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GOP senators deride idea of replacing FBI background checks for Trump nominees

TheHill.com 

Senate Republicans are rejecting a proposal floated by some advisers to President-elect Trump to take the job of conducting background checks for high-level nominees away from the FBI and give it to private investigators. Doing so could make it easier for some nominees to win Senate confirmation, but GOP senators say the FBI should retain...

Trump’s vows for revenge take on new seriousness

TheHill.com 

President-elect Trump’s vows to seek revenge have brought a renewed sense of alarm to those who have crossed ways with him now that he’s returning to the White House. Trump routinely calls for adverse actions against his perceived enemies and often makes veiled threats – a dynamic present during his first term in office that accelerated...

Speaker Johnson becomes 'MAGA' Mike, cementing place in Trump's circle

TheHill.com 

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is cementing his place in President-elect Trump’s inner orbit, becoming not only a visible — if slightly out-of-place-looking — part of his entourage, but a key supporter of his no-holds-barred approach to his second term. The dynamic is setting up the Speaker to be critical to Trump’s success in his first...

How Trump and Republicans could pay for new tax cuts

TheHill.com 

President-elect Trump and Republican lawmakers are gearing up to push a massive tax-cut bill through Congress next year but will face pressure to find ways to cover the costs. While Trump and many of his GOP colleagues argue that well-crafted tax cuts pay for themselves, a vocal band of fiscal hawks within the party are...

Vulnerable Democrats who won say party must follow their path

TheHill.com 

House Democratic front-liners have a message for leadership as the party grapples with what went wrong in this year’s elections: Follow our example. While Democrats were generally wiped out on Election Day — losing the White House and Senate, and failing to flip control of the House — vulnerable Democrats in the lower chamber were...

When Trump left office, students were struggling because of the pandemic. They still are

TheHill.com 

When President-elect Trump left office in early 2021, the pandemic was at its height. Now he returns as American children and schools are struggling to overcome its lingering impact. Learning loss and chronic absenteeism are proving to be stubborn problems, and education experts say Trump is currently more focused on culture war issues than raising...

Bottom Line: Cannabis industry calls in Trump transition alum

TheHill.com 

Marijuana The ​US Cannabis Council hired Mercury Public Affairs to lobby on issues related to the cannabis industry. The lobbyist on the account is Bryan Lanza, who served as communications director for President-elect Trump’s first transition team. The cannabis industry is at a pivotal period. The Biden administration in May initiated the formal rulemaking process...

Harris campaign's spending comes under scrutiny

TheHill.com 

Vice President Harris’s campaign is seeing growing scrutiny over its spending strategy as Democrats continue to reckon with her devastating loss to President-elect Trump. Harris’s campaign blew through more than $1 billion in spending, and her team was reportedly left $20 million in the red after the election — though her campaign has vowed there will be...

Inside Sonny and Cher’s secretly dark relationship — and how Lucille Ball encouraged her to leave him - Page Six

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  1. Inside Sonny and Cher’s secretly dark relationship — and how Lucille Ball encouraged her to leave him  Page Six
  2. Book Review: ‘Cher: The Memoir,’ by Cher  The New York Times
  3. Sonny Bono thought about ‘seriously’ killing Cher, she claims in memoir  Page Six
  4. Five things we learnt from Cher’s memoir  The Telegraph
  5. Cher Says Ex-Husband ‘Took All My Money’ in New Memoir  The Daily Beast

Gift Guide 2024

TheAtlantic.com 

Welcome to The Atlantic’s 2024 gift guide. With the help of an eclectic group of writers and editors, we offer 65 ideas for bringing more merriment, adventure, and wonder to the ones you love. Some items may be available at a holiday discount.

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Stone: Gardeners are always learning

The Toledo Blade 

As the year winds down, many agencies and organizations host end of the year meetings and events to celebrate and communicate achievements of the year.