By Michael Scherer · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) wrote a letter to President-elect Donald Trump on Monday to request clear and transparent conflict-of-interest rules that would bind Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, during his role as a top Trump adviser. The letter sent by email from the Democrat’s Senate office […]
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Congress nears deal to avert government shutdown
By Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Congressional leaders appeared to cinch a bipartisan deal Tuesday to stave off a fast-approaching government shutdown deadline, but House Republican infighting could still endanger any agreement and push federal agencies to the brink of shuttering this weekend. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) told reporters Tuesday that his […]
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Congress nears deal to avert government shutdown
By Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Congressional leaders appeared to cinch a bipartisan deal Tuesday to stave off a fast-approaching government shutdown deadline, but House Republican infighting could still endanger any agreement and push federal agencies to the brink of shuttering this weekend. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) told reporters Tuesday that his […]
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Insuring your home has never been harder. Here’s how to do it.
By Michael J. Coren, Naema Ahmed, Kevin Crowe · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Christina Temple moved to Truckee, California, to buy her first home. The small mountain town, a short drive from Lake Tahoe, offered the former preschool teacher and her husband, a carpenter, a shot at becoming middle class by escaping crushing housing costs near Santa […]
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Insuring your home has never been harder. Here’s how to do it.
By Michael J. Coren, Naema Ahmed, Kevin Crowe · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Christina Temple moved to Truckee, California, to buy her first home. The small mountain town, a short drive from Lake Tahoe, offered the former preschool teacher and her husband, a carpenter, a shot at becoming middle class by escaping crushing housing costs near Santa […]
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Senate probe finds Amazon manipulates workplace injury data
By Caroline O’Donovan, Lauren Kaori Gurley · The Washington Post (c) 2024 A sweeping congressional investigation into worker safety at Amazon found that the nation’s largest online retailer manipulated data on warehouse worker injuries and disregarded internal research on improving safety. The report was released late Sunday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension, or HELP, […]
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Senate probe finds Amazon manipulates workplace injury data
By Caroline O’Donovan, Lauren Kaori Gurley · The Washington Post (c) 2024 A sweeping congressional investigation into worker safety at Amazon found that the nation’s largest online retailer manipulated data on warehouse worker injuries and disregarded internal research on improving safety. The report was released late Sunday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension, or HELP, […]
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Over 120 House Democrats call on Biden to have Equal Rights Amendment ratified
By Mariana Alfaro · The Washington Post (c) 2024 More than 120 House Democrats have signed a letter asking President Joe Biden to urge the nation’s archivist to recognize the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment by publishing theamendment first proposed 101 years ago – a move they believe would finally enshrine sex equality into the […]
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Over 120 House Democrats call on Biden to have Equal Rights Amendment ratified
By Mariana Alfaro · The Washington Post (c) 2024 More than 120 House Democrats have signed a letter asking President Joe Biden to urge the nation’s archivist to recognize the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment by publishing theamendment first proposed 101 years ago – a move they believe would finally enshrine sex equality into the […]
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A migrant caravan just set out from Mexico. Why that’s no longer a crisis.
By Mariana Morales, Mary Beth Sheridan · The Washington Post (c) 2024 TAPACHULA, Mexico – At the stroke of midnight Wednesday, around 1,000 migrants set off on foot from this southern Mexican city, heaving backpacks, clutching water bottles, balancing toddlers on their shoulders. Everyone wanted to reach the U.S. border – preferably before Donald Trump is sworn […]