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...In the background lay Washington’s work as arranger and performer on Kendrick Lamar’s landmark album To Pimp a Butterfly, which united rap with jazz....
...The FT Weekend Festival is coming back, and will be in Washington on May 4. Speakers include Nancy Pelosi....
...Drinks are fittingly summery and nod to iconic songs: my favourite cocktail is the “Good Kid, M.A.A.D Litty” (a riff on the Kendrick Lamar album) made with tequila, hibiscus and lemongrass syrup, guava nectar...
...Ayres invoked the Republican senator Lamar Alexander, who once likened graduating from a statewide election to a presidential campaign to going from eighth-grade basketball to the NBA finals....
...Meanwhile, Lamar Alexander, the outgoing Republican senator for Tennessee, told NBC television: “The courts have resolved the disputes. It looks very much like the electors will vote for Joe Biden.”...
...Lamar Alexander, the senator from Tennessee, also opposed the nomination but did not vote....
...Lamar Alexander, the Republican senator from Tennessee, reportedly told them: “There’s no appetite right now to spend the White House number or the House number.”...
...Economists and investors have been closely tracking the fate of the stimulus negotiations in Washington, as an agreement could help sustain the recovery in the coming months....
...Republican senators had begun in recent days to call on Mr Trump to begin the transition, including Rob Portman of Ohio, Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia on Monday....
...Lamar Alexander, the Republican senator from Tennessee, on Friday pushed Mr Trump to begin the transition, though his statement did not acknowledge Mr Biden’s victory, instead saying he had a “very good...
...Lamar Alexander was one of four Republican senators Democrats hoped would vote against party lines to extend the trial by calling new witnesses, such as John Bolton, the former national security adviser....
...The WHO exit policy has also been questioned by some Republicans, including Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate health committee, who said it could “interfere with clinical trials that are essential...
...Senator Lamar Alexander, chairman of the Senate health committee, said steps had been taken to allow those in quarantine to testify remotely....
...Lamar Alexander, the Republican chairman of the Senate health committee, said withdrawing from the WHO could “interfere with clinical trials that are essential to the development of vaccines”....
...A gifted bassist, he is a linkman connecting the worlds of jazz and rap, most significantly as a crucial collaborator on Kendrick Lamar’s groundbreaking album To Pimp a Butterfly....
...Lamar Alexander, who dashed Democratic hopes he would support calling witnesses, said the president’s conduct was “inappropriate” but not impeachable....
...Cory Gardner, a Republican senator up for re-election in Colorado, a swing state, and Lamar Alexander, the longtime Tennessee senator who is set to retire after this term, also represent possible swing votes...
...Mr Trump’s Senate impeachment trial took a crucial turn in his favour late in the week, when Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, two relatively centrist Republicans, said they opposed...
...Steve Lamar, the chief executive of the American Apparel and Footwear Association, said the deal did “little” to help US manufacturers in his industry, which would still be hit by levies on key inputs, but...
...Lamar Alexander The senior senator from Tennessee is seen as a close ally of Mr McConnell....
...During the Washington trial, supporters of the president have remained faithful, like those at a recent rally in Wildwood, New Jersey....
...In total, 12 Republicans voted for the measure, including Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Lamar Alexander. After Thursday’s vote, the president responded with a one-word tweet: ‘”VETO!”...
...Lamar Alexander, a Republican senator for Tennessee, is promoting what he calls a “New Manhattan Project” to promote clean energy sources....
...On Wednesday, offshore drilling contractor Transocean was looking to sell $550m of debt and Lamar Media sought to borrow $250m, according to the people....
...Lisa La Touche, co-director of Washington DC’s Tap Phonics, transferred Kendrick Lamar’s machine-gun delivery for Tech N9ne’s semi-rapped, semi-sung “Fragile” to the feet....
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