By Patrick Svitek, The Washington Post (c) 2024 A mysterious new super PAC has reported spending at least $20 million to help elect former president Donald Trump in the final days of the White House race, including by defending him on one of his most vulnerable issues: abortion. The group, RBG PAC, was formed recently […]
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Mysterious group spends $20M for Trump in final election stretch
By Patrick Svitek, The Washington Post (c) 2024 A mysterious new super PAC has reported spending at least $20 million to help elect former president Donald Trump in the final days of the White House race, including by defending him on one of his most vulnerable issues: abortion. The group, RBG PAC, was formed recently […]
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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Barbie: Harris campaign embraces ‘girl culture’
By Dylan Wells, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance Friday night alongside Beyoncé, one of the world’s biggest female pop stars, embodies a trend: the overlap between her campaign for the White House and the icons of “girl culture.” The phenomenon of “girl culture,” epitomized by last year’s box-office blockbuster “Barbie” […]
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Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Barbie: Harris campaign embraces ‘girl culture’
By Dylan Wells, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance Friday night alongside Beyoncé, one of the world’s biggest female pop stars, embodies a trend: the overlap between her campaign for the White House and the icons of “girl culture.” The phenomenon of “girl culture,” epitomized by last year’s box-office blockbuster “Barbie” […]
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GOP candidates embrace Trump’s call to abolish Education Department
By Laura Meckler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Closing the Education Department is a central plank in former president Donald Trump’s schools agenda. Inside the Republican Party, he’s not alone. GOP candidates in some of the most competitive Senate and House races have proposed shuttering the agency, in some cases following Trump’s lead. Project 2025, […]
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GOP candidates embrace Trump’s call to abolish Education Department
By Laura Meckler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Closing the Education Department is a central plank in former president Donald Trump’s schools agenda. Inside the Republican Party, he’s not alone. GOP candidates in some of the most competitive Senate and House races have proposed shuttering the agency, in some cases following Trump’s lead. Project 2025, […]
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DOJ warns Musk his $1 million petition contest could violate election laws
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Justice Department sent a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s political group, warning that its contest awarding registered voters in swing states $1 million for signing a petition could run afoul of federal election laws, according to a person familiar with the matter. The letter was […]
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DOJ warns Musk his $1 million petition contest could violate election laws
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Justice Department sent a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s political group, warning that its contest awarding registered voters in swing states $1 million for signing a petition could run afoul of federal election laws, according to a person familiar with the matter. The letter was […]
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Trump says he’d fire special counsel Jack Smith in ‘two seconds’ if elected again
By Amy B Wang, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump said Thursday that he would “fire” special counsel Jack Smith on his first day back in the White House if he is elected again, making clear that he would push to drop a pair of federal cases against him. In an interview […]
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Trump says he’d fire special counsel Jack Smith in ‘two seconds’ if elected again
By Amy B Wang, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump said Thursday that he would “fire” special counsel Jack Smith on his first day back in the White House if he is elected again, making clear that he would push to drop a pair of federal cases against him. In an interview […]