MSNBC host Jen Psaki urged members of the Democratic Party to “burn” Democratic National Committee (DNC) talking points and to speak “like a human being with a heart.” “People just have to become a little bit more relaxed, let go of the talking points, which — it’s funny, in part …
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Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger downplayed a fellow Democrat’s text-message scandal, calling it a “poor choice” in a new interview. In 2022, Virginia attorney general candidateJay Jonestexted a colleague that he wished violence against former Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert and his children. The private messages sparked outrage from …
Read More »Washington — Senate Republicans released the latest version of President Trump’s massive spending and tax bill late Friday as the GOP eyes an ambitious July 4 deadline to approve the centerpiece legislation of the president’s second-term agenda. After the House narrowly approved the legislation that addresses the president’s tax, defense, border …
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President Trump on Tuesday heads to a whirlwind NATO summit at the Hague, Netherlands, hours after he announced that Iran and Israel had reached a ceasefire agreement. Several hours after the ceasefire was to take effect, Mr. Trump told reporters as he left for the summit that both Israel and …
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ABC News on Sunday suspended a senior correspondent following a since-deleted social media post where he criticized White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller and President Trump. Shortly after midnight on Sunday, senior national correspondent Terry Moran wrote on X that Miller is “richly endowed with the capacity for …
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Washington — The White House on Tuesday sent a formal request to Congress to claw back funding for NPR, PBS and international aid that lawmakers had previously approved. The package would cancel $9.4 billion appropriated by Congress, aiming to make permanent some of the Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts. …
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The Pentagon is no longer requiring civilian employees to send emails listing out five things they accomplished each week, winding down an initiative driven partly by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. The five-bullet-point email requirement ended on Wednesday, according to the Defense Department, and employees were instructed to send …
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Washington — The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to lift a lower court order that blocked immigration authorities from removing migrants to third countries without first providing them certain due process rights while a legal battle over President Trump’s deportation efforts continues. The request for emergency relief …
Read More »Washington — A Jan. 6 defendant who was arrested near the home of former President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C., with weapons and ammunition in his van had threatened to blow up the vehicle at a government facility the day before, federal prosecutors alleged in a new court filing. Taylor …
Read More »All 10 candidates backed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin dominated their primary races last night in the Virginia primary election, showing what the Republican party hopes will be a unified GOP front as the commonwealth heads toward the closely-watched state contests in November. Some of the seats where Youngkin’s endorsement …
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