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Editorial: You won, Mr. Trump. There's no call for litigation against the Des Moines Register

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Let’s stipulate this up front: The Des Moines Register’s poll of the presidential race in Iowa that was published just days before the election was miles off the mark.

The poll, overseen by veteran pollster Ann Selzer, shockingly had Democrat Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump by three points in a state everyone assumed Trump would win ...Read more

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NYC firefighter unions blast House decision to strip funding for 9/11 health care program

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The city’s firefighter unions slammed Sunday a decision by lawmakers two days earlier to strip vital health care funds for 9/11 first responders from the federal budget after Elon Musk and Donald Trump nuked a stopgap spending plan, threatening a government shutdown.

“The one thing we were able to fall back on was people wouldn’t forget ...Read more

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Trump picks Miran to head his Council of Economic Advisers

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President-elect Donald Trump is nominating Stephen Miran to lead his Council of Economic Advisers, enlisting a former Treasury official who served in Washington during his first administration.

“Steve will work with the rest of my economic team to deliver a great economic boom that lifts up all Americans,” Trump said in a statement Sunday ...Read more

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Trump keeps door open to Putin offer for talks on war in Ukraine

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President-elect Donald Trump suggested he’s open to meeting Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine sparked by Russia’s 2022 invasion.

The Russian president offered on Thursday to hold talks with Trump, saying, “I’ll be ready to meet if he wants.” Speaking at his annual news conference, Putin said he doesn’t know when ...Read more

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Florida is winning the political battle with California as Trump takes office

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The rivalry between California and Florida reached a high mark in November 2023 when Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, faced off against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, on Fox News over which state held a better model for the country.

Thirteen months later, DeSantis has left the national stage after an aborted presidential run. But his ...Read more

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Trump picks Stephen Miran to head Council of Economic Advisers

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President-elect Donald Trump is nominating Stephen Miran to lead his Council of Economic Advisers, enlisting a former Treasury official who served in Washington during his first administration.

“Steve will work with the rest of my economic team to deliver a great economic boom that lifts up all Americans,” Trump said in a statement Sunday ...Read more

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High-speed rail financial crisis could get worse under Trump

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The future of California's decades-long dream to one day connect Los Angeles and San Francisco via high-speed rail is again under threat as a Trump administration redux looms.

His selected Cabinet officials and a California congressman have vowed to pull federal funds from the ongoing rail project, which is budgeted at roughly $100 billion more...Read more

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Biden mulls tariff break for solar modules from Mexico

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The Biden administration is mulling exempting Mexico from tariffs on imported solar equipment, a last-minute change that would primarily benefit Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd.

The exemption being weighed by senior officials in the waning weeks of Joe Biden’s presidency was described by people familiar with the matter who asked not to be ...Read more

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Trump's 'culture defender' set to remake DOJ civil rights unit

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WASHINGTON — The civil rights division of the Justice Department has for decades protected the rights of racial, ethnic and religious minorities, as well as women — the groups that have been the most common victims of illegal discrimination in the U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the office, Harmeet Dhillon, has a very ...Read more

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Trump demands Panama lower transit fees or return canal to US

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that the Panama Canal is charging “exorbitant prices and rates of passage” on U.S. naval and merchant ships, and he demanded that fees be lowered or else Panama should return the canal to the U.S.

“The fees being charged by Panama are ridiculous, especially knowing the ...Read more

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President Joe Biden gives federal employees Christmas Eve off

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President Joe Biden is giving federal employees a parting gift this holiday season, saying in an executive order that this year’s Christmas Eve would be considered a federal holiday.

In the order, signed Thursday, Biden — who is in the final weeks of his tenure in the White House — said the extra day off would be given to all federal ...Read more

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Millions to get bigger Social Security checks If Biden signs new bill

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WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans may see their Social Security benefits increase under a bill headed to President Joe Biden’s desk — though critics warn that the measure comes at the cost of pushing the fund further toward insolvency.

If signed by the president before the new Congress convenes on Jan. 3, the law would boost Social ...Read more

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Trump taps 'Apprentice' creator Mark Burnett as special UK envoy

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump named Mark Burnett — the man who created the television show "The Apprentice" that helped catapult him to the presidency — as a special envoy to the U.K.

“With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international ...Read more

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Biden signs US spending deal that averts a government shutdown

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed funding legislation to keep the U.S. government operating until mid-March, avoiding a year-end shutdown and kicking future spending decisions into Donald Trump’s presidency.

The legislation went to Biden early Saturday morning after the Senate voted 85 to 11 to approve the measure, which sailed ...Read more

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No shutdown: Senate clears stopgap bill, sending it to Biden's desk

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WASHINGTON — The Senate cleared a stopgap funding extension early Saturday shortly after a midnight deadline, staving off a partial government shutdown and ending days of gridlock over a package whose contents seemed to change by the hour.

Eager to head out of town for the Christmas recess, the Senate won unanimous consent to speed up the ...Read more

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Biden gets record 235th federal judge confirmed in waning days

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden set a new record for federal judicial confirmations in a single term, when Serena Murillo became his 235th life-tenured federal judge confirmed by the U.S. Senate as lawmakers worked into the night ahead of a holiday break.

The confirmation on Friday night means that approximately one quarter of all active ...Read more

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Latest stopgap funding bill, sans debt limit, passes House

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WASHINGTON — The House finally passed a stopgap funding extension Friday, hours before the midnight deadline to avert a partial government shutdown, after Democrats moved off their opposition to anything but the larger bipartisan package that President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk killed earlier this week.

The 366-34 vote was enough to ...Read more

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Missouri judge blocks some, not all, abortion restrictions. What that means for restoring access

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri judge on Friday blocked a series of long-standing restrictions on abortion, but kept in place a licensing requirement that could delay providers from immediately restoring access to the procedure.

The decision from Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang came after voters last month overturned the state’...Read more

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House votes to approve stripped-down funding bill to avoid shutdown

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House voted late Friday to approve a package funding the government through mid-March and providing emergency aid for homeowners, businesses and farmers affected by recent natural disasters.

Democrats joined some Republicans to give 366 votes for passage to the temporary funding bill. Thirty four Republicans voted ...Read more

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House plans vote on stripped down funding bill to avoid shutdown

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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House is expected to vote late Friday on a package funding the government through mid-March and providing emergency aid for homeowners, businesses and farmers affected by recent natural disasters.

After two earlier failed attempts, Speaker Mike Johnson offered a “Plan C” to avoid a government shutdown scheduled to ...Read more

 

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