The mass purge of federal workers under Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) plan is more than just an attack on the government bureaucracy — it’s a direct assault on the veterans who make up nearly 30 percent of the federal workforce. In a decision …
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During his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — vaccine conspiracy theorist, former presidential candidate, and Donald Trump’s nominee for Health and Human Services secretary — answered most questions about his past and his plans for the future by talking in circles about vaccines, Medicare, …
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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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Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s nominee for FBI Director, sat down before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to field questions from senators who may be skeptical that the far-right firebrand is qualified to lead the law enforcement agency he has frequently maligned. Among the pool of die-hard MAGA loyalists …
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Even as crews continued to retrieve bodies from the Potomac River following a midair collision Wednesday night between a commercial jet and a U.S. Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump sought to lay the blame for the tragedy on workplace diversity initiatives. His now-familiar refrain against diversity, equity, …
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After a disastrous rollout and widespread backlash, the Trump administration has rescinded an from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to freeze the distribution of billions in federal funds and grant money to government programs. In a brief memorandum issued to executive departments and agencies on Wednesday, the OMB …
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Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer went down in history for kicking off President Donald Trump‘s first term with lies about the size of the crowd that attended the 2017 inauguration. At her first official briefing to kick off Trump’s second term, current White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt …
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Madonna has called out Donald Trump and his administration, admonishing the president over the controversial executive orders he’s issued during his first days in office. “It’s so sad to watch our new Government slowly dismantling all the Freedoms we have been fighting for and WON over the years,” the singer …
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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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