Extensive water damage, steel rusting to the point it feels like “tissue paper,” and industrial chillers over three decades old.As the Kennedy Center readies for this massive undertaking, it has hosted congressional leaders and project donors for tours of the campus to show the extent of the structural damage that...
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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied on Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s extension of the Iran war ceasefire would last only three to five days.“The president has not set a firm deadline to receive an Iranian proposal, unlike some of the reporting I’ve seen today,” Leavitt told the press....
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James Blair, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff, said Wednesday that Virginia passing a redistricting referendum is not a concern for Republicans as the midterm elections approach.Speaking with CNN’s Dana Bash, Blair said the GOP still retains the ability to come out on top in the midterm elections despite...
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President Donald Trump celebrated the “very good news” on Wednesday that eight Iranian women, who were to be executed, have been spared by Tehran leaders.“I have just been informed that the eight women protestors who were going to be executed tonight in Iran will no longer be killed,” Trump wrote...
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Mark Cuban, the billionaire investor behind Cost Plus Drugs, announced he is teaming up with the Trump administration and TrumpRx to try to make prescription drugs more affordable.“We do manufacturing in Dallas,” Cuban said Wednesday on Fox News’s Fox & Friends. “We’re working really close with TrumpRx, which I love....
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Earlier this month, President Donald Trump released his fiscal 2027 budget. Like all presidential budgets, it serves primarily as a signal of priorities to Congress. But even as a signal, this one is notable for its scope and direction.The proposal combines significant spending restraint with targeted investments in core federal...
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White House officials in the Biden administration privately praised Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as an “ICON” while coordinating with her office during the now-defunct racketeering case against President Donald Trump, according to internal emails released Tuesday by Senate investigators.The email chains, made public by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman...
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The White House announced Tuesday that Trump has nominated Phelan, who specializes in macroeconomic theory, to be chairman of the CEA. If confirmed by the Senate, he will replace acting Chairman Pierre Yared, who will return to teaching at Columbia Business School. Phelan received his doctorate in economics from the...
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President Donald Trump is set to host NCAA collegiate national champions at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, with remarks scheduled for 4 p.m.More than 100 collegiate champions from schools across the country are expected to attend, including student-athletes from Oklahoma State men’s golf and Texas A&M women’s volleyball. The...
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President Donald Trump has made a career out of slapping his name on buildings and products, and those seeking favor have found following suit is the easiest way to his heart.Republicans in Congress and state legislatures, and foreign leaders, have earned favor by proposing initiatives to brand projects and sites...
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Four former presidents expressed confidence that the United States’s best days are ahead, because of democracy’s “self-correcting” power. In an NBC News interview that aired on Tuesday, former presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden shared a message to the country in light of the nation’s semiquincentennial....
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the Justice Department would not end its investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell over cost overruns tied to renovations at the central bank’s headquarters, even as the inquiry threatens to complicate his effort to install a successor.During an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box,...
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