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Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated

Autocracy and ‘enemy from within’ are thrust to center of campaign’s final days

By Tyler Pager, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 , The Washington Post · Tyler Pager, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Josh Dawsey · NATIONAL, ELECTIONS, POLITICS, MEDIA · Oct 29, 2024 – 9:29 AM Inside a third-floor conference room of the Warwick Hotel in Philadelphia, Vice President Kamala Harris was grappling with how to hone her closing argument to voters. How could she warn of the […]

Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated

Some billionaires, CEOs hedge bets as Trump vows retribution

By Jeff Stein, Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 At a five-star resort in California last week, Wall Street executives, fast-food CEOs, a few dozen other industry titans and two former presidents gathered for off-the-record conversations. One subject that inevitably came up, according to two people familiar with the matter: The possibility that former […]

Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated

Some billionaires, CEOs hedge bets as Trump vows retribution

By Jeff Stein, Jacqueline Alemany, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 At a five-star resort in California last week, Wall Street executives, fast-food CEOs, a few dozen other industry titans and two former presidents gathered for off-the-record conversations. One subject that inevitably came up, according to two people familiar with the matter: The possibility that former […]

Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated

Democrats spotlight racist Puerto Rico insult at Trump rally amid battle for Latinos

By Sabrina Rodriguez, Hannah Knowles (c) 2024 , The Washington Post PHILADELPHIA – Democrats moved quickly Monday to cast a spotlight on the fallout from Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, where sexist, racist and other demeaning insults were used by opening speakers, including a stand-up comedian who called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage” […]

Posted inPolitics & Elections, Syndicated

Democrats spotlight racist Puerto Rico insult at Trump rally amid battle for Latinos

By Sabrina Rodriguez, Hannah Knowles (c) 2024 , The Washington Post PHILADELPHIA – Democrats moved quickly Monday to cast a spotlight on the fallout from Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden, where sexist, racist and other demeaning insults were used by opening speakers, including a stand-up comedian who called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage” […]

Posted inCongress & Federal Gov., National News

‘I formally apologize’: Biden condemns U.S. Indian boarding schools

By Dana Hedgpeth, Sari Horwitz, The Washington Post (c) 2024 GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY – President Joe Biden apologized to Native Americans on Friday for the U.S. government’s role in creating and operating Indian boarding schools that for 150 years aimed to assimilate Native children by taking them from their families and erasing their languages and […]