By Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The deadly shooting at a July 13 Donald Trump rally was preventable, but multiple security failures allowed a 20-year-old gunman to climb atop an unsecured roof and fire eight shots, killing an attendee and wounding Trump and two others, the bipartisan House task force investigating the attack […]
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Bipartisan task force slams beleaguered Secret Service in new report
By Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The deadly shooting at a July 13 Donald Trump rally was preventable, but multiple security failures allowed a 20-year-old gunman to climb atop an unsecured roof and fire eight shots, killing an attendee and wounding Trump and two others, the bipartisan House task force investigating the attack […]
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Former GOP lawmakers, officials call on AG Garland to investigate Musk
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former Republican lawmakers, advisers and Justice Department officials have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk for awarding cash prizes to voters in swing states if they sign his political organization’s petition, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post and […]
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Former GOP lawmakers, officials call on AG Garland to investigate Musk
By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former Republican lawmakers, advisers and Justice Department officials have called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk for awarding cash prizes to voters in swing states if they sign his political organization’s petition, according to a letter obtained by The Washington Post and […]
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Treasurer’s food drive returns to help Sandoval County residents this Thanksgiving
Once again, the Sandoval County Treasurer’s Office is sponsoring its Thanksgiving Food Drive this year. Partnering with the Nacimiento Community Foundation, which operates The Checkerboard Food Pantry in Cuba, the fourth annual food drive led by Sandoval County Treasurer Jennifer Taylor will collect items now through Nov. 13 for Sandoval County residents who need a […]
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Trump’s age finally catches up with him
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait raised the question of Donald Trump’s age during their conversation at the Economic Club of Chicago earlier this week, the former president got suddenly defensive. It was not the case, he said, that he had attacked President Joe Biden’s […]
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Trump’s age finally catches up with him
By Philip Bump, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Bloomberg News editor in chief John Micklethwait raised the question of Donald Trump’s age during their conversation at the Economic Club of Chicago earlier this week, the former president got suddenly defensive. It was not the case, he said, that he had attacked President Joe Biden’s […]
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This campaign sign graveyard is bringing election losers back from the dead
By Jiselle Lee, The Washington Post (c) 2024 A presidential election season lawn pocked with Thomas Dewey, Barry Goldwater and Aaron Burr signs might seem like some sort of prank. Barbara VanDenburgh had never seen anything quite like the display in her Central Phoenix neighborhood, so she took some photos and posted the exhibit on […]
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This campaign sign graveyard is bringing election losers back from the dead
By Jiselle Lee, The Washington Post (c) 2024 A presidential election season lawn pocked with Thomas Dewey, Barry Goldwater and Aaron Burr signs might seem like some sort of prank. Barbara VanDenburgh had never seen anything quite like the display in her Central Phoenix neighborhood, so she took some photos and posted the exhibit on […]
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Massive influx of shadowy get-out-the-vote spending floods swing states
By Michael Scherer, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, has offered Americans $47 for each swing state voter they recruit to his effort to elect Donald Trump. Democratic groups have started paying at least $160 to more than 75,000 voters who agree to contact dozens of their friends and relatives […]