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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Kenneal Patterson |Liam Archacki |Jay McInerney
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is navigating some family drama. Speaking on The Daily Beast Podcast’s latest episode, Cuomo addressed the sore subject that is his (former) brother-in-law Robert F. Kennedy Jr.RFK Jr., President Donald Trump’s HHS secretary, has long made headlines for his positions on public health, vaccinations and, well, dead bears. His role in the Trump administration (and amid a measles outbreak) has proved particularly controversial.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | David Gardner |Liam Archacki |Kenneal Patterson
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to defend the White House’s wrongful deportation of a Maryland father to El Salvador by linking it to the heartbreaking ordeal of a mother in an entirely separate case.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Emell Derra Adolphus |Liam Archacki |Kenneal Patterson
Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) foot soldiers paid another visit Wednesday to the federal agency where they were accused of causing a “significant cybersecurity breach.”A whistleblower at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) made the accusation in an explosive NPR report Tuesday, offering evidence that DOGE took large amounts of data from the agency’s systems and risked a breach by foreign adversaries in the process.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Leigh McManus |Liam Archacki
President Donald Trump blocked his righthand man Elon Musk from attending a top-secret Pentagon briefing about China. The Tesla CEO was due to attend the meeting about military plans in the event of a war with China on March 21, according to Axios, but Trump stepped in when details of the briefing leaked to the media. “What the f--- is Elon doing there? Make sure he doesn’t go,” Trump said, according to a top official who spoke to Axios.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Janna Brancolini |Yasmeen Hamadeh |Liam Archacki
President Donald Trump’s federal housing director has asked the Department of Justice to investigate Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud. A criminal referral sent by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William Pulte accuses the New York attorney general of allegedly falsifying records to get better home mortgage terms from federally backed lenders.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Julia Ornedo |Kenneal Patterson |Liam Archacki |Leigh McManus
The Trump administration is reportedly looking to cut off thousands of immigrants from crucial financial services as part of a bid to drive them out of the country.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Liam Archacki |Eleanor Clift |Matt Wilstein
An Australian comedian has canceled her visit to the U.S. over concerns that she could be targeted at the border because of her past jokes about Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Alice Fraser, who has appeared on the BBC and undertaken previous international tours, had planned to come to New York City in May to promote her book, according to The Guardian. She was going to apply for an 0-1B visa, which allows individuals with “extraordinary ability” in the arts to live and work in America.
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1 week ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Nandika Chatterjee |Erkki Forster |Juliegrace Brufke |Liam Archacki
The White House has withdrawn its nomination for Kathleen Sgamma to lead the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management, just days after her opinion on the Jan. 6 riots resurfaced online. The news came right before her confirmation hearing was about to begin Thursday, AP News reported. Sgamma’s withdrawal came two days after revelations that she was critical of the president for inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021.
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2 weeks ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Emell Derra Adolphus |Liam Archacki
A transgender military pilot is suing after MAGA falsely blamed her for the Washington, D.C., air crash that killed 67 people in January, The New York Times reported. In a defamation lawsuit filed Wednesday, Black Hawk pilot Jo Ellis, 35, accused right-wing influencer Matt Wallace of defaming her by falsely claiming that she intentionally collided with a commercial airliner and died in the crash.
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2 weeks ago | 
thedailybeast.com | Josh Fiallo |Liam Archacki
A passenger jet carrying multiple members of Congress was forced to return to its gate Thursday after another plane struck its wing on the runway, lawmakers said. The incident took place at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which has had a handful of incidents this year—like the doomed American Airlines flight 5432 that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter on approach in January, killing 67 people. Axios reported the lawmakers on board Thursday included Reps.
