Seth Moulton’s had a tough few weeks. Two days after the election, The New York Times published a post-mortem of the 2024 general election contest in which the Democratic Massachusetts congressman appeared to blame his party’s poor performance on its support for trans rights. The comments came after Donald Trump …
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Donald Trump’s incoming “border czar” Tom Homan says the administration will revoke federal funding for states that refuse to “cooperate” with the administration’s plans to conduct mass deportations. In a Sunday interview with Fox News’ Mark Levin, Homan said that “those mayors and those governors who say they’re going to …
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Special Counsel Jack Smith is dropping the Justice Department’s criminal election interference and classified documents cases against Donald Trump, according to motions filed Monday in D.C. court. The cases were unlikely to see a trial or resolution given Trump’s victory in November’s election, and the incoming administration’s imminent control of …
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The wealth of the world’s very richest people — a list dominated by U.S. billionaires, many of whom backed President-elect Donald Trump — has soared to record levels since the election. Billionaires’ investments to elect one of their own in Trump is paying off as Wall Street cash floods into …
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True to character, Donald Trump is already flouting ethics laws and norms even before he takes office as president in 2025. The president-elect is accepting secret donations to fund his transition while refusing to sign ethics pledges or deliver an ethics plan mandated by the Presidential Transitions Act. The transition …
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a retired Army National Guard lieutenant colonel, pulled no punches when discussing Fox News commentator Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump‘s pick to lead the Department of Defense. The Democratic senator sounded off on Hegseth’s lack of experience, calling him a “pretty low-ranking guy” when he was in the …
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Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt said that one of Donald Trump‘s first priorities in office should be to exact revenge. He suggested that Trump get rid of any Justice Department employees who were involved in cases that brought charges against the former president. “First and foremost, the people involved with this …
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has been tapped to lead a House subcommittee connected to the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) run by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, has named her targets for investigation and defunding. They include: NPR, “toilets in Africa,” “sex apps in Malaysia,” sanctuary cities, and …
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When President-elect Donald Trump chose the television commentator Pete Hegseth as his nominee for secretary of defense, a panoply of national security stalwarts — retired generals and admirals, former appointees, and elected officials — evinced surprise. Some of us found the defense establishment getting caught off guard par for the …
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Convicted felon and President-elect Donald Trump’s sentencing has been indefinitely postponed, New York Judge Juan Merchan ruled on Friday. Trump was scheduled to be sentenced over his conviction on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records next week, but his victory in this month’s election has thrown several wrenches into …
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