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​​​Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said he doesn’t believe former President Donald Trump can beat President Biden in 2024 — and is considering jumping into the race to provide “new leadership.” Sununu, who won reelection to a fourth-term in New Hampshire on Nov. 8, said results of the midterm elections show Trump doesn’t have the same drawing power as he did in 2016. “No. Unfortunately, at the end of the day, November of ’22 showed us that, right? Trump is going to be seen as a very extreme candidate. The country is going to push back against it,” Sununu, 48, said...

You may recall, back in June, that there was a key House vote that took NSA supporters by surprise. An amendment to the Defense Appropriations bill pushed by a bi-partisan team of Thomas Massie, Jim Sensenbrenner and Zoe Lofgren passed overwhelmingly, with a plan to slam the door shut on questionable NSA "backdoor searches" (as described in detail earlier). The House voted 293 to 123, making it a pretty clear and overwhelming statement that Congress did not, in fact, support such practices by the NSA. But, of course, the NSA gets the last laugh. As part of the big lameduck...

<p>HARRISBURG – House Majority Leader John Perzel, the tough-fisted leader of the Republican caucus, teed off Thursday on Rep. Jeffrey Coleman for refusing to support a tax increase.</p> <p>“The boy´s got to understand that the money´s got to come from somewhere,” said Perzel, a Philadelphia Republican. “If you want more money for school districts that money has to come from taxes. Ask the boy if he is going to vote for the spending.”</p>