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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s lawyer is pushing back on reporting that the secretary had two principal residences, an accusation President Trump had also leveled against Federal Reserve board of governors member Lisa Cook as cause to fire her from the central bank. Bloomberg reported that Bessent’s mortgage documents show he agreed to occupy two houses,… […]
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President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order once again delaying enforcement of a TikTok ban after announcing the U.S. had a “framework” for a deal to keep the app available in the U.S. The latest extension pushes back the deadline to enforce a law, which requires TikTok’s China-based parent company ByteDance to divest from […]
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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asked Attorney General Pam Bondi for her rationale in firing the Justice Department’s top ethics attorney, asking for details on who will provide ethics guidance to the department. Bondi fired Joseph Tirrell, director of the Departmental Ethics Office, on Friday after more than 20 years at the Justice Department and the… […]
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Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis said Thursday he sees a 2 in 3 chance President Trump strikes Iran. “I think it’s a close call for the president,” Stavridis told CNN’s Pamela Brown on “The Situation Room,” in an interview highlighted by Mediaite. “At this point, Pamela, I would say there’s a 2 in… […]
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A suspect was arrested in the theft last weekend of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s purse at a restaurant in downtown Washington, D.C, law enforcement officials said Sunday. The purse included some major belongings, including $3,000 in cash, Noem’s DHS access badge, her passport, her driver’s license, blank checks and her keys…. […]
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A Senate committee hearing involving Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won’t happen this week as initially proposed by the panel’s leading lawmakers, who are seeking answers on the deep-cutting restructuring of the health department that Kennedy ordered last month. Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., sent an invitation to […]
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an audience in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday the Trump administration “has thrown in its lot with the autocrats.” “Autocracy is on the march,” Clinton said, apparently at the World Forum on the Future of Democracy, Tech and Humankind. “And we now have a government in the United States… […]
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President Trump said on Tuesday he was buying a Tesla vehicle as he doubled down on his support of Elon Musk, who has come under mounting scrutiny for leading the Trump administration’s government cost initiatives. “I’m gonna buy because number one, it’s a great product. As good as it gets. Number two, because this man… […]
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The Trevor Project, a leading LGBTQ youth suicide prevention organization, said calls and text messages to its crisis intervention hotline had risen by a third on President Trump’s Inauguration Day, an increase the group described as “significant” and concerning. The Trevor Project’s crisis services, including phone calls, text messages and online chats, saw a 33… […]
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Rahm Emanuel, President Biden’s ambassador to Japan, sharply criticized President-elect Trump for reversing his position on TikTok, saying the app still poses a danger to the American people so long as it remains under the control of a China-based company. “Listen, as a former ballet dancer, I’m amazed at the flexibility of these individuals who… […]
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