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Representative Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor of Florida, made a name as a Black conservative in Congress, but his loyalty to President Trump has been his ticket.
Byron Donalds, a Trump-backed Republican congressman, won the Republican nomination for Florida governor, while former Republican congressman David Jolly secured the Democratic nomination. Donalds aims to succeed Ron DeSantis and would become Florida's first Black governor. Jolly plans to appeal to voters disaffected with Trump and run on an affordability agenda.
NYTimes – US Representative Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor of Florida, made a name as a Black conservative in Congress, but his loyalty to President Trump has been his ticket.
NYTimes – US Representative Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor of Florida, made a name as a Black conservative in Congress, but his loyalty to President Trump has been his ticket.
NYTimes – US The former Republican congressman will try to appeal to voters disaffected with President Trump in a state where Republicans significantly outnumber Democrats.
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NYTimes – US Mr. Donalds, a conservative congressman with the backing of President Trump, seeks to become the state’s first Black governor.
Congressman had pledged to implement president’s agenda if he gained governor’s seat Byron Donalds, a congressman backed by Donald Trump , won the Republican nomination for governor on Tuesday in the race to succeed Ron DeSantis . Donalds, who has represented south-west Florida since 2021, trounced three reasonably prominent Republican rivals, including Jay Collins, DeSantis’s handpicked lieutenant governor. Continu…
NPR – World Flash floods along the Nepal-Tibet border have killed at least 543 people—538 in Nepal and five in Tibet—with more than 1,500 still missing, according to the latest reports. The floods, triggered by a massive glacial collapse in the Himalayas on Wednesday, swept away roads, bridges and villages. Rescue operations resumed but were halted in Tibet after a newly formed barrier lake raised fears of a second flood.
NYTimes – US President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as "Lake America." The move came amid an escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute, with Trump criticizing Canada for treating the U.S. badly and trade talks between the nations having collapsed the previous week.
NYTimes – US Jurors began deliberations in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, a former labor and delivery nurse accused of killing her three children in January 2023. Clancy has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder. Her defense argues postpartum psychosis made her not criminally responsible, while prosecutors accused her of "extreme atrocity and cruelty."
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