Senate Republicans defended President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs Wednesday, blocking a largely symbolic measure to terminate the president’s import taxes that have shocked the economy. The resolution failed in a tied 49-49 vote Wednesday evening. Vice President J.D. Vance broke the tie on a subsequent procedural vote to stop the measure from receiving another chance on the floor. Republicans […]
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Beshear on national TV endorses Harris, deflects questions about joining her ticket
Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear offered his full endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris in a national TV interview Monday morning and fielded questions about his interest in becoming her running mate. Throughout his comments on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Beshear contrasted Harris with the GOP ticket — former Republican President Donald Trump and newly minted running mate J.D. […]
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On the trail of J.D. Vance’s Kentucky mountain roots
In the 24 hours after J.D. Vance became Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s running mate, Stephen Bowling, director of the Breathitt County Public Library, fielded more than a dozen calls from news media outlets large and small. The place that Vance in his best-selling memoir wrote “would always have my heart” is back in the […]