Burgess Everett

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5 hours agoHere’s how much a ‘Made in the USA’ iPhone would costWhen President Barack Obama asked the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs about making an iPhone in the U.S., Jobs didn't mince words. "Those jobs aren't coming …13 hours agoUS fires Greenland military base chief for 'undermining' VanceThe head of the US military base in Greenland has been fired after she reportedly sent an email distancing herself from Vice-President JD Vance's criticism of Denmark.

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Sen. Rand Paul is inarguably one of the most conservative members of Congress. But the Kentucky Republican has decided to step back from the conservative Senate Republican Steering Committee, he told Semafor. He’s ended on the other side of his Steering colleagues on issues like tariffs, raising the debt ceiling and the GOP’s budget plans. “Let’s just say, like the tariffs, we put it on pause,” he said of his involvement in the committee.

2 weeks ago | semafor.com | Burgess Everett |Eleanor Mueller

After weeks of intraparty disarray and tariff stress, the Republican Congress finally has something to celebrate. Let’s just say they’re not planning a blowout. After battling for months over whether to get President Donald Trump’s agenda done in one big bill or two on national security and taxes, the House and Senate are finally aligned.

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Michael Bennet is running for governor of Colorado, continuing a trend of senators seeking more impact back home in an executive branch. The Democratic senator has made no secret of his frustrations with the Senate. And in announcing his campaign, he made sure to take a shot at the legislative branch: “The best solution to our challenges will not come from Washington’s broken politics.

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6 hours agoVideo captured by the White House shows Donald Trump bragging that friend and investor Charles Schwab made two billion dollars from the current stock market chaos. In a video posted to X Wednesday (9 April), the president introduced NASCAR drivers to the founder and chairman of Charles Schwab Corporation, a multinational financial services company. “It’s not just a company, it’s actually an individual,” Trump told the racing drivers.