By Leo Sands, Meryl Kornfield · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 more convicted of nonviolent crimes, the White House announced on Thursday, describing it as “the largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history.” The people whose sentences will be commuted were placed […]
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Trump sides with dockworkers preparing to strike over automation
By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Ian Duncan · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump offered his support to dock workers Thursday as a mid-January strike deadline looms that threatens to bring commercial shipping on the East and Gulf Coasts to a halt days before he takes office. In a post on his social media platform Truth […]
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Trump sides with dockworkers preparing to strike over automation
By Lauren Kaori Gurley, Ian Duncan · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump offered his support to dock workers Thursday as a mid-January strike deadline looms that threatens to bring commercial shipping on the East and Gulf Coasts to a halt days before he takes office. In a post on his social media platform Truth […]
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Senate Democrats drop 4 appeals court picks so they can confirm 12 judges
By Tobi Raji, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Senate Democrats have reached a deal with their Republican counterparts to confirm a dozen judges nominated by President Joe Biden while pulling four of his nominees from consideration, the latest step in a battle over who controls the nation’s federal courthouses on the eve of a second […]
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Senate Democrats drop 4 appeals court picks so they can confirm 12 judges
By Tobi Raji, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Senate Democrats have reached a deal with their Republican counterparts to confirm a dozen judges nominated by President Joe Biden while pulling four of his nominees from consideration, the latest step in a battle over who controls the nation’s federal courthouses on the eve of a second […]
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Trump announces Kari Lake as his choice for director of Voice of America
By Andrew Jeong · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced late Wednesday that Kari Lake, a fierce loyalist and election denier, is his choice for the next director of Voice of America, a federally funded broadcaster with a global audience. Announcing his decision on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump cited Lake’s […]
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Trump announces Kari Lake as his choice for director of Voice of America
By Andrew Jeong · The Washington Post (c) 2024 President-elect Donald Trump announced late Wednesday that Kari Lake, a fierce loyalist and election denier, is his choice for the next director of Voice of America, a federally funded broadcaster with a global audience. Announcing his decision on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump cited Lake’s […]
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Is this publisher/DJ the most powerful man in Trump’s transition?
By Ben Terris, Marianne LeVine · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Maybe the most powerful man you’ve never heard of is a cherubic 38-year-old immigrant from the small Mediterranean archipelago of Malta whose job right now is to conduct the installation of thousands of Donald Trump’s political appointees, as part of the MAGA-fication of the U.S. government. […]
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Is this publisher/DJ the most powerful man in Trump’s transition?
By Ben Terris, Marianne LeVine · The Washington Post (c) 2024 Maybe the most powerful man you’ve never heard of is a cherubic 38-year-old immigrant from the small Mediterranean archipelago of Malta whose job right now is to conduct the installation of thousands of Donald Trump’s political appointees, as part of the MAGA-fication of the U.S. government. […]
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House Democrats plan early for expanded 2026 map with recruiting push
By Michael Scherer, The Washington Post (c) 2024 House Democrats launched a new effort Wednesday to recruit challengers for Republican districts in Arizona, Michigan, California and Virginia that were not contested this year, as a first step to taking back control of the House after falling just three seats short. “The way we are looking […]