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White House staffers told Politico that it’s “beyond demoralizing” to see other DC employees getting to tour the White House before them.In Wednesday’s “West Wing Playbook” newsletter, an unspecified number of unnamed White House staffers expressed low morale and lack of appreciation working for the Biden administration.The atmosphere was exemplified as the White House set…

© Reuters. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) talks to reporters as he leaves the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Conversations with Senator Joe Manchin’s office will continue, the White House said on Wednesday after the key conservative Democrat earlier this week rejected the president’s Build Back…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: First lady Jill Biden watches as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks to the National Education Association’s Annual Meeting and Representative Assembly in Washington, U.S., July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his administration was extending the pause on student loan repayment for…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A woman gets a COVID-19 test during the coronavirus disease pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 17, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri 2/2 By Jarrett Renshaw and Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration will open federal COVID-19 testing sites in New York City this…

Former President Donald Trump is still not over his wife Melania’s Christmas decorations being panned.In a speech at the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, the former president criticized the media for going after his wife’s White House Christmas displays.”I have to just start by wishing everybody a very, very merry Christmas,” Trump said during…

Right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon is going full-steam ahead with a plan to turn his criminal case into a one-man reconnaissance mission involving the White House, the Justice Department, and the Jan. 6 Committee, where he hopes to find anything that’ll smear Democrats who’ve come after him.Earlier this month, The Daily Beast laid out Bannon’s strategy…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) walks to a Democratic policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz 2/2 By Jan Wolfe and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat who is key to President Joe Biden’s hopes of passing…

2/2 © Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden smiles after signing an executive order intended to reduce bureaucracy around government services for the public, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein 2/2 By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Democrats were struggling on Wednesday to find…

© Reuters. The U.S. Capitol building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz/Files By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved raising the federal government’s debt limit by $2.5 trillion, to about $31.4 trillion, and sent it to the House of Representatives to pass and avert…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday withdrew his senatorial candidacy in next year’s elections in his latest change of mind over what he plans to do after his turbulent term ends, when critics say he would likely face an array of lawsuits for an anti-drugs crackdown that has left thousands of…