Maegan Vazquez
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Political breaking news reporter for The Washington Post.
New date and time! Join me on November 19 for a conversation with
@jocelynbenson.bsky.social
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events.nyu.edu/event/376679...
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Changemakers in Focus: A Conversation with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson
Join Penn Washington, the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, the NYU John Brademas Center, and the Association of Marshall Scholars...
https://events.nyu.edu/event/376679-changemakers-in-focus-a-conversation-with-m
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Trump complains about ‘really weird’ Time magazine photo
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Trump complains about ‘really weird’ Time magazine photo
The president says the publication “deserves to be called out” for using an unflattering image of him for its cover story about his efforts in the Middle East.
https://wapo.st/3WInvQN
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Please join me in DC on Sept. 22 for a conversation with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. RSVP links below!
2 months ago
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Newsom said Trump’s law enforcement surge to Democratic-led cities is “blatant hypocrisy,” when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.
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Newsom: Crime is a larger problem in GOP-led areas than Democratic-led ones
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Trump’s law enforcement surge to Democratic-led cities is “blatant hypocrisy,” when, he says, there are higher crime rates in some Republican-run places.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/28/newsom-trump-crime-red-states/
3 months ago
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White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director
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White House taps top RFK Jr. deputy as acting CDC director
The decision comes a day after Trump fired Susan Monarez, the Senate-confirmed CDC director, prompting a series of resignations of other top officials there.
https://wapo.st/4lSXqIV
3 months ago
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My dispatch from the Granite State -- Gallego gives Democrats blunt advice in New Hampshire, fueling 2028 talk
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Gallego gives Democrats blunt advice in New Hampshire, fueling 2028 talk
The freshman Arizona senator is making the rounds on the traditional early presidential circuit with a diagnosis of his party’s problem and a pitch for winning Trump voters.
https://wapo.st/476IT91
3 months ago
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Kristi Noem is living free of charge in Coast Guard commandant’s home
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Kristi Noem is living free of charge in Coast Guard commandant’s home
A DHS spokesman said Noem must live on the military base because she had been “so horribly doxxed and targeted that she is no longer able to safely live in her own apartment.”
https://wapo.st/4mike5W
3 months ago
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Trump threatens federal takeover of D.C. after attack on DOGE worker
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Trump threatens federal takeover of D.C. after attack on DOGE worker
“If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City,” Trump wrote Tuesday on Truth Social.
https://wapo.st/4m4j8ec
3 months ago
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White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge
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White House has no plan to mandate IVF care, despite campaign pledge
President Donald Trump has said he wants a “baby boom,” but critics say his administration has yet to make significant family policy changes — and that Medicaid cuts will hurt.
https://wapo.st/47d5yjT
3 months ago
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Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith faces investigation by Office of Special Counsel (w/@merylkornfield.bsky.social)
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Former Trump prosecutor Jack Smith faces investigation by Office of Special Counsel
Jack Smith, who pursued two cases against Donald Trump, is being investigated for potentially violating the Hatch Act.
https://wapo.st/4oeBkmR
3 months ago
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Hear Robin Givhan and Marc Jacobs on creativity, vulnerability and getting older
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Hear Robin Givhan and Marc Jacobs on creativity, vulnerability and getting older
The Washington Post’s Robin Givhan in conversation with designer Marc Jacobs.
https://wapo.st/47834Dq
3 months ago
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Does your city have too much of one kind of tree? That can be a problem.
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Does your city have too much of one kind of tree? That can be a problem.
Many urban canopies across U.S. cities are dominated by only a handful of tree types, putting them at risk of being wiped out by an insect or disease.
https://wapo.st/45qiGkk
4 months ago
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DHS is posting Americana paintings and migrant mugshots. The art world is not happy.
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DHS is posting Americana paintings and migrant mugshots. The art world is not happy.
Homeland Security is sharing images of pastoral paintings bookended by posts cheering Trump’s deportation campaign. Some artists are pushing back.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2025/07/29/trump-dhs-immigrants-social-paintings/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzUzNzYxNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzU1MTQzOTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NTM3NjE2MDAsImp0aSI6IjViM2I2OWY1LTY4YTAtNDM1ZS05MTI5LTM5YmQ1NTI3Zjc3MCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9pbW1pZ3JhdGlvbi8yMDI1LzA3LzI5L3RydW1wLWRocy1pbW1pZ3JhbnRzLXNvY2lhbC1wYWludGluZ3MvIn0.1BxWuWeJH4Lg6pHCLXOwnxCcgiPnNwHqgx4t-sU_HSU&itid=gfta
4 months ago
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Hot Dogs for Insomnia? A Kennedy Aide’s Start-Up Can Get You a Tax Break.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/b...
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Hot Dogs for Insomnia? A Kennedy Aide’s Start-Up Can Get You a Tax Break.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/business/truemed-fsa-hsa-calley-means-maha.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU8.O9S-.D-ODCbUAuE61&smid=tw-share
4 months ago
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Over 1 in 5 high-level Trump picks held crypto, Post analysis finds
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Over 1 in 5 high-level Trump picks held crypto, Post analysis finds
Over 1 in 5 top Trump appointees reported investments in crypto and other digital assets, far more than previous administrations, a Post analysis found.
https://wapo.st/3IyvKLA
4 months ago
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Texas to consider redistricting congressional map in special session
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Texas to consider redistricting congressional map in special session
The state legislature will take the rare step of considering a mid-decade redrawing of district lines in light of concerns raised by the Justice Department.
https://wapo.st/4lRuUbn
4 months ago
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Mexico braced for Trump’s mass deportations. They haven’t happened.
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Mexico braced for Trump’s mass deportations. They haven’t happened.
Trump has largely shut down the southwest border by ending asylum programs and deploying troops. But those moves have shrunk the pool of easy-to-deport migrants.
https://wapo.st/3IbPLrg
4 months ago
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Zohran Mamdani calls himself a democratic socialist. Here’s what that means.
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Zohran Mamdani calls himself a democratic socialist. Here’s what that means.
The 33-year-old candidate clinched the Democratic nomination for mayor of New York on Tuesday.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/01/zohran-mamdani-democratic-socialism-meaning-nyc/
4 months ago
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How Washington is stressing out American schools
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The ways government is stressing out your child’s public school
Take a journey through our schoolhouse to see some of the headwinds facing K-12 education in America today.
https://wapo.st/4dYjL5v
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Trump’s team is asking federal employees to develop rationales to cut funding to California, per two officials and records reviewed by The Post, via @hannah_natanson @ELaserDavies
@maeganvaz.bsky.social
@iduncan
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Trump administration weighs broad cancellation of California funding
Trump’s team is asking federal employees to develop rationales for funding cuts to the state, including citing noncompliance with the president’s executive orders.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/07/trump-california-funding/
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Chinese propaganda surges as the U.S. defunds Radio Free Asia
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Chinese propaganda surges as the U.S. defunds Radio Free Asia
Beijing expanded its state propaganda, including to the persecuted Tibetan and Uyghur minorities, as RFA pulled back.
https://wapo.st/4jDsqvx
5 months ago
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Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban
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Trump administration reinstates and expands travel ban
The effort comes as the president has pursued a series of extraordinary measures to curtail both illegal and legal immigration.
https://wapo.st/3FAhVv6
5 months ago
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The mysterious drop in fentanyl seizures on the U.S.-Mexico border
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The mysterious drop in fentanyl seizures on the U.S.-Mexico border
The reasons behind the decrease of fentanyl seizures in the U.S. and along the Mexico-U.S. border are complex.
https://wapo.st/4kINMZi
6 months ago
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Is knowing how to spell still relevant?
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Opinion | Is knowing how to spell still relevant?
The Scripps National Spelling Bee starts this week. Do you have what it takes?
https://wapo.st/43jLUk4
6 months ago
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Who chose the chairs?
6 months ago
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6 months ago
Love to see an Emily Yahr/
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Trump to pardon reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley
The former stars of USA Network’s “Chrisley Knows Best” were sentenced to 12 and seven years, respectively, in 2022 for fraud and tax evasion.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/27/trump-pardon-chrisley/
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Judge says Trump administration violated court order with South Sudan deportations
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Judge says Trump administration violated court order with South Sudan deportations
U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy said the removals violated his prior order that migrants be given time to challenge their deportations to countries where they are not citizens
https://wapo.st/4k7T6FS
6 months ago
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Inside the conclave: A visual guide on how the next pope will be elected
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Inside the conclave: A visual guide on how the next pope will be elected
The conclave process to elect the next pope is shrouded in secrecy. Here’s a visual guide to the ancient tradition.
https://wapo.st/42W7B9L
6 months ago
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From prosperity to austerity: Trump’s tone shifts ahead of tariff impacts
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From prosperity to austerity: Trump’s tone shifts ahead of tariff impacts
Trump has long promised to unleash a “golden age.” Now he is warning that Americans may have to cut back.
https://wapo.st/4k4vxx4
6 months ago
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I made this Tatte-inspired Halloumi salad for my work lunches this week. The sesame-almond topping truly takes it over the top!
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Halloumi Salad With Almond Crunch and Tahini Dressing
Seared halloumi stars in this crunchy, Mediterranean-inspired salad that’s a riff on a menu item at Tatte Bakery & Cafe.
https://wapo.st/4cWQOXe
6 months ago
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Is Trump waging a war on dolls?
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Is Trump waging a war on dolls?
It remains unclear how Trump’s tariff forecast that “maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30 dolls” will play out politically.
https://wapo.st/4iKLHLe
6 months ago
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She tried to expose Russia’s brutal detention system — and ended up dead
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She tried to expose Russia’s brutal detention system — and ended up dead
A consortium of international journalists continued the work of Viktoriia Roshchyna, who was investigating reports of torture and detention of Ukrainian civilians in occupied Ukraine.
https://wapo.st/3YNw5PF
7 months ago
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Trump’s first 100 days, in 10 charts
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Trump’s first 100 days, in 10 charts
Trump’s second term has seen a significant increase in executive orders, with more than 140 signed in his first 100 days, and a decline in his approval rating.
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7 months ago
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Meet the top donors to Trump’s $239 million inauguration fund
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Meet the top donors to Trump’s $239 million inauguration fund
The donors who gave at least $1 million to President Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration fund include crypto companies and people appointed to his administration.
https://wapo.st/42EDQKt
7 months ago
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Next week I'll be participating in an event in conversation with Kenneth Roth, the former executive director of Human Rights Watch, at NYU's Washington, D.C., campus. It will be a great discussion -- I hope you'll join us!
www.nyu.edu/community/go...
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Changemakers in Focus: A Conversation with Kenneth Roth, former executive director of the Human Rights Watch
https://www.nyu.edu/community/government-affairs/study-of-congress/news-and-events/changemakers-in-focus--a-conversation-with-kenneth-roth--former-.html
7 months ago
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As Trump tariffs sink in, conservatives challenge whether they’re legal
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As Trump tariffs sink in, conservatives challenge whether they’re legal
The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a legal nonprofit, has filed a complaint on behalf of a small stationery company in Florida.
https://wapo.st/3XPzRrA
7 months ago
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Inspector general to scrutinize Trump team’s Signal chat
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Inspector general to scrutinize Trump team’s Signal chat
The inspector general review follows revelations that top Trump officials used the unclassified platform Signal to coordinate military strikes in Yemen.
https://wapo.st/3Rwd1Bt
7 months ago
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See all the tariffs Trump has enacted, threatened and canceled
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See all the tariffs Trump has enacted, threatened and canceled
Get a day-by-day look at how Trump’s trade war has unfolded and where it stands now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2025/trump-tariffs-enacted-effect-threatened/?itid=hp_business-technology_p007_f006
8 months ago
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Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies
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Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies
While officials stressed the estimates were subject to change, the snapshot suggests how agencies are meeting President Trump’s mandate to shrink government.
https://wapo.st/4l334sO
8 months ago
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8 months ago
Judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data. Via
@maeganvaz.bsky.social
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Judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data
In a scathing ruling on Thursday, a federal judge wrote that DOGE “essentially engaged in a fishing expedition at SSA, in search of a fraud epidemic, based on little more than suspicion.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/20/doge-blocked-social-security-judge/
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Judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data.
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Judge temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing sensitive Social Security data
In a scathing ruling on Thursday, a federal judge wrote that DOGE “essentially engaged in a fishing expedition at SSA, in search of a fraud epidemic, based on little more than suspicion.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/20/doge-blocked-social-security-judge/
8 months ago
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A huge iceberg broke off Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them.
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A huge iceberg broke off Antarctica. What scientists found under it startled them.
Crustaceans, snails, worms and fish are among the dozens of creatures that deep-sea explorers discovered under a massive Antarctic ice shelf.
https://wapo.st/41HQqqp
8 months ago
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Trump wants Guantánamo to hold 30,000 migrants. So far it has held about 300.
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Trump wants Guantánamo to hold 30,000 migrants. So far it has held about 300.
Trump’s plan to vastly expand migrant detentions at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Station in Cuba has proven costly and logistically complicated.
https://wapo.st/3DSxmhf
8 months ago
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He escaped the cartel that kidnapped him. Then he learned there’s ‘no more asylum.’
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He escaped the cartel that kidnapped him. Then he learned there’s ‘no more asylum.’
Lawyers fear that in President Donald Trump’s rush to end illegal immigration, migrants with legitimate asylum claims are being turned away.
https://wapo.st/3FFI5fB
8 months ago
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Republicans unveil another extension to try to avert government shutdown
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Republicans unveil another extension to try to avert government shutdown
With less than a week to go before a March 14 shutdown deadline, it is not clear if Republicans have the votes to pass the continuing resolution unveiled Saturday.
https://wapo.st/41NLvW5
8 months ago
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Charlie Kirk opinion piece shared by POTUS this morning -- "shut up about egg prices" because "Trump is saving consumers millions"
8 months ago
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WaPo exclusive - Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows
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Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows
The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.
https://wapo.st/4bvtuPC
8 months ago
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In Democratic response to Trump, Sen. Elissa Slotkin says “Reagan must be rolling in his grave” over president’s early foreign policy moves.
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In Democratic response to Trump, Slotkin says, ‘Reagan must be rolling in his grave’
The freshman senator from a swing state, a former CIA analyst, scrutinized Donald Trump’s handling of Russia’s war on Ukraine, saying that he “would have lost us the Cold War.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/04/elissa-slotkin-response-trump-speech/
8 months ago
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Democratic congressman Al Green kicked out of Trump’s speech as Democrats bring signs, heckle.
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Al Green kicked out of Trump’s speech as Democrats bring signs, heckle
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) shouts at Trump, shaking his cane and saying that the president has “no mandate” to cut Medicaid before being escorted out of the House chamber.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/04/democrat-signs-heckling-trump-speech-congress/
8 months ago
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Democrats in the chamber protesting Trump: - "This is not normal" sign held up by Rep. Melanie Stansbury - Rep. Al Green standing and shouting, escorted out of the chamber - Lots of signs, lots of pink
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