Romney avoids censure after speech interrupted by boos at Utah GOP convention
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Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Saturday stepped on stage to give a speech at the Utah Republican Party s organizing convention, but he had trouble getting going amid boos and jeers from the audience, members of which were still upset about his votes to convict former President Donald Trump in both of his impeachment trials.
Romney tried to reason with the crowd, stating that you know me as a person who says what he thinks, and I don t hide the fact that I wasn t a fan of our last president s character issues. That only got folks more riled up, however, and it wasn t until outgoing party chair Derek Brown went to the podium and told the crowd to quiet down and show respect that the boos stopped. At that point, cheers in support of Romney and Brown erupted, and they continued after the senator acknowledged there are a few folks who don t like me terribly much, but I express my mind as I belie
Is Tucker Carlson losing his mind?
Politico s Playbook team asked Tuesday morning. As careful students of his evening show, we ve noticed that Carlson has gradually become more unhinged in recent weeks, devoting enormous attention to Jan. 6 insurrection truthers, laughing maniacally after Derek Chauvin s guilty verdict, and under the banner of
Then, on Monday night, Carlson made a comment that was beyond the pale even for him, and especially strange for a self-styled anti-nanny state libertarian,
Politico notes. It s hard to know if his rant about people who wear masks outdoors â and urging viewers to call the cops on parents whose kids are wearing masks outside â was serious or not. Obviously, siccing child protective services on parents who are merely following CDC guidelines is a bad idea,
Biden to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour for federal contractors
President Biden is set to sign an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors, the White House has announced.
Biden s order will require that federal contractors be paid a minimum of $15 an hour, an increase from $10.95 an hour, officials said. The order will set a deadline of Jan. 30, 2022 for agencies to incorporate this wage into new contract solicitations, according to the White House, as well as a deadline of March 30, 2022, to implement it into new contracts.
The White House also said the executive order will ensure that tipped employees working on federal contracts will earn the same minimum wage as other employees on federal contracts, eliminating the tipped minimum wage for these federal contractors by 2024. This will affect hundreds of thousands of federal contractors, the White House said, although a senior administration official noted to NBC the exact number who will benefi
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Anthony Hopkins, who was asleep when he won an Oscar, belatedly accepts it from Wales
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Looking for more closure after the Oscars shockingly anticlimactic ending? You ll need to head over to Anthony Hopkins Instagram page.
The actor posted a video from Wales early on Monday to accept his Best Actor Oscar after not being there to do so during the Academy Awards jaw-dropping conclusion. Hopkins become the oldest actor to ever win an Oscar. At 83 years of age, I did not expect to get this award, Hopkins said in the video. I really didn t. I m very grateful to the Academy, and thank you.