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Trump pardons BitMEX crypto trade convicts
Arthur Hayes, chief executive officer of BitMEX, speaks during the Consensus: Invest event in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump granted pardons to three co-founders of the BitMEX global cryptocurrency exchange, as well as to a former high-ranking employee of the company, CNBC…
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Trump Points Absurd Toothless Govt Order On Elections
PoliticusUSA is ad-free, billionaire-free, and 100% independent. To support our work, please consider becoming a subscriber. Donald Trump loves to issue executive orders that have no legal authority. The president has never understood the difference between executive orders and laws and that was never made more clear by Trump’s latest executive order that requires proof…
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Trump says ‘there will be flexibility’ on reciprocal tariffs
President Donald Trump on Friday said there will be “flexibility” on his reciprocal tariff plan, even as he seemed to oppose the idea of making exceptions for the forthcoming duties. “People are coming to me and talking about tariffs, and a lot of people are asking me if they could have exceptions,” Trump told reporters…
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Prime Democrats Demand Investigation Into DeJoy’s Secret Deal With Musk To Intestine USPS
PoliticusUSA is a reader-supported publication. Your support allows us to be ad and corporate-free. Please consider becoming a subscriber. House Democrats who oversee the USPS are concerned that the Trump administration is maneuvering to get around the law and gut the United Postal Service. In a letter to House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-KY),…
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Trump pardons former Tennessee Sen. Brian Kelsey
Former Tennessee Sen. Brian Kelsey, left, arrives at federal court, Nov. 22, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. On Monday, July 8, 2024, a federal appeals panel ruled to keep a 21-month prison sentence in place for the former Tennessee state senator who tried to withdraw his guilty plea on campaign finance law violations. Mark Humphrey |…
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Did MSNBC Cancel Pleasure Reid To Please Donald Trump?
PoliticusUSA is ad-free and independent thanks to the support of readers like you. Please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber. When MSNBC pulled the plug on The Reid Out, it was strange because there was no warning that such a change could be coming for viewers. There was reportedly tension between Reid and her…
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Mexico extradites drug cartel members amid Trump tariff menace
Soldiers escort a man who authorities identified as Omar Trevino Morales, alias “Z-42,” leader of the Zetas drug cartel, as he is moved from a military plane to a military vehicle at the Attorney General’s Office hangar in Mexico City, March 4, 2015. Eduardo Verdugo | AP Mexico extradited 29 drug cartel members to the…
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Delusional Mike Johnson Claims Protesters At GOP City Halls Are Democratic Crops
Please consider supporting PoliticusUSA by becoming a subscriber. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has a problem. The American people across party lines don’t want Republicans to gut Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Constituents have been showing up at House Republican town halls and voicing their displeasure. The situation has gotten…
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Germans head to the polls in crucial election with far-right good points anticipated
The German parliament convenes for its last regular session before the general election. Michael Kappeler | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Germans headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in the 2025 federal election, which is all but guaranteed to result in a new chancellor taking over from Olaf Scholz to lead Europe’s largest…
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A Dozen Home Republicans Are Opposing Medicaid Cuts
PoliticusUSA is now ad-free thanks to the support of readers like you. Please support our work by becoming a subscriber. In an interesting turn of events, the House Republican budget resolution is in trouble because of Medicaid, and not for the reason you might think. The issue is that a dozen House Republicans don’t want…
