Derek Wallbank
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New and đź‘€ from me: In the first quarter of fiscal 2026, tariff revenue exceeded corporate tax revenue. The year before, corporate tax was 5x tariffs. https://t.co/IET3Kz6y6N via @wsj
wsj.com
Reversing long-running trends, the U.S. collected more in tariffs than in corporate income tax revenue during the final three months of 2025, the Congressional Budget Office said on Friday. President...
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As someone who grew up watching games at the Orange Bowl -- the real one -- would be willing to trade this call for the 2002 Fiesta Bowl blown call against Ohio State.
This is defensive pass interference. Everything up until the ball comes in is just mutual contact between two players tracking the ball. But as the ball arrives the defender grabs the jersey with the right hand and pulls the defender down. Best angle:
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EXCLUSIVE: @RepStenyHoyer will not run for re-election, ending a nearly 60-year in elective office. He's content with a career that didn't get the brass ring, but brought him to the center of power. We talked for 2-plus hours on Tuesday. https://t.co/Tr3xzOoinM
washingtonpost.com
Maryland’s longest-serving member of Congress won’t seek reelection after having spent two decades as the No. 2 House Democrat.
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Easy to see how language like this could be a template for, say, California, to allow Democrats to not have to swallow an R+5 or worse map in 2032.
NEW: Washington state Democrats change their tune on redistricting. House Majority Leader Joe Fitzgibbon intro'd a bill today that would put a ballot measure to voters allowing mid-decade redistricting in certain situations. The bill:
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Can confirm getting to work super closely with @tracyalloway and @TheStalwart is awesome. Have done a lot. Would recommend. Someone is going to get an amazing gig here. Could be you.
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The Trump administration does not want to occupy Venezuela, Washington’s envoy to the United Nations said on Monday, as the US faced intense criticism at a meeting to discuss the stunning special forces raid that captured Nicolas Maduro.
bloomberg.com
The Trump administration does not want to occupy Venezuela, Washington’s envoy to the United Nations said on Monday, as the US faced intense criticism at a meeting to discuss the stunning special...
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Maduro pleaded not guilty to US charges. “I am innocent,” he said through an interpreter. “I am not guilty. I am a decent man. I am president of my country.”
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HAPPENING NOW: In a lengthy news release, MN Gov. Tim Walz announces he will not run for re-election. Here, in part, is that news release:
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🚨 BREAKING: Sources: @govtimwalz will make announcement about his political future Mon. He's likely to drop out of the 2026 #mngov race. He met w/ @SenAmyKlobuchar on Sun. Full analysis in tmrw https://t.co/4zJJytH4Aw + live on @wccoradio at 6:20AM w/ @vsawkar
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President Donald Trump warned other drug-producing nations in the Western Hemisphere that he wouldn’t long tolerate the flow of illegal substances to the US.
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President Donald Trump warned other drug-producing nations in the Western Hemisphere that he wouldn’t long tolerate the flow of illegal substances to the US.
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Two people close to the White House said the president’s lack of interest in boosting Machado stemmed from her decision to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. “If she’d turned it down … she’d be the president of Venezuela today.”
washingtonpost.com
In Washington and Caracas, the vision for administering Venezuela in the weeks and months ahead appears uncertain and stubbornly complex.
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President Nicolás Maduro has been charged in the US after he was captured and flown out of Venezuela. Bloomberg's @dwallbank explains https://t.co/g5d3B2jRLN
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“The United States of America has successfully carried out a large scale strike against Venezuela and its leader, President Nicolas Maduro, who has been, along with his wife, captured and flown out of the Country,” US President Donald Trump wrote on social media.
bloomberg.com
US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in an early morning raid, sending him to the US to face criminal charges following a series of airstrikes that mark an extraordin...
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President Donald Trump said the US carried out a large-scale strike against Venezuela, and has captured its leader, Nicolas Maduro
bloomberg.com
US forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife in an early morning raid, sending him to the US to face criminal charges following a series of airstrikes that mark an extraordin...
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Residents in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas reported loud explosions and aircraft overflying the city in the early hours of Saturday morning, with multiples areas experiencing power outages
bloomberg.com
Venezuela accused the US of launching an attack on the country after explosions rocked Caracas, the capital, and aircraft were seen flying overhead, following weeks of pressure from the Trump...
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As I feared... there's not another tequila sunrise. https://t.co/5jKfoT3KzA via @sfchronicle
sfchronicle.com
A storied restaurant perched on the waterfront, once a 1960s counterculture destination for rock stars such as Janis Joplin, has closed in the Bay Area.
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Guess there's not another tequila sunrise. Sad sign at the iconic Trident in Sausalito. (Photo via @EedaWallbank)
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