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Biden and Trump jockey for credit in Israel-Hamas hostage deal

By Hannah Knowles, Toluse Olorunnipa, Karen DeYoung (c) 2025 Washington Post President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump jockeyed Wednesday for credit for a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Hamas and Israel that Biden had long pursuedand that came together days before Trump is set to retake the White House. The Biden and Trump teams […]

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Biden and Trump jockey for credit in Israel-Hamas hostage deal

By Hannah Knowles, Toluse Olorunnipa, Karen DeYoung (c) 2025 Washington Post President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump jockeyed Wednesday for credit for a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Hamas and Israel that Biden had long pursuedand that came together days before Trump is set to retake the White House. The Biden and Trump teams […]

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AG pick Bondi says no ‘enemies list,’ won’t rule out probes of Trump foes

by Jeremy Roebuck, Mark Berman (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, sought Wednesday to assure skeptical Democrats that she would not use the Justice Department to target the president-elect’s political enemies. But she repeatedly sidesteppedquestions during her confirmation hearing about his threats to prosecute specific adversaries […]

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AG pick Bondi says no ‘enemies list,’ won’t rule out probes of Trump foes

by Jeremy Roebuck, Mark Berman (c) 2025 , The Washington Post Pam Bondi, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, sought Wednesday to assure skeptical Democrats that she would not use the Justice Department to target the president-elect’s political enemies. But she repeatedly sidesteppedquestions during her confirmation hearing about his threats to prosecute specific adversaries […]

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Republicans may try budget math that doesn’t count Trump tax cuts

By Jacob Bogage · The Washington Post (c) 2025 Republican plans to pass a massive new tax cut in the early days of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term are running into a major obstacle: the price tag. Extending Trump’s 2017 tax law would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according to the Congressional […]