It’s finally official: After months of teasing a follow-up to his sensational — if ultimately unsuccessful — 2018 Senate bid, Beto O’Rourke confirmed to El Paso TV station KTSM Wednesday that he is setting his sights on an even higher office. “I’m really proud of what El Paso did and …
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Former Trump employees have warned that as objectionable as the president may sound in public, he’s even worse behind closed doors. Such was the case last Friday when Trump spoke to Republican National Committee donors at Mar-a-Lago. According to Axios, organizers were so concerned with Trump’s private comments leaking that …
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Less than one week after New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer published a thoroughly reported exposé about Fox News, its former president resigned suddenly from his top White House job. Bill Shine, President Trump’s communications chief and his deputy chief of staff, will reportedly now put his energy and time …
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WASHINGTON — The raw numbers are staggering: 45 million Americans owe $1.56 trillion in student loan debt, more than all of the credit card or auto-loan debt combined. The bulk of that student debt, more than $1.1 trillion, is in the hands of Uncle Sam. Specifically, a little-known office within …
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In November 2016, Republicans in New Hampshire gained complete control of the state government. GOP Representative Michael Moffett was nonetheless displeased with the results. Moffett logged onto Facebook, where he griped that “[m]any out-of-state college students in Durham, Plymouth, Keene, Manchester, Henniker and Hanover registered late and most voted Democrat… …
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Call it Taken on Ice, call it Mr. Plow: The Movie, call it “Neeson and Chill.” But whatever you dub Cold Pursuit, starring Liam Neeson as a father out for revenge — don’t confuse it with grim business as usual. After starring in three films in which his character’s “very …
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“Being in Sabbath was a complete drama,” vocalist Tony Martin said in 2014 of his time in the iconic metal band Black Sabbath. “I never really had the chance to settle into it because I was constantly learning the ropes or reading between the lines.” Though Martin appeared on more …
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Scientists may someday find the edge of the universe, but there is no end to the delusional self-regard of America’s one-percenters, as former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz proved this week. Sunday night on 60 Minutes, Schultz announced he was considering a run for president as an independent. The Twitter reaction …
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In just under two weeks, the people making the biggest decisions in the modern music business will, inevitably, feel their blood pressure rise. At a Los Angeles location, a few days before Grammy night, Billboard will reveal its annual Power 100 — a countdown of “the most influential individuals in …
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The Friday morning arrest of former Trump campaign official and longtime GOP operative Roger Stone marks a significant new chapter in the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into links between the president’s 2016 election team and Russia. Mueller hit Stone with a seven-count indictment for lying to a congressional …
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