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Gavin Newsom's appointee to replace Dianne Feinstein will be eligible to run for a full Senate term in 2024
Progressives are increasingly pressuring California Governor Gavin Newsom to appoint Rep. Barbara L…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Meet Shamina Singh, US President Joe Biden's latest appointee on his Export Council
Washington, US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Shamina Singh, a prominent I…
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Disney firefighters push back against DeSantis board appointees over decision to end free park passes
"The removal of this benefit takes away, for some, their entire reason for working here," firefight…
John L. Dorman
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Gavin Newsom's Senate appointee won't run for a full term in 2024. With the top 3 Democratic contenders looking to make their mark, where does the race stand?
Laphonza Butler's decision to forgo a run for a full Senate term gives the existing candidates clar…
John L. Dorman
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The new judge in the Disney-DeSantis lawsuit is a Trump-appointee who gave the governor a win in his 'Don't Say Gay' law
US District Judge Allen C. Winsor, 46, will oversee Walt Disney Parks and Resorts' lawsuit against …
Rebecca Harrington
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DeSantis says he has 'respect' for Trump's 3 Supreme Court appointees but they're no Thomas or Alito: 'We'll do better than that'
"I respect the three appointees [Trump] did, but none of those three are at the same level of Justi…
Taylor Berman
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Luck of the draw: Trump's judge will likely be his appointee Aileen Cannon, who has already handed him victories that had legal experts scratching their heads
The news is positive for Trump, given that Cannon has ruled in his favor before. But the judge has …
Kimberly Leonard,Insider staff
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Ron DeSantis' plan to take control of Disney's land backfired spectacularly because of a loophole in the agreement that may reduce his appointees to powerless functionaries
The DeSantis-appointed board can't use the Disney name until 21 years after the death of the last s…
Lloyd Lee
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The judge assigned to hear Disney's lawsuit against Ron DeSantis just disqualified himself from the case because a 'third-degree' relative owns stock in the company. A Trump appointee will replace him.
The DeSantis administration wanted Judge Walker off the case, saying he couldn't be impartial. That…
Kimberly Leonard
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Robinhood hires former Google exec Aparna Chennapragada as its first-ever chief product officer
Aparna Chennapragada, who joins trading app Robinhood, worked at Google for 12 years and was most r…
Kate Duffy,Reuters
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Trump State Department appointee Federico Klein arrested in connection with Capitol riots
Federico Klein is believed to be the first Trump appointee to be charged in connection to the Janua…
Julie Gerstein
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Trump appointees kept ousted EPA employees on the government payroll after they left the agency
An inspector general report said chief of staff Ryan Jackson directed former White House liaison Ch…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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11 of the 16 judges in the court deciding the fate of Biden's vaccine mandate are GOP appointees, including 6 picked by Trump
Biden wants firms with 100 employees or more to require COVID-19 vaccinations. A conservative-packe…
Thomas Colson
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13 Trump administration officials violated the Hatch Act, according to a federal investigation led by a Trump appointee
A watchdog report found that former President Trump created a "taxpayer-funded campaign apparatus w…
Bryan Metzger
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Biden has announced his first list of judicial appointees, and they are poised to make history
The White House said the picks "should reflect the full diversity of the American people - both in …
Sinéad Baker
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A former Trump State Department-appointee is among 9 alleged rioters charged with assaulting cops in the Capitol tunnel
The Capitol tunnel was home to some of the most sustained assaults on officers, where prosecutors s…
Erin Snodgrass
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'We want blood on our hands,' 'Let us fight': alarming calls for election violence - from government appointees
Federal appointees to prestigious boards and commissions made shocking allusions to violence follow…
Justin Rood
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Elizabeth Warren made sure a new Biden appointee was committed to 'substantial reforms' of student loans before approving him
In June, Sen. Warren held up James Kvaal's confirmation to under secretary of education to ensure h…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Trump's 3 Supreme Court appointees joined the 3 liberal justices to limit a landmark federal cybercrime law
The Supreme Court ruled that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act doesn't cover cases where someone acc…
Kelly McLaughlin
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Trump appointees are outraged that Biden abruptly cut short their paid parental leave when he became president
President Biden has no obligation to keep the Trump appointees on the government's payroll, but exp…