By Lisa Rein, Isaac Arnsdorf · The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Trump transition team said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with the Biden White House to start coordinating the handoff of federal agencies to the new administration. But the Trump team is still refusing to accept several typical trappings of the presidential transition process,including federal […]
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Trump signs transition agreement with Biden, but it lacks key guardrails
By Lisa Rein, Isaac Arnsdorf · The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Trump transition team said Tuesday it had reached an agreement with the Biden White House to start coordinating the handoff of federal agencies to the new administration. But the Trump team is still refusing to accept several typical trappings of the presidential transition process,including federal […]
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Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case
By Dan Lamothe · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Military personnel manning a U.S. Army command outpost in Iraq found the radio report suspicious. During an operation to hunt suspected al-Qaeda militants, American soldiers involved notified their commanders that they had just killed three detainees who, they said, had broken free of their restraints and attacked […]
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Pete Hegseth’s Army unit in Iraq was rocked by a war crimes case
By Dan Lamothe · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Military personnel manning a U.S. Army command outpost in Iraq found the radio report suspicious. During an operation to hunt suspected al-Qaeda militants, American soldiers involved notified their commanders that they had just killed three detainees who, they said, had broken free of their restraints and attacked […]
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State Canvass Board Certifies 2024 General Election Results, Orders Automatic Recounts
New Mexico’s State Canvass Board unanimously certified the results of the 2024 General Election at its Nov. 26 meeting in Santa Fe. The State Canvass Board is composed of the Governor, Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court. “The 2024 General Election was run with efficiency and integrity by the […]
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Trump tied migrant entries and fentanyl to tariffs. Here are the facts.
By Justine McDaniel, Nick Miroff · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump’s claim that illegal border crossings are out of control – which was among the reasons he cited for the tariffs he said Monday he plans to enact against Mexico, Canada and China – is contradicted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection data showing lower levels […]
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Trump tied migrant entries and fentanyl to tariffs. Here are the facts.
By Justine McDaniel, Nick Miroff · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump’s claim that illegal border crossings are out of control – which was among the reasons he cited for the tariffs he said Monday he plans to enact against Mexico, Canada and China – is contradicted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection data showing lower levels […]
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Trump-appointed judge rejects lawsuit targeting special counsel Jack Smith
By Tobi Raji · The Washington Post (c) 2024 A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas has rejected the state’s long-shot attempt to temporarily block special counsel Jack Smith from destroying records related to his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump, calling the state’s argument “unserious.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) had asked U.S. District Judge Matthew […]
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Trump-appointed judge rejects lawsuit targeting special counsel Jack Smith
By Tobi Raji · The Washington Post (c) 2024 A Trump-appointed federal judge in Texas has rejected the state’s long-shot attempt to temporarily block special counsel Jack Smith from destroying records related to his investigation into President-elect Donald Trump, calling the state’s argument “unserious.” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) had asked U.S. District Judge Matthew […]
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Biden races to boost Ukraine’s position before Trump takes office
By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Michael Birnbaum, Ellen Francis · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden’s recent decisions to allow Ukraine to launch missiles deeper into Russia and to provide Kyiv with controversial antipersonnel land mines were driven by a stark new reality: Russia’s importing of North Korean troops, Ukrainian battlefield losses and the election of Donald Trump have […]