‘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 […]

Trump says special counsel Jack Smith ‘should be thrown out’ of country

By Amy B Wang, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against special counsel Jack Smith, saying that Smith – who is leading two federal criminal cases against Trump – should be forced out of the United States. “We should throw Jack Smith out with them, the mentally deranged people. […]

Trump says special counsel Jack Smith ‘should be thrown out’ of country

By Amy B Wang, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump escalated his rhetoric against special counsel Jack Smith, saying that Smith – who is leading two federal criminal cases against Trump – should be forced out of the United States. “We should throw Jack Smith out with them, the mentally deranged people. […]

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Barbie: Harris campaign embraces ‘girl culture’

By Dylan Wells, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance Friday night alongside Beyoncé, one of the world’s biggest female pop stars, embodies a trend: the overlap between her campaign for the White House and the icons of “girl culture.” The phenomenon of “girl culture,” epitomized by last year’s box-office blockbuster “Barbie” […]

Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Barbie: Harris campaign embraces ‘girl culture’

By Dylan Wells, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Vice President Kamala Harris’s appearance Friday night alongside Beyoncé, one of the world’s biggest female pop stars, embodies a trend: the overlap between her campaign for the White House and the icons of “girl culture.” The phenomenon of “girl culture,” epitomized by last year’s box-office blockbuster “Barbie” […]

GOP candidates embrace Trump’s call to abolish Education Department

By Laura Meckler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Closing the Education Department is a central plank in former president Donald Trump’s schools agenda. Inside the Republican Party, he’s not alone. GOP candidates in some of the most competitive Senate and House races have proposed shuttering the agency, in some cases following Trump’s lead. Project 2025, […]

GOP candidates embrace Trump’s call to abolish Education Department

By Laura Meckler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Closing the Education Department is a central plank in former president Donald Trump’s schools agenda. Inside the Republican Party, he’s not alone. GOP candidates in some of the most competitive Senate and House races have proposed shuttering the agency, in some cases following Trump’s lead. Project 2025, […]

DOJ warns Musk his $1 million petition contest could violate election laws

By Perry Stein, The Washington Post (c) 2024 The Justice Department sent a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s political group, warning that its contest awarding registered voters in swing states $1 million for signing a petition could run afoul of federal election laws, according to a person familiar with the matter. The letter was […]