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Tina Smith, on a Hit List in Minnesota, Speaks Out on Political Violence

18 juin 2025 à 05:03
Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota learned that her friend was assassinated, and that she had been a potential target herself. Now, she has blunt thoughts on who bears blame for violent outbursts.

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Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota this week confronted a fellow senator, Mike Lee of Utah, over online posts he made about the killings in her state.
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Mike Lee Draws Outrage for Posts Blaming Minnesota Assassination on Far Left

16 juin 2025 à 21:51
The Republican senator from Utah suggested in social media posts that the killings were the work of “Marxists,” and mocked Minnesota’s Democratic governor. He later issued a more sober condemnation of the violence.

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Senator Mike Lee of Utah at the Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington earlier this year.

A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres.

12 juin 2025 à 12:50
Senate Republicans want to sell the land to build more housing in the West, but the idea is contentious even within their own party.

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The proposal would require the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to identify and sell between 2.2 million and 3.3 million acres.

No, Not That Lee. Pentagon Finds Black Hero to Rechristen Base Long Named for Robert E.

11 juin 2025 à 17:24
The Army unveiled a list of seven installations that the Trump administration is reverting, sort of, to earlier names venerating Confederate heroes.

© National Museum of African American History and Culture

Pvt. Fitz Lee, who served in Troop M, 10th Cavalry, in 1899 with his Medal of Honor on his jacket, which has the faint stripe of a single chevron signifying his rank.

Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names

10 juin 2025 à 20:07
The move would reverse a yearslong effort to remove names and symbols honoring the Confederacy from the military.

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President Trump spoke to Army troops at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Tuesday.
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