Florida has new legislative leaders. Is a split with Ron DeSantis next?
The new leaders didn’t dare criticize the governor by name. But it could be a new era for a legislature that once gave the ...
RFK Jr.’s surprising support
Blumenauer himself supports vaccines, and fluoridating water. He disagrees vehemently with many of Kennedy’s positions. But the Oregonian is a strong proponent of marijuana legalization, and even says ...
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What did Adams and Trump discuss? Only they know.
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams said President-elect Donald Trump talked about how great of a mayor he is in a brief ringside conversation at a mixed martial arts fight Saturday night — the latest example ...
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The conspicuously quiet Gaetz critics
Plenty of rank-and-file House Republicans have been outspoken and critical of Matt Gaetz over the years. But many in that cohort have gone conspicuously quiet since President-elect Donald Trump tapped ...
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Trump taps ex-lobbyist to lead DOT
BGR ALUM TAPPED TO LEAD DOT: President-elect Donald Trump last night named Sean Duffy, the former Wisconsin congressmember and lobbyist at BGR Group, as his pick to lead the Transportation Department.
President Trump? Biden doesn’t want to talk about it.
Prior to the election, Biden was eager to talk about the existential threat that the president-elect posed to American democracy and the nightmarish future he said would follow if Trump ever returned ...
The limits of Trump’s oil agenda
Under Biden’s 2022 climate law, oil and gas operators will be required to pay $900 per metric ton of excess methane they emit. While Trump can’t nix the fee without rewriting the law (which Congress ...
Treasury contender’s views on trade could collide with Trump’s
Warsh’s emergence as a top candidate for Treasury secretary suggests that the president-elect is making a priority of ...
Trump-appointed judge opposes ‘blanket pardons’ for Jan. 6 defendants
The incoming president has repeatedly said he will pardon many of the people charged in connection with the attack on the ...
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Trump picks Dr. Oz to be CMS administrator
President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Mehmet Oz, the celebrity physician and TV personality known as Dr. Oz, to be administrator of CMS. During the pandemic, Dr. Oz, 64, pushed unproven theories ...
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Ukraine’s allies push for more (again) from Biden
Ukraine’s strongest backers in Washington have a message for President JOE BIDEN: It’s still not enough. After news broke ...
Why ‘Burgum bros’ are psyched right now
With all the uproar around President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, it’s easy to miss that the Department of the ...