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Mortgage rates reach 7%, despite Trump’s misguided 2024 campaign promises - AOL (opens the original)
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In early January, Donald Trump published an item to his social media platform boasting about mortgage rates and taking credit for the fact that they were down to 5.7%. After claiming that “almost no young families could afford a home” during Joe Biden’s term, the Republican president insisted that he was delivering “real cost relief” with his “focus on Housing Affordability.” In the weeks that followed, he posted a series of follow-upitems, each of which hammered home the same point, culminating
GOP support grows for subpoenaing Donald Trump Jr. over wedding party controversy - AOL (opens the original)
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Sen. John Curtis of Utah went out on a lonely limb last week when he became the first and only Republican member of Congress to take an interest in the controversy surrounding the Russian oligarch who paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding party. “It’s corruption,” Curtis said in a video posted to social media on Friday, adding: “This is a big deal.” Earlier this week, the Utahn followed through, sending a letter to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee, calling for an investigation and rec
RFK Jr. reportedly moves money from Office of Minority Health to pay for his security detail - AOL (opens the original)
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During Donald Trump’s first term, there were some controversies surrounding members of his team and their sizable security details. Scott Pruitt, for example, who led the president’s Environmental Protection Agency, spent so much on an around-the-clock security detail that it became the subject of three inspector general investigations. In the president’s second term, there have been related questions surrounding the security teams for, among others, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, White House b
Members go around Speaker Johnson again, advance Epstein Files Transparency Act sequel - AOL (opens the original)
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When the Epstein Files Transparency Act became law last fall, it jolted the political world, in part because of the seriousness of the underlying scandal and in part because of the way in which it cleared Congress. When Republican leaders refused to bring the measure to the House floor for a vote, proponents went around House Speaker Mike Johnson by using a discharge petition. Now, they’re apparently doing it again. The Washington Sun reported: Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna announced Thursda
JD Vance refines his pitch for the midterm elections: ‘Give us another chance’ - AOL (opens the original)
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JD Vance appeared on a prominent podcast this week, and The New Republic described the live interview as “disastrous,” noting that the vice president “struggled to defend the Trump administration’s record on everything from the war in Iran to high rates of inflation.” There was, however, one element of the appearance that stood out for me. Pressed on his message to voters disappointed by what has transpired since early last year, the Ohio Republican said, “Give us another chance, or give us anot
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