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2 weeks ago | 
gazette.com | Mabinty Quarshie |Naomi Lim
The death of Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) revived a fierce battle over age that has bedeviled the Democratic Party. Connolly died on Wednesday at the age of 75 after a recurrence of cancer forced the Virginia lawmaker to step down as the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee last month. His death marks the third elderly Democratic member of Congress to die in office this year. The late Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) died in March at the age of 77 after a battle with cancer.
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2 weeks ago | 
gazette.com | Christian Datoc |Naomi Lim
President Donald Trump, a former reality TV producer, has reimagined foreign leader visits to the White House, using the usually buttoned-up bilateral talks as opportunities to hijack media coverage on his own terms. On Wednesday, for the second time this year, Trump gave a head of state or government visiting the White House a public dressing down before members of the media.
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2 weeks ago | 
denvergazette.com | Christian Datoc |Naomi Lim
President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa about claims of a white genocide by showing video footage in the Oval Office of alleged burial sites of white farmers. "Turn the lights down and just put this on," Trump said as he directed Ramaphosa to watch a video montage of political rallies with widespread chants of “kill the farmer!" and images of grave sites. "These are burial sites right here....
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2 weeks ago | 
gazette.com | Naomi Lim |Christian Datoc
President Donald Trump conveyed confidence that Russia and Ukraine would reengage in negotiations for a ceasefire and an end to the war between the two countries after a two-hour-long phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War," Trump wrote on social media on Monday.
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4 weeks ago | 
denvergazette.com | Christian Datoc |Naomi Lim
President Donald Trump's new wave of firings at independent agencies could spark another legal firestorm over his attempts to leverage his executive branch power. Consumer Product Safety Commission Commissioners Richard Trumka Jr. and Mary Boyle, both of whom were nominated by former President Joe Biden, received notice of their terminations in an email late Thursday night.
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1 month ago | 
denvergazette.com | Christian Datoc |Naomi Lim
President Donald Trump announced a new framework Thursday for a bilateral trade deal with the United Kingdom, his first trade deal since launching an overarching tariff agenda last month. White House officials previously told the Washington Examiner that the administration was close to agreeing to deals with a number of trading partners.
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1 month ago | 
gazette.com | Naomi Lim |Ramsey Touchberry
President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was pulling his nominee to be the next U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, Ed Martin. "He's a terrific person, and he wasn't getting the support from people that I thought," Trump told reporters in the White House's Oval Office after announcing a trade deal with the United Kingdom. Trump added that Martin has "done a very good job" in an acting capacity since his inauguration.
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1 month ago | 
denvergazette.com | Rachel Schilke |Naomi Lim
President Donald Trump asked House leadership to consider an increase in the top tax rate for those making millions of dollars a year, a proposition some Republicans are wary of as they look to reach significant slashes in spending to pay for an extension of the tax cuts. A source familiar with the president's thinking told the Washington Examiner that Trump is considering allowing the rate on those making $2.5 million or more to revert from 37% to the pre-2017 39.6%.
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1 month ago | 
denvergazette.com | Anna Giaritelli |Naomi Lim
Cameron Hamilton, the temporary leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, was fired less than one day after testifying to Congress that he did not believe it should be shuttered. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed to the Washington Examiner early Thursday afternoon that Hamilton was no longer the head of FEMA, hours after he had posted on X that he was looking forward to the continued work in that post.
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1 month ago | 
denvergazette.com | Naomi Lim |Christian Datoc
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney gently rebuffed President Donald Trump's desire to annex Canada on Tuesday in a White House meeting aimed at easing tensions between the two countries. "Well, if I may, as you know, from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale,” Carney told Trump. “Having met with the owners of Canada over the course of the campaign the last several months, it's not for sale.”“Never say never,” Trump replied.
