By Hannah Knowles, Alex Horton and Dan Lamothe (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Defense officials said an “incident” during former president Donald Trump’s visit Monday to Arlington National Cemetery led to a formal report after Trump aides clashed with cemetery staff over photography at the site. An altercation occurred after a cemetery staff member warned people […]
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New Trump Jan. 6 indictment reflects Supreme Court immunity ruling
By Devlin Barrett and Perry Stein (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Special counsel Jack Smith filed an updated indictment Tuesday against Donald Trump in a bid to salvage and strengthen the historic election obstruction case, following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity to presidents for official acts and sharply criticized the prosecutor’s approach. […]
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More than 200 former Bush, McCain and Romney staffers endorse Harris
By Mariana Alfaro, Niha Masih (c) 2024 , The Washington Post More than 200 Republicans who worked for President George W. Bush, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) or the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, warning in a letter that a second Trump presidency “will hurt real, everyday people and weaken our […]
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Trump’s lawyers accuse Fani Willis of ‘racial animus’ toward him
By Holly Bailey (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Attorneys for Donald Trump pressed a Georgia appellate court to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D) from the 2020 election interference case, accusing her of “repeated public display of racial animus” toward the former president and his co-defendants, which they contend has jeopardized […]
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Environmental group calls for RFK Jr. to be investigated for reportedly sawing off whale head
By Amy B Wang (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is back in the headlines – not for suspending his campaign last week and endorsing Republican Donald Trump, nor for his recent admission that he was the one who had left a dead bear cub in Central […]
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RFK Jr. suspends his campaign, throws support to Trump
By Patrick Svitek (c) 2024 , The Washington Post Democrats on Friday entered the weekend energized from their national convention and looking to keep up momentum in the coming weeks, which will feature the first debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump. Harris was already gaining on Trump in national and […]
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A close race brings fresh fears of election interference by Trump allies
By Amy Gardner and Yvonne Wingett Sanchez (c) 2024 , The Washington Post CHICAGO – As invigorated Democrats celebrated Vice President Kamala Harris’s nomination this week, some of them were doing so with a wary eye on new developments in what they fear could be efforts by former president Donald Trump’s allies to create doubt about […]
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Dispute emerges over lack of speaker on Gaza at Democratic convention
By Leigh Ann Caldwell and Yasmeen Abutaleb (c) 2024 , The Washington Post CHICAGO – Uncommitted delegates to the Democratic National Convention pressed their demands for a speaking slot on Thursday to address conditions in Gaza, gaining support from several individuals and groups at the convention, even as organizers sought to preserve the party’s show of […]
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NM’s revenue growth said to slow for first time this decade, but state still flush, analysts say
By Patrick Lohmann New Mexico’s budget is expected to have .2% less revenue this fiscal year than last thanks to a slowing global oil market. But it’ll still be enough to give lawmakers more than $650 million in new money to spend at the legislative session come January. That’s according to fresh projections released Wednesday […]
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Downwinders pressure Speaker Mike Johnson on RECA during his New Mexico visit
By Danielle Prokop LAS CRUCES — Downwinders had a message for the U.S. House speaker on Wednesday: You’re failing people the federal government exposed to radiation and hurting their chance at some measure of justice. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) attended a private event supporting candidate Yvette Herrell seeking to again represent the 2nd Congressional District […]