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Transportation Sec Has Staggering Excuse for Not Knowing Key Detail
Donald Trump’s Cabinet officials are not keeping track of America’s air traffic controllers amid a historic shortage. Transportation…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Rages at Media over Floods, Exposing MAGA
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the July 9 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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Transcript: Trump Seethes at Awful Poll as Press Sec Soothes His Fury
Litman: That’s right. Sargent: Just like that. No more invasion. They’re not invaders. They’re hardworking people. Litman: They’re not…
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Trump Rages at Brutal New Polling as Press Sec Rushes to Calm Him Down
President Trump is furious over a new poll from Fox News, and understandably so. It finds his approval upside down, with 54 percent…
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Transcript: Trump Press Sec Seethes at Journos amid Sudden Poll Slide
The following is a lightly edited transcript of the June 12 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here. Greg Sargent: This is…
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Trump Press Sec Seethes at Journos as Harsh New Poll Shows Him Tanking
News organizations have been credulously amplifying the White House’s spin that sending troops into Los Angeles is great politics for…
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Trump Commerce Sec Makes Bonkers Claim About Building... Bananas?
The Trump administration’s brilliant plan to use tariffs as a means to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. has run into a bit of a…
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Fox News Host Chides Transportation Sec for Not Doing His Job
But as Trump continued to praise Musk and his time atop the Department of Government Efficiency, the president’s verbal gaffes became more…
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Energy Market Authority chairman Richard Lim to step down; ex-perm sec Tan Ching Yee to assume role
Energy Market Authority (EMA) chairman Richard Lim, 71, will step down in September after leading the board for five years. Lim will…
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SEC seeks to settle legal fight with Ripple Labs for US$50 million
The SEC has dismissed or paused several other legal cases and investigations targeting crypto companies since US President Donald Trump…
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Elon Musk Had Screaming Fight With Treasury Sec. for Pettiest Reason
“I think it’s important to point to her credibility, a number of times, including that in her own written testimony she said she feared…
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Treasury Sec. Desperately Tries to Walk Trump Back From Total Disaster
“Birthright citizenship is the biggest, costliest scam in financial history,” Miller ranted. “An illegal alien could come here nine months…
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Video: Did Trump Manipulate the Stock Market?
President Trump’s post on social media caused the stock market to respond in an unusual way. Rob Copeland, a finance reporter for The New…
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Trump Agriculture Sec. Has Pathetic Defense for Tariffing Penguins
On Friday, McConnell found that the Trump administration disregarded the court order, with at least 19 states, all of whom with Democratic…
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Auburn vs. Florida player props, ATS picks: SEC rivals tangle in Final Four
This year's highly anticipated NCAA Final Four starts off with a bang with Auburn (1) vs. Florida (1) in San Antonio on Saturday night.…
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Press Sec. Blatantly Contradicts Trump Defending “Third Term” Comment
Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is insisting that the media is overreacting to Donald Trump’s theories about staying in office for a…
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White House Press Sec. Goes on Bonkers Rant When Asked About Tesla
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt struggled Thursday to justify Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s shilling for Elon Musk’s…
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Ripple Labs says US SEC ends appeal over crypto oversight
Since US President Donald Trump began his second White House term in January, the SEC has retreated on crypto oversight Ripple Labs said…
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Trump Press Sec. Dodges Key Question on Identifying “Gang Members”
“Believe me, I don’t want to do it, I don’t want to do it,” Trump said to the rest of the board. “I have enough publicity.” “They’ll say,…
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BlackRock resumes talks with companies following SEC guidance
BLACKROCK has restarted its investment stewardship meetings with companies after a short pause used to assess new US Securities and…
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Companies likely to stick with climate disclosure despite SEC rule's demise
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced moves this week that will likely end the short-lived SEC rule that would have required…
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How Trump Is Gutting Regulatory Agencies Like the SEC, CFPB and EEOC
The Trump administration is rapidly delivering wins to American companies by rolling back regulations, pausing investigations and…
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US SEC unveils task force to start work on crypto regulations
THE US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new leadership said on Tuesday (Jan 21) it had created a task force to develop a…
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Outgoing Interior Sec. Haaland rebukes Trump: Offshore wind 'here to stay'
Outgoing Interior Secretary Deb Haaland credited the Biden administration with jump-starting the offshore wind industry in a Newsweek…