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Column | As Biden exits the stage, Democrats are uncharacteristically quiet

After three years of touting their historic record together, congressional Democrats have fallen silent on Joe Biden’s legacy in his final days in office.

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Author: Paul Kane

Progressive Leader Faiz Shakir Announces Late DNC Chair Bid

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Author: Daniel Marans

Progressive Strategist Faiz Shakir Launches Bid For DNC Chair

Progressive strategist Faiz Shakir enters DNC chair race, emphasizing working-class voter connection and party reform.

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Author: inkl

Cuba to release over 550 prisoners after being cleared from US terror list

After outgoing US President Joe Biden cleared Cuba from Washington’s list of state sponsors of terrorism on Tuesday, the US-sanctioned country announced a deal negotiated alongside the Catholic Church…

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Author: NEWS WIRES

Sanders campaign vet Shakir launches DNC chair bid

Progressive strategist Faiz Shakir, who ran Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign in 2020, has announced a late bid to lead the Democratic National Committee. Citing a “lack of vision and convicti…

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Author: Hanna Trudo

The One Trump Pick Democrats Actually Like

Does Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s nomination for labor secretary signal a shift in the GOP’s stance toward unions?

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Author: Russell Berman

Live updates: Senate to hold confirmation hearings for Trump picks including Pam Bondi, Marco Rubio

The Senate is accelerating the confirmation process Wednesday for President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet choices, scheduling half a dozen hearings.

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Author: Washington Post

Hegseth struggles to answer Sen. Duckworth’s question about ASEAN countries

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Author: CNN

Trump’s nominee Pete Hegseth endures Democratic grilling, remains unscathed

Hegseth, a former Fox News host and decorated veteran, is one of the most controversial figures ever nominated to be Secretary of Defense.

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Author: Hindustan Times

Crockett, Mace get into heated exchange over trans rights: ‘If you want to take it outside’

Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) and Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) got into a heated exchange during a Tuesday Oversight Committee hearing and discussion about civil rights and transgender rights that ended …

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Author: Lauren Irwin

California fires live: 6m people under critical fire threat as dangerous winds expected; governor says conditioning aid ‘un-American’

Forecasters warn of ‘particularly dangerous weather situation’ in California; Gavin Newsom hits back at House speaker for ‘politicizing’ tragedy

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Author: the Guardian

Faiz Shakir, Ex-Bernie Sanders Campaign Chief, Joins Race for D.N.C. Chair

Mr. Shakir said his mission, should he win the post, would be to redefine the Democratic Party as the party of the working class.

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Author: Shane Goldmacher,Reid J. Epstein

Trump’s threat to place conditions on fire aid outrages Democrats

Withholding natural disaster aid to force policy changes is unusual and would mark a major escalation in Republicans’ feuds with blue states.

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Author: Hannah Knowles,Maeve Reston,Marianna Sotomayor,Mariana Alfaro

US politicians get in heated row over trans rights: ‘If you want to take it outside…’

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Author: Sky News

US to remove Cuba from state sponsors of terrorism list

President Biden moves to reverse the designation introduced by Donald Trump before he returns to office.

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Author: @BBCNews

Biden’s Cuba bombshell shocks Florida Democrats

Florida Democrats fear Biden’s move gives Trump a chance to frame their party as beholden to socialists.

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Author: Marc Caputo

Analysis: Why Pete Hegseth is a perfect fit to be Trump’s Pentagon chief

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed unqualified by any conventional president.

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Author: Stephen Collinson

What does Chile mean in AAVE slang? Memes erupt as Nancy Mace challenges Jasmine Crockett to ‘take it outside’ amid debate

South Carolina Republican Representative Nancy Mace seemingly challenged Representative Jasmine Crockett to take their argument outside, during the Tuesday, January 14 House Oversight and Accountabili

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Author: Karishma Rao

‘If you want to take it outside …’: Rep. Nancy Mace challenges Rep. Jasmine Crockett at House hearing

The heated exchange took place during a discussion of civil rights and transgender rights at a House Oversight Committee meeting.

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Author: Raquel Coronell Uribe

Congresswoman challenges colleague to ‘take it outside’ during House hearing

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Author: CNN

‘We know who the good guy is’ — Trump’s defense nominee grilled over war in Ukraine

Pete Hegseth’s nomination in November sent shockwaves through Pentagon corridors.

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Author: Boldizsar Gyori

S. Korea Opposition Party Says Yoon Arrest ‘First Step’ To Restoring Order

South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party said Wednesday that the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was the beginning of restoring order to the country after weeks of political turmoil.

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Author: AFP – Agence France Presse

The one exchange that hints Trump will get his way on Pete Hegseth

Joni Ernst is a vital voice on whether the nominee for defence secretary is confirmed. At his Senate hearing, she appeared to have been won round

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Author: David Charter, Washington

Protesters interrupt Trump’s pick for defence secretary during hearing

Pete Hegseth heckled by protesters as he faced questions from lawmakers at a Senate confirmation hearing

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

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