Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invoked “emergency authorities” to bypass Congress and send $4 billion in weapons to Israel, the second time in a month that the Trump administration …
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‘Why Don’t You Wear a Suit?’: A Right-Wing News Outlet With Coveted Access Questions Zelensky
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA voice from the press section joined the chorus of people demanding answers from President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday, during a meeting with President Trump and his associates. …
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Francis Collins Retires From N.I.H., Saying Colleagues ‘Deserve the Utmost Respect’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesDr. Francis S. Collins, a renowned geneticist who ran the National Institutes of Health for 12 years, announced Saturday that he has retired from the institutes and the federal government, …
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Judge Rules Trump Can’t Fire Head of Federal Watchdog Agency Without Cause
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA federal judge in Washington on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from ousting the top official at a federal watchdog agency, finding that its efforts to do so were unlawful. …
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New Lawsuit Challenges Legality of Trump’s Sending Migrants to Guantánamo
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Trump administration faced the first direct legal challenge to its policy of sending migrants to the U.S. military base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for continued immigration detention with a …
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Trump Says He Will Posthumously Pardon the Baseball Star Pete Rose
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPresident Trump said late Friday that he would grant a full pardon to Pete Rose, who was one of baseball’s greatest players before he spectacularly fell from grace for gambling …
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Democrats See Political Opening in G.O.P. Budget as Republicans Eye Medicaid Cuts
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesIn 2018, Democrats won back the House, flipping 41 seats including in conservative-leaning places like the suburbs of Utah and Oklahoma by focusing narrowly on a single issue: Republican efforts …
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Intelligence officials are continuing to investigate sexually explicit messages that were posted on a government chat tool, the National Security Agency said Friday, exchanges that prompted the nation’s top intelligence …
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Excerpts From the Fiery Exchange Between Trump and Zelensky at the White House
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA meeting between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Friday turned into an angry shouting match at the Oval Office. At times cross talk made some comments …
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Former Defense Secretaries Call Trump’s Firing of Military Leaders ‘Reckless’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesFive former defense secretaries condemned President Trump’s firing last week of senior military leaders as “reckless” and urged Congress not to confirm their successors. In an extraordinary letter to lawmakers …