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Nominees Deserve Senate Deliberation … So Do We

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 01/06/2025 - 6:00am

The New Year brings a “say so” for Nebraska U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer and Pete Ricketts as the president-elect fills a new cabinet. Advising and consenting on such matters is part of Fischer’s and Ricketts’ responsibilities as members of the “world’s greatest deliberative body.”

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Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them.

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 01/06/2025 - 5:00am

Employees of Thoma-Sea Ship Builders pray at the beginning of the christening ceremony at the Port of Terrebonne on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011 in Houma, LA.
(Michael Conti / The Houma Daily Courier via AP)

Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them.

by Nicole Foy

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Marco Rubio Is No Friend Of Havana − But Does Trump’s Pick For Secretary Of State Mean Cuba Policy Is Set?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 01/06/2025 - 4:00am

March 21, 2016, former Cuban President Raul Castro (right) lifts up the arm of President Barack Obama at the conclusion of their joint news conference at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba. Brushing off decades of distrust, Obama and Castro shook hands, a remarkable moment for two countries working to put the bitterness of their Cold War-era enmity behind them.
(Ramon Espinosa / AP Photo)

The U.S. looks set to have its first-ever Cuban American secretary of state in 2025, after President-elect Donald Trump nominated U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for the role. But don’t expect that to mean cozier relations between Havana and Washington.

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Man In Cybertruck Was Shot In Head Before Explosion Outside Trump’s Las Vegas Hotel, Sheriff Says

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 01/06/2025 - 3:00am

This image provided by Alcides Antunes shows a Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025.
(Alcides Antunes via AP)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The person inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President-elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel suffered a gunshot to the head before the explosion, officials said Thursday.

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Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen Has Rib Surgery That Extends Hospital Stay

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 7:00am

OMAHA — First-term Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen chose to have surgery Wednesday to repair his broken ribs at the Nebraska Medical Center.

The decision will keep Pillen, 68, in the hospital at least “several more days for recovery and observation” after he was seriously injured Sunday when a new horse he was riding with family members bucked him off.

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Do You Want Donald Trump To Succeed Or America?

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 6:00am

Those 38 Republicans who frustrated Donald Trump's demand that he be freed from the inconvenience of a debt ceiling vote early in his term were truly impressive. These are guys with whom yours truly disagrees much of the time.

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Fate Of Trump's Cabinet Picks Unclear As Republicans Prepare To Take Power In Senate

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 5:00am

Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be director of National Intelligence, (right) meets with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024.
(J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard's 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad of Syria.

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Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 4:00am

Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

by Jesse Coburn and Andy Kroll

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Musk And Ramaswamy To Confront Congress In Struggle For Control Of The Public Purse

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/30/2024 - 2:00am

Elon Musk carrying his son X Æ A-Xii, and Vivek Ramaswamy arrive for a roundtable meeting to discuss President-elect Donald Trump's planned Department of Government Efficiency, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
(Mariam Zuhaib / AP Photo)

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump enlisted Washington outsiders Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to tell members of Congress how they should run things.

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Immigrants And Allies At U.S. Capitol Urge Biden To Act Before Trump Deportations Begin

Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 12/23/2024 - 7:00am

WASHINGTON — In the crucial last month before President Joe Biden leaves office, immigrants and allies on Tuesday urged the president to offer protections for immigrant communities before Donald Trump is inaugurated.

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Political News

Nominees Deserve Senate Deliberation … So Do We

Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them.

Trump Has Promised to Build More Ships. He May Deport the Workers Who Help Make Them.

Marco Rubio Is No Friend Of Havana − But Does Trump’s Pick For Secretary Of State Mean Cuba Policy Is Set?

Man In Cybertruck Was Shot In Head Before Explosion Outside Trump’s Las Vegas Hotel, Sheriff Says

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen Has Rib Surgery That Extends Hospital Stay

Do You Want Donald Trump To Succeed Or America?

Fate Of Trump's Cabinet Picks Unclear As Republicans Prepare To Take Power In Senate

Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

Trump’s Pick to Lead Federal Housing Agency Has Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor

Musk And Ramaswamy To Confront Congress In Struggle For Control Of The Public Purse

Immigrants And Allies At U.S. Capitol Urge Biden To Act Before Trump Deportations Begin

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