DOJ sues Navarro for White House emails, accuses him of 'wrongfully retaining them'

The Justice Department is suing Peter Navarro for emails from his time as former President Trump's trade adviser, alleging that he used at least one nonadministration email account while working in the White House and was “wrongfully retaining” communications. “While serving in the White House, Mr. Navarro used at least one non-official email account — an account hosted by the non-official service ProtonMail — to send and receive messages constituting Presidential records,” ac

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DeSantis says monkeypox concern overblown: 'we are not doing fear'

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) rejected growing concerns over monkeypox during a press conference Wednesday, arguing that the media and politicians were unnecessarily stoking fear about the illness. “I am so sick of politicians, and we saw this with COVID, trying to sow fear into the population,” the Republican governor

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Defense & National Security — Senate approves Sweden, Finland NATO bids

The Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to approve a resolution ratifying Sweden’s and Finland’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, sending another signal that Congress remains unified in opposing Russian aggression toward Ukraine and Europe.    We’ll detail the vote and the lone senator to oppose the Nordic countries’ bid to join the alliance, plus Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) message to Taiwan, the first Black four-star general in Marine Corps history and a new call for an investigation into Pentagon officials’ Jan. 6 texts that weren't pres

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Ron Johnson suggests Medicare, Social Security be approved on annual basis

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said Wednesday that Social Security and Medicare should be up for congressional approval each year, instead of staying under their current status as federal entitlement programs. “Social Security and Medicare, if you qualify for the entitlement, you just get it no matter what the cost,” Johnson said in an interview that aired Tuesday on “The Regular Joe Show” podcast. The Wisconsin senator, who is up for reelecti

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On The Money — All eyes on Sinema with Biden plan in the balance

The biggest suspense story in Washington, D.C., has everything to do with a certain senator from Arizona. We’ll also look at the budget impact of the Schumer-Manchin deal and hard times for renters  But first, the Senate has 

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