Author: Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner
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Duckworth rips Trump FAA bonus as ‘insult,’ demands equal shutdown pay for all workers
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) on Wednesday urged the Trump administration to expand bonuses awarded during the recent government shutdown to qualifying Federal Aviation Administration workers to more employees at the agency. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced last month that air traffic controllers and technicians who had a perfect work attendance record during the shutdown would…
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Beshear becomes first major Democrat to question Jay Jones after violent texts revealed
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Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) became the first leading Democratic lawmaker to publicly question voting for Virginia attorney general candidate Jay Jones, breaking with his party’s reluctance to address the campaign. The Virginia race blew up earlier this month when violent text messages from Jones resurfaced, in which he suggested former state Republican House Speaker Todd…
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Trump says young people ‘owe’ him for saving TikTok in comeback on app
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President Donald Trump on Monday returned to TikTok, weeks after the White House unveiled a preliminary deal seeking to keep the popular social media platform operational in the United States. At the beginning of the year, TikTok briefly went dark amid unease that the Chinese-owned app poses a national security risk due to concerns that…