Should W-GDP go AWOL?
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Former President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, officially worked in the White House as an assistant to the president. In 2019, she led a new initiative called Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP), run through the State Department.
Does the federal budget have space for this?
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The Space Force was established in 2019 as the sixth branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, and the first new branch since the Air Force in 1947.
The National Guard consists of reserve units with trained military members ready to deploy on…
That would include perhaps the most famous AUMF in modern history, the one passed days after 9/11.
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Congress can grant official permission for military actions, usually at the request of the president, through Authorizations for the Use of Military Force, more commonly called AUMFs. …
As Bob Dylan sang in Like a Rolling Stone, “When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose.” Well, at least for the moment, Republicans don’t control the House, Senate, or presidency. Perhaps as a result, party members are introducing some new and unprecedented types of legislation this year.
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If this passes, going woke could make those companies go broke.
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In recent years, but never more so than in 2020–21, many corporations have publicly opposed or spoken out on current political or social issues not specifically related to their business interests — lately almost always against the Republican or…
He would be the first Cabinet secretary impeached in 145 years.
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A recent Washington Post article has called recent years, but particularly 2021, the “era of perpetual impeachment.”
In recent months, GovTrack Insider has covered attempts by Republicans in the House of Representatives to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro…
