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Nikki Haley dismisses Pompeo’s VP claims as ‘lies and gossip’

Nikki Haley dismisses Pompeo’s VP claims as ‘lies and gossip’

Trump's vice president, Mike Pence, is a friend, he said, adding that he never discussed the vice presidency with anyone in the administration. Haley also teased a presidential run during the interview. “I think we need a young generation to come in, step up and really start fixing things,” said Haley, who turns 51 on Friday. “Can I be that leader? Yes, I think I can be that leader." Haley said she would "expect" Trump's daughter and son-in-law to support the former president, but said she considered the pair close friends. Trump has already announced that he will run for…
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Wes Moore makes history as Maryland’s first black governor

Wes Moore makes history as Maryland’s first black governor

Moore took the oath using two Bibles, one of which belonged to abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The new governor wasn't the only one making Maryland history Wednesday: His lieutenant governor, Aruna Miller, became the state's first woman of color and the first immigrant to serve in that position. And earlier this month, Anthony G. Brown became Maryland's first black attorney general, while Brooke Lierman became the first woman to serve as comptroller. Moore, the son of a Jamaican immigrant, ran on a promise to "leave no one behind," campaigning on a set of progressive policies including raising the minimum wage, increasing…
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Governors to voters: The state of our nation is grim, except under me

Governors to voters: The state of our nation is grim, except under me

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, called his state the place "where the awakening goes to die," to which Murphy, in his state of the state address, responded, "Not even I'm sure I know what that means. It's not just the nation's highest-profile CEOs who are in on the uproar. It may be news to most, but Jim Justice, the Republican governor of West Virginia, is aware of his "jealousy" for his state, "because now all of a sudden we're the diamond in the rough that they didn't see." “We are in a never-before-seen era of…
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