![]() Scott David, one of the jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial, faces questioning under oath on Tuesday about his answers to a jury selection question about sexual abuse. Judge Alison Nathan, far left, speaks to the jury during the Ghislaine Maxwell sexual abuse trial in December. “Their majority is doomed,” Mike Berg said recently. What have the Republicans said about the trend? They see it as a sign that Democrats’ hopes of keeping their majority are fading. The party lost 41 seats that year, and Democrats gained control of the chamber, in an election cycle widely viewed as a referendum on Donald Trump. In 2018, dozens of House Republicans did not seek re-election, including the then House majority leader, Paul Ryan. Congressional retirements are often an early sign of a wave election – for the other party. On Monday, the Florida congressman Ted Deutch announced that he would not seek re-election, bringing the total number of Democratic departures from the House so far this cycle to 31. But as the party braces for a grueling midterm election in November, a rising number of House Democrats are opting not to return to Congress next year. The decision not to seek re-election is deeply personal and political. Wave of House Democratic retirements stokes fears for party’s election prospectsīrenda Lawrence will retire from Congress when her term ends. The changing circumstances is prompting convoy organizers to adapt their demands to a more free-ranging basket of aspirations and motives.Īre they planning to enter the city? It remains unclear if the convoy plans to drive into the small area occupied by Washington, or snarl masses of government workers and lawmakers on their morning and evening Beltway road commutes. ![]() The convoy, a spin-off of trucker protests further north that have snarled Ottawa and disrupted Canadian transport arteries to the US, began assembling in California last week.Īs it has made its way east, it has picked up similarly mobile, ideologically aligned, fellow travelers along the way.īut aren’t pandemic restrictions easing anyway as the most recent surge of infections subsides? Yes. Photograph: Leah Millis/ReutersĪ long line of huge semi-articulated trucks, recreational vehicles and cars was circling Washington DC, yesterday, in preparation for what their protesting drivers have pledged will be a week of traffic disruption around the US capital aligned around a loose collection of demands, including the end to all coronavirus pandemic-related restrictions.įrom its temporary base at a speedway vehicle racing site in Hagerstown, 80 miles north-west in Maryland, organizers of what they term the “people’s convoy” of about 1,000 vehicles have said they plan to welcome the new work week by driving slowly around Washington on the already notoriously congested Beltway, or ring road, at the minimum legal speed in an attempt to get their message across to national politicians. Truckers and their supporters make their way to drive around the Washington beltway. Truck convoy loops around Washington to protest Covid restrictions If Ukraine holds on as Putin’s bombardments grow more barbarous, will the western powers belatedly come to their rescue? Simon Tisdall argues Nato should act now to stop the slaughter. What else is happening? A plane carrying Russian diplomats expelled by the US left John F Kennedy airport in New York en route to Moscow. What else did Blinken say? He warned that Russia held a military advantage that western allies were finding hard to counter and the war was likely to last “some time”. Meanwhile, the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, issued a pledge yesterday to increase pressure on Russia through sanctions and provide more aid to Ukraine. Ukraine has also criticised a proposal by Moscow to open refugee corridors as “completely immoral” after the Russian defence ministry announced that civilians fleeing some cities would only be allowed to leave for Belarus or Russia. ![]() We will punish everyone who committed atrocities in this war.” ![]() How many such families have died in Ukraine? We will not forgive. ![]() The president of Ukraine said in a video address last night: “They were just trying to get out of town. ![]()
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