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Trump's FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, insists he has no 'enemies list' and won't seek retribution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, insisted to deeply skeptical Democrats on Thursday that he did not have an “enemies list" and that the bureau under his leadership would not seek retribution against the president's adversaries or launch...
The Latest: Trump wants to send immigrants who are in the US illegally to Guantanamo Bay
President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he is directing the opening of a detention center at Guantanamo Bay to hold up to 30,000 immigrants who are living illegally in the United States. People who are in the United States illegally and are accused of theft and violent crimes would have to be...
Takeaways from RFK Jr.'s first confirmation hearing as Trump's nominee for health secretary
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed to clarify his views on vaccines, abortion and public health priorities in the first of two Senate hearings as he tries to make the case to become President Donald Trump’s health secretary. Kennedy is seeking to lead the...
Kash Patel’s podcast persona: Staunch Trump defender and fierce critic of the FBI he could soon lead
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI agents who searched Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate found boxes of classified documents in his office and storage room and retrieved sensitive government secrets about nuclear systems and weapons capabilities. One person unmoved by the gravity of the...
Progressives are frustrated by Biden's final-days warning of billionaire influence
NEW YORK (AP) — The Democratic Party's left wing has warned for decades that America is moving toward an oligarchy in which a handful of billionaires controls much of the nation's wealth and political power. President Joe Biden elevated such concerns from the Oval Office for the...
Biden signs ambitious order to bolster energy resources for AI data centers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations, such as large-scale data centers and new clean power facilities, can be built quickly and at scale in the...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Jan. 2 The Washington Post on raises for Congress As a new Congress is sworn in Friday, this might seem like a bad time to talk about raising federal lawmakers’ pay. A...
