Breaking news from Washington and beyond
Breaking news from Washington and beyond | From Washington and beyond |
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| The luxury jet Qatar gifted Donald Trump does have a price, after all. |
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| It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—"equity"—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America. |
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| The Senate minority leader is refusing to move forward on some key Trump nominations until he gets answers. |
| Even white South Africans think Donald Trump’s offering them special immigration status is dumb. |
| A new book exposes just how far Joe Biden’s inner circle went to hide the extent of his decline. |
| By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling |
| The "nonprofit killer bill" is hidden at the very end of Republicans’ massive 389-page budget package. |
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| On May 14, TNR’s editor, Michael Tomasky, and staff writers Matt Ford, Timothy Noah, Tori Otten, and Greg Sargent will host the next in our series America in Crisis, live and livestreamed from the Atlas Performing Arts Center in Washington, D.C. With Trump’s antidemocratic rampage underway, this event will bring together influential political figures and commentators to explore what we can do to fight back. Guests will include Senator Amy Klobuchar; Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees; Leah Greenberg, co-founder and co–executive director of the Indivisible Project; Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi; Skye Perryman, president and CEO of Democracy Forward; Representative Veronica Escobar, and many more. |
| RSVP before it sells out: |
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| The Trump administration is bragging about making the "largest defense sales agreement in history." |
| Elon Musk also managed to promote every single one of his companies during a speech. |
| Donald Trump appears to have dozed off in the middle of a key briefing. |
| By Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling |
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TNR Travel: New Dates Added |
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