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Trump press secretary says White House intends to celebrate Black History Month and contributions of ‘all Americans’

Amid concerns about whether President Donald Trump‘s anti-DEI orders should be interpreted as the federal government ending its tradition of observing Black History Month, Trump press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the White House “certainly still intends to celebrate.” “We will continue to celebrate American history and the contributions that all Americans, regardless of race, religious creed, have made to our great country,” Leavitt said during the Trump administration’s first official press briefing since President Trump took office on Jan. 20. […]

todayJanuary 29, 2025

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Karine Jean-Pierre bids tearful farewell to historic role as White House press secretary

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre fought back tears as she delivered her goodbyes at the final press briefing of the Biden-Harris administration. On Wednesday, Jean-Pierre announced the very last press briefing before President Joe Biden leaves office on Jan. 20. This marked her 306th White House briefing out of a total of 537 throughout the administration’s four years. Reflecting on the Biden-Harris White House’s first day in office, Jean-Pierre noted that the administration held its very first briefing on […]

todayJanuary 16, 2025

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Trump to be sentenced in hush money case, days before return to White House

 In a singular moment in U.S. history, President-elect Donald Trump faces sentencing Friday for his New York hush money conviction after the nation’s highest court refused to intervene. Like so much else in the criminal case and the current American political landscape, the scenario set to unfold in an austere Manhattan courtroom was unimaginable only a few years ago. A state judge is to say what consequences, if any, the country’s former and soon-to-be leader will face for felonies that a jury found he committed. […]

todayJanuary 10, 2025 1

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Hundreds of Capitol riot prosecutions are in limbo as a DC court awaits Trump’s White House return

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the largest prosecution in Justice Department history — with reams of evidence, harrowing videos and hundreds of convictions of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now Donald Trump’s return to power has thrown into question the future of the more than 1,500 federal cases brought over the last four years. Jan. 6 trials, guilty pleas and sentencings have continued chugging along in Washington’s federal court despite Trump’s promise to pardon rioters, whom he has called “political prisoners” and “hostages” […]

todayJanuary 6, 2025

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The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees

The Biden administration has finalized a rule limiting overdraft fees banks can charge, as part of the White House’s campaign to reduce junk fees that hit consumers on everyday purchases, including banking services. President Joe Biden had called the fees, which can be as high as $35, “exploitative,” while the banking industry has lobbied extensively to keep the existing fee structures in place. Under the finalized rule announced Thursday, banks will be able to choose from three options: they may […]

todayDecember 24, 2024 2

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House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of ‘regularly’ paying for sex, including with 17-year-old girl

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs as a member of Congress, as lawmakers released the conclusions of a nearly four-year investigation that helped sink his nomination for attorney general. The 37-page report by the bipartisan panel includes explicit details of sex-filled parties and vacations that Gaetz, now 42, took part in from 2017 to 2020 while the Republican represented Florida’s western Panhandle. Congressional […]

todayDecember 23, 2024 1

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White House starts scrapping pending regulations on student debt

President Joe Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender student athletes and cancel student loans for more than 38 million Americans, the first steps in an administration-wide plan to jettison pending regulations to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from retooling them to achieve his own aims. The White House expects to pull back unfinished rules across several agencies if there isn’t enough time to finalize them before Trump takes office. If the proposed regulations were left in their current state, the […]

todayDecember 20, 2024 1

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House rejects Trump-backed plan on government shutdown, leaving next steps uncertain

The House rejected President-elect Donald Trump‘s new plan Thursday to fund federal operations and suspend the debt ceiling a day before a government shutdown, as Democrats refused to accommodate his sudden demands and the quick fix cobbled together by Republican leaders. In a hastily convened evening vote punctuated by angry outbursts over the self-made crisis, the lawmakers failed to reach the two-thirds threshold needed for passage — but House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared determined to try again before Friday’s midnight deadline. “We’re going to […]

todayDecember 19, 2024

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The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration has finalized a rule limiting overdraft fees banks can charge, as part of the White House’s campaign to reduce junk fees that hit consumers on everyday purchases, including banking services. President Joe Biden had called the fees, which can be as high as $35, “exploitative,” while the banking industry has lobbied extensively to keep the existing fee structures in place. Under the finalized rule announced Thursday, banks will be able to choose from […]

todayDecember 13, 2024 1