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York: Why Musk’s space vision matters more than Washington will admit
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York: Why Musk’s space vision matters more than Washington will admit

By Byron York | Commentary, Washington Examiner WHY MUSK IS SO IMPORTANT. Elon Musk‘s giant Starship spacecraft went out of control, tumbled, and broke apart several minutes into a test flight Tuesday night. It was the latest in a series of unsuccessful-but-still-instructive tests of Musk’s hugely ambitious rocket program, which is designed to go to Mars. And it is also, at least for now, the heart of the American space program. “Starship is the world’s largest and most powerful rocket,” the Washington Post reported, “and its test flights are crucial to the future of America’s space ambitions.” That, and not a troubled venture into government, is what makes Musk so important. Musk is crucial to America’s space ambitions because, for a long time, after one of the g...
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Trump fires one-third of Voice of America staff
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Trump fires one-third of Voice of America staff

By Annabella Rosciglione | Washington Examiner The Trump administration fired around 600 employees at Voice of America, approximately one-third of its staff. The layoffs targeted contracted journalists and some administrative employees. Voice of America is a news network funded by the federal government that provides reporting to countries that have limited press freedom.  Voice of America indicated that the Trump administration continued its push to dismantle the broadcaster, despite a court order requiring the government to keep it. Voice of America Director Michael Abramowitz, a plaintiff suing the government over its cuts, said in an email to his staff that he was “heartbroken” over the firings. The now-fired journalists will have to leave the ...
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House Republicans pass $4 trillion tax cut out of committee as members debate SALT cap
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House Republicans pass $4 trillion tax cut out of committee as members debate SALT cap

By Zach Halaschak | Washington Examiner House Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee voted their tax legislation out of committee on Wednesday, moving one step closer to enacting a sweeping fiscal bill that would enact much of President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda. The fate of the bill on the House floor, though, was unclear, as members were still debating deductions for state and local taxes, as well as the amount of spending cuts to be included in the larger legislative package. The committee voted 26-19 to approve the tax part of the legislation after a marathon markup meeting that lasted more than 17 hours. During the markup, Democrats offered up several amendments that were batted down, but this allowed them to air out criticisms of the tax cu...
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David Hogg says DNC in process of removing him as vice chairman
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David Hogg says DNC in process of removing him as vice chairman

By Brady Knox | Washington Examiner Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman David Hogg accused the organization of trying to remove him from his position. On Monday, Hogg announced that the DNC commenced an effort to fast-track his removal as vice chairman. Hogg, an immediately controversial leader, found his position on shaky ground last month after he pledged his group Leaders We Deserve would primary Democratic members of Congress he perceived as ineffective, especially older ones. His comment was viewed as violating the DNC’s commitment to “neutrality” and, in his eyes, triggered an effort to remove him from within the organization. “Today, the DNC took its first steps to remove me from my position as Vice Chair At-Large,” Hogg said in a statement. “Whi...
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Cardinals enter Sistine Chapel for papal conclave under total digital lockdown
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Cardinals enter Sistine Chapel for papal conclave under total digital lockdown

By Timothy Nerozzi | Washington Examiner VATICAN CITY — On Wednesday afternoon, red-hatted clerics who carry the same weight and dignity as princes within the Catholic Church entered the Sistine Chapel for the papal conclave to choose Pope Francis‘s successor. At 5:46 p.m. local time, the doors were sealed.The 133 cardinals will remain in total seclusion within the chapel and its adjoining buildings until they choose from among themselves the next bishop of Rome, the servant of the servants of God and Vicar of Christ on Earth. As the clock struck 4:30 p.m. in Rome, the screens in St Peter’s Square came to life, and the booming Latin remarks of Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin rang out through Vatican City. READ THE FULL STORY AT TH...
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Trump cuts federal funding for NPR and PBS over ‘biased’ coverage
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Trump cuts federal funding for NPR and PBS over ‘biased’ coverage

By Jack Birle | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday night cutting federal funding for NPR and PBS, decrying both outlets for their allegedly “biased” coverage. The president’s order calls on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to “cancel existing direct funding to the maximum extent allowed by law and shall decline to provide future funding” to NPR and PBS. It also notes that the “heads of all agencies shall identify and terminate, to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law, any direct or indirect funding of NPR and PBS.” In his order, Trump said the CPB should “fund only fair, accurate, unbiased, and nonpartisan news coverage” and that NPR and PBS do not fit that standard. “The CPB fails to abide ...
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New ‘Urbanist Party’: Sanders, AOC, Hogg
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New ‘Urbanist Party’: Sanders, AOC, Hogg

By Paul Bedard | Washington Examiner With the Democratic Party continuing to splinter, progressives are building and expanding their base, especially in big cities and suburbs. As worn-out old bulls fight for power in Washington, the big population zones are opening their arms to the progressives led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and party Vice Chairman David Hogg in numbers so large and supportive that a pollster tracking the movement has given it a name. “Call it the ‘Urbanist Party,’” said Jeremy Zogby, the managing partner of John Zogby Strategies, which polled for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during his 2024 populist bid. “I think it has legs,” he added. Upset with how Democratic leaders are fumbling their attacks on P...
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A perfect storm comes for elite universities
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A perfect storm comes for elite universities

By Sarah Bedford | Washington Examiner The country’s most elite universities are panicking over President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against them, but their problems run far deeper than a stand-off with the White House. Fewer students are applying to top schools. Private donors are closing their checkbooks. Lucrative foreign student visas are in the State Department’s crosshairs.  READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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Trump trashes Powell as ‘too late and wrong,’ hinting at Fed chairman’s ‘termination’
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Trump trashes Powell as ‘too late and wrong,’ hinting at Fed chairman’s ‘termination’

By Jack Birle | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump took aim at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Thursday morning, arguing he “should have lowered Interest Rates” and hinting at a looming “termination.” Powell spoke at an event with the Economic Club of Chicago on Wednesday, arguing that “significant policy changes” pursued by the Trump administration may deviate from the Fed’s goals for the rest of the year. Less than 24 hours later, the president trashed Powell on a Truth Social post as the European Central Bank is set to cut interest rates. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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Judge orders Trump EPA to release $20 billion in funding for green groups
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Judge orders Trump EPA to release $20 billion in funding for green groups

By Maydeen Merino | Washington Examiner A federal judge ordered the Trump Environmental Protection Agency to release $20 billion in climate grants that it has withheld, a major blow to the administration’s efforts to stop what it has called the improper awarding of money to nonprofit green groups. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington, D.C., issued a preliminary injunction late Tuesday preventing the EPA from “unlawfully suspending or terminating” billions of dollars in climate money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, which the Trump administration has said distributed the funds without proper oversight. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
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