Powerful floodwaters that have torn through Central Texas for days began to ebb in some places on Friday, leaving behind battered homes, blocked roads and shaken residents, even as flash …
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Some Americans contending with smoke from Canadian wildfires, including a group of Republican lawmakers, have been critical of their northern neighbor for what they say is a failure to control …
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President Trump used a lot of alarming words on Thursday night as he addressed the American people about threats to the integrity of elections in the United States: “Deep state.” …
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Live Updates: Trump Makes Outlandish Claims About Election Results in Address
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPresident Trump has sowed doubts about the integrity of U.S. elections for over a decade. What he has not done is furnish proof to support his claims that there was …
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Warnock and Ossoff, Georgia’s Senators, Ridicule Trump’s Election Fraud Claims
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesGeorgia’s two Democratic senators didn’t wait for President Trump to try to undermine their legitimacy with false claims about their crucial election victories in 2020 that propelled Democrats to the …
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President Trump, a former real estate mogul who knows a few things about construction projects, says there is “no harder zoning thing to get” than a helipad. But he is …
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Trump Administration Fires U.S. Attorney Minutes After His Appointment
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Trump administration fired a federal prosecutor on Wednesday, less than an hour after he was appointed to lead the United States attorney’s office in Seattle, a move that sets …
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Video Pushed Local Police to Come Clean. D.H.S. Is Ignoring the Lessons.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe victims were brandishing a gun, “weaponizing” a car or attacking with a shovel. But these explanations, which federal immigration officials gave for shooting people, were swiftly undercut or contradicted …
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Live Updates: Key G.O.P. Senator Presses Todd Blanche, Trump’s Attorney General Pick
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA central issue in acting attorney general Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing on Wednesday will be the extraordinary protection from Internal Revenue Service investigations he granted President Trump. That immunity was …
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Jay Clayton Expected to Face Tough Questions in Confirmation Hearing
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesJay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee to lead the nation’s intelligence community, will face questions today from lawmakers amid a new push by the White House to use declassified intelligence reports …