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‘I don’t know how you do this’

Vice President JD Vance didn’t hold back about having to sit through President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, which broke the record for the longest presidential address to Congress. A hot mic picked up a conversation between Vance and Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson ahead of […]

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JD Vance’s Free Speech Hypocrisy in Munich

JD VANCE’S VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBUT on the international scene—his belligerent February 14 speech at the Munich Security Conference, in which he chided Europeans for their failings on democracy and free speech—elicited strong reactions from current and former European leaders as well as effusions of joy on the American right. (“Almost Reaganesque,” the Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway […]

Lifestyle & Culture

Donald Trump’s First Orders of Business: Immigration, Gender, Drilling, and J6 Pardons

Newly minted President Donald Trump signed several sweeping executive orders on Monday evening, including dropping out of the Paris climate agreement, requiring all federal workers to go back to in-person work, and rolling back dozens of Biden-era initiatives. Joined by his and Vice President JD Vance’s families on the Capital One Arena stage, Trump assured […]

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JD Vance is Bringing Daniel Penny, The Man Who Killed Jordan Neely On A NYC Subway, To The Army-Navy Football Game

“Some people viewed Penny as callous and his actions as criminal on the day he encountered Neely, who had been shouting and acting erratically,” NBC’s Janelle Griffith and Erik Ortiz write. “Others contend Penny was selfless in his attempt to protect fellow passengers.” Others, the vice president-elect has made clear, like Vance. On the day […]

Business & Finance

Trump rings bell at NYSE to cheers of ‘USA’ as Wall Street CEOs, business leaders look on

President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday after vowing an economic boom to a cheering crowd of traders and business leaders. “We’re with you all the way,” the incoming Republican president said in the NYSE building in lower Manhattan, where he was invited after becoming TIME’s “Person […]

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Trump is stacking his White House roster with uber-rich backers

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump greets Elon Musk before attending a viewing of the launch of the sixth test flight of the SpaceX Starship rocket, in Brownsville, Texas, U.S., November 19, 2024. Brandon Bell | Via Reuters Donald Trump’s first administration was chock full of super-rich figures whose combined wealth exceeded $5 billionmarking an unprecedented marriage […]