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Commentary: The true Trump threat
Many Americans fear what Donald Trump will do after assuming the presidency in January — and understandably so. Trump's pathological self-absorption has no place in American government, let alone at its very top.
But the specific type of threat Trump poses is often misunderstood. Like all presidents, his domestic powers are limited. He will ...Read more
Trump's nomination put Mehmet Oz back in the political spotlight -- and on track to oversee health care for more than 160 million Americans
Mehmet Oz stood in front of a camera in July and filmed a TikTok about “how to conquer your constipation.”
“Here’s the scoop on the poop brain loop,” Oz said confidently, delving into an enthusiastic pitch for probiotic supplements to keep you regular.
In the two years since losing his 2022 Senate bid to Democrat John Fetterman — a...Read more
Biden on Jimmy Carter: 'I think he's happy with Rosalynn'
President Joe Biden paused his vacation in the Virgin Islands to address the nation just hours after the passing of a political mentor whom he had grown close to over the decades, former President Jimmy Carter.
“America and the world, in my view, lost a remarkable leader,” Biden said. “He was a statesman and humanitarian, and Jill and I ...Read more
Jimmy Carter’s lasting Cold War legacy: His human rights focus helped dismantle the Soviet Union
Former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29, 2024, at age 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, was a dark horse Democratic presidential candidate with little national recognition when he beat Republican incumbent Gerald Ford in 1976.
The introspective former peanut farmer pledged a new era of honesty and forthrightness at home ...Read more
Orioles owner and presidential scholar David Rubenstein: Many people felt it wasn't a good idea to indict Trump
Orioles owner David Rubenstein sees the intersection of political trials and public perception as a dicey one.
Rubenstein, a Baltimore native and lawyer who advised the late President Jimmy Carter, appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday to promote his new book, “The Highest Calling: Conversations on the American Presidency.” The...Read more
Trump urged by GOP ally to clear path for House Speaker vote
A senior Republican lawmaker urged President-elect Donald Trump’s intervention to avoid a House leadership battle, saying he should reach out to GOP members who haven’t committed to reelecting Mike Johnson as speaker.
With the speakership vote scheduled for Jan. 3 and Trump about to take office, the tiny Republican majority in the House is ...Read more
Congress averted shutdown, but storms lie ahead as House speaker faces criticism
Steve Bannon held his microphone out to the crowd.
“Should (Mike) Johnson be speaker of the House?” he asked.
“Nooo,” came the reply, as Bannon, the longtime ally of Republican President-elect Donald Trump, spoke at a Dec. 19 “AmericaFest” rally of Turning Point USA, a right-wing advocacy organization.
Bannon, who said at the ...Read more
New York Rep. Mike Lawler warns Republicans against ousting House leader
New York Representative Mike Lawler warned fellow Republicans against moving to topple House Speaker Mike Johnson, saying they’d be “playing with fire” and wasting time just as President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
With the speakership vote scheduled for Jan. 3, Johnson has faced criticism from some ultraconservative lawmakers after ...Read more
Trump voters increased most in Bay Area's lower income cities
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Support for President-elect Donald Trump has grown in nearly every city and town in the Bay Area since 2016, including significant inroads in some of the Bay Area’s most Democratic strongholds.
In 67 of the region’s 69 cities and towns, the number of votes Trump received in 2024 was higher than in 2016, and a new ...Read more
Can Trump persuade the Supreme Court to stand aside so he can solve the TikTok problem?
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is telling the Supreme Court that he can make a deal that will resolve the national security dispute over TikTok and preserve the video site for 170 million Americans.
All the justices need to do, he says, is to stand aside and suspend a pending law that could shut down TikTok on Jan. 19, the day ...Read more
Trump steps into skilled-work visa clash, saying they're 'great'
President-elect Donald Trump entered the fray in a debate over immigration policy that’s dividing his supporters, telling the New York Post he favors a visa program for highly skilled workers that Elon Musk has strongly defended.
Musk is among tech leaders stoking a social media storm this week over how to bring top talent to the U.S. — ...Read more
President-elect Trump weighs into debate among supporters to back H-1B visa program
President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to step into a raging debate among his supporters over visas for skilled workers on the side of Elon Musk, telling the New York Post he has "always liked the visas."
The comments came as Trump loyalists have been fulminating against each other online for days over the H-1B visas. Immigration ...Read more
Union gunboats didn’t just attack rebel military sites – they went after civilian property, too
During the American Civil War, huge metal monsters roamed the Mississippi River. Called ironclads, these boats were about 50 yards long, carried 75 tons of armor on their hulls and decks, sported up to 13 guns, and had crews numbering up to 250 men.
The seven city-class ironclads, sometimes called the turtles, were the most ...Read more
Trump-connected group bashes Maura Healey, Michelle Wu for creating sanctuaries in Massachusetts
BOSTON — A Trump-connected nonprofit has warned Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Mayor Michelle Wu that it has identified the Bay State and Boston as sanctuaries for illegal immigrants, urging them to undo the policies that it says “make a mockery of American democracy.”
America First Legal Foundation, a national nonprofit working to ...Read more
Donald Trump Jr's friends worried about 'social climbing' new girlfriend, report says
Last year, Donald Trump Jr.’s longtime fiancee Kimberly Guilfoyle was his proud date to Donald Trump’s annual Christmas celebration at Mar-a-Lago.
This year, Guilfoyle was replaced at the Mar-a-Lago holiday festivities by Trump Jr.’s new girlfriend, Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, the Daily Mail reported.
Unfortunately for the new...Read more
Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTok ban
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump thrust himself into the high-stakes fight over the fate of TikTok in the U.S. by urging the Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban the social media platform if it isn’t sold by its Chinese parent company.
Trump said the court should give him time after his Jan. 20 inauguration to “seek a ...Read more
Trump asks Supreme Court to pause law threatening TikTok ban
President-elect Donald Trump asked the U.S. Supreme Court to pause a law that would ban the TikTok social media platform on Jan. 19 if it isn’t sold by its Chinese parent company.
Trump said the court should give him time after his Jan. 20 inauguration to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute. He didn’t take a position on the ...Read more
Michigan mom decries Biden's death row commutation in daughter's 'heinous' 1997 murder
DETROIT — In the weeks before Rachel Timmerman’s murder in 1997, she warned police and prosecutors that Marvin Gabrion would kill her to stop the 19-year-old from testifying that she’d been raped by Gabrion.
Her mother and others in the Newaygo County community echoed the same concerns during the 1997 case. And their warnings proved ...Read more
Georgia Republicans can subpoena Fulton DA Fani Willis, judge rules
ATLANTA — Georgia Republicans can subpoena Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis about her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the outside attorney she hired to lead her 2020 election interference case against former and future President Donald Trump and his allies, a judge has ruled.
The decision by Fulton County Superior Court ...Read more
Germany set for February election after Bundestag dissolved
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament and set the country’s snap election for Feb. 23, formally endorsing a timetable proposed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Scholz, of the center-left Social Democrats, ended his three-party alliance with the Greens and Free Democrats last month, when he sacked FDP Finance Minister ...Read more
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