[which] prompted outrage online from critics wondering if those charged are being coddled because of their race.
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That debate comes at a time when officials are keenly sensitive that the credibility of the Justice Department and the FBI are at stake in such decisions. Agents & prosecutors have pushed … arguing that it is important to send a forceful message that … political violence & mayhem needs to be punished to the full extent of the law, so as to discourage similar conduct in the future.
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“The Trumps sent the butlers home when they left so there would be no one to help the Bidens when they arrived,” a well-placed official not associated with the incoming Biden team told National Journal. “So petty.”
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Biden’s plan would shovel billions of dollars to private health insurers … which could further boost insurers’ skyrocketing profits.
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Spurned by many foreign allies, ridiculed by adversaries, disliked by a significant number of his own diplomats and ... As he leaves office, Mr. Pompeo, 57, has been tagged by a number of officials and analysts with the dubious distinction of the worst secretary of state in American history.
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Trump ran as the “law and order” candidate who would “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C. Instead he did the opposite … Trump provided corporate lobbyists, foreign actors, special interests and anyone else seeking political clout a way to gain access to his administration. Trump opened the presidency up for business, and for four years, influence was for sale.
"He means to take hostages. He means to kidnap, restrain, perhaps try, perhaps execute members of the U.S. government," Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay Weimer charged. Texas Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton released Brock to home confinement.
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"Following … sheltering with several colleagues who refused to wear masks, I decided to take a Covid test, I have tested positive." the 75-year-old Coleman wrote.
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On MSNBC's "The Beat," Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) tore into Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), accusing him of shouting at a police officer to protect him from the very mob he and his party helped whip up.
Senators Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz should be afraid. Very afraid. There's a very real possibility that they might soon find themselves on the business end of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Boebert shared the tweet soon after President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the Capitol with deadly results. "The Speaker has been removed from the chambers," Boebert wrote.
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41 Democrats abandoned Bernie Sanders and joined with Mitch McConnell to advance a $740 Billion Pentagon bill ... Democratic senators in fact provided the majority of the votes for the measure that lets the defense bill proceed without a vote on the $2,000 checks."
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In .. last-minute legislating over coronavirus relief, congressional leaders abandoned hazard pay for essential workers and emergency funding for local governments that may be on the brink of municipal bankruptcy., but [found] funding to dramatically increase the budget for the exclusive government-run health clinic that serves Congress.
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“I think nationally there’s going to be a huge focus on absentee voting and election integrity,” said Michael Whatley, North Carolina's GOP chair. “There has to be a significant tightening of the rules around absentee balloting, and we need to have that conversation with state legislatures all around the country.”
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McConnell, who has held up COVID-19 stimulus funds for Americans for seven months now wants to slice further assistance ahead of the Christmas holiday. — new unemployment numbers show that Americans are out of work far above levels seen in other recessions, and since the summer millions of Americans have entered into poverty
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The judge who approved the warrant was appointed by [the] Florida Gov. just weeks before the raid. Ron Filipkowski, appointed by DeSantis to the 12th Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, which selects judges, resigned after reviewing the search warrant …
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"We are concerned that these actions may be retaliation in response to her whistleblower claim against the Department of Health and her criticism of the Governor's COVID 19 response." - Jones, who launched her own dashboard after being fired … had provided daily updates of the state's coronavirus data …
…. One former official said some significant or time-sensitive policies, such as those involving Iran, Afghanistan, and North Korea, are being handled by political appointees (some of whom Trump recently installed), or not answered at all …
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Businesses at properties owned by the Trump Organization and Kushner Cos. benefited from over 25 PPP loans worth $3.65 million, a new report says.