President Donald Trump’s Medicare chief, Seema Verma, filed a $47,000 claim for lost property in an effort to have taxpayers reimburse her for items that were stolen this summer while she was on a work trip. The property that went missing along with Verma’s bags, according to Politico, included an …
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WASHINGTON — With his block-lettered talking points in hand and visible for every White House photographer to see, President Trump sought to rebut the testimony of his current EU ambassador, Gordon Sondland, as Sondland testified on Capitol Hill in the fifth public impeachment hearing. To understand Trump’s response, you have …
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President Trump is reportedly already in talks with Apprentice producer Mark Burnett to develop a post-presidency version of the show, but he’s not waiting until he leaves the White House to indulge his inner (outer) reality show host. On Friday, Trump tweeted plans to announce winners of the #MAGACHALLENGE — …
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President Donald Trump was booed loudly on Sunday night while in attendance for Game 5 of the World Series between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros. When Trump was introduced to the Nationals Park crowd after the third inning and was shown on the video portion of the scoreboard above …
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Beleaguered by a brownface scandal, swirling accusations of corruption, and an embarrassing trip abroad, Canada‘s Justin Trudeau clung to power after Monday’s election, remaining prime minister even as his Liberal party lost at least 30 seats and its majority in Parliament. Liberals retained 157 seats on Monday, down from the …
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A Turkish airstrike has reportedly killed five civilians hours after President Donald Trump hailed a ceasefire agreement negotiated by his vice president, Mike Pence. The deal, which Trump declared would save “millions of lives,” was supposed to help the Kurds, who fought ISIS alongside U.S. forces. Instead, the U.S. appears …
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill banning the sale and manufacture of products with animal fur. This bill comes on the heels of another state bill signed by Newsom that banned fur trapping in the state. The ban of fur sales and manufacturing will begin in 2023; …
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WASHINGTON —While much of D.C. made sense of the revelations found in the explosive intelligence-community whistleblower complaint on Thursday, the Trump administration’s methodical campaign to demolish every regulation in sight and cozy up to corporations took a big step forward. The Senate Thursday evening narrowly confirmed Eugene Scalia, son of …
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The third Democratic debate was a bizarre affair, marked by whimsical outbursts by Kamala Harris (“Hey-y-y-y, Joe” seemed to catch everyone off guard), the unveiling of Yosemite Sam-inspired epithet (Cory Booker’s “Dagnabit”), and heated exchanges between Julian Castro, Joe Biden, and “Mayor Pete” Buttigieg. One candidate who didn’t participate in …
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This summer, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have flowed through the streets of Hong Kong, tearing up government property, clashing with police, and demanding justice as they protest the region’s relationship with China. They don’t appear to be going home any time soon. The demonstrations began in earnest in early …
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