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Mike Johnson’s latest government funding plan seems to be a charade. Whether anyone will really be convinced of it is the question.
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- The decline of local news has become a campaign problem, Columbia Journalism Review
- How a long-standing federal program allows thousands of workers to earn subminimum wages, The Washington Post
- Inside a network of Republican operatives trying to prop up third-party candidates, Associated Press
- Congress put the wrong date in the tax law. Companies are reaping millions, The Wall Street Journal
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White House
May 16, 2024
Biden Asserts Executive Privilege Over Hur Tapes
The White House is refusing demands from congressional Republicans to hand over audio and video recordings made by the special counsel who had been investigating the president’s handling of classified materials, arguing Republicans just want to use them for “partisan political purposes.”