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The week in whoppers: Jim Acosta denies Trump’s popular vote win, Joy Reid predicts ‘reparations for white people’ and more

Spot the difference: “The former president falsely accused the Biden administration of . . . neglecting areas that had voted for Republicans.” —...

I’ve known Polymarket’s CEO for years — here’s why the FBI raid is a scandal

The FBI’s raid on the founder of the online betting site Polymarket shows that the Lawfare Era under the Biden-Harris administration didn’t die after...

Republican Senate faces MAGA pressure to confirm offbeat nominees

President-elect Donald Trump is wielding his decisive White House victory over the new Republican majority in the Senate to usher through a slate of unconventional Cabinet nominees who have some GOP lawmakers reeling.

Migrant crime, violence in cities expected to be focus for Trump’s new prosecutors

Look for the Trump administration's incoming new slate of federal prosecutors to lead a nationwide crackdown on migrant criminals and to push for greater involvement in reining in big-city crime, especially in the District, according to former federal prosecutors.

Trump to nominate RFK Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday announced that he will nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

Rand Paul intends to reinstate Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy as Senate committee chairman

Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday that he will lead the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where he intends to immediately take up President-elect Donald Trump's plan to reinstate a policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court.

Jobs, state aid and gambling monkeys could be on Elon Musk’s chopping block in Trump administration

If President-elect Donald Trump wants to put trillions of dollars in federal spending on the chopping block, he'll find plenty to cut, ranging from billions doled out to states and wealthy corporations, to funding studies teaching monkeys how to gamble.

Two-state solution? Illinois Separation movement keeps up unbeaten streak at ballot box

Voters in seven Illinois counties approved last week the Illinois Separation Referendum, a measure directing county boards to explore the idea of splitting from Cook County by dividing the state in two.

Senate Republicans warn Jack Smith, FBI, DOJ not to destroy records in Trump probes

Senate Republicans are demanding the Justice Department and FBI retain and preserve all records related to special counsel Jack Smith's prosecutions of President-elect Donald Trump.

Senate Democrats pressured to confirm more judges before Trump, Republicans take over

A progressive advocacy group is pressuring Senate Democrats to confirm as many of President Biden's judicial nominees as they can in the next seven weeks before the new Republican majority takes over in January along with President-elect Donald Trump.

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