#Trump’s rivals face a challenge: Getting attention

#Trump’s rivals face a challenge: Getting attention

For any Republican primary candidate not named Donald Trump, getting attention is the name of the game — at least for now.  Given former President Trump’s commanding lead in national polls and his propensity to drive news cycles, it’s vital for his challengers to simply keep themselves in the news. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, widely…

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#Biden signs bill to raise debt ceiling

#Biden signs bill to raise debt ceiling

President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to raise the debt ceiling into 2025 and avert a default, marking a significant bipartisan accomplishment amid divided government in Washington, D.C. The president signed the bill just days before Treasury officials warned the department would run out of money to pay the nation’s bills, potentially triggering a recession…

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#Greene flips on public release of Jan. 6 tapes, claims it could ‘put the security of the Capitol at risk’

#Greene flips on public release of Jan. 6 tapes, claims it could ‘put the security of the Capitol at risk’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has changed her position on the public release of the tapes documenting the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, warning Friday that their release could “put the security of the Capitol at risk.”  Greene said in an interview on the right-wing channel Real America’s Voice that releasing the video footage publicly would…

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#Political winners and losers from the debt ceiling drama 

#Political winners and losers from the debt ceiling drama 

Congress has sent legislation to raise the debt ceiling to President Biden, ending a months-long saga that brought the U.S. days away from a possible default.  The legislation was the product of months of gamesmanship between Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), culminated by furious negotiations and an aggressive effort by leaders in both parties to…

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#Tobias Menzies Joins Brad Pitt in Formula One Apple Movie

#Tobias Menzies Joins Brad Pitt in Formula One Apple Movie

Tobias Menzies will join Brad Pitt in Apple’s Formula One racing movie, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Kerry Condon and Damson Idris were earlier announced to appear in the untitled feature from the filmmaking team behind Top Gun: Maverick, with Joseph Kosinski set to direct and produce alongside Jerry Bruckheimer. Ehren Kruger, one of the writers on Maverick,…

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