A former senior executive in the U.S. pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Naj divides his time between overseeing medicine companies he has founded and writing; his latest book, Pandastic Times (Brazen House), is a fable of the Covid pandemic. Some two decades ago, when I mentioned what I did for a living …
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As fires continue to devastate Los Angeles County, a president will soon be inaugurated who has promised to withhold federal help from states like California if Democratic lawmakers there don’t sing to his tune. Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal disaster relief from the state just months ago, and he …
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On Monday, the night before hearings to confirm Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s embattled nominee for Secretary of Defense, were set to begin, The New Yorker reported that Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) —a key vote on the Armed Services Committee — had declined an offer to meet privately with the woman …
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Four years ago today, as preparations were underway for the inauguration of then President-elect Joe Biden, National Guard Master Sergeant DeRicko Gaither sent an email warning of a possible “Insider Threat” in the ranks: a guardsman named Pete Hegseth, who, Gaither wrote, had a tattoo of a refrain favored by …
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WASHINGTON — At least four Democratic political committees suspect their former campaign treasurer is behind the “misappropriation” of hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign funds, according to federal records reviewed by Rolling Stone. The committees — including those led by Virginia’s two U.S. senators, Tim Kaine and Mark Warner …
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Attorney General Merrick Garland has released former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The 130-page report is damning, and concludes that “the admissible evidence was sufficient to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial.” “As …
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The Washington Post’s editorial board evaluated President-elect Trump’s cabinet nominees today, ahead of their confirmation hearings, which begin on Tuesday. In it, the board called Trump’s pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, “qualified” and “serious.” Bondi previously lobbied for Amazon; the Post is owned by Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder and …
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Andy Kim is in between offices. The desks in his temporary space in the bowels of the Dirksen Senate Office Building remain mostly bare. Boxes holding monitors and other work supplies are stacked nearly to the ceiling in the conference room. His staff, waiting for news on when they’ll get …
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After a spat over the future of H-1B visas threatened a full-blown schism in Trumpworld, MAGA elder and longtime Trump adviser Steve Bannon has publicly declared war against Elon Musk, vowing to run the billionaire out of President-elect Donald Trump’s influence circle before Trump becomes president. During a weekend interview …
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Donald Trump’s incoming administration officials have begun interrogating White House national security staff about their potential loyalty — or disloyalty — to the president-elect, according to a Monday report from the Associated Press. One U.S. official familiar with the questioning said that staff members affiliated with the White House National …
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