In the highly tumultuous closing days of Donald Trump’s first term in office, BuzzFeed News received an angry letter from his outgoing administration. The subpoena, issued on December 1, 2020, was delivered as Trump was preoccupied with efforts to overturn the democratic order and nullify the results of the presidential …
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A $895 billion defense policy bill was approved by the House on Wednesday, which included a controversial provision prohibiting the military’s health program, TRICARE, from covering gender-affirming care for transgender children of U.S. service members. Known as the National Defense Authorization Act, the bill authorizes funding for the Defense Department …
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President Joe Biden issued a record-breaking wave of commutations and pardons on Thursday, the most ever granted by a president in a single day. In a statement issued by the White House, the administration wrote that Biden is “is commuting the sentences of close to 1,500 individuals who were placed …
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Donald Trump and Republicans walked away from the 2024 election with total control in Washington, so there’s been little reason for GOP politicians to lie about Democrats stealing elections or attempt to overturn the will of the voters. In North Carolina, Republicans mostly saw big wins. They lost a state …
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Manhattan prosecutors are urging Judge Juan Merchan not to vacate Donald Trump’s felony conviction on charges of falsifying business records related to a 2016 hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels. Merchan is currently weighing a bid from Trump’s legal team to have the case tossed out on grounds …
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A man has been arrested, and Nancy Mace is wearing a wrist brace and shoulder sling after the South Carolina congresswoman said she was “physically accosted” in a Capitol office building on Tuesday afternoon. Mace claims she was “was physically accosted at the Capitol” by “a pro-tr*ns man.” “One new …
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Tuesday voted not to confirm President Joe Biden‘s renomination of Lauren McFerran as member of the National Labor Relations Board. The nays from the pair of independents, who both declined to run for reelection in 2024, will …
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Republicans in Washington have vowed to cut off medical treatment for most trans Americans — and may try to do so next year once Donald Trump takes over. Democrats in Congress can likely stop it from happening if they stand together and hold the line, but it’s unclear if they …
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After Matt Gaetz left his seat in Congress to become Donald Trump’s attorney general only to pull his name from contention, speculation has abounded as to what the now-jobless Gaetz — who remains embodied in allegations of sexual abuse — will do with his life. Shout-out videos on Cameo apparently …
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Donald Trump won’t be back in the White House until January, but his allies are already reviving their first-term practice of hosting expensive events at Trump-owned properties. According to Punchbowl News, this year’s House Republican retreat will take place at the president-elect’s Doral golf resort in Miami. Prices for rooms …
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