Duckworth, a combat veteran who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, seeks written confirmation from Defense Secretary Mark Esper that he has not and will not prevent Vindman, a decorated veteran, from being promoted to the rank of Colonel. Duckworth’s power play, which his office described as “unprecedented in …
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WASHINGTON (AP) – A government watchdog says the Commerce Department is trying to block the findings of an investigation into the agency’s role in rebuking forecasters who contradicted President Donald Trump’s inaccurate claims about the path of the Hurricane Dorian last year. The indictment comes from Peggy Gustafson, the Commerce …
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On Thursday, Richard Donoghue, the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, told his staff that he would resign to move to Washington as the deputy chief attorney general for the Justice Department, a powerful position that acts as guardian of investigations. Across the country, an office spokesman, …
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Several U.S. ambassadors actively abandoned their stocks as President Donald Trump tried to minimize the coronavirus outbreak in its early stages. The ambassadors of Uruguay, France, Morocco and Italy sold shares in transactions that could have earned them millions of dollars, according to financial disclosure documents reviewed by CNBC. Much …
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A man sits in front of a closed kiosk at LAX airport at the start of the Memorial Day holiday weekend during the new coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19, in Los Angeles, California, on May 22, 2020. Apu Gomes | AFP | fake pictures The Trump administration said Thursday that air travelers …
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