Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made a surprise last-minute appearance in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday night shortly after former President Donald Trump canceled his scheduled rally in the area, citing weather conditions. DeSantis spoke at a fundraising event for Rep. Randy Feenstra in Sioux Center earlier in the day before …
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Washington — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pushing Republican donor and real estate magnate Harlan Crow to provide a full accounting of the gifts, trips and travel accommodations he has given to Justice Clarence Thomas and any other members of the Supreme Court. The letter from the 11 …
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Washington — Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson made an inflammatory, racist comment in a text message to a producer about a video that showed a group of “Trump guys” attacking “an Antifa kid,” writing in the message that “it’s not how white men fight,” according to the New York …
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President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden earned a total of $579,514 and paid $169,820 in total federal and state taxes for an effective federal tax rate of 23.8% in 2022, according to copies of their returns obtained on Tax Day. That’s slightly less than the Bidens earned in …
Read More »Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is returning to the Senate Monday, more than a month after suffering a fall. McConnell suffered a concussion after tripping at a Washington, D.C., hotel last month and has been working from home since he was released from a rehabilitation facility. “I am looking forward …
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Washington — The House on Thursday approved a sprawling energy package that seeks to undo virtually all of President Biden’s agenda to address climate change, with four Democrats joining Republicans in voting for passage. The massive GOP bill up would sharply increase domestic production of oil, natural gas and coal, …
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Actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis, who stars as the eponymous soccer coach in the TV series “Ted Lasso,” paid a visit to the White House Monday — accompanied by the cast of the hit show — to encourage people to make it a point to check in on the mental …
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Washington — President Biden told Senate Democrats that he will not veto a Republican-backed resolution that would block changes to the Washington, D.C., criminal code should it reach his desk, multiple senators said after a closed-door lunch with him on Thursday. The president himself soon confirmed his position, which places …
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Washington — The Justice Department is seeking to seize money that has been contributed to the white supremacist who rammed his car into a group of counter-protesters, killing one person, at the infamous “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. In court filings reviewed by CBS News, federal prosecutors in …
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Republican Congressman Greg Steube has been moved out of intensive care, after sustaining serious injuries from a 25-foot fall earlier this week. The Florida representative’s Twitter account confirmed he was moved out of the ICU Thursday and remains hospitalized. Steube, according to his Twitter account, was hospitalized with “several serious” …
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