Politics

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Trump encourages AOC to keep trying for Democrat leadership positions after Oversight loss

"Really too bad that AOC lost the Battle for the Leadership Seat in the Democrat Party," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. "She should keep trying. Someday, she will be successful!"

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  • Source: News Week
  • 12/19/2024
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California Governor Gavin Newsom Declares State of Emergency Over Bird Flu

California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, issued an emergency proclamation on Wednesday in response to bird flu cases in the state.

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'You're not going to lose the polio vaccine,' Trump says of RFK's controversial policies

A lawyer for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Trump's pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services, once filed to have the FDA cancel its approval of the polio vaccine.

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Trump Appoints Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes to Serve as Chairman of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board

President-elect Donald Trump appointed Truth Social CEO Devin Nunes to serve as the Chairman of a presidential Intelligence Advisory Board.

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Attorney for RFK Jr. petitioned FDA to repeal polio vaccine approval

Kennedy was nominated to be the Trump administration's head of the Department of Health and Human Services.

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Nancy Pelosi Hospitalized With Dangerously Low Blood Alcohol Level

According to eyewitnesses at the Grand Duke's palace, Nancy Pelosi was rushed to the hospital earlier today after her blood alcohol level plunged dangerously.

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  • Source: CNN
  • 12/13/2024
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Amazon plans to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration

Amazon is planning to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is expected to visit with Trump in person in the coming days, as he and other tech founders seek closer relationships with the incoming president.

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John Fetterman Becomes First Senate Democrat On Truth Social

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) has become the first Senate Democrat to join President-elect Donald Trump’s social media site — and used his first post to again call for Trump to be pardoned in his hush money case.

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  • Source: CNN
  • 12/12/2024
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Biden announces clemency for around 1,500 people – including pardons for 39 convicted of non-violent crimes

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he is commuting the sentences of some 1,500 individuals and pardoning 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes – marking a broad use of the presidential clemency power just weeks from the end of Biden’s administration.

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 12/10/2024
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claims foreign bomb threat targeted her Georgia home: ‘For Palestine’

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed Monday that a foreign bomb threat targeted her Georgia home after local law enforcement received an “email that has been traced to a Russian IP address” warning of the explosive, which was purportedly planted “for Palestine.”

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Tim Walz 'Surprised' He and Kamala Harris Lost Election

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said on Thursday that he was "surprised" that he and Vice President Kamala Harris lost this year's presidential election to President-elect Donald Trump.

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'Cancel culture' colleges could soon see money targeted by Trump's NIH pick

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the National Institute of Health is ready to settle a score – and he’s revving up a fight against campus culture at elite universities, according to a new report.

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'Cancel culture' colleges could soon see money targeted by Trump's NIH pick: report

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the National Institute of Health is ready to settle a score – and he’s revving up a fight against campus culture at elite universities, according to a new report.

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Why Esquire Magazine Was Forced to Retract a Column About Hunter Biden's Pardon

Esquire magazine tried to defend President Joe Biden’s pardoning of Hunter and got torched. Despite what this writer for the publication may think, it’s bad optics for the outgoing White House, who pledged they would never do this, even though the rest of us who weren’t born yesterday knew otherwise.

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  • Source: USA Today
  • 12/05/2024
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Donald Trump picks former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler to lead Small Business Administration

President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday he chose former Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., to head the Small Business Administration.

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  • Source: Yahoo
  • 12/04/2024
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Iowa sues Biden administration for citizenship status of over 2,000 registered voters

Iowa officials on Tuesday sued the Biden administration for access to information on the citizenship status of more than 2,000 registered voters they had questioned in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election.