#Republicans rally around Trump amid reported DOJ indictment

#Republicans rally around Trump amid reported DOJ indictment

Republican officials are rallying around former President Trump in the moments after he claimed that he has been indicted by the Justice Department (DOJ) in the classified documents probe. Trump said he has been summoned to appear in federal court in Miami on Tuesday. Special counsel Jack Smith has been overseeing the investigation into Trump’s…

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#Cuba denies Journal story about Chinese spy base

#Cuba denies Journal story about Chinese spy base

A top Cuban official Thursday issued a flat denial of a Wall Street Journal story that alleged Cuba and China had reached an agreement to install an eavesdropping facility on the island. Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío issued a strongly worded statement, calling the newspaper’s information “totally mendacious and unfounded.” “They are…

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#CNN drama shows network lacks solution to Trump dilemma

#CNN drama shows network lacks solution to Trump dilemma

Chris Licht isn’t the whole story. News of the departure of the CNN chairman and chief executive early Wednesday morning ricocheted around the media world. But the bigger issue is the struggle of CNN in particular, and news organizations in general, to find a satisfactory way to deal with former President Trump, eight years after…

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#McConnell, McCarthy finally jell with debt limit fight 

#McConnell, McCarthy finally jell with debt limit fight 

The relationship between Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) jelled this month as they worked together on a debt ceiling deal. McConnell played an instrumental role as adviser to McCarthy and President Biden during months of stalemate, when the president refused to negotiate directly with the Speaker.  The veteran Kentucky…

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