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President-elect Donald Trump promised to fire incompetent and dishonest Department of Veterans Affairs employees, but he will have to fight the American Federation of Government… Read More
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Good or bad, people have an opinion about President-elect Donald Trump. He’s been part of the national conversation for years and will continue to be… Read More
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Senate Democrats are mounting an aggressive effort to reject or delay President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for major Cabinet positions, in a reversal of the deference… Read More
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As the calendar year ends, minds quickly turn to losing weight, eating healthy, saving money, and spending more time with family. But just as 2016… Read More
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The White House took to Twitter Wednesday to promote President Barack Obama’s latest monument designations in the Western U.S., but its tweet had a picture… Read More
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In 2016, the American people voted to change the direction of our country. They elected a new president and vice president. They returned Republican majorities… Read More
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President Barack Obama is using his executive power to issue a broad swath of environmental protections during his last weeks in office, guarding himself against… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Christmas is a time of celebration and coming together, of letting go of old—and not so old—hurts and looking forward to a new day and… Read More
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Many of you have been fighting with me over the past six years to prevent President Barack Obama from designating additional national monuments in Utah. Now,… Read More
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President Barack Obama granted 153 commutations and 78 pardons Monday, the most individual acts of clemency granted in one day by any president in American history…. Read More
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On Monday, 538 presidential electors selected by voters on Nov. 8 will choose a president when the Electoral College votes in states across the country…. Read More
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President Barack Obama used part of his final White House press conference of the year to take shots at Russia and the media, and to… Read More
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President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he has selected Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., a former Navy SEAL who broke with the Republican platform over federal lands,… Read More
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Sen. Edward “Ted” Kennedy had “selfish political and ideological motives” when he made secret overtures to the Soviet Union’s spy agency during the Cold War… Read More
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After President Barack Obama exits office, at least 88 of his political appointees will likely remain working in the federal government under a Donald Trump… Read More
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A lot of strong words were thrown about in this year’s presidential campaign, but few packed as powerful a punch as a single question that… Read More
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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly to lead the Department of Homeland Security, news organizations reported Wednesday. If nominated and… Read More
LawNews
On Monday, President Barack Obama issued his fifth executive order since the Nov. 8 election. In this case, it was to create a National Invasive… Read More
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Though not a widely known quantity in Washington, Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for treasury secretary, has had a seasoned career in high finance,… Read More
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An election expert projects more than 800,000 noncitizens voted in the 2016 election and overwhelmingly for Democrat Hillary Clinton. While substantial, that number doesn’t overcome… Read More
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President-elect Donald Trump won’t be saying you’re fired, but he will be saying you’re froze as a one means of shrinking the bureaucracy. Trump has… Read More
SocietyCommentary
George Washington was first in war, first in peace, and in November 1789, the first president to proclaim a national day of thanksgiving, openly acknowledging… Read More
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Republican President-elect Donald Trump announced on “60 Minutes” Sunday that he would refuse his $400,000 annual presidential salary, and would take just $1 instead. The… Read More
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An article in Time called President-elect Donald Trump’s transition “chaotic,” while The New York Times asserted that Trump’s transition team is plagued by “discord” and… Read More
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Vice President-elect Mike Pence, the governor of Indiana, asked nearly two dozen fellow GOP governors gathered in Orlando to directly reach out to him on… Read More
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While in Greece this week, President Barack Obama called the anxieties about national, cultural, and ethnic identities that impacted this election a “volatile mix.” He… Read More
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Vanita Gupta, the acting head of the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, apparently has been working in violation of federal law for more than… Read More
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From now until Jan. 20, 2017, Obama administration national security officials need to do everything they can to ensure that the incoming team is ready… Read More
