The Debrief with Conn Carroll: JD Vance’s attempt to end the marriage penalty
Washington Examiner Commentary Editor Conn Carroll joins Sarah Bedford to discuss the attempt from Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) to remove the marriage penalty for the earned income tax credit.
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Emails reveal Epstein’s network of the rich and powerful despite sex offender status
Jesse Bedayn
jesse.bedayn@associatedpress.com
Updated 2 days ago
By the time Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl, he had established an enormous network of wealthy and influential friends. Emails made public this week show the crime did little to diminish the...
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Starbucks workers kick off 65-store US strike on company’s busy Red Cup Day
Dee-ann Durbin
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Updated 3 days ago
More than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday to protest a lack of progress in labor negotiations with the company. The strike was intended to disrupt Starbucks’ Red Cup Day, which is typically one...
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Boebert claims ‘no pressure’ to remove her name from Epstein petition
Ernest Luning
ernest-luning@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
Colorado U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert denied reports that her meeting at the White House on Wednesday was to pressure the Republican to remove her name from a congressional petition that would necessitate a vote to release files related to disgraced...
Ernest Luning
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Trump signs deal ending government shutdown
Rachel Schilke
rachel-schilke@denvergazette.com
Updated 2 days ago
The longest federal government shutdown ended Wednesday night after the U.S. House voted for a new spending measure and President Donald Trump shortly after signed the deal reached by Democrats and Republicans. In a 222 to 209 vote, the House passed a...
Rachel Schilke
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Boebert meets with Trump officials on Epstein files
Lauren Green
lauren-green@denvergazette.com
Updated 3 days ago
The White House held a meeting with Rep. Lauren Boebert on Wednesday before a discharge petition forcing a vote on a full release of the Jeffrey Epstein files was signed by newly sworn-in Rep. Adelita Grijalva. Boebert confirmed the meeting...
Lauren Green
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Epstein email says Trump ‘knew about the girls’ as White House calls its release a Democratic smear
Eric Tucker
eric.tucker@associatedpress.com
Updated 2 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jeffrey Epstein wrote in a 2019 email to a journalist that Donald Trump “knew about the girls,” according to documents made public Wednesday, but what he knew — and whether it pertained to the sex offender’s crimes...
Eric Tucker
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Grijalva to be sworn in as the House’s newest member, paving way for an Epstein files vote
Joey Cappelletti
joey.cappelletti@associatedpress.com
Updated 4 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the House returns Wednesday for the first time in months, Democrat Adelita Grijalva will be sworn in as its newest member, nearly seven weeks after winning a special election in Arizona to fill the seat last...
Joey Cappelletti
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The Supreme Court is expected to say whether full SNAP food payments can resume
Geoff Mulvihill
geoff.mulvihill@associatedpress.com
Updated 5 days ago
It’s up to the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress to decide when full payments will resume under the SNAP food aid program that helps 1 in 8 Americans buy groceries, as some wonder how they will feed their families without...
Geoff Mulvihill
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Speaker Johnson says House will return to Washington for voting on shutdown deal
Mary Clare Jalonick
mary.clare.jalonick@associatedpress.com
Updated 5 days ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that House lawmakers should start returning to Washington “right now” after a small group of Senate Democrats broke a 40-day stalemate late Sunday evening and voted with Republicans to move forward with...
Mary Clare Jalonick
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Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozen
David A. Lieb
david.a..lieb@associatedpress.com
Updated 5 days ago
President Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen. The request is the latest in a flurry of legal activity over how a...
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