President Joe Biden on Monday pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, retired Gen. Mark Milley and members of the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, in an extraordinary use of the powers of the presidency in his…
Representative Bennie Thompson has confirmed that case manager and field director Jacqueline Marsaw no longer works for his office. This comes after a controversial social media post was made on a Facebook account…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two influential members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi — Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson and Republican Rep. Michael Guest — confirmed to The Associated Press that they will run for reelection as a state…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two incumbent congressmen in Mississippi won party primaries Tuesday. Another, 4th District Republican Steven Palazzo, advanced to a June 28 runoff. 1ST DISTRICT Republican Rep. Trent Kelly defeated Mark D. Strauss in north…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Mississippi Senate on Wednesday passed a plan to redraw the state’s four congressional districts, sending it to Gov. Tate Reeves for his expected approval. The NAACP or other opponents could…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Brian Flowers has won a congressional Republican primary runoff. He will face Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in November. Flowers, who works at Grand Gulf Nuclear Station, beat out Thomas Carey, a retired real estate agent. Thompson…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Republicans are in a congressional primary runoff in Mississippi. The winner will face Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson in November. He's chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. Tuesday's Republican runoff is between candidates running low-budget…