By Hannah Knowles, Toluse Olorunnipa, Karen DeYoung (c) 2025 Washington Post President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump jockeyed Wednesday for credit for a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Hamas and Israel that Biden had long pursuedand that came together days before Trump is set to retake the White House. The Biden and Trump teams […]
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AG pick Bondi says no ‘enemies list,’ won’t rule out probes of Trump foes
by Jeremy Roebuck, Mark Berman (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, sought Wednesday to assure skeptical Democrats that she would not use the Justice Department to target the president-elect’s political enemies. But she repeatedly sidesteppedquestions during her confirmation hearing about his threats to prosecute specific adversaries […]
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AG pick Bondi says no ‘enemies list,’ won’t rule out probes of Trump foes
by Jeremy Roebuck, Mark Berman (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, sought Wednesday to assure skeptical Democrats that she would not use the Justice Department to target the president-elect’s political enemies. But she repeatedly sidesteppedquestions during her confirmation hearing about his threats to prosecute specific adversaries […]
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Republicans may try budget math that doesn’t count Trump tax cuts
by Jacob Bogage (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Republican plans to pass a massive new tax cut in the early days of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term are running into a major obstacle: the price tag. Extending Trump’s 2017 tax law would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according […]
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Republicans may try budget math that doesn’t count Trump tax cuts
by Jacob Bogage (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Republican plans to pass a massive new tax cut in the early days of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term are running into a major obstacle: the price tag. Extending Trump’s 2017 tax law would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according […]
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Republicans may try budget math that doesn’t count Trump tax cuts
By Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Republican plans to pass a massive new tax cut in the early days of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term are running into a major obstacle: the price tag. Extending Trump’s 2017 tax law would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according to the Congressional […]
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Republicans may try budget math that doesn’t count Trump tax cuts
By Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Republican plans to pass a massive new tax cut in the early days of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term are running into a major obstacle: the price tag. Extending Trump’s 2017 tax law would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according to the Congressional […]
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Mediators tout a Gaza ceasefire deal and plan to free hostages. Israel says details still in flux
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, mediators announced Wednesday, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. The three-phase ceasefire deal promises the release of dozens […]
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Mediators tout a Gaza ceasefire deal and plan to free hostages. Israel says details still in flux
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Israel and Hamas agreed to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, mediators announced Wednesday, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. The three-phase ceasefire deal promises the release of dozens […]
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TikTok races toward a ban as Supreme Court — and Trump — weigh its fate
By Cristiano Lima-Strong · The Washington Post (c) 2025 TikTok inched closer to a nationwide shutdown after the Supreme Court did not rule on the ban-or-sale law targeting the app early Wednesday, leaving the platform in limbo with President-elect Donald Trump’s vague pledge to “save” it the last likely refuge. After oral arguments last week, most of […]