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Trump fundraising pitch features U.S. soldiers killed in Iran war
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (186+ words) The email solicitation to benefit Trump's PAC also offers donors "private national security briefings." "For the first time ever, I'm opening up spots on the National Security Briefing Membership," reads the email, from Trump's Never Surrender Inc. PAC. Several links…...
JD Vance comes up with a new metaphor for the Trump-led economy: The Titanic
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (351+ words) I don't want to spoil the story for the vice president, but that ship's problem wasn't the direction it was heading. When Barack Obama entered the White House in early 2009 and got to work addressing an avalanche of pressing crises,…...
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (644+ words) President-elect'Trump initially'balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag'possible financial conflicts or ethical problems. In early January, several days before Donald Trump's inauguration, a Justice Department lawyer passed an…...
Trump still eyeing Justice Department payoff: ‘I hereby give myself $1 billion’
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (328+ words) The president hasn't given up on getting a massive check to pay him for the investigations into his alleged felonies. Even those who've come to expect routine corruption from Donald Trump were taken aback when The New York Times reported…...
Pulitzer Board demands Trump tax returns, medical records as part of his defamation suit
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (385+ words) After the president picked a fight with the Pulitzer Prize Board, its lawyers demanded info he'd prefer to keep under wraps. For all of Donald Trump's claims about "transparency," there are a great many materials related to the president's record…...
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s farewell gift to Mike Johnson: a longshot plot to oust him
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (858+ words) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been gauging whether there's enough support among her GOP colleagues to remove Rep. Mike Johnson from the speakership. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene may be resigning from Congress next month, but she's weighing one last act…...
Obama decries Trump’s politicization of the DOJ and military
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (262+ words) Former President Barack Obama cautioned against the effects of political partisanship at the Justice Department and in the military. Former President Barack Obama, speaking this week at a lecture series in Arkansas, criticized the current politicization of the Justice Department…...
Opinion | President Trump’s battery is running low
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (164+ words) Despite his wild bravado about his stamina, recent reporting from The New York Times highlighted just how much Trump's aging is showing. President Donald Trump is older than the Internet. He also predates microwave ovens and color television. Last year,…...
Why the planned rollout of the White House’s health care ‘plan’ was an embarrassing flop
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (385+ words) As Team Trump hits the brakes on a proposal to address premium spikes, the near future for consumers looks grim. A variety of factors led to the recent government shutdown, but at the heart of the matter was health care…...