the Democratic president, despite concerns from party moderates.

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Investigations, impeachment, infighting: House Republicans curb their ambitions

GOP hopes for impeachment revenge against Joe Biden are fading, but that probably won’t stop them from seeking dirt on the president.

Roll Call

Republican Andy Barr wins sixth term in Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District

It will be Barr’s sixth term in Congress, he was first elected in 2012.

WEKU

Computer glitches, no write-in votes. What’s going on with Kentucky’s election results?

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Computer glitches in reporting, including the votes cast for write-in candidates, apparently are delaying completed Kentucky vote tallies.

Tribune News Service

Five-time congressional candidate running against a five-term congressman

The race in the sixth congressional district pits a five-term U.S. representative against a perennial candidate in the central Kentucky area. There are also two write-in candidates on the ballot.

WEKU

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Michael Hiltzik: Republicans keep harping on inflation, but don't have any answers for it

Even if you didn't know from your household accounts that inflation has been running hot this year, your local Republican officeholders and candidates would make sure it wasn't a secret.

Los Angeles Times

No debate: Why Kentucky Republicans are ignoring their Democratic challengers

WASHINGTON — Rand Paul has largely ignored Charles Booker this year – except for a moment when his Democratic challenger for U.S. Senate had the chance to command statewide attention.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Asda is UK's cheapest online supermarket - a whopping £21.79 cheaper than Waitrose

Expert says 'the top four supermarkets aren’t competing as closely as they were before'

Wales Online

Matt Bevin for Kentucky governor ... again? GOP primary field in 2023 could grow more crowded

LEXINGTON, Ky. — He may not have dropped $5 million on a piece of prize-winning pork, but former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin didn’t go unnoticed at Thursday’s Kentucky Farm Bureau Annual Country Ham Breakfast.

Tribune News Service

‘Limp & late’: Trump allies pound McConnell for measured response to FBI search

WASHINGTON — As political reaction reached a boil over the FBI’s search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, Mitch McConnell was standing in Eastern Kentucky attending to the aftermath of calamitous flooding there.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Camp Lejeune’s water poisoned lives. Decades of fighting finally caused change

Jerry Ensminger sat in the balcony of the U.S. Senate chamber watching a vote that had begun to feel like a pipe dream.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Hero farmer ploughs through crops to stop deadly wildfires heading towards homes

Remarkable footage shows the moment hero farmer Bill Alexander ploughed through burning crops with his tractor to help slow down a fire - as wind forced the inferno to spread dangerously close to several homes

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House Republicans praise Mike Pence for "courage" on Jan. 6

Pence spoke at a meeting with the Republican Study Committee, the largest bloc of House conservatives.

Axios

House GOP welcomes a new Chamber, declares war against the old one

The country's largest lobbying group is now viewed with contempt by much of the GOP.

WEKU

Next Tuesday's Primary features four candidates in the sixth district congressional race

Voters will narrow the Republican and Democratic fields in the sixth district congressional race by two next Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

Yellen faces bipartisan pressure to toughen Russia sanctions

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was pushed by legislators from both sides of the aisle Wednesday to strengthen moves to cut off financial links with Russia, and was queried on the Biden administration’s readiness to impose sanctions on China in the event it moved aggressively toward Taiwan.

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Lawmakers fear cryptocurrencies could be back door for sanctioned rubles

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are worried about the potential of cryptocurrency to serve as an escape hatch for sanctioned Russian money, with some saying the risk hastens the need for legislation.

Roll Call

Lawmakers fear cryptocurrencies could be back door for sanctioned rubles - Roll Call

Lawmakers from both parties are worried that cryptocurrencies could help Russians use to evade western sanctions.

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