By Patrick Marley · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump is walking free from most of the criminal investigations that have dogged him for years. Some allies who promoted his lies about the 2020 election are poised for choice jobs in his administration. And after his inauguration next week, Trump is widely expected to carry out a […]
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Trump’s legal peril has faded. Not so for some of his allies.
By Patrick Marley · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Donald Trump is walking free from most of the criminal investigations that have dogged him for years. Some allies who promoted his lies about the 2020 election are poised for choice jobs in his administration. And after his inauguration next week, Trump is widely expected to carry out a […]
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Kristi Noem, a homeland security chief hopeful, banned in parts of her state
By Annie Gowen · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The sentencing hearing of a methamphetamine dealer in South Dakota would have been routine except for one detail: Gov. Kristi L. Noem had used his photo to falsely suggest the man was a drug trafficker for Mexican cartels who had hidden out on a reservation. Her action […]
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Kristi Noem, a homeland security chief hopeful, banned in parts of her state
By Annie Gowen · The Washington Post (c) 2025 The sentencing hearing of a methamphetamine dealer in South Dakota would have been routine except for one detail: Gov. Kristi L. Noem had used his photo to falsely suggest the man was a drug trafficker for Mexican cartels who had hidden out on a reservation. Her action […]
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Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for Jan. 6 ‘unprecedented criminal effort’
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that he stands fully behind […]
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Special counsel report says Trump would’ve been convicted for Jan. 6 ‘unprecedented criminal effort’
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Jack Smith said his team “stood up for the rule of law” as it investigated President-elect Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, writing in a much-anticipated report released Tuesday that he stands fully behind […]
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Protest crowd estimates down, ticket demand high for Trump inauguration
By Emily Davies, Ellie Silverman, Michael Brice-Saddler · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Applications for protest permits have been slow. The hotline for tickets has been loud. The run of show for this year’s presidential inauguration is by official estimations expected to be surprisingly routine for a city that has seen only high-drama or disrupted swearing-ins since President Barack […]
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Protest crowd estimates down, ticket demand high for Trump inauguration
By Emily Davies, Ellie Silverman, Michael Brice-Saddler · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Applications for protest permits have been slow. The hotline for tickets has been loud. The run of show for this year’s presidential inauguration is by official estimations expected to be surprisingly routine for a city that has seen only high-drama or disrupted swearing-ins since President Barack […]
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Rubio nomination complicated by attack on Musk’s Tesla and China’s ban
By Michael Kranish · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When Sen. Marco Rubio escalated hisbroadsides against the Chinese government over what he called a “grotesque campaign of genocide” against Uyghur Muslims, Beijing responded in 2020 with an extraordinary rebuke: banning the Florida Republicanfrom the country. Afterward, Rubio not only accelerated his criticism – pushinglegislation that banned imports fromthe Xinjiang […]
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Rubio nomination complicated by attack on Musk’s Tesla and China’s ban
By Michael Kranish · The Washington Post (c) 2025 When Sen. Marco Rubio escalated hisbroadsides against the Chinese government over what he called a “grotesque campaign of genocide” against Uyghur Muslims, Beijing responded in 2020 with an extraordinary rebuke: banning the Florida Republicanfrom the country. Afterward, Rubio not only accelerated his criticism – pushinglegislation that banned imports fromthe Xinjiang […]