President-elect Donald Trump has once again repeated his desires for U.S. territorial expansion. In a message delivered on Christmas Day, Trump took aim at the Panama Canal and Greenland, while also addressing Canadian Prime MinisterJustin Trudeaudirectly. “Merry Christmas to all, including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, …
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Donald Trump was elected to a second term on a promise to exact his “retribution.” So it’s no wonder that federal investigators and others who worked with Special Counsel Jack Smith’s office are taking the president-elect at his word. According to two sources with knowledge of the matter and a …
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Donald Trump’s inaugural committee is expected to raise the most cash in the history of such events — perhaps upward of $150 million, and certainly more than the record $107 million he raised for his first presidential inauguration. A good chunk of that cash is coming from companies that previously …
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Donald Trump will soon be president again, but that doesn’t mean the grifting has to stop. With Christmas time here, the president-elect has been hawking Trump-branded merchandise as shamelessly as ever. “We love God, and we have to protect anything that is pro-God,” Trump said in a recent Fox News …
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Donald Trump’s win in November means not only that the former president will once again be living in the White House, but that dozens upon dozens of the most consequential positions in the federal government affecting every walk of life in America will be staffed by cronies of his choosing. …
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The House Ethics Committee found former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid a 17-year-old girl for sex in 2017, concluding that he violated Florida’s statutory rape law. This was one of 20 instances where he paid for sex or drugs, according to the final draft of the panel’s report, which was obtained …
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President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of the majority of people on federal death row, the White House announced on Monday, in anticipation of Donald Trump — a champion of capital punishment — taking office. The inmates have now been sentenced to life in prison. Criminal justice advocates have …
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While the country is focused on President-elect Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks, such as Kash Patel for FBI director or Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, the fossil fuel industry is surely celebrating a pick that has mostly flown under the radar. Trump has chosen Lee Zeldin to …
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Sen. John Fetterman said that Kash Patel, Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the FBI, assured him he will not be targeting Trump’s enemies. Patel has “talked about going after Trump’s enemies,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl said to Fetterman during an interview that aired Sunday on This Week. Fetterman recently met with …
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Donald Trump in a wide-ranging speech touted his line about Hannibal Lecter as helping him win the election, promised to “figure out” what’s “going on” with autism and “stop the transgender lunacy,” and claimed he isn’t intimidated by Elon Musk. Trump’s remarks — his first rally-style event since he won …
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