This year’s Fair includes a new twist providing an educational bonus for those visiting the competition barns. It’s called the Presentation Contest, in which entrants both young and old are handed a microphone while their animals are in the show ring. They get 30 minutes to talk about all aspects of the animals while working with them in front of spectators.
Rep. Don Bacon is one of 20 Republicans who voted against Jordan for speaker on Tuesday, in the first ballot voted on by the full House of Representatives.
The wife of a Republican holdout who helped prevent Jim Jordan from becoming Speaker of the House has revealed anonymous text messages warning her to tell her husband to back Jordan.