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Top Pollster Says Dems Losing Younger Voters: ‘Huge Concern’
Getty Images Jonathan Della Volpe, polling director at Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, voiced concern on Friday’s episode of Fast Politics with Molly Jong-Fast that Democrats may be slipping with younger voters. Della Volpe said he worries the Democratic Party has squandered a rare opportunity in recent years to cement its connection with young…
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Trump Says He’s Broken All Modern Staffing Records
Getty Images President Donald Trump claimed in a late-night post to his Truth Social platform that his administration has managed to staff up in record time, with more than 2,200 appointments and positions filled just a few months into office. “My Administration is breaking all modern Presidential Staffing Records since taking Office on January 20th.…
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Rubio Revokes All Visas From South Sudan Until Deportees Accepted
Getty Images Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Saturday that the United States will immediately revoke all visas held by South Sudanese passport holders and halt the issuance of new ones. Rubio cited the move as a response to “the failure of South Sudan’s transitional government to accept the return of its repatriated citizens in…
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Iowa AG Intervenes After County Sheriff Threatens To ‘Interfere, Interrupt’ ICE Deportations
Getty Images Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is filing a lawsuit to strip funding from an entire county after its top law enforcement official pledged to “make every effort to block, interfere, and interrupt” deportation operations tied to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers, which he claims are unconstitutional. The move comes as part of the…
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Trump Administration Announces $39 Million In Oil And Gas Lease Sales
Getty Images “Drill, baby, drill” is the mantra of President Donald Trump’s administration, and it is already paying dividends, according to the administration. Oil and gas lease sales on public lands in the few months since Trump took office has already netted the government more than $39 million, the Department of the Interior announced on…
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