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Senate confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to be judge on powerful appeals court — WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Monday to confirm President Joe Biden's nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve on the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. — The vote was 53-44.
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The one part of the Senate that's working for Democrats — SITTING IN JUDGMENT — He's probably never heard of Olivia Rodrigo, but Mitch McConnell is delivering his own cover of “Déjà Vu.” The Senate minority leader's Monday affirmation that he would block a Biden Supreme Court nominee …
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Mitch McConnell plays his Supreme Court card
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Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to powerful D.C. federal appeals court
Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to powerful D.C. federal appeals court
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Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell On President Biden Judicial Nominees, A New “JCPOA”
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell On President Biden Judicial Nominees, A New “JCPOA”
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Trump Pressed Official to Wield Justice Dept. to Back Election Claims — The former president began pressuring his acting attorney general even before announcing that his predecessor was stepping down, emails show. — WASHINGTON — An hour before President Donald J. Trump announced …
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New emails show how Trump and his allies pressured Justice Department to try to challenge 2020 election results — (CNN)New emails show how former President Donald Trump's White House assistant, chief of staff and other allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate claims of voter fraud …
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Republicans plot an infrastructure 2-step: Spend more, then kill Biden's agenda — Senate Republicans are mulling support for a massive amount of new spending on infrastructure — in part because they think it'll help kill President Joe Biden's liberal agenda.
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Greene apologizes for comparing vaccine rules to Holocaust — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday apologized for comparing COVID-19 vaccine and mask rules to the Holocaust, declaring that “there is no comparison” between the safety measures and the genocide of six million Jews during World War II.
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Rep. Greene apologizes for comparing face masks to Holocaust, but stands by comparison of Democrats to Nazi party
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Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Finds Out How Bad the Holocaust Was
GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Finds Out How Bad the Holocaust Was
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Ex-Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, now a Mainer, marched on the Capitol on Jan. 6 — The former Californian, who's been called 'Putin's favorite congressman,' said he participated to protest the ‘stolen election’ but urged fellow protesters not to storm the Capitol. — POLITICS
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Texas' main power grid operator urges reduced electricity use through Friday due to “tight grid conditions” — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas says a large number of power plants are offline, but it could not provide details as to what may be causing the “very concerning” number of outages.
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Tight grid conditions expected due to high number of forced generation outages — Grid operator requests energy conservation — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is asking Texans to reduce electric use as much as possible today through Friday, June 18.
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Biden, E.U. eliminate long-running aircraft trade dispute, but other Trump tariffs still stand in the way — BRUSSELS — President Biden and European Union leaders on Tuesday reached a deal to put to rest a 17-year-old trade dispute about subsidies for aircraft manufacturers, officials said …
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EU and US set to end Airbus-Boeing trade dispute after 17 years — Draft deal struck would lift threat of billions of dollars in tariffs and boost transatlantic relations — The EU and US are poised to resolve a 17-year dispute over aircraft subsidies, lifting the threat of billions …
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FACT SHEET: National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism … On his first full day in office, President Biden directed his national security team to lead a 100-day comprehensive review of U.S. Government efforts to address domestic terrorism, which has evolved into the most urgent terrorism threat the United States faces today.
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America's contest of nightmares isn't even close — America is in a contest of contending nightmares. — The dreams of conservatives are currently troubled by “wokeness” and critical race theory. As with most nightmares, there is a grain of truth within such terrors.
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North Korean defector says ‘even North Korea was not this nuts’ after attending Ivy League school — Yeonmi Park escaped the oppressive regime in 2007 at the age of 13 — 'America's future is as bleak as North Korea' says defector after attending Columbia
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Why Mike Lindell Can't Stop — CHASKA, Minn.— One day in mid-May, after a rally in South Dakota to promote his new website, Mike Lindell, the pillow magnate and indefatigable election-conspiracy promoter, barreled into his company headquarters, sat himself down at a long table …
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Diamond and Sulk: A Weekend With Mike Lindell and the MAGA Zombies
Diamond and Sulk: A Weekend With Mike Lindell and the MAGA Zombies
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'He's screwed over so many publishers': Trump confronts a skeptical book industry — Almost five months after leaving office, major publishing houses still are wary of publishing a book by former President Donald Trump, even though a post-White House memoir would almost assuredly be a best-seller.
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Is Bill de Blasio Secretly Backing Eric Adams for Mayor? — The mayor is not making a public endorsement in the primary race, but he is believed to favor Mr. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president. — It was one of the more memorable moments in the New York City mayor's race …
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Rounding the Turn — The state of New York's mayoral race, as the June 22 primary approaches
Rounding the Turn — The state of New York's mayoral race, as the June 22 primary approaches
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Pompeo builds national profile with new political group — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is launching an organization to support Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections and build his national political profile, as the GOP ponders its future after the Trump administration.
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Schumer apologizes after using outdated term for disabled children during housing interview — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer apologized on Monday for using an outmoded word to refer to developmentally disabled children during a recent podcast appearance.
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Gohmert Swears $5,500 ‘Donation’ to Holocaust Denier Was a Mistake — GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert's campaign gave $5,500 to “ministries” linked to anti-gay, anti-Semitic preacher Steve Anderson. … Rep. Louie Gohmert celebrated New Year's Eve 2020 by dropping several thousand dollars …
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Former NSA contractor Reality Winner, jailed for leaking secrets about Russian hacking, released early from prison … Reality Winner, the former National Security Agency contractor who was jailed for leaking secrets about Russian hacking, has been released early from prison, her lawyer said Monday.
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Reality Winner, NSA contractor in leak case, out of prison
Reality Winner, NSA contractor in leak case, out of prison
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California Defies Doom With No. 1 U.S. Economy — When misfortunes multiplied during the coronavirus pandemic, observers seized on a four-letter word signaling end of days for the largest state with one-eighth the U.S. population and 14% of its gross domestic product.
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There's not going to be a post-presidency revelation that submarines Trump — There was a theory, to which I once subscribed, that former president Donald Trump's efforts to remain salient in American politics could be hobbled by what might be learned after he left office.
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Republicans Now Want to ‘Audit’ Election Results in States That Trump Won — Questioning the results of the states where Biden triumphed? That's old news. The new hotness in GOP circles is to review the votes in states where Trump came out on top. — The Arizona state senate's haphazard …
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I'm leading the fight for voting rights in Arizona. We need the Senate to step up, now. — Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, is Arizona's secretary of state. She is running for governor in 2022. — PHOENIX — Democracy is under siege in Arizona. As part of the “big lie” …
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