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2 min. readKentucky Republican Sen. C.B. Embry has stepped down from the General Assembly. The Republican lawmaker from Morgantown submitted his resignation letter on Monday to Senate President Robert Stivers amid his battle with cancer. Embry was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2002. He was then elected to the Senate in 2014 and has served on several committees, including his current position as chair of the Veterans, Military Affairs, and Public Protection Committee. Over the last 50 years, the Republican lawmaker has been elected 12 times to five different public offices. Earlier this year, Embry announced he…

2 min. readDemocratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin backed down from including his energy permitting overhaul in a government funding resolution Tuesday evening after a bipartisan group of senators threatened to block it. Federal funding is scheduled to run out Sept. 30, and the continuing resolution introduced by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York would pay for the government to stay open through Dec. 16. As part of Manchin’s support for the Inflation Reduction Act, Schumer promised the moderate that the Senate would pass his permitting reform proposal. The Energy Independence and Security Act would speed up completion…

2 min. readOne teen who was killed Tuesday was among five Philadelphia high school students who were shot following a football scrimmage, police said. The shooting occurred around 4:40 p.m. at Roxborough High School in the rear of the campus, the Philadelphia Police Department said. The shots rang out following a scrimmage between Roxborough, Northeast High School and Boys Latin High School, police said. After the scrimmage, two gunmen “ambushed” a group — believed to be Roxborough football players — walking near the school and shot five students, Deputy Police Commissioner John Stanford told reporters at the scene. “There’s one…

< 1 min. readGeorgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is making liberals crazy again. Just like when she stirred it up with AR-15 rifle giveaways, this time also involves guns — and much more. “We’re going HOG HUNTING!” the conservative pro-gun Republican said in a new YouTube offer. “Enter for the chance for you and a guest to join me in Texas for a good ole’ fashioned hog hunt,” she added. In her latest online contest, she tied Democrats “destroying farmers” to overpopulated wild hogs, especially in the South, that tear up crops. “We’ve got skyrocketing inflation, high diesel fuel, and…