By Michelle Boorstein · The Washington Post (c) 2024 ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh Valley Barbershop was bustling with the next generation of American strivers. The mood among the young men, mostly first- or second-generation immigrants from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, was hopeful. Their candidate, Donald Trump, had just won the presidential election. Sitting in […]
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Trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements, new judgeships
By Tobi Raji · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Three federal judges appointed by Democrats have changed their retirement plans ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, with a fourth being warned on the Senate floor not to follow suit. It is rare in the federal court system for judges to retract declarations […]
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Trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements, new judgeships
By Tobi Raji · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Three federal judges appointed by Democrats have changed their retirement plans ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, with a fourth being warned on the Senate floor not to follow suit. It is rare in the federal court system for judges to retract declarations […]
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With election over, Biden eyes parting blow to Putin war chest
By Jeff Stein, Ellen Nakashima · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden is weighing major new sanctions against Russia’s energy sector in his final weeks in office, four people familiar with the matter said, as the administration considers a parting blow in its financial war against Vladimir Putin. The move would also give the incoming […]
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With election over, Biden eyes parting blow to Putin war chest
By Jeff Stein, Ellen Nakashima · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden is weighing major new sanctions against Russia’s energy sector in his final weeks in office, four people familiar with the matter said, as the administration considers a parting blow in its financial war against Vladimir Putin. The move would also give the incoming […]
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House Ethics report says Matt Gaetz regularly paid for sex, including payment to an underage girl
By Jacqueline Alemany, Justine McDaniel · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) regularly paid for sex, possessed illegal drugs and paid a 17-year-old girl for sex in 2017, according to a 42-page report released by the House Ethics Committee on Monday on President-elect Donald Trump’s former pick for attorney general. The report found […]
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House Ethics report says Matt Gaetz regularly paid for sex, including payment to an underage girl
By Jacqueline Alemany, Justine McDaniel · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) regularly paid for sex, possessed illegal drugs and paid a 17-year-old girl for sex in 2017, according to a 42-page report released by the House Ethics Committee on Monday on President-elect Donald Trump’s former pick for attorney general. The report found […]
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Biden signs stopgap funding bill, but congressional fight to continue
By Maegan Vazquez, Marianna Sotomayor · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden signed a congressional spending bill into law Saturday morning, putting to bed the threat of a potential Christmastime government shutdown and kicking the issue for a new Congress and a new president to address next year. Friday evening, the House and […]
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Biden signs stopgap funding bill, but congressional fight to continue
By Maegan Vazquez, Marianna Sotomayor · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden signed a congressional spending bill into law Saturday morning, putting to bed the threat of a potential Christmastime government shutdown and kicking the issue for a new Congress and a new president to address next year. Friday evening, the House and […]
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Biden commutes most federal death sentences before Trump takes office
By Mark Berman, Matt Viser · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden on Monday is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 prisoners on federal death row to life without parole, taking the unprecedented step ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, whose incoming administration is widely expected to restart executions. Opponents of capital […]