Trump's 2020 fantasy is already influencing 2022
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There are multiple major developments on stories we've spent a lot of time covering in What Matters. But I'll focus here on something else: how former President Donald Trump's effort to deny the 2020 election results has ricocheted in Washington and around the country.
10 billionaires could pay for most of the Democrats' social safety net expansion. Democrats say they're on the verge of an agreement to pass their massive expansion of the social safety net. Democrats could tax the capital gains of billionaires like Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, the Google founders, Mark Zuckerberg and a few others based on the value of their assets instead of the size of their incomes. Read more about how a billionaires tax may work. On the cusp of kids getting vaccines. A key Food and Drug Administration panel voted Tuesday to recommend emergency use authorization for the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5-11. This process is in its final stages now. Follow CNN's coverage of the FDA panel.Advantage Republicans in Texas, again. While White and Hispanic Texans each make up just under 40% of the state's population, most of the congressional districts (23) in newly drawn maps approved by the state's governor are majority White. Hispanic voters make up the majority in just seven of the state's 38 congressional districts. CNN's Eric Bradner has the full story.
President Donald Trump continued his threats towards Greenland on Friday, as he insisted that if the United States did not act Russia or China would occupy it in the future.
President Donald Trump this week lashed out at congressional Republicans like he rarely has before.
A Border Patrol agent shot two people in Portland, Oregon, during a traffic stop after authorities said they were associated with a Venezuelan gang, another incident in a string of confrontations with federal authorities that have left Americans frustrated with immigration enforcement during the Trump administration.
The Bella 1 had been tailed by a US Coast Guard cutter across the Atlantic Ocean for almost two weeks when the ship’s crew employed a novel tactic to evade the US military: painting a Russian flag on its hull.
The Washington National Opera on Friday announced it is parting ways with the Kennedy Center after more than a decade with the arts institution.
‘It’s uninvestible’: Trump’s Venezuela pitch met with skepticism from oil executives
FBI Director Kash Patel has named Christopher Raia, a seasoned career agent, to replace Dan Bongino as deputy director, according to people briefed on the matter.
President Donald Trump faced Republican defections on a series of split votes this week, but his willingness to call out members of his own party convinced some wavering lawmakers to stay in line.
Trump’s description of the Mexican trafficking world – one dominated by a few cartels that can be swiftly defeated – is at odds with how the crime organizations actually operate, experts say.
The Virginian man accused of planting two bombs in Washington, DC, five years ago pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges of transporting and attempting to use explosives.
A US State Department team traveled to Venezuela on Friday for the first time since the ouster of Nicolás Maduro, according to a US official. CNN’s Stefano Pozzebon reports from Bogota.
Oregon authorities are investigating a shooting by a Border Patrol agent in Portland that wounded two people federal authorities say are tied to a violent international gang – an incident that renewed questions about the Trump administration’s handling of its immigration crackdown in the city and across the US.
A US State Department team traveled to Venezuela on Friday for the first time since the ouster of Nicolas Maduro, according to a US official.