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Justice Thomas Did Not Disclose Additional Trips, Democrats Say — The revelation was included in a report by Democratic staff members on the Senate Judiciary Committee who had conducted a 20-month investigation into ethics practices at the Supreme Court. — Justice Clarence Thomas failed …
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New ethics inquiry details more trips by Clarence Thomas paid for by wealthy benefactors — Investigation by Senate Democrats found that Thomas accepted gifts and travel worth more than $4.75m since 1991 — A nearly two-year investigation by Democratic senators of supreme court ethics details …
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Senate Dems' report on SCOTUS ethics inquiry decries “culture of misconduct”
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Senate Democrats blast Supreme Court's ‘ethical crisis’ as investigation concludes
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Mike Johnson concludes the 118th Congress as it began — in chaos — A historically unproductive Congress ends with the House speaker battling to keep his job amid an ungovernable majority. — The 118th Congress ended almost exactly as it began: with chaos in the House of Representatives …
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Biden signs government funding bill, averting shutdown crisis — The move formally ends the impending shutdown crisis after Congress passed the bill. — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed a government funding bill on Saturday, formally averting a shutdown crisis after Congress passed the bill.
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‘Missing’ GOP Congresswoman Not Seen For Six Months Finally Found Living at Dementia Care Home — A Republican Congresswoman who has been “missing” for the past six months has finally been found. — Rep. Kay Granger has served as the representative for Texas's 12th Congressional District since 1997.
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EXCLUSIVE: Where is Congresswoman Kay Granger?
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Private messages detail an alleged campaign to tarnish Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.” — Last summer, as the release of “It Ends With Us” approached, Justin Baldoni, the director and a star of the film, and Jamey Heath …
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‘The Apprentice’ creator tapped as Trump's United Kingdom envoy — President-elect Trump announced that Mark Burnett will serve as the special envoy to the United Kingdom in his next administration in a Saturday post on Truth Social. — “With a distinguished career in television production and business …
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Trump outlines slate of appointments less than a month from Inauguration Day
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NYPD's top cop Jeffrey Maddrey abruptly resigns after allegedly demanding underling perform sexual favors — including ‘kiss his penis’ — in exchange for overtime — The NYPD's highest-ranking uniformed officer abruptly resigned late Friday night after The Post uncovered explosive allegations …
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Eric Adams calls explosive allegations against NYPD ally ‘extremely concerning’
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These 20 GOP senators voted against the Social Security bill — Twenty GOP senators voted against legislation approved by the Senate late Friday that would bolster Social Security benefits for over 2 million American citizens working in a range of occupations.
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Lara Trump removes herself from Florida Senate sweepstakes — Lara Trump, who recently stepped down from her post as co-chair of the Republican National Committee, announced her decision Saturday evening in a social media post. — TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Lara Trump says she is taking …
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A Win for the Vibecession Story — Guess what? Popular economic narratives aren't reliable — Still experimenting with this newsletter. My original plan was to write most weekdays and take weekends off. But there's so much to write about! So I will sometimes put up relatively brief …
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Senile Biden's insult to families of Marines murdered in disastrous Afghan withdrawal — Joe Biden kept the grieving relatives of the Marines killed in Afghanistan waiting for three hours while he napped on Air Force One on the tarmac before a dignified transfer, multiple military families have told Daily Mail.
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Trump's ‘stunningly unqualified’ diplomatic team shapes up at breakneck speed — Trump is hardly the first US president to introduce miscast nominees, but he has nominated ambassadors at a rate not recalled in recent memory — They seem an unlikely, almost motley, crew of emissaries.
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Statement from President Joe Biden on the Bipartisan Government Funding Bill — The bipartisan funding bill I just signed keeps the government open and delivers the urgently needed disaster relief that I requested for recovering communities as well as the funds needed to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
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Biden secures 235th confirmed judicial appointee, one more than Trump — Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden secured his 235th appointment to the federal judiciary on Friday, narrowly surpassing President-elect Donald Trump's first-term tally by one with a record number of women and people of color named to the bench.