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Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing ‘hurried’ House action – The Associated Press

Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing ‘hurried’ House action  The Associated Press Top Biden ally ‘disappointed’ by president’s veto on bill to increase number of US judges  Fox News Trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements, new judgeships  The

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Dutch Court Sentences Five in Attacks on Israeli Soccer Fans

The sentences ranged from community service to six months in prison in connection with a spasm of violence in Amsterdam last month.

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Trump and Musk Want to Cut Billions From the Budget. It Won’t Be Easy.

Efforts to cut government spending and eliminate waste are dwarfed by the rising costs of the social safety net programs and interest expenses.

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Trump and Musk Want to Cut Billions From the Budget. It Won’t Be Easy.

Efforts to cut government spending and eliminate waste are dwarfed by the rising costs of the social safety net programs and interest expenses.

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Trump’s Wish to Control Greenland and Panama Canal: Not a Joke This Time

In recent days the president-elect has called for asserting U.S. control over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing that his “America First” philosophy has an expansionist dimension.

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Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing ‘hurried’ House action – The Associated Press

Biden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing ‘hurried’ House action  The Associated Press Top Biden ally ‘disappointed’ by president’s veto on bill to increase number of US judges  Fox News Trump’s election sparks fight over judicial retirements, new judgeships  The

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History Shows Big Changes in ‘Big Government’ Are Hard to Achieve

Past efforts to shrink the federal bureaucracy, including basic things like selling off unused government buildings, have come up short. Republicans are set to try again.

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How a Consulting Firm and Trump’s I.R.S. Pick Pushed a Problematic Tax Credit

Billy Long worked with Lifetime Advisors, a company that solicited clients to claim a pandemic-era tax credit that the I.R.S. said became a magnet for fraud.

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Dutch court sentences 5 men invovled in violence around Israeli soccer match in Amsterdam

The court on Tuesday sentenced one man to 6 months in prison, another to 2 1/2 months, two to 1 month and one to 100 hours of community service.

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Bill Clinton released from hospital after being treated for flu

The 78-year-old Democrat was admitted on Monday afternoon with a fever.

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