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President Trump says he pardoned Colorado's former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters for her "attempts to expose Voter Fraud" in the 2020 presidential election in a Truth Social post Thursday evening. The big picture: Trump has been vocal about his intentions to free Peters — one of the nation's most pr…
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President Trump is likely to loosen still-tough federal restrictions on marijuana use early next year, Axios has learned.Why it matters: While conservatives have long expressed a degree of discomfort with pot, Trump has shown an openness to it.Under the plan, Trump would reclassify marijuana, which …
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President Trump is turning up the pressure against Venezuela and its strongman leader Nicolás Maduro, seizing a massive oil tanker en route to Cuba this week and slapping additional sanctions against his leadership. The seizure of the sanctioned ship, called Skipper, is the most recent swipe by the…
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A group of bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of “professional degrees,” which would allow students to take out more federal loans.   New proposed rules by the department would cap student loan borrowing at $100,000 for graduate progra…
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President Trump told Politico on Tuesday that if he could grade his own economy, he'd give himself an "A-plus" — an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus." The big picture: Polls — and November's blue wave — indicate that many Americans disagree with that sentiment, even Trump's voter base, but the presi…
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Data: Axios research; Map: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsIndiana lawmakers' rejection of a plan to create two more Republican congressional seats Thursday delivered a blow to the White House's scramble to redistrict ahead of midterm elections, but the state isn't the only egg in President Trump's basket. …
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More than half of Americans disapprove of the way President Trump is handling the scandal surrounding convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a new survey. A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that 70 percent of respondents said they believe the government is hiding information about people tied …
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As Paramount, with close ties to the Trump administration, entered the bidding, experts predict any merger will ‘raise red flags’ among regulatorsOver the first 10 months of his second presidency, Donald Trump has not hidden his desire to control the US media industry – from encouraging TV networks …
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Kristi Noem says Ethiopia ‘no longer meets conditions’ for US to provide work authorization and legal protectionThe US is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Ethiopia in the United States, according to a government notice on Friday, as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on le…
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House Republican leaders will allow an amendment vote to extend ObamaCare enhanced subsidies, a move designed to appease moderate Republicans who have been warning about the electoral impacts of letting them expire at the end of the year. “We expect that there will be an amendment that I believe is …
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Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) is pressing the House Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment hearings into Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Axios has learned.Why it matters: House Democrats are increasingly turning to impeachment as their go-to cudgel against not only President Trump himself, …