During so much of Joe Biden’s presidency, Donald Trump and some of his closest allies were plotting how to stock the various offices and departments of second administration with extremely MAGA attorneys who would tell Trump “yes” instead of a squishy “no,” regardless of how many judges or legal experts …
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There was a special buzz in the air at the Washington National Cathedral this past Sunday. It was the first Sunday following the sermon heard around the world, when Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde became a viral phenomenon for “preaching truth to power” at the prayer service for the nation. On …
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On Jan. 20, some time between the hour when he learned that Joe Biden had preemptively pardoned him for testifying before the Jan. 6 committee and the hour when he learned that Donald Trump had pardoned the men who violently attacked him on Jan. 6, Michael Fanone went to look …
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Late last year, as Donald Trump and his transition staff crafted executive orders, pardons, and a multi-front policy blitz designed to create “shock and awe” at the dawn of his second term in the White House, they were confident that the American people would ultimately let them get away with …
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This story was published in partnership with Drilled, a global multimedia reporting project focused on climate accountability. In December, the Biden administration quietly announced the finalization of its long-awaited study on liquefied natural gas, or LNG, exports. While Joe Biden is no longer president, the study’s release could complicate President …
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Kash Patel will sit down in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to explain why he should be confirmed to lead an agency he seems to despise. Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Bureau of Investigation has said he would shut down the agency’s headquarters “on Day …
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On any given day over the last two-and-a-half years, outgoing White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre would show up to work with no idea how that day might unfold. She might get to announce from the lectern that President Joe Biden had just protected millions of acres of Arctic wilderness, …
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Last year, Donald Trump and his 2024 staff were worried about U.S. intel suggesting there could be an Iranian plot to assassinate the former and now current American president. Yet, in the waning months of that election, Trump — who survived a separate attempt on his life just before his …
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At the dawn of a second Donald Trump era, Mark Zuckerberg has been busy sucking up to a president who last year threatened him with life in prison. The Meta CEO and Facebook co-founder reportedly promised the administration he won’t stand in the way of Trump’s immigration crackdowns, which the …
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President Donald Trump’s mass pardons and commutations for Jan. 6 seditionists, terrorists, obstructionists, and hundreds of other felons dealt a stark blow against the rule of law. The executive action has done what Trump has long accused other countries of doing — flooded America’s streets with dangerous criminals. Trump’s clemency …
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