## ‘He ate three of his ties in a month’: California’s dog mayor celebrates a year in office

Authored by theguardian.com

Mayor Max III, who resembles a young, fluffy Tom Selleck, is the latest to be sworn into office.

Mueller claims that the spirits of the previous mayors, Mayor Max I and Mayor Max II, passed this mouth-closing trick down to Max III.

“I just held the treat above his mouth and he knew exactly what to do, without any instruction,” she says.

It’s been a busy year in office for Mayor Max III, who just celebrated his first birthday with a party attended by roughly 1,000 guests.

In 1938, Kenneth Simmons, the mayor of Milton, Washington, nominated “Mr Boston Curtis” for Republican precinct committeeman.

In 1997, the city of Anchorage, Alaska, elected a cat named Stubbs mayor, due to a dearth of non-furry candidates.

In their home at the top of a mountain, Mueller shows me around one of two tie closets for the mayor. »

### President Macron says France will end its military presence in Niger, pull its ambassador after coup

Authored by apnews.com

PARIS (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that France will end its military presence in Niger and pull its ambassador out of the country as a result of the coup that removed the democratically elected president.

France had stationed thousands of troops in the Sahel region at the request of African leaders to fight Islamic extremist groups.

France has maintained some 1,500 troops in Niger since the July coup, and had repeatedly refused an order by the new junta for its ambassador to leave, saying that France didn’t recognize the coup leaders as legitimate. »

### Ramaswamy wants to end the H-1B visa program he used 29 times

Authored by politico.com

It’s a form of indentured servitude that only accrues to the benefit of the company that sponsored an H-1B immigrant.

I’ll gut it,” he said in a statement, adding that the U.S. needs to eliminate chain-based migration.

“The people who come as family members are not the meritocratic immigrants who make skills-based contributions to this country.”. »

### 'Wrong holiday': Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed for Yom Kippur gaffe

Authored by rawstory.com

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Sunday posted a Yom Kippur message that included an image of a Hanukkah menorah.

"To all those preparing for the solemn day of Yom Kippur, I wish you a meaningful fast.

"Everyone’s making fun of Marjorie Taylor Greene for putting a menorah on her Yom Kippur message, but in her defense she thought it was an eight-pronged Jewish space laser," he wrote. »

### A Russian reserve army of 15,000 soldiers is pinned down near Bakhmut and will be destroyed, says Ukraine's spy chief

Authored by businessinsider.com

Ukraine's spy chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said the 25th Army was deployed earlier than planned.

Budanov said Ukraine is pinning down Putin's forces near Bakhmut to prevent redeployment to the south.

Ukraine is pinning down a newly created Russian reserve force near Bakhmut and is confident the 15,000-strong unit will be destroyed, Ukraine's spy chief says. »

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