McDonough served in the Obama White House in several high-profile roles. He would be the second non-veteran to serve as Veterans Affairs secretary.
Category: Politics
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The Republican Party is not in a position to now take a hard line on conspiracy theories
Rest easy, Marjorie Taylor Greene.
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Republicans back away from confronting Trump and his loyalists after the Capitol insurrection, embracing them instead
Powerful party leaders are trying to avoid a divisive battle to improve their odds of reclaiming power in 2022.
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D.C. officials slam proposal to erect permanent fencing around U.S. Capitol
Capitol Hill residents were initially told fencing built after the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol would be temporary.
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Biden embraces order and routine in his first week. How will that fit this moment of crisis?
Biden, one full week into his presidency, has shown a disciplined adherence to routine and planning. The coming weeks will tell how that fits this moment of urgency and crisis.
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Biden kills Trump plan on opioid-treatment prescriptions
Physicians celebrated Trump’s last-minute effort to loosen requirements they said hurt the opioid-crisis response. But the Biden administration said the plan was issued “prematurely.”
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Biden, travel bans and accusations of xenophobia: A chronology
Is the president being hypocritical by imposing travel restrictions when he accused his predecessor of “hysterical xenophobia”? We explore the timeline.
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Biden struggles to define his ‘unity’ promise for a divided nation
Republicans have already sounded anti-unity alarms, claiming that the fact Biden is governing as a Democrat means he is not committed to his campaign mantra.
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Live updates: Biden to focus on expanding access to health care; Senate examining more Cabinet nominees
Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security, is expected Thursday to become the latest member of the president’s Cabinet to win Senate confirmation.
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Kelli Ward led a push to overturn Biden’s victory. Now her own win as Arizona GOP chair is being questioned.
Kelli Ward, the Arizona Republican Party chair, faces calls for a recount in her own reelection win after emerging as a major voice in the “Stop the Steal” movement to question President Biden’s victory in November.
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5 arguments the GOP is making against impeachment, parsed
The common thread between most of them: They’re not actually addressing former president Trump’s culpability.
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The GOP is self-policing … further to the right
The party is targeting partisan heresy instead of conspiracy theories.
