The glass cabinet in the waiting room is empty, framed photos that used to hang on the wall have been carted away, and, except for the few remaining staffers speaking in low voices and the sound of packing tape fastening cardboard boxes, California Sen. Laphonza Butler’s office is quiet. It’s …
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In the final 11 days of the 2024 election, a new conservative Super PAC launched a $20 million campaign to boost Donald Trump and aggressively troll liberals. The group, called RBG PAC, ran ads claiming that Trump would not support a federal abortion ban — and that he actually has …
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In an election cycle where billionaires flooded the race with hundreds of millions in cash to support their preferred candidates, apparently no one spent more than Elon Musk, who donated a grand total of $239 million to America PAC, a Super PAC he initially formed to support Donald Trump. Musk …
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Pete Hegseth’s nomination as Secretary of Defense is hanging on by a thread as hardline MAGA Republican senators wage a public pressure campaign against their colleagues to secure the embattled former Fox News host’s confirmation. On Friday morning, President-elect Donald Trump stepped into the fray himself. “Pete Hegseth is doing …
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The D.C. Court of Appeals has upheld a law that would ban TikTok in the United States unless its Chinese parent company ByteDance sells the popular social media platform. In a Friday ruling, Senior Judge Douglas Ginsburg wrote that “the portions of the [Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications …
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He’s pushed Donald Trump’s talking points, defended him against Hitler comparisons, and even met up with Trump briefly at ringside at an ultimate fighting brawl. Embattled New York City Mayor Eric Adams sure seems to be looking to get on friendly footing with the president-elect; many observers believe it’s part …
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The Department of Agriculture will require dairy producers in several states to submit raw milk samples in order to test for Bird Flu infection. No, this does not mean the milk you buy at the grocery store could be infected with Bird Flu. Pasteurization kills the virus, and the risk …
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Donald Trump and his team have spent much of this year’s presidential transition gratuitously laughing at their vanquished Democratic foes, as the president-elect prepares to begin implementing his openly authoritarian platform next month. At Harvard University’s Campaign Managers Conference, a tradition in which top campaign aides review …
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Donald Trump has already lost a Cabinet pick and is reconsidering a second, but they say bad news comes in threes, and Director of National Intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard may be the next uphill confirmation battle for the incoming president. Gabbard — a former Democratic representative from Hawaii who turned …
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President Joe Biden’s pardon for Hunter, his sole surviving son, was a symphony missing a crucial note: “I changed my mind.” The pardon was a moment of paternal grace that took me aback — not because of the act itself but rather what was left unsaid. Presidential history boasts far …
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