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Democrats say they've finally found their footing. And the Democratic National Committee (DNC) says it agrees. Democrats are winning again. So why would they put out an autopsy report that talks about how they lost? The party, says DNC Chair Ken Martin, needs to move forward, not look back. |
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House Democrats pressing to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies are already looking ahead to a looming federal funding deadline as potential leverage in the fight. Both issues are already poised to take center stage on Capitol Hill when Congress returns to Washington next month after the long holiday break. But while the two debates are technically moving separately on parallel tracks, a growing number of Democrats think it's inevitable that the health care battle will converge with the broader spending talks as lawmakers get closer to the Jan. 30 deadline to fund the government. |
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The material released was too little, and what remains in the vaults will be disclosed too late. This is the critics' view, at least, after the Department of Justice released thousands of files relating to the disgraced financier and sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein on Friday. The disclosure came after Congress forced the hand of the Trump administration, passing a law in November that required "all unclassified records" pertaining to Epstein to be made available to the public. The law had a small number of important caveats — victims' identities were to be protected and no ongoing investigation or prosecution was to be impeded — and a hard 30-day deadline for disclosure. |
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday released more files, documents and photos connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a day after the deadline for releasing all of the files. DOJ on Fridan released thousands of its documents, but came under criticism from Democrats and Republicans in Congress for not complying with a law passed by Congress this fall to release all the documents by Friday. The two batches of documents included photos of locations where Epstein lived in New York and Florida, grand jury testimony and handwritten messages. |
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U.S. personnel seized a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday as President Trump ratchets up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The seizure of the vessel, which took place in international waters, was led by the Coast Guard and assisted by the U.S. Navy, according to multiple outlets. The Coast Guard referred The Hill to the White House when asked for comment. The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment. The move by U.S. authorities comes just days after President Trump said his administration would impose a "blockade" on all sanctioned oil tankers sailing in and out of Venezuela. |
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While California Gov. Gavin Newsom has stolen much of the attention in Democratic conversations about the next presidential race, another governor is quietly garnering some buzz among strategists and top Democratic donors: Andy Beshear. The Kentucky governor has been able to win elections in a fiercely red state as a measured, moderate Democrat. He's not a brash, in-your-face kind of politician, and that's the appeal, Democrats say. "For those craving normalcy, he is their answer," said John Morgan, a Democratic donor and injury lawyer, who recently met with Beshear and found him to be impressive. Morgan says he has a "very good chance" of winning a presidential contest, should he choose to enter, highlighting the governor's "authenticity." |
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UFC fighter Sean Strickland said Friday that he will not participate in the White House fight next year, citing the Trump administration's controversy around the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. "I think I'd wanna do the White House… if there was some kind of inclusion for fans," Strickland told video streamer Adin Ross and his friends. "So, if there was some kind of inclusion for fans, it'd be more … but like, just to go hang out with the f—ing Epstein list? I'm good, dog. I'm good, dude." His decision to back away from the White House UFC face-off coincided with the Department of Justice's latest release of files showcasing images, documents and flight logs tied to Epstein and his wealthy entourage. The administration was compelled to share the documents publicly after President Trump signed the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act into law late last month. |
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At least 16 files on the Justice Department's (DOJ) webpage containing files on Jeffrey Epstein, including a photo featuring two pictures of President Trump, were found to have disappeared from the department's website as of Saturday, The Associated Press reported. DOJ has not said why these files were removed from its website. |
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Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Saturday evening hailed the seizure by the U.S. Coast Guard of a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
The U.S. Navy assisted in the seizure, which took place on international waters, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced. |
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BY FORMER REP. LORETTA SANCHEZ (D-CALIF.) |
OPINION | When Ronald Reagan was president, he occasionally joked, "Sometimes in our administration, the right hand doesn't know what the far-right hand is doing." That quip comes to mind when surveying President Trump's disjointed approach to China. One of his hands is determined to crack down on the Chinese government, given its stated determination to compete with the United States for global leadership. But President Trump's other hand is looking to dole out favors to Beijing. |
OPINION | President Trump has weathered scandals, impeachments, investigations, electoral defeats, and enough lawsuits to make a mid-size law firm weep. But this winter, he's facing something he can't bluff or bark away: prices. Real prices. Grocery-store prices. The kind that glare at you from the receipt like a personal insult. And Americans are tired of being insulted. |
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BY NICK CORANSANITI & CHRISTINE ZHANG |
The Supreme Court is set to decide this term whether states can count mail-in ballots received after Election Day. The case centers on a law in Mississippi, but a total of about 18 states and territories accept such late-arriving ballots as long as they are postmarked by Election Day.
Should the court rule that all ballots nationwide must be received by Election Day, it could lead to the rejection of tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of ballots in the future, affecting a swath of American voters in rural and urban areas. |
BY NATALIE ANDREWS & ELIZA COLLINS |
Before Charlie Kirk was fatally shot, he was readying for JD Vance to become the next president of the United States. Now, Erika Kirk is determined to make that happen.
In her kickoff remarks for Turning Point USA's first major event since his death, Kirk's widow told the 31,000 attendees: "We are going to get my husband's friend JD Vance elected for 48 in the most resounding way possible." |
A Kremlin envoy says peace talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were pressing on "constructively" in Florida.
The talks are part of the Trump administration's monthslong push for peace that also included meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin earlier this week.
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BY HANNAH NATANSON & MERYL KORNFIELD |
A State Department worker watched on television as President Donald Trump, hours into his second term, signed executive orders that halted relocation flights for Afghan refugees — which her office existed to coordinate. She wondered: What would happen now?
A Veterans Affairs staffer in that agency's equity office watched Trump sign another document, this one outlawing diversity programs, and thought, "It's over." And in a Social Security building, a woman wandered over to her co-worker's desk worried about Russell Vought, Trump's pick for budget director. Vought said he wanted to put federal workers "in trauma," she pointed out, and would soon decide which agencies to cut and by how much. |
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