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Fate Of Trump's Cabinet Picks Unclear As Republicans Prepare To Take Power In Senate

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 5:00am

Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be director of National Intelligence, (right) meets with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024.
(J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard's 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad of Syria.

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Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 4:00am

Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

by Jesse Coburn and Andy Kroll

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Musk And Ramaswamy To Confront Congress In Struggle For Control Of The Public Purse

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 2:00am

Elon Musk carrying his son X Æ A-Xii, and Vivek Ramaswamy arrive for a roundtable meeting to discuss President-elect Donald Trump's planned Department of Government Efficiency, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
(Mariam Zuhaib / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump enlisted Washington outsiders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to tell members of Congress how they should run things.

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Immigrants And Allies At U.S. Capitol Urge Biden To Act Before Trump Deportations Begin

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/23/2024 - 7:00am

WASHINGTON — In the crucial last month before President Joe Biden leaves office, immigrants and allies on Tuesday urged the president to offer protections for immigrant communities before Donald Trump is inaugurated.

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A Broken System

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/23/2024 - 6:00am

What does it mean that an alleged murderer has become a folk hero, that literally millions of people in this country have taken his side -- in social media, at least, if not as potential jurors -- in a case of cold-blooded murder? What does it mean that the McDonald's employees who reported him have had to resort to police protection to deal with the threats against them?

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The Biden Administration Is Separating Families At The Border. It Doesn’t Always Say Why.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/23/2024 - 5:00am

Marina, a Russian asylum-seeker, was separated from her baby Aleksandra by U.S. officials after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
(Courtesy of Marina / ProPublica)

The Biden Administration Is Separating Families at the Border. It Doesn’t Always Say Why.

by Mica Rosenberg

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Judge Rejects Trump’s Bid To Toss Hush Money Conviction Because Of Supreme Court Immunity Ruling

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/23/2024 - 4:00am

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge Monday refused to throw out President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. But the overall future of the historic case remains unclear.

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Drone Sighting Epidemic Spurs Dems In Congress To Urge More Transparency From Feds

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/23/2024 - 3:00am

Members of Congress are among those calling for greater transparency from the federal government as a spate of reported drone sightings concentrated in New Jersey and New York has raised questions beyond the Northeast.

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Nebraska Governor’s Priorities Shift Focus From Spending And Tax Changes

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/16/2024 - 7:00am

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen discusses his priorities for the 2025 legislative session on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.
(Aaron Sanderford / Nebraska Examiner)

LINCOLN — Republican Gov. Jim Pillen plans to toss his party’s right flank some red meat next year before addressing the harder politics of closing Nebraska’s projected $432 million budget shortfall.

One reason could be the potential of Pillen facing Republican primary challengers in 2026. Those could include his top 2022 GOP primary opponent, Charles Herbster.

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Donald Trump Is Returning To The World Stage. So Is His Trolling

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/16/2024 - 5:00am

This screenshot from Donald Trump’s Truth Social account shows an image of President-elect Donald Trump and first lady Jill Biden attending the ceremony in Notre Dame Cathedral as Dec.7, 2024 in Paris.
(Truth Social via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy.

They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump.

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Fate Of Trump's Cabinet Picks Unclear As Republicans Prepare To Take Power In Senate

Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

Musk And Ramaswamy To Confront Congress In Struggle For Control Of The Public Purse

Immigrants And Allies At U.S. Capitol Urge Biden To Act Before Trump Deportations Begin

A Broken System

The Biden Administration Is Separating Families At The Border. It Doesn’t Always Say Why.

The Biden Administration Is Separating Families at the Border. It Doesn’t Always Say Why.

Judge Rejects Trump’s Bid To Toss Hush Money Conviction Because Of Supreme Court Immunity Ruling

Drone Sighting Epidemic Spurs Dems In Congress To Urge More Transparency From Feds

Nebraska Governor’s Priorities Shift Focus From Spending And Tax Changes

Donald Trump Is Returning To The World Stage. So Is His Trolling

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