By Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump and his allies signaled Sunday that they will try to call the shots in the Republican-led Senate, pushing the candidacy of Sen. Rick Scott (Florida) for GOP leader and demanding that Republicans allow Trump to make appointments to his administration and the courts without […]
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How border counties in Texas flipped from blue to red for Trump
By Arelis R. Hernández, The Washington Post (c) 2024 SAN ANTONIO – The signs of a political shift in the reliably blue counties that line Texas’s southern border with Mexico had been coming. Local Republican offices were emerging in places like Starr County that had not voted for a Democrat for president in a century. […]
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How border counties in Texas flipped from blue to red for Trump
By Arelis R. Hernández, The Washington Post (c) 2024 SAN ANTONIO – The signs of a political shift in the reliably blue counties that line Texas’s southern border with Mexico had been coming. Local Republican offices were emerging in places like Starr County that had not voted for a Democrat for president in a century. […]
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Trump is the oldest person to be elected president: U.S. presidents, by age
By Victoria Bisset, Hannah Dormido, Alvaro Valino, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Donald Trump first won the 2016 election at 70 years old, he became the oldest person to be elected U.S. president – and the first to be in his 70s at the start of his term. President Joe Biden surpassed that record four years […]
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Trump is the oldest person to be elected president: U.S. presidents, by age
By Victoria Bisset, Hannah Dormido, Alvaro Valino, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When Donald Trump first won the 2016 election at 70 years old, he became the oldest person to be elected U.S. president – and the first to be in his 70s at the start of his term. President Joe Biden surpassed that record four years […]
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Did abortion ballot measures backfire on Democrats?
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Democrats have many difficult issues to wade through after a disappointing 2024 presidential election. But among the leading ones is: Why did their emphasis on abortion rights not achieve the desired result? After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats in the 2022 midterms performed historically well […]
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Did abortion ballot measures backfire on Democrats?
By Aaron Blake, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Democrats have many difficult issues to wade through after a disappointing 2024 presidential election. But among the leading ones is: Why did their emphasis on abortion rights not achieve the desired result? After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Democrats in the 2022 midterms performed historically well […]
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China, already grappling with a weak economy, braces for Trump’s return
By Katrina Northrop, The Washington Post (c) 2024 China is bracing for an unpredictable four years when Donald Trump returns to the White House, with the potential for renewed tensions over trade and Taiwan, but also opportunities for Beijing to play a greater role on the global stage. Even as Chinese leader Xi Jinping congratulated […]
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China, already grappling with a weak economy, braces for Trump’s return
By Katrina Northrop, The Washington Post (c) 2024 China is bracing for an unpredictable four years when Donald Trump returns to the White House, with the potential for renewed tensions over trade and Taiwan, but also opportunities for Beijing to play a greater role on the global stage. Even as Chinese leader Xi Jinping congratulated […]
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Biden welcomes to the presidency a man he condemned as a major threat
By Matt Viser, The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden walked into the Rose Garden on Thursday morning to concede his party’s defeat, expressing confidence in the American electoral system and vowing to oversee a peaceful transfer of power. But underlying his remarks was a funereal mood, as cabinet members and staffers were escorted […]