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Posted inSandoval County, Syndicated

Eight years ago, Trump vowed to ‘drain the swamp.’ Now he swims in it.

By saac Stanley-Becker, Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post (c) 2024 When clients tell Mercury Public Affairs, a consulting and lobbying shop with 18 offices worldwide, that they’re concerned about Donald Trump’s possible return to office, the firm has just the person to ease their nerves: Bryan Lanza. Lanza, a Mercury partner and longtime Republican strategist, is […]

Posted inSandoval County, Syndicated

Trump drives the education debate with big, contradictory ideas

Laura Meckler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump’s controversial and sometimes puzzling agenda to reshape schools is framing this year’s education debate, as Vice President Kamala Harris talks more about Trump’s ideas than her own. Trump’s proposals sometimes contradict one another. He wants to close the Education Department and send education “back […]

Posted inSandoval County, Syndicated

Trump drives the education debate with big, contradictory ideas

Laura Meckler, The Washington Post (c) 2024 Former president Donald Trump’s controversial and sometimes puzzling agenda to reshape schools is framing this year’s education debate, as Vice President Kamala Harris talks more about Trump’s ideas than her own. Trump’s proposals sometimes contradict one another. He wants to close the Education Department and send education “back […]

Posted inSandoval County, Syndicated

Youngkin stokes fear of vast noncitizen voting in Virginia. Records don’t show it.

By Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post (c) 2024 RICHMOND – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has been warning that illegal immigration poses a threat to democracy as he campaigns this fall for former president Donald Trump, boasting about purging 6,303 noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls during his first 2½ years in office. […]

Posted inSandoval County, Syndicated

Youngkin stokes fear of vast noncitizen voting in Virginia. Records don’t show it.

By Gregory S. Schneider, Laura Vozzella, The Washington Post (c) 2024 RICHMOND – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has been warning that illegal immigration poses a threat to democracy as he campaigns this fall for former president Donald Trump, boasting about purging 6,303 noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls during his first 2½ years in office. […]