By Meryl Kornfield, Marianna Sotomayor, Paul Kane, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Friday that he will urge the House Ethics Committee to suppress its report into former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and block the Senate Judiciary Committee from viewing the investigation, an unusual intervention that could shape a divisive nomination fight. “I’m […]
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Speaker Johnson moves to block release of ethics report on Matt Gaetz
By Meryl Kornfield, Marianna Sotomayor, Paul Kane, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) said Friday that he will urge the House Ethics Committee to suppress its report into former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) and block the Senate Judiciary Committee from viewing the investigation, an unusual intervention that could shape a divisive nomination fight. “I’m […]
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Why Thune won: Small-state senators rally around their own, not Trump
By Paul Kane (c) 2024 , The Washington Post In choosing their Senate majority leader, Republicans turned to a consummate insider from the fourth-smallest state by population, a 20-year veteran without close ties to the incoming president. Sen. John Thune (South Dakota) overcame doubts about his past criticism of President-elect Donald Trump and won his […]
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Why Thune won: Small-state senators rally around their own, not Trump
By Paul Kane (c) 2024 , The Washington Post In choosing their Senate majority leader, Republicans turned to a consummate insider from the fourth-smallest state by population, a 20-year veteran without close ties to the incoming president. Sen. John Thune (South Dakota) overcame doubts about his past criticism of President-elect Donald Trump and won his […]
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Go bags, passports, foreign assets: Preparing to be a target of Trump’s revenge
By Isaac Stanley-Becker, Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post (c) 2024 A retired U.S. Army officer who clashed with senior officials in Donald Trump’s first White House looked into acquiring Italian citizenship in the run-up to this month’s election but wasn’t eligible and instead packeda “go bag” with cash and a list of emergency numbers in case […]
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Go bags, passports, foreign assets: Preparing to be a target of Trump’s revenge
By Isaac Stanley-Becker, Ellen Nakashima, The Washington Post (c) 2024 A retired U.S. Army officer who clashed with senior officials in Donald Trump’s first White House looked into acquiring Italian citizenship in the run-up to this month’s election but wasn’t eligible and instead packeda “go bag” with cash and a list of emergency numbers in case […]
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RFK Jr. faces battles in quest to change America’s food
By Rachel Roubein, Lauren Weber, Michael Scherer, David Ovalle, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a pledge last month on Fox News: He would get processed food out of school lunches “immediately” if he is given a position in a second Trump administration. The message shocked nutrition experts whoremember how Trump’s first administration fought […]
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RFK Jr. faces battles in quest to change America’s food
By Rachel Roubein, Lauren Weber, Michael Scherer, David Ovalle, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a pledge last month on Fox News: He would get processed food out of school lunches “immediately” if he is given a position in a second Trump administration. The message shocked nutrition experts whoremember how Trump’s first administration fought […]
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These tax cuts will go away without action by Congress and Trump
By Julie Zauzmer Weil, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Many tax cuts enacted during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term are set to expire at the end of 2025. That means taxes will rise for most Americans unless Congress acts to renew them. Some key features of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – including […]
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These tax cuts will go away without action by Congress and Trump
By Julie Zauzmer Weil, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Many tax cuts enacted during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term are set to expire at the end of 2025. That means taxes will rise for most Americans unless Congress acts to renew them. Some key features of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – including […]