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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 7 HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican lawmakers who have spread election conspiracy theories and falsely claimed that the 2020 presidential outcome was rigged are overseeing legislative committees charged with setting election policy in two major political battleground states. Divided government in Pennsylvania and Arizona means that any voting restrictions those GOP legislators propose is likely to fail. Even so, the high-profile appointments give the lawmakers a platform to cast further doubt on the integrity of elections in states that will be pivotal in selecting the next president in 2024. Awarding such plum positions to lawmakers who have repeated conspiracies and spread misinformation cuts against more than two years of evidence showing there were no widespread problems or fraud in the last presidential election. It also would appear to run counter to the … [Read more...] about Election-denying lawmakers hold key election oversight roles

By MEG KINNARD, HOLLY RAMER and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press) SALEM, N.H. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump kicked off his 2024 White House bid with a stop Saturday in New Hampshire before heading to South Carolina, events in early-voting states marking the first campaign appearances since announcing his latest run more than two months ago. “We’re starting right here as a candidate for president,” Trump told party leaders at the New Hampshire GOP’s annual meeting in Salem before a late afternoon stop in Columbia to introduce his South Carolina leadership team. “I’m more angry now and I’m more committed now than I ever was.” Trump and his allies hope the events in states with enormous power in selecting the nominee will offer a show of force behind the former president after a sluggish start to his campaign that left many questioning his commitment to running again. In recent weeks, his backers have reached out to political operatives and elected officials to secure support … [Read more...] about Trump opens 2024 run, says he’s ‘more committed’ than ever

North Korea has vowed that any weapons the United States sends to Ukraine to assist in the war against Russia will be "burnt to pieces" in an on-screen tirade. Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo Jong called the Russian invasion a "proxy war" which was aimed at destroying Russia. The secretive and isolated country now has a deepening alignment with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, The Mirror reports. READ MORE: WW3 fears as Donald Trump says Western tanks to Ukraine could cause nuclear war North Korea has also pushed the blame for the war in Ukraine onto the United States, saying that the "hegemonic policy" of the West made it necessary for Russia to take military action for security. Kim Yo Jong claimed that The Biden administration sending main battle tanks to Ukraine was "further crossing the red line". She went on to say that the decision is part of a “sinister intention to realize its hegemonic aim by further expanding the proxy war for destroying … [Read more...] about Kim Jong-un’s sister fumes US weapons sent to Ukraine will be ‘burnt into pieces’