Several top House Republicans signed on Tuesday, signaling a rapidly shifting political dynamic, and the White House braced for more defections.
Category: Politics
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New York City to consider ending contracts with Trump that bring his company $17 million a year
The Trump Organization runs a carousel, ice rinks and a golf course in the city.
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Black voters played a crucial role in Joe Biden’s victory. Can he keep their trust?
He’ll be taking office less than a year after George Floyd’s killing and amid a pandemic that has devastated Black families.
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Insurrection adds to full plate of calamities Biden will face as he takes office
The president-elect’s team says his focus remains on the coronavirus and economic crises, but he will work to unify the country as he promised during the campaign.
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Democrats want to fine colleagues $1,000 a day if they refuse to wear a mask on Capitol grounds
The proposed fine comes after three Democratic lawmakers revealed they tested positive after sheltering with other lawmakers, including some who refused to wear masks, during last week’s Capitol lockdown.
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Live updates: Trump to emerge from seclusion as House angles toward his impeachment
The president is planning to travel to Alamo, Tex., to observe a portion of border wall as Democrats ready an impeachment vote that will take place as early as Wednesday.
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From the election to the riot, nearly a third of Facebook’s top link posts were from right-wing media
On average, Dan Bongino alone had two of the top 10 posts.
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He buried his son a week ago. Now Jamie Raskin is leading the impeachment charge.
“I felt him in my heart and in my chest,” third-term lawmaker said of Tommy Raskin, 25, who died by suicide.
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Kevin McCarthy’s rudderless GOP leadership
The House GOP leader, whose 2015 candidacy for the speakership imploded, has offered a series of mixed signals indicating he’s not terribly interested in actually leading the party moving forward.
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Trump administration reverses stance, will no longer hold back second shots of coronavirus vaccine
The change comes several days after President-elect Joe Biden said he planned to release nearly all available doses to speed protection for Americans.
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Biden team briefs Congress on emerging stimulus plan, aims for bipartisan deal
President-elect Joe Biden’s proposal, to be unveiled on Thursday, is expected to include $2,000 stimulus payments, an extension of enhanced unemployment insurance, money for vaccine distribution and delivery, funding for cities, states, schools, child care and more.
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Sheldon Adelson, casino magnate who influenced policy from D.C. to Jerusalem, dies at 87
GOP presidential candidates sought billionaire’s money and blessing at the “Adelson primary.”
