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 […]
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Joe Biden pardons his last turkeys
By Kara Voght · The Washington Post (c) 2024 “They tell me 2,500 people are here, looking for a pardon!” President Joe Biden raised his hand to his brow and squinted out at the crowd on the White House’s South Lawn Monday morning. Everyone laughed. It was a joke, right? The rows of chairs closest to […]
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Joe Biden pardons his last turkeys
By Kara Voght · The Washington Post (c) 2024 “They tell me 2,500 people are here, looking for a pardon!” President Joe Biden raised his hand to his brow and squinted out at the crowd on the White House’s South Lawn Monday morning. Everyone laughed. It was a joke, right? The rows of chairs closest to […]
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Ukraine prepares to sell Trump on why U.S. should maintain support
By Siobhán O’Grady, Serhii Korolchuk, David L. Stern · The Washington Post (c) 2024 KYIV – As Ukraine prepares for the looming uncertainty of a new U.S. president, officials and business executives here are coming up with ways to sell Donald Trump on the idea that a strong Ukraine is useful to his political goals – and expressing […]
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Ukraine prepares to sell Trump on why U.S. should maintain support
By Siobhán O’Grady, Serhii Korolchuk, David L. Stern · The Washington Post (c) 2024 KYIV – As Ukraine prepares for the looming uncertainty of a new U.S. president, officials and business executives here are coming up with ways to sell Donald Trump on the idea that a strong Ukraine is useful to his political goals – and expressing […]
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s crusade to change FDA could boost biotech, and himself
By Daniel Gilbert · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vivek Ramaswamy, an outspoken ex-biotech executive turned fierce critic of the industry’s main regulator, is now in a position to reshape the agency he derides as the “Failed Drug Administration” in ways that could benefit him personally. Newly tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead an initiative […]
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Vivek Ramaswamy’s crusade to change FDA could boost biotech, and himself
By Daniel Gilbert · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vivek Ramaswamy, an outspoken ex-biotech executive turned fierce critic of the industry’s main regulator, is now in a position to reshape the agency he derides as the “Failed Drug Administration” in ways that could benefit him personally. Newly tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead an initiative […]
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Labor unions prepare for battle against Trump’s federal workforce plans
By Joe Davidson · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump will enter his second presidential term in January eager and ready to slashthefederal workforce. The potential consequences are massive. He will occupy the White House with the benefit of experience and, importantly, executive orders from his first stay at the ready for implementation. This time, […]
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Labor unions prepare for battle against Trump’s federal workforce plans
By Joe Davidson · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Donald Trump will enter his second presidential term in January eager and ready to slashthefederal workforce. The potential consequences are massive. He will occupy the White House with the benefit of experience and, importantly, executive orders from his first stay at the ready for implementation. This time, […]
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Biden’s team pushes to get money out the door in final weeks
By Yasmeen Abutaleb · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Late on the afternoon of Nov. 13, about a week after Democrats were devastated by Vice President Kamala Harris’s election loss, President Joe Biden got on a phone callwith about 2,000 appointees across the federal government, hoping to ensure that the final weeks of his presidency did not […]