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☆ Brutal cold seizes northeast U.S., shattering record lows
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Joseph Ax | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The air temperature at the peak reached minus 47 degrees F (-44 C), with winds gusting near 100 miles per hour (160 kilometers per hour), according to the Mount Washington Observatory. In Providence, Rhode Island, the mercury dropped to minus 9 degrees F (-23 C), well below the previous all-time low of minus 2 degrees F (-19 C), set in 1918. Several cities took emergency measures to aid residents, including opening warming centers and conducting outreach to ensure homeless people were sheltered from the brutal cold. The frigid weather was expected to be short-lived, with temperatures forecast to be significantly higher on Sunday. The high temperature in Boston on Sunday will approach 47 degrees F (8.3 C), the NWS said.

Early on Friday, the core of the cold air mass, driven from Arctic Canada into the United States by high-altitude air currents, was centered over the U.S. Plains, said weather service forecaster Bob Oravec. International Falls, Minnesota, was the coldest spot as of 7 a.m., with temperatures hovering around -36 F (-38 C). "It's moving into the Northeast" and temperatures will drop throughout the day on Friday, he said. By comparison, air temperatures in Eureka, Canada's northernmost Arctic weather station, were hovering at -41 F (-41 C) on Friday morning. Boston was about 22 above zero F (-6 C) on Friday morning, with temperatures expected to plummet throughout the day and hit -3 F (-19 C) by midnight.

☆ Biden revamp of Democratic primary faces final vote at DNC convention
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Jarrett Renshaw | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The move, another clear sign Biden intends to run for re-election in 2024, would force any potential Democratic primary challenger to square off with Biden in a series of matchups largely of his choosing. Just a simple majority of the members need to approve it, but two states, Georgia and New Hampshire, are not playing along and have been given to June to comply. GRANITE STATEBiden's push to move New Hampshire down the primary calendar has struck a nerve with both Republicans and Democrats in the Granite State. New Hampshire Democratic Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan sat out the White House congressional ball in December amid anger over the potential changes. In Georgia, Democrats want to move up the calendar but need Republicans who control state government to agree.

Dangerous wind chills were likely in an area stretching from northern Pennsylvania to Maine starting early on Friday and through Saturday evening, the National Weather Service said in its forecast. "The wind chills have the potentially to be once-in-a- generation cold," the weather service said, urging people to either stay indoors or take precautions against frostbite and hypothermia. The wind chill factor describes the combined effect of wind and cold temperatures on exposed skin. In New Hampshire's Mount Washington State Park, atop the Northeast's highest peak, record-breaking wind chills of -110 degrees and wind speeds topping 100 miles (160 km) per hour were expected. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu declared a cold emergency for New England's biggest city for Friday through Sunday, as the city is expecting below-zero wind chills starting Friday.

☆ GOP Gov. Chris Sununu says Trump isn't 'bringing that fire' people saw in 2016 and predicts he won't win New Hampshire's primary
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Chris Panella | Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Chris Sununu predicted Sunday that Trump won't win the Republican New Hampshire primary. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyNew Hampshire GOP Gov. Chris Sununu said former President Donald Trump seems to be lacking the spark that propelled him to victory in 2016. He also criticized Trump's recent campaign stop in the state and predicted Trump wouldn't win the Republican primary there. Trump took aim at DeSantis' potential run for the GOP presidential nomination, telling Politico it would be "very disloyal."

☆ Ron DeSantis has a 12-point lead over Donald Trump in a potential 2024 New Hampshire primary matchup: poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ron DeSantis leads Donald Trump in the critical early-voting state of New Hampshire, according to a UNH poll. The survey showed DeSantis leading Trump 42% to 30%, with many GOP voters desiring a fresh face. Trump on Saturday will visit New Hampshire and South Carolina as he seeks to stake his claim to the GOP nomination. Ron DeSantis of Florida in the early-voting state of New Hampshire, according to a new poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire. In what could be a highly competitive presidential primary, likely New Hampshire Republican voters in the survey preferred DeSantis over Trump by a 12-point margin — 42% to 30%, respectively.

Biden personally adds mentions of an assault weapons ban to his planned public remarks, a White House official said. "We're going to ban assault weapons again," he said on Thursday at a Lunar New Year reception at the White House, to applause. As vice president, he spearheaded a set of gun control proposals for Barack Obama after Sandy Hook that included a recommendation for a new assault weapons ban. However the Quinnipiac and other polls show that just about half of Americans support an assault weapons ban. Even though an all-out assault weapons ban seems unlikely, a very thin Republican majority in the House means that something more modest, such as raising the age to 21 to buy assault weapons, could be possible, the University of New Hampshire's Scala said.

☆ 'Trump fatigue' in New Hampshire complicates 2024 White House bid
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( Tim Reid | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

"Donald Trump right now is a distraction for the Republican Party in trying to go forward. Yet the willingness of Republican party members to criticize Trump in conversations with Reuters is striking. She worked on his New Hampshire primary campaign, knocked on doors for him, urged anybody she met to vote for him. Despite signs of weariness with Trump, he will still be a formidable candidate in the New Hampshire primary, some party strategists said. His influence is still fairly significant," said Jim Merrill, a veteran New Hampshire Republican strategist.

☆ GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw says it's 'crazy' that Republicans put forward 'two 25-year-olds to be our nominees' in the midterms: 'We lost races we easily should have won'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Dan Crenshaw critiqued some of the GOP candidates tapped to run for office in 2022. GOP voters nominated Karoline Leavitt, 25, and Bo Hines, 27, in two key House districts. However, in a recent Politico interview, GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas said that his party erred in nominating younger candidates in two of the most competitive House districts in the country. That's batshit crazy," the 38-year-old congressman told the publication of two young Republicans who won primaries to serve as their party's nominees. In New Hampshire's 1st Congressional district, Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas defeated 25-year-old former Trump White House assistant press secretary Karoline Leavitt 54%-46%.

☆ New Hampshire's James Roesener is first trans man elected to a state legislature
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Jo Yurcaba | Jo Yurcaba Is A Reporter For Nbc Out. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

James Roesener of New Hampshire is the first transgender man elected to a state legislature in the United States, according to the LGBTQ Victory Fund, which supports queer candidates running for office. Roesener, 25, lives in Concord with his wife and cat and “was born an advocate for the underdog,” according to his campaign website. “I believe that it is imperative that all individuals have the ability to thrive in New Hampshire,” it says. Prior to Tuesday’s elections, there were eight out trans people serving in state legislatures, but none of them are trans men, according to the LGBTQ Victory Institute, the research arm of the Victory Fund. Outside of state legislatures, there are six out trans men serving in elected office nationwide, according to the institute.

Community organizer Maxwell Frost won his Florida race for Congress on Tuesday, NBC News projected, making him the first member of Generation Z to reach the House of Representatives. Frost, 25, beat Republican Calvin Wimbish, a retired 72-year-old Army Green Beret, to take the Orlando-based 10th Congressional District seat now held by Democrat Val Demings. Frost will stand out among his soon-to-be peers in the halls of Congress where the average age of House members is 58. (Gen Z generally refers to those born in the late 1990s to the early 2010s.) “We made history for Floridians, for Gen Z, and for everyone who believes we deserve a better future.

Rep. Chris Pappas defeated Republican Karoline Leavitt in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District. The 1st District is located in the eastern region of the state. Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas defeated Republican Karoline Leavitt in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District. 2022 General EmbedsNew Hampshire's 1st Congressional District candidatesPappas, who will serve a second term in the US House, sits on the House Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Veterans' Affairs. Voting history for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional DistrictNew Hampshire's 1st Congressional District is located in the eastern region of the state and includes Manchester, the state's largest city, as well as Portsmouth and Laconia.

☆ Republican Gov. Chris Sununu faces off against Democrat Tom Sherman in New Hampshire's gubernatorial election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Explore more race results below. Chris Sununu is running against Democrat Tom Sherman in New Hampshire's gubernatorial race. Chris Sununu faces off against Democrat Tom Sherman in New Hampshire's gubernatorial election. New Hampshire's gubernatorial candidatesSununu was voted into office in 2016 and is running for a second term in office. Sununu's challenger, Sherman, is a state senator of the New Hampshire State Senate, a position he's held since late 2018.

Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire ran for reelection to a second term. 2022 General EmbedsNew Hampshire's Senate race candidatesHassan, a former state lawmaker and two-term governor, secured a second term in the Senate. Bolduc — who served in Afghanistan and received two Purple Hearts and five Bronze Stars — was the Republican standard-bearer in this year's Senate race. During the 2020 US Senate election that Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen won, more than 18,400 voters — about 2.3% — cast ballots for Libertarian candidate Justin O'Donnell. What experts sayThe New Hampshire race was rated as "tilt Democratic" by Inside Elections, "lean Democratic" by The Cook Political Report, and "leans Democratic" by Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

Rep. Annie Kuster faces off against Republican Bob Burns in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District. The 2nd District is located in the largely rural western half of the state. Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster faces off against Republican Bob Burns in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District. 2022 General EmbedsNew Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District candidatesKuster, running for her 6th term in the US House, serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Voting history for New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional DistrictNew Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District covers the western half of the state and then some, running from the Massachusetts state line in the south to the Canadian border in the north.

Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire is running for reelection to a second term. 2022 General EmbedsNew Hampshire's Senate race candidatesHassan, a former state lawmaker and two-term governor, is aiming to secure a second term in the Senate. Bolduc — who served in Afghanistan and received two Purple Hearts and five Bronze Stars — is the Republican standard-bearer in this year's Senate race. During the 2020 US Senate election that Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen won, more than 18,400 voters — about 2.3% — cast ballots for Libertarian candidate Justin O'Donnell. What experts sayThe New Hampshire race was rated as "tilt Democratic" by Inside Elections, "lean Democratic" by The Cook Political Report, and "leans Democratic" by Sabato's Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics.

☆ New Hampshire Constitutional Convention Question: Voters will choose whether to conduct a state constitutional convention
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

New Hampshire Constitutional Convention Question asks voters about hosting a state constitutional convention. There are no organized campaigns in support of or in opposition to the question, according to Ballotpedia. Since 1894, there have been five instances where voters rejected the question and eight times when voters approved it. download the app Email address By clicking ‘Sign up’, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider as well as other partner offers and accept our Terms of Service and Privacy PolicyA "yes" on New Hampshire's Constitutional Convention Question would establish a state constitutional convention. Support and oppositionThere are no organized campaigns in support of or in opposition to the question, according to Ballotpedia.

☆ Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan vies against Republican Don Bolduc in the New Hampshire's US Senate race
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire is running for reelection to a second term. New Hampshire's Senate race candidatesHassan, a former state lawmaker and two-term governor, is aiming to secure a second term in the Senate. Bolduc — who served in Afghanistan and received two Purple Hearts and five Bronze Stars — is the Republican standard-bearer in this year's Senate race. Sununu was deeply critical of Bolduc during the GOP primary campaign and eventually endorsed state Sen. Chuck Morse, who narrowly lost to Bolduc in the September contest. During the 2020 US Senate election that Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen won, more than 18,400 voters — about 2.3% — cast ballots for Libertarian candidate Justin O'Donnell.

☆ Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas faces off against Republican Karoline Leavitt in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rep. Chris Pappas is running against Republican Karoline Leavitt in New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District. The 1st District is located in the eastern region of the state. New Hampshire's 1st Congressional District candidatesPappas, running for his second term in the US House, serves on the House Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Veterans' Affairs. The first openly gay man to represent New Hampshire in Congress, Pappas co-chairs the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus. Voting history for New Hampshire's 1st Congressional DistrictNew Hampshire's 1st Congressional District is located in the eastern region of the state and includes Manchester, the state's largest city, as well as Portsmouth and Laconia.

☆ Democratic Rep. Annie Kuster faces off against Republican Bob Burns in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Rep. Annie Kuster is running against Republican Bob Burns in New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District. The 2nd District is located in the largely rural western half of the state. New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District candidatesKuster, running for her 6th term in the US House, serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Shortly after the Republican primary, Kuster told a local station that perhaps the biggest issue this fall will be abortion. Voting history for New Hampshire's 2nd Congressional DistrictNew Hampshire's 2nd Congressional District covers the western half of the state and then some, running from the Massachusetts state line in the south to the Canadian border in the north.

☆ Video: GOP trying to unify party in New Hampshire and beyond
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

New Hampshire's Senate race is attracting voters with fiercely held views as the Republican Party attempts to unify in the state and beyond.

☆ These 7 states have the least air pollution in the U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That's good news for residents of several states, according to a new U.S. News and World Report analysis, which ranked all 50 states according to how polluted they are and the risk that pollution poses to their population's health. That ranking is consistent with other 2022 analyses: The American Lung Association (ALA) says Vermont's cities are among the cleanest by air quality in the country, and have low levels of the most harmful and widespread types of air pollution. The state's Burlington-South metro area in particular is one of only two U.S. cities that rank as the cleanest for the worst types of air pollution, which include particle pollution and ozone air pollution. In 2022, the ALA said the state's air quality got "mixed grades." Several pieces of research point to the state's poor air quality.

☆ These journalists gave Democrats money, federal records say. But the records are wrong.
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-30 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Notable journalists from The New York Times, Washington Post, and The Atlantic were surprised to learn from Insider that federal records showed they had made political contributions. Federal records indicate they made political donations. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders to refund his political contributions. Goldberg is one of several prominent journalists who say federal records incorrectly show they've contributed money to politicians. "This must be a case of mistaken identity," said Chang, whose newsroom generally prohibits staff members from making political contributions.

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