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McCarthy privately recounts terse phone call with Trump after ouster

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 9:10am
Trump had helped McCarthy during his prolonged fight to become speaker. But during the effort to oust him from the leadership role, Trump was relatively quiet.
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George Santos says lawmakers ‘bullying’ him as expulsion vote looms

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 8:54am
The House is expected to vote this week on a resolution to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) from Congress following the release of the scathing House Ethics Committee report.
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The ‘black’ hole in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s housing conspiracy theory

Thu, 11/30/2023 - 3:00am
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gets many things wrong -- including Blackstone, the name of the company he is attacking -- as he makes false claims about the reason homes prices have risen.
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In photos: Remembering the life and career of Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state and national security adviser

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 9:10pm
Henry A. Kissinger, a scholar, statesman and celebrity diplomat who wielded unparalleled power over U.S. foreign policy throughout the administrations of Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald Ford and who for decades afterward, as a consultant and writer, proffered opinions that shaped global politics and business, dies.
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Details of Scott Perry’s role in Trump efforts to stay in power unsealed

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 8:13pm
The text messages and emails were made public as part of a fight over whether the Justice Department could have access to Perry’s phone.
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Trump tries to embrace Black Lives Matter, a group he previously said ‘hates our country’

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 8:04pm
Former president Donald Trump touted an endorsement from an activist, inaccurately claiming that he’s receiving broader support from the national Black Lives Matter group.
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Schumer warns ‘antisemites are taking advantage’ of pro-Palestinian effort

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 7:16pm
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned about antisemitism coming from “people that most liberal Jewish Americans felt previously were their ideological fellow travelers.”
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Elon Musk targets advertisers who boycott X with expletive-filled rant

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 7:15pm
Musk appeared to specifically call out Disney chief executive Bob Iger, whose company is among those who paused advertising on X.
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MAGA celebrity comes at a political cost, and evidence is growing

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 7:14pm
Biden is trying to tie the GOP to Rep. Lauren Boebert, who embodies the perverse political incentives in the modern Republican Party.
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Speaker Johnson expresses ‘real reservations’ about motion to expel Santos

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 6:43pm
The House speaker said GOP leadership would allow lawmakers to “vote their conscience” on a motion to expel Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.).
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Supreme Court conservatives seem dubious about SEC’s in-house tribunals

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 6:17pm
While critical of the Security and Exchange Commission’s procedures, the justices seemed to be looking for a narrow — not wide-ranging — solution.
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House GOP may vote to formalize impeachment inquiry despite lack of direct evidence

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 5:37pm
House Republicans were told Wednesday that they probably will have to vote on formally authorizing the inquiry into President Biden in the coming weeks.
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Biden blasts Rep. Boebert on her home turf

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 5:12pm
President touts wind energy as he seeks to use hard-right House Republicans as a foil
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Ukraine funding’s fate hangs on thorny immigration issue in Senate

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 5:09pm
Republicans demand border security changes before sending billions of dollars more in aid.
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Arizona officials charged with conspiring to delay midterm election outcome

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 4:12pm
The indictments mark a rare example of potential criminal consequences in battleground Arizona, where county officials, state lawmakers and GOP candidates have helped delegitimize election outcomes and procedures.
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No one in the modern era has blown a primary lead as wide as Trump’s

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 3:41pm
The only candidate to poll higher than Donald Trump in the year before an election was George W. Bush in 2000.
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Liz Whitmer Gereghty drops out of competitive New York congressional race

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 3:20pm
Gereghty’s exit from the race gives a boost to Mondaire Jones, who previously represented the district.
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Officers are on trial for Elijah McClain’s death. Here’s what to know.

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 3:15pm
The trial of suspended Aurora, Colo., police officer Nathan Woodyard begins a day after one fellow officer was convicted and a second acquitted.
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11 of the most scathing allegations in the House ethics report about Santos

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 1:56pm
The House Ethics report details evidence to support a lengthy list of allegations. Here’s some of what investigators found.
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James Comer’s most dishonest Biden attack yet

Wed, 11/29/2023 - 1:10pm
The chairman of the House Oversight Committee made clear just how far he is willing to go.
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