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For years, Republicans in Congress warned against tariffs.

Now, those same Republicans are downplaying massive tariff increases from President Donald Trump.

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For years, Trump officials accused Democrats of mishandling classified information.

Now, those same officials are downplaying a Signal group chat that discussed a forthcoming U.S. military operation.

Trump team once said Russia invaded Ukraine. Now they won't. YouTube video by Washington Post

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Trump officials once said Russia invaded Ukraine. Now they won't.

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Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over payment system A top Treasury career staffer is expected to depart. Surrogates of Musk’s DOGE effort had sought access to sensitive payment systems.

👀 The highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department is departing after a clash with allies of Elon Musk over access to sensitive payment systems.
By Jeff Stein, Isaac Arnsdorf and Jacqueline Alemany
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President Trump is currently making a series of blatantly false claims about the FAA and its employees.

@washingtonpost.com was out all night reporting on the DC plane crash and first responders' rescue and recovery efforts. A bit of our coverage 🧵

The scene near the South Capitol St heliport:

RFK Jr. denies saying things that he said about vaccines YouTube video by Washington Post

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RFK Jr. denies saying things that he said about vaccines

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RFK Jr. disparaged vaccines dozens of times in recent years and made baseless claims on race A Post examination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statements finds the candidate for the nation’s top health post has repeatedly disparaged vaccines, linking them to autism.

"RFK Jr...has repeatedly disparaged vaccines, falsely linked them to autism and argued that White and Black people should have separate vaccination schedules, according to a Washington Post review of his public statements from recent years." By Lauren Weber + Caitlin Gilbert
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Watch live: RFK Jr. confirmation hearing for health secretary on Jan. 29 at 9:30 a.m. eastern YouTube video by Washington Post

WATCH LIVE: as RFK Jr goes before the Senate Finance Committee. We've got White House/health reporter Dan Diamond, @riegerreport.bsky.social, James Hohmann + Rhonda Colvin with what and who to watch, and reporting on RFK. We're on 9:30ET.
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Pardon? | Sidebar YouTube video by Washington Post

Our latest epi of Sidebar. Which Trump EOs have teeth and will happen; which ones are just talk; and which ones could change American lives but may not be legal.
Also: Elon's straight arm gesture: who loves it, and why that matters.
And the unimagined J6 pardons. youtu.be/LZQjWuayDGg?...

Watch Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing for defense secretary live on Jan. 14 at 9 a.m. ET YouTube video by Washington Post

Pete Hegseth faces intense Q's from Democrats on Senate Armed Services Committee. Trump's first cabinet nomination hearing, and 1 of the most controversial. We'll preview 9am ET. @riegerreport.bsky.social James Hohmann @danlamothe.bsky.social + Rhonda Colvin.
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Still kicking: Metastatic cancer ‘thrivers’ give patients like me hope These survivors, or “cancer thrivers” as some of us prefer to say, helped show me that metastatic cancer is no longer a death sentence.

Young, otherwise healthy people are increasingly being diagnosed with 'terminal' cancer. But there is so much hope - and a thriving community of survivors. Here's a wonderful story by my incredible colleague Drea Cornejo wapo.st/4gJzFlb

The year. In its best form, by @riegerreport.bsky.social

To evade Assad’s secret police, Syrians developed a code language Fear of the regime was so pervasive that Syrians felt they could never speak freely, even in their own homes.

"If Syrians were suspicious of someone nearby, they would say, 'This person has nice handwriting,' which means, 'This person is an informant.'" Reporting by Ruby Mellen + Mohamad El Chamaa for @washingtonpost.com
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Congress passes RFK bill in surprise move, giving D.C. control of stadium site Passage of the legislation, which transfers the land to D.C. at no cost, is a tremendous win for Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who has long sought to redevelop the site.

Congress passes RFK stadium bill in surprise move, giving D.C. control of the stadium site. Passage of the legislation, which transfers the land to D.C. at no cost, is a tremendous win for Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who has long sought to redevelop the site. wapo.st/3ZPelDd

Congress gets more Trumpy YouTube video by Washington Post

The narrowly averted government shutdown reveals a lot about who holds the power. Musk>Trump>House Republicans or.... not? Our latest Sidebar epi with Rhonda Colvin + James Hohmann 👀 👂
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That is an untruth from Elon Musk! Paying for the stadium was not in the original bill! Only handing over control of it.

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Unconfirmed | Sidebar This week, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin and James Hohmann discuss whether Pete Hegseth, Trump's pick for secretary of defense, can make it through the nomination process. Plus, Elo...

New episode of our podcast/vodcast: Hegseth hangs by a thread, or does he? Could Biden proactively pardon people like Jack Smith + Liz Cheney? And how did Rhonda make it out of Ohio's 5+ feet of snow to get back home to our DC studio? @washingtonpost.com
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