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The worst committee assignment in the Senate

Senators laughed when they were asked if they wanted to serve on the Ethics Committee.

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'Wow': Trump’s new press secretary pummeled after ‘brutally bad’ Sean Hannity grillingCritics are doubling down on their predictions of a short tenure for President Donald Trump's new press secretary after a rough night on friendly turf. White House press secretary Katie Zacharia sat down with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday night, and he wasted little time pressing her on her claims to be an attorney despite no evidence that she…

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Zacharia confirms she did not pass bar examWhite House press secretary Katie Zacharia said late Thursday that she did not pass the bar exam after her legal background prior to joining the Trump administration was called into question. Zacharia, who has previously claimed to be a lawyer and was described as an “attorney” by President Trump, faced scrutiny in her first week...

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‘They got him cold’: Trump teases mysterious new scandal during Georgia rallyPresident Donald Trump interrupted his own remarks at a Georgia rally Friday to hint at an explosive new scandal involving former President Joe Biden and his son Hunter — but offered few details about what happened. The moment came as Trump was attacking Biden during his speech in Dalton when he suddenly brought up the former president’s family. “Oh, did…

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FBI agents and analysts fired for roles in Trump classified files probe sue to get their jobs backThe suit was filed in federal court in Washington on behalf of nine agents, intelligence analysts and staff operations specialists who were fired in February.

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Trump’s ‘most-feared man in government’ torched by his own old ‘chilling’ warning: analystPresident Donald Trump's top communications regulator is being haunted by words he wrote just a few years ago. In a column published Friday by The Bulwark, critic Sonny Bunch zeroed in on a February 2021 statement from Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr condemning Democrats for sending letters to cable providers and other regulated…

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Trump Says There's Zero Chance of Replacing Susie Wiles"Balance of Power" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Mick Mulvaney, former acting White House Chief of Staff and Co-Founder of the Freedom Caucus, says the Trump administration “set” Katie Zacharia “up to fail” by not giving her enough preparation before she began her five-day tenure as White House press…

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Katie Zacharia fired as White House press secretary after just 5 days in roleKatie Zacharia has been dismissed as White House press secretary after a brief tenure marked by controversy surrounding her legal credentials and performance. Nancy Cordes has more.

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