Maria Bartiromo grills Trump spokeswoman on GOP: '38 of them voted against Trump's agenda'

5 hours, 54 minutes ago

'Resents the idea': CNN analyst sees Trump bristle as Democratic attack strategy hits home

The Democratic Party has finally hit on an attack tactic which has found its target with Trump, a CNN analyst reported Monday. They “are trying to tweak Trump’s vanity, mockingly suggesting that even after winning a second term, he is still not as powerful as the South Africa-born tech mogul whom he put in charge of slashing the size of …

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Lara Trump Withdraws from Florida Senate Race

Deccan Chronicle

Washington: Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of President-elect Donald Trump, said on Saturday that she is removing herself from consideration to be a Florida senator -- ending speculation that she could replace Republican Senator Marco Rubio, who has been tapped to be the incoming administration's secretary of state. "After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I …

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2 days, 1 hour ago

'A fiasco by any measure': Wall Street Journal turns on Trump over budget 'blundering'

Raw Story

Following a last-minute deal in the House which kept the government running until March, the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal placed the blame for the House budget chaos on Donald Trump and not House Speaker Mike Johnson who was undercut at every turn by the president-elect. Mr. Musk, and then Mr. Trump, delivered a social-media barrage against Mr. …

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2 days, 6 hours ago

Dozens of House Republicans voting to defy Trump shows 'the limits of his power': report

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump has already had to expend some of his political capital on pushing a government funding bill across the finish line — a month before his own inauguration. In a Saturday article, Politico's Lisa Kashinsky and Holly Otterbein observed that the president-elect was unable to unify his party around the most recent bill to keep the federal government …

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2 days, 13 hours ago

‘Keeping it classy’: Liberal Fox News host snaps back at right-wing jab

Raw Story

Fox News’ resident Democratic commentator Jessica Tarlov called out a social media account for attempting to fact-check her using a video clip from a day earlier in a testy reply Friday. The digital dust-up began after Tarlov appeared on the radar of the conservative-leaning social media account Media Lies, which was previously “KamalaHQLies.” The account posted a video Friday to …

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2 days, 15 hours ago

'What are you going to do?' CNN host presses Dem on how they'll stop Trump's agenda

Raw Story

Rep. Jamie Raskin warned CNN's Jim Sciutto that Republicans could very well slash critical programs like Social Security and Medicare in the next Congress — but Sciutto wanted to know what exactly Democrats plan to do about it. "So let's talk about what comes next, because Republicans in their private meeting, they made a handshake agreement to cut $2.5 trillion …

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2 days, 17 hours ago

'Got a little dark and swampy': MAGA lawmaker reacts after House OKs spending bill

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — Rep. Anna Paulina Luna exclusively told Raw Story that she isn't at all concerned about tech billionaire Elon Musk's interference with the legislative process that caused a government shutdown threat and days of chaos as Republicans scuttled a bipartisan continuing resolution. "What we're seeing right now is this, really, time in politics where people can get direct feedback …

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Swalwell gives profane advice to GOP amid 'nonsense' to avoid 'falling down' next year

Raw Story

A California Democrat gave Republicans a piece of his mind following a vote Friday night on a temporary spending bill, echoing a profane sentiment felt by millions of Americans: "Get your s--- together." The House voted at the 11th hour to temporarily fund the government with a new bill following the collapse of their own revised bill, which became necessary …

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2 days, 19 hours ago

'Foolish': McConnell blasts Republicans pushing Christmas shutdown in leadership farewell

Raw Story

Sen. Mitch McConnell gave a leadership farewell speech in the Senate on Friday as he prepares to step down as Senate Republican Leader, reported CNN — and took a parting shot at his colleagues in the House whose last-minute obedience to threats from tech billionaire Elon Musk led to a bipartisan funding agreement falling apart, and a possible government shutdown. …

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2 days, 21 hours ago

'Not going to get better': GOP bemoans chaos as they realize Trump agenda in jeopardy

Raw Story

Republicans have just gone through days of chaos on Capitol Hill after tech billionaire Elon Musk blew up a bipartisan continuing resolution by threatening to fund primaries of GOP lawmakers, which forced Republicans to replace it with a slimmed-down, partisan version that cut several vital programs, only to watch that version fail to pass it as dozens of their own …

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2 days, 22 hours ago

Trump's new enemy could 'bring the Republican agenda to a halt': ex-GOP lawmaker

Raw Story

Donald Trump may have caused headaches for himself by making an enemy of a Texas Republican, according to a former lawmaker. The president-elect singled out Rep. Chip Roy this week on social media after the congressman joined 38 GOP lawmakers who opposed a Trump-endorsed bill that would have increased the debt limit as part of a measure to keep the …

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2 days, 23 hours ago

'Scuttle entire bill': CNN host hits back as Republican gripes that Dems 'demonize' Musk

Raw Story

CNN anchor Brianna Keilar hit back with straight talk as a Republican on her show began complaining about Democrats “demonizing” Elon Musk Friday. Rep. Dan Meuser took to the network to defend the rejection of Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposed spending bill Thursday night — a move that plunged D.C. into chaos and threatens to shut down the government days before …

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'House Democrats are doing something I've never seen before' amid chaos: Congress reporter

Raw Story

As Republicans try to work out a deal to both appease Donald Trump and fund the government, Democrats are taking unprecedented steps, according to one reporter. Axios congressional reporter Andrew Solender, who previously reported on U.S. Capitol Police evacuating the Cannon House Office Building, flagged a novel notice on Democrats' Friday congressional agenda. "House Democrats are doing something I’ve never …

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'Not sure I've ever seen a mess like this': Trump said to have 'shown limits of his power'

Raw Story

During an appearance on MSNBC on Friday morning, longtime Washington, D.C. correspondent Jake Sherman admitted the current chaos of getting a budget deal done before a government shutdown is the worst he has ever seen. With both Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk scrutinizing every move made by House Speaker Mike Johnson, Sherman was asked, "Are we going to get …

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'That is the story': Writer says 'GOP senators should be hounded mercilessly' on one issue

Raw Story

Donald Trump has made clear he wants the FBI to target his enemies – Liz Cheney, in particular – and a columnist called on fellow journalists and Democratic lawmakers to force Republicans to confront these threats. GOP lawmakers like Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Rick Scott have waved away the president-elect's threats as merely bluster, but The New Republic's Greg …

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Trump poised to make it 'worse this time around' for GOP leadership: MSNBC analyst

Raw Story

Reacting to the looming government shutdown which can mainly be attributed to interference from president-elect Donald Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk, MSNBC's Ali Vitali told the panel on "Morning Joe" this is just a precursor to what the GOP leadership can expect for the next four years. Vitali, who is taking over the reins of "MSNBC's "Way Too Early" …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

'You break it, you own it': CNN panelists clash as Dem says GOP broke 'Pottery Barn rule'

Raw Story

A Democratic strategist poked her Republican counterpart Thursday night on CNN, leading to a verbal dust-up. The moment came between Democratic strategist Julie Roginsky and Republican strategist Scott Jennings on "NewsNight" during a discussion on the implosion of the GOP-led spending bill. Anchor and moderator Abby Phillip asked her panel whether President-elect Donald Trump actually has as much control over …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

'Do you want to debate?' CNN anchor presses frustrated GOP lawmaker

Raw Story

A CNN host’s persistent interjections during an interview with Rep. Mike Lawler caused the exasperated lawmaker to ask if she wanted an answer – or a debate. The moment happened Thursday night on CNN’s “The Source” when host Kaitlan Collins refused to let Lawler get by on his outrage that Democrats sunk a revised temporary spending bill that collapsed in …

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3 days, 18 hours ago

'I'm not done talking!' Far-right GOP rep heckled as she blames Dems for shutdown threat

Raw Story

House Republicans are scrambling to prevent a government shutdown after tech billionaire Elon Musk forced them to scrap a bipartisan continuing resolution with primary challenge threats, and the GOP hastily cobbled together a partisan package to replace it, only to have key Republican members defect anyway. But far-right Rep. Anna Paulina Luna tried to argue in a Thursday evening speech …

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‘Hell no!’ New ‘extreme MAGA’ spending plan draws chants from outraged Democrats

Raw Story

A closed-door meeting of Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill spiraled into a raucous revolt of the new GOP spending bill that influenced repeated chants of “Hell no!” “This is not serious. “Extreme MAGA Republicans are driving us to a government shutdown.” Jeffries’ comments came as members of the House Democratic caucus huddled in the Capitol basement to weigh their options …

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Trump's put himself in a 'big mess' as House Dems sit back and watch GOP 'squirm': report

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump faces the very real possibility of being the first-ever American president to be inaugurated with a shut-down federal government. As Politico reported, the decision by Trump and X owner Elon Musk to kill the bipartisan funding deal to keep the government open has put Trump in a "big mess" at a time when he hoped to be …

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'Washington-speak': MSNBC's Jen Psaki laughs at senators' comments on Trump nominees

Raw Story

During an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," MSNBC host Jen Psaki couldn't contain her mirth on Thursday morning after co-host Wille Geist reported on comments made by senators on several of Donald Trump's more troublesome Cabinet nominees. With DNI nominee Tulsi Gabbard, defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., slated to head of Health and Human Services, …

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4 days, 11 hours ago

How vengeful Jill Biden is urging 'depressed' Joe to 'burn the whole thing down' in their final days... with Obama, Kamala and Pelosi at the top of her 'naughty list'

Daily Mail

Tis the season for revenge! Between organizing this year's White House Christmas decorations, staff holiday parties and a string of final goodbyes, the president and his First Lady Jill Biden have been quietly sharpening the metaphorical carving knives, with their sights set firmly on the one-time allies they perceive as having wronged them. One Democratic mega-donor, Floridian attorney John Morgan, …

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'I would love to know what’s going on': Senate GOP baffled by derailed funding bill

Raw Story

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump doesn’t reclaim the White House until the new year, but he’s already leaving his mark on the nation’s Capitol — and that has Republicans freaking out. Maybe you know more than the rest of us,” Sen. Steve Daines — who’s credited with helping the GOP win back control of the Senate from his perch as chair …

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4 days, 16 hours ago

'Ridiculous and a little scary': Dem sounds alarm on GOP's 'cherry-picked' report

Raw Story

A Democratic insider who previously served as the January 6 Committee spokesperson fought back against a “cherry-picked” report by House Republicans that attempted to discredit the committee’s investigation – and targeted former Rep. Liz Cheney for retribution. Tim Mulvey, a former Democratic communications director, said singling out Cheney – and the GOP's threats to prosecute perceived political enemies – offer …

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Trump rejects bipartisan plan to prevent Christmas-time government shutdown

India Today

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday disrupted bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown as he pressured his fellow Republicans in Congress to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded past the end of the week. Trump instead urged Congress to pass legislation that would tie up loose ends before he takes office next month by raising the government's …

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'There will be some cuts': Republican reveals Social Security is in DOGE's crosshairs

Raw Story

A House Republican said Tuesday that he believes there "will be some cuts" to Social Security and Medicare as he entered a conference room at the U.S. Capitol for the first meeting of the DOGE Caucus, a new congressional group formed to support an advisory commission led by billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Outside the conference room, Social Security …

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'Betrayal to the American people': Democratic strategist confronts ex-Trump adviser on CNN

Raw Story

A Democratic strategist called out a Donald Trump ally's defense of his call to prosecute Liz Cheney over her role in the Jan. 6 investigation. The former president called for her prosecution in a Truth Social post that cited a report issued by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, who alleged that Cheney may have broken "numerous federal laws" through her contacts with …

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5 days, 14 hours ago

'No deal with Democrats': Trump delivers a late-night message to Senate GOP

Raw Story

President-elect Donald Trump called on GOP allies in the Senate to help curb Democrats' last-ditch effort to nominate as many judges as they can before next year. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is poised to lose his status as the chamber's leader next year, needs to confirm just two more judges to lifetime terms this week to surpass Sen. …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

'Lies and defamatory allegations': Liz Cheney hits back at Republican over J6 report

Raw Story

Former Rep. Liz Cheney hit back at the House GOP's attempts to discredit the Select Committee on January 6 in a scathing statement Tuesday. "January 6th showed Donald Trump for who he really is — a cruel and vindictive man who has allowed violent attacks to continue against our Capitol and law enforcement officers while he watched television and refused …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

CNN exclusive: Liberal donor network charts plan to seize House in 2026

CNN

CNN — The leaders of the Democracy Alliance – a powerful network of liberal donors – will prioritize flipping control of the US House from Republicans in the 2026 cycle, building on gains the group helped engineer in New York and California in this year’s elections. The group plowed more than $11 million alone into an effort that helped Democrats …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

Republicans come for Liz Cheney: Trump's allies in Congress set the stage for political prosecutions

Salon

That the incoming Trump administration will go after its political enemies, using all levers of state power to intimidate and persecute those who previously sought to hold the president-elect accountable, can no longer be portrayed as hysterical speculation, nor as something that would surely be opposed by cooler heads in a Republican-led Congress. “Numerous federal laws were likely broken by …

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5 days, 18 hours ago

"It’s clear who’s in charge": House GOP scraps funding bill after Trump, Musk tirades

Salon

A proposed bill to fund the federal government beyond this Friday is dead in the water after it was objected to by President-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk. "There's no new agreement right now," Scalise said, admitting that the original agreement was a no-go among House GOP hardliners. Scalise told CNN that "there's no new agreement right now" and …

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5 days, 19 hours ago

After investigating Jan. 6, House GOP sides with Trump and goes after Liz Cheney

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Wrapping up their own investigation on the Jan. 6 2021 Capitol attack, House Republicans have concluded it’s former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney who should be prosecuted for probing what happened when then-President Donald Trump sent his mob of supporters as Congress was certifying the 2020 election. House Administration Committee Chairman Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., wrote, “Until we hold accountable …

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'Stop!' Amy Klobuchar scolds Ted Cruz as he interrupts her on live TV

Raw Story

Sen. Amy Klobuchar disputed Sen. Ted Cruz on live TV after he said she would vote to confirm all of President-elect Donald Trump's nominees. During a Tuesday interview on CBNC, Klobuchar and Cruz discussed the importance of the bipartisan Take It Down Act, a bill to outlaw non-consensual intimate imagery generated by artificial intelligence. CNBC host Joe Kernan changed the …

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House and Senate Republicans debate which priorities to move on first

NPR

House and Senate Republicans debate which priorities to move on first Senate and House GOP leaders plan a wide-ranging policy agenda but have a short window to act; and passing bills using rules to get around a filibuster requires near unanimity. NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh reports that House and Senate Republicans are debating what to do first. DEIRDRE WALSH, …

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'Politburo of MAGA movement': CNN writer sees ominous message at Army vs. Navy game

Raw Story

Donald Trump’s lauding it over the Army vs. Navy football game over the weekend, flanked by the cohorts he's picked for Cabinet positions or that he reviles as staunch allies in Congress, sent shivers down a CNN columnist’s spine Monday. “When Trump, Vance and the congressional leaders — as well as the ubiquitous Elon Musk — peered over the loudly …

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Michael Steele Slams What GOP Senators Are Doing Right Now: ‘Such A Farce’

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LOADING ERROR LOADING Michael Steele slammed the visits of Donald Trump’s more controversial Cabinet picks to GOP senators ― purportedly to butter them up or assuage their concerns ahead of confirmation hearings ― as “such a farce” as he suggested the nominees will end up getting confirmed anyway due to the lawmakers’ subservience to the president-elect. “All this drama right …

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Key lines from Trump’s first post-election news conference

CNN

CNN — President-elect Donald Trump, in his first news conference since his victory, downplayed concerns that his administration would revoke the polio vaccine’s authorization, suggested he could pardon New York City Mayor Eric Adams and said he will press Ukraine and Russia to end their war. We’re going to find out a lot.” But he also described Kennedy — the …

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1 week, 1 day ago

'These people are so full of it': MSNBC host blisters GOP lawmakers over Trump's nominees

Raw Story

During a discussion on the wide array of Donald Trump's more than problematic Cabinet nominees, former RNC chair Michael Steele finally had enough and ripped into GOP lawmakers who he claims will rubber-stamp every one of them. According to Steele, now co-host of MSNBC's "The Weekend," the nominee's visits with Republican senators is nothing less than a "sham." "All of …

1 week, 1 day ago

Column: How organized labor boosted California Democrats — by not talking like Democrats

LA Times

Labor leader Lorena Gonzalez, center, helped devise an election strategy that shunned partisanship and focused instead on the value of hard work and the failings of a “do-nothing” Congress. “The usual go-to, the top-of-the-ticket discussion with our union members, wasn’t going to get us anywhere,” Gonzalez said last week in a lengthy conversation at the Labor Federation’s downtown Sacramento headquarters. …

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'Pathetic': Dems still fuming over vote they say will hurt 'millions of working people'

Raw Story

On Wednesday, Democrat-turned- independent Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema voted to block President Joe Biden's nominee, Lauren McFerran, from serving another five-year term on the National Labor Relations Board. Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Manchin and Sinema's opposition to the nominee as "pathetic," while Sen. Elizabeth Warren told The Hill, "Millions of working people across the country will pay the …

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1 week, 2 days ago

'This is my issue': Trump allies give ultimatum to GOP senator up for reelection

Raw Story

One Senate Republican who has had a tepid response to several of President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees is now in the crosshairs of some of Trump's top allies — including one from her own state. Ernst, who is a military veteran and sexual assault survivor, has not yet stated whether Defense Secretary-designate Pete Hegseth would get her vote when his …

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1 week, 3 days ago

'Still Republican': Sen. Lisa Murkowski scrambles after saying 'not attached to' GOP label

Raw Story

Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday was forced to clarify that she’s "still a Republican" after saying moments earlier that she was "more comfortable" without a party label than with "an identity as a Republican," Politico reported. “I'm not attached to a label, I'd rather be that ‘no label.’ I'd rather be that person that is just known for trying to …

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1 week, 4 days ago

No Labels looks to the ‘reset button’ after Trump’s victory

Politico

“I am honestly energized and be here with you after this election,” said Rep. Jared Golden, a Democrat representing a Maine district that Trump won by nearly 10 points. Republican Utah Sen.-elect John Curtis, who took over Republican Sen. Mitt Romney‘s seat, said he had “talked to a sitting senator today who has what feels like the entire world coming …

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1 week, 4 days ago

How Trump is hammering Congress ‘on every issue’ — with a clear focus

Politico

“Did you hear we have another member? “My impression is he’s been very focused on what’s happening next and what he’s about to inherit,” Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma, an incoming member of Senate GOP leadership, said in an interview. Johnson told reporters he will talk with Trump this weekend before the Army-Navy game in Maryland about the party’s budget …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Trump’s mixed messaging leaves Dems struggling to find a way forward

Politico

“Right now, we’re still sorting out what he’s actually serious about,” Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman told POLITICO at the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee headquarters on Thursday. Other Democrats said they felt less emotional about his ascension because “we already know what to do and we’ve experienced this before,” said Wisconsin state Sen. Jeff Smith. “With his rhetoric so far,” …

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1 week, 4 days ago

GOP senators targeted by Trump allies keep door open to controversial picks

CNN

CNN — Sen. Mike Rounds of South Dakota is the kind of Republican who has been willing to clash with Donald Trump in the past and could be seen as wavering on some of the president-elect’s more controversial choices for his Cabinet. Rounds told CNN on Wednesday he doesn’t see himself opposing any of Trump’s selections, short of “a very …

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1 week, 4 days ago

"Direct attack on working people": On their way out, Manchin and Sinema vote to kneecap the NLRB

Salon

There are two types of “independents” who presently caucus with Senate Democrats: those who are basically Democrats, in all but name, and those who are barely not Republicans. As one law firm advised its business clients, an NLRB run by Trump appointees will likely “ease up on prosecuting employers for alleged labor violations and shift certain policies to favor employers …

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Maria Bartiromo grills Trump spokeswoman on GOP: '38 of them voted against Trump's agenda'

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