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Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve Jazz Show Canceled After Trump Name Added to Building

Chuck Redd, a jazz musician, said he canceled his annual concert after President Trump’s name was affixed to the Washington building’s facade.

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Kimmel Tells U.K. Viewers ‘Tyranny Is Booming’ in America

Chosen by a British TV station to give an “alternative” to the king’s speech, Jimmy Kimmel said it had been a great year for the U.S. “from a fascism perspective.”

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‘Not an enabler’? A glimpse behind the curtain at Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles

Are her recent candid remarks about Trump an attempt to distance herself from an increasingly unpopular president?She was now one of the family. When Donald Trump addressed supporters in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, in early December, he asked: “Susie Trump – do you know Susie Trump? Sometimes referr…

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Trump wades into House races, putting endorsement force to the test

President Trump is putting his endorsement strength to the test ahead next year’s midterms as he wades into a number of Republican House primaries. Last week, the president rolled out his first endorsements in non incumbent races, backing candidates supported by the National Republican Campaign Com…

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Kennedy Center's Christmas Eve jazz canceled after Trump renaming

The Kennedy Center’s annual Christmas Eve jazz concert was canceled on Wednesday after its longtime host declined to perform in protest of the recent changes to the performing arts center's name. Chuck Redd, who’s hosted the holiday “Jazz Jams” since 2006, said he made the decision after seeing Pres…

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Trump Energy Department scuttles planned closures of 2 Indiana coal plants

The Trump administration on Wednesday issued emergency orders to keep two set-to-be-shuttered coal plants in Indiana running through the end of the year, providing a lifeline to a favored industry while arguing it would ensure people with secure and affordable electricity. Energy Secretary Chris Wri…

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Senate Dems urge Trump to reverse 'unprecedented' ambassador recall

Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are urging President Trump to reverse the “unprecedented” decision to recall nearly 30 top career diplomats, leaving more than half of all U.S. ambassador posts vacant. In a letter to the president on Wednesday, the senators warned that recalling t…

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Jack Smith calls for House committee to release full videotape of his deposition

Former special counsel Jack Smith wants the recording of his full deposition to a House panel released. His attorneys sent a letter on Dec. 18 to House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) requesting that his closed-door deposition be made public. “Mr. Smith respectfully requests the prompt…

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Trump wants to bring Japan's 'cute' tiny cars to America — but it may not be easy

It's all the truck he needs — one that picks up a new mattress from the furniture store, takes him to work and has ample space for groceries.“Most people have way more truck than they will ever use,” said David McChristian, 37, a firefighter from Houston.

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Kennedy Center Christmas Eve concert canceled after Trump's name added

A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled.

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Judge rejects Trump admin challenge to New York’s 'Green Light Law'

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the Trump administration’s bid to block New York’s so-called Green Light Law, which allows the state to issue driver’s licenses to people without requiring proof that they’re in the country legally. U.S. District Judge Anne Nardacci in Albany ruled that the Trump …

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Conservatives press Trump: where’s mifepristone review?

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Conservatives press Trump: where’s mifepristone review? Anti-abortion voices are growing increasingly impatient for the Trump administration to complete a review of the abortion pill mifepristone, which would lik…

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The Strange Death of Make America Great Again

Trump has begun to recede from the movement he created.

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Paul redacts portions of Festivus rant as Jeffrey Epstein DOJ protest

Libertarian-leaning Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Christmas Eve took aim at the Justice Department's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files by posting a blacked-out criticism as part of his annual “Festivus” rant airing his “grievances” with Washington. Paul began his Festivus screed, a tradition he borr…

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Attorney Mark Zaid scores win in security clearance fight with Trump administration

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the Trump administration's stripping of an attorney's security clearance for representing a whistleblower pivotal to President Trump's first impeachment was a form of retribution and unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Amir Ali granted a preliminary injunction…

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Murkowski ‘not satisfied’ with DOJ’s Epstein files release

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) says she is “not satisfied” with the Department of Justice’s rolling release of documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and says she is working with Senate colleagues to press the Justice Department’s inspector general to review whether the…

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Republicans must hold the line: No Hyde Amendment, no deal on health care

Any plan that does not include Hyde can never be viewed as “clean.”

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In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel

It is the latest twist in the marquee battle of the administration’s campaign to rein in colleges and universities it views as too liberal.

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Staffers leaving Heritage Foundation for Pence nonprofit, Wall Street Journal reports

More than a dozen staffers have left the conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation for a nonprofit founded by former Vice President Mike Pence, the Wall Street Journal reports. The internal blowup was sparked by foundation president Kevin Roberts defending Tucker Carlson's interview of white n…

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SPEED Act passes in House despite changes that threaten clean power projects

The bill would significantly curtail scope of the federal environmental review process.