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  • Source: NY Post
  • 01/30/2025
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Senate easily confirms ex-LI Rep. Lee Zeldin as Trump’s EPA chief

Former New York Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin was confirmed by the Senate Wednesday as President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency administrator — earning bipartisan support.

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  • Source: NY Post
  • 01/29/2025
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White House to offer buyouts to 2 million federal workers who won’t return to office

The White House is offering buyouts to federal workers who don’t want to return to the office pursuant to President Trump’s orders, The Post has confirmed.

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Disgraced ex-NJ senator ‘Gold Bar Bob’ Menendez asks to delay prison stint as he appeals bribery conviction

Former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez has asked to delay the prison sentence he’s expected to receive Wednesday while he appeals his conviction for selling out his office for gold bars and other bribes.

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Trump claims military entered California to release water flow, but state says that did not happen

'The military did not enter California,' the state's Department of Water Resources said

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  • Source: NPR
  • 01/28/2025
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Doctors opposing RFK Jr. rally in the lead-up to his confirmation

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will appear before senators this week as he tries to secure his bid to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

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  • Source: AP News
  • 01/27/2025
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White House says Colombia agrees to take deported migrants after Trump tariff showdown

The White House claimed victory in a showdown with Colombia over accepting flights of deported migrants from the U.S. on Sunday, hours after President Donald Trump threatened steep tariffs on imports and other sanctions on the longtime U.S. partner.

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  • Source: Fox News
  • 01/27/2025
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Trump strikes back with retaliatory measures against Colombia for rejecting deportation flights

Colombian president later offered personal presidential plane for deportations

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Trump Fires All Government DEI Staffers, Ends Affirmative Action for Contractors

The Trump administration took a sledgehammer to progressive diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives Tuesday night with executive orders designed to root racialist ideology out of the federal government and American institutions at large.

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A Trump Executive Order Could End The Government-Censorship Complex

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to stop ‘federal censorship,’ striking a blow to the government-censorship complex.

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  • Source: USA TODAY
  • 01/22/2025
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Trump revokes John Bolton's Secret Service protection for a second time

President Trump not only revoked the security clearance of his former National Security Adviser John Bolton, but also his U.S. Secret Service protection.

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  • Source: Reason
  • 01/21/2025
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The Tech Bros Love Trump Because the Democrats Pushed Them Away

Four days before Donald Trump's second presidential inauguration, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared on X a threatening letter he had received from Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) and Michael Bennett (D–Col.).

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Pelosi’s daughter rips ‘Lady McBiden,’ tells Jill Biden to put on ‘big girl pants’ with Joe

A daughter of ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped into outgoing first lady Jill Biden over the weekend — seemingly comparing her to Shakespeare’s ruthless, power-hungry Lady MacBeth.

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Trump Cries ‘CORRUPTION!’ Over FBI Shutting DEI Office Before His White House Return

President-elect Donald Trump has cried foul over the FBI shuttering its diversity, equity and inclusion wing just before his return to the White House .

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  • Source: CBS News
  • 01/17/2025
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams meeting President-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago today

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is meeting with President-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home Friday in Florida.

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Joe Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 non-violent drug offenders

Total number of pardons and commutations issued by US president is now higher than any of his predecessors

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Biden admin plows ahead with 11th hour plan to effectively ban cigarettes

The FDA rule cleared a regulatory hurdle earlier this month as critics sounded off the move would benefit cartels and the black market.