‘Maybe DHS Was a Bad Idea’

“We don’t do politics in the Department of Homeland Security,” Tom Ridge, the nation’s first DHS secretary, liked to say whenever reporters would ask how he handled pressure from the White House. Ridge, a moderate Republican and a Vietnam vet with a square jaw and gentle manner, was the governor of Pennsylvania when nearly 3,000 Americans were killed on September 11, 2001. The nation was gripped with fear and horror, and President George W. Bush put the bipartisanship-seeking Ridge in charge of making sure there wouldn’t be another terrorist strike.…

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What Nikki Haley (Maybe) Learned in New Hampshire

Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage. “Everybody’s waiting to write my obituary.” This is never a good thing for a candidate to be saying on Election Day. But Nikki Haley, the candidate, was trying—pleading—to make a larger point to CNN’s Dana Bash as they sat on raised chairs in the middle of Chez Vachon, the landmark coffee shop and makeshift TV studio on the west side of Manchester, New Hampshire. “We had 14 candidates,” Haley said, referring to the number of people who were…

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Exclusive: Harris could help Biden with women, young voters, maybe some Republicans too – Reuters/Ipsos poll – Reuters

Exclusive: Harris could help Biden with women, young voters, maybe some Republicans too – Reuters/Ipsos poll  Reuters Republicans rush to condemn Kamala Harris, but their message is all over the place  CNN Republicans fret over Trump team’s reaction to Harris pick  NBC News Republicans Struggle To Find Consistent Line Of Attack Against Kamala Harris  Forbes Trump and Republicans send mixed messages on Biden running mate Kamala Harris  CBS News View Full Coverage on Google News “us republicans” – Google News

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Trump: Maybe the US will have a president for life someday – New York Post

New York Post Trump: Maybe the US will have a president for life somedayNew York PostWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he thinks it's great that China's president now holds that office for life and muses that maybe the U.S. will do the same someday. Trump's remarks were met with laughter and applause during a luncheon for …Trump praises Chinese president extending tenure 'for life'Reuters all 181 news articles » us president – Google News

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How to fix US politics? Maybe start by seeing it as an ‘industrial complex.’ – Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor How to fix US politics? Maybe start by seeing it as an 'industrial complex.'Christian Science MonitorSeptember 14, 2017 —In 2015, shortly after selling her family's food-products business, CEO Katherine Gehl had an epiphany: What if you analyzed the US political system as an industry? Suddenly, new answers appeared for questions, such as: Why are … us politics – Google News

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