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CBS News - Politics (14 minutes ago)

The Trump administration has shut down the CIA World Factbook, and there's much lamenting about the demise of a free, trusted source many people used to check basic facts about countries.

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The Washington Post - Politics (42 minutes ago)

A Washington Post-Schar School poll finds that Virginia voters are highly polarized over Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D), who ran as a unifying centrist.

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Politico - Europe (44 minutes ago)

It's "not true that the Ukrainians tried to organize” alleged sabotage plot, Serbia says.

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Raw Story - Politics (44 minutes ago)

As we go about our spring, awaiting the latest drop of "The Pitt," putting money on the Final Four, or indefatiguiably scrolling dog videos on "X," it's all too easy to pretend that, as bad as things may be, they remain "managably bad," not so bad as to touch you personally, not "that bad," anyway. At the risk of sounding like an alarmist, please...

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New York Times - Politics (44 minutes ago)

Tuesday's special House election runoff in a conservative stretch of Georgia is one of the first to showcase disagreements over the conflict, including within the G.O.P.

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National Public Radio - Politics (An hour ago)

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia about President Trump's budget request that includes $1.5 trillion for the military.

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National Public Radio - Politics (An hour ago)

President Trump is praising the military for a risky rescue mission in Iran. But even with military successes, Trump remains in a political bind.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

Their call for a system redesign comes as new data reveals people with lower support needs now make up more than 40 per cent of participants in the $50 billion scheme.

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Politico - Europe (3 hours ago)

With one month to go until the local elections in England, Wales and Scotland — is the electoral map about to be redrawn? In his first major test since the general election, Sir Keir Starmer faces a major health check and verdict on his government and leadership. Could the results reshape his premiership? In this […]

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

"Stay curious,” the CIA advised in its "fond farewell” to the Factbook.

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Democrat Points Out Double Standard In Reactions To Trump's War Crimes Threat

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

Celebrities and catwalks suggest a revival. Inside the EU, officials are weighing whether the industry should survive at all.

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

Anti-Soviet dissident who presided over the Hungarian leader's wedding now thinks Orbán should be in jail.

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

If the Social Democracts don't want to disappear into the fringes, they have to decide, once and for all, what they stand for and who they represent.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

Fuel shipments to Australia have been secured "well into" May, the energy minister says, as the number of service stations with diesel and petrol shortages fell over the Easter weekend.

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

A voting-rights expert issued a stark warning during a podcast interview on Sunday as Vice President JD Vance prepares to travel to Hungary this week. Fox News reported that Vance plans to visit Budapest from April 7 to 8, where he will meet with dictator Viktor Orban and deliver remarks about the "rich partnership" between Hungary and the U.S....

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Politico - Europe (8 hours ago)

The chess ruling in Kyiv's favor sends signal that "aggression cannot be normalized through sporting institutions,” top Ukrainian official tells POLITICO.

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

For the first time in years, there are early signs that police killings in the United States may be declining — after deaths reached a record high in 2024 and amid intensified scrutiny of law enforcement tactics nationwide.The findings come as photos and videos of aggressive law enforcement — particularly involving federal immigration agents...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A political analyst was baffled on Sunday after hearing a MAGA Senator's defense of the high prices that have resulted from President Donald Trump's war with Iran. Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) joined Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo on "Mornings with Maria," where she asked whether prices would decline ahead of the midterms. Prices have risen due to...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Before Wyoming elections, the state's League of Women Voters tries to get voter registration information into the hands of residents at events and gatherings. But under state law, League volunteers can't sign up voters themselves — only local election officials can do that."It's been tough,” said Linda Barton, president of the League of Women...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Political analysts and observers were outraged on Sunday by a new report detailing the arrest of a military spouse by President Donald Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.The New York Times reported on Sunday that Trump's ICE had recently arrested Annie Ramos, a 22-year-old college student with no criminal record, just days after...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's social media post on Easter morning incensed MS NOW hosts Catherine Rampell, Antonia Hylton, and Elise Jordan on Sunday. Early in the morning, Trump posted a threat to the Iranian regime on his Truth Social page. "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran," the message reads in part....

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration released its fiscal 2027 budget request Friday, asking Congress to increase spending on defense programs by 43% and decrease funding for non-defense accounts by 10%.The proposal kicks off what will be a month-long process on Capitol Hill as lawmakers write the dozen annual government funding bills ahead of...

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New York Times - Politics (12 hours ago)

In an expletive-laced social media post, the president said Iran should open the Strait of Hormuz or he would bomb bridges and power plants.

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National Public Radio - Politics (12 hours ago)

Rep. Madeleine Dean talks about the rescue of a downed U.S. crewmember in Iran and reacts to the president's request for unprecedented defense spending in his proposed budget.

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

One of my closest friends emigrated from Iran to the U.S. in the 1980s. She is a respected physician in her field, and she texted me when she saw Donald Trump's expletive-filled Truth Social post at Iran on, of all days, Easter Sunday."Do you know how unacceptable it is to swear in Iran? And what happens if you do? And he attacked Allah. That...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

One of President Donald Trump's fiercest allies in his administration faces a crossroads after he was forced to backpedal on a key issue, according to a new report. The New York Times reported on Sunday that Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy, is facing questions about how he can continue to drive the Trump administration's...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

MAGA Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas was mocked on Easter Sunday after he shared a social media post celebrating an obviously AI-generated image. Abbott shared a post from an account called "Missy In So Cal" on X that purported to show an Air Force colonel who was rescued after his plane was shot down in Iran. The image shows a white soldier holding the...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has just laid the groundwork for one of the "greatest tragedies in American foreign policy history," according to a GOP analyst. Stewart Stevens, who was Mitt Romney's chief campaign strategist during his 2012 presidential campaign, argued in a recent interview on MS NOW's "Alex Witt Reports" that Trump appears incapable of...

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New York Times - Politics (14 hours ago)

A swing-district Republican called the war an "incredible operation,” and President Trump drew backlash from political figures in both parties over a social media post.

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth alarmed two national security experts after making his latest "dangerous" decision. Last week, Hegseth fired Army Gen. Randy George, the Army's chief of staff, over what the New York Times described as "hostility" between the Defense Secretary and senior military leaders. George's firing happened at a time when the...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 hours ago)

The prime minister is now talking openly about the need for system overhaul. He's raised voter expectation for ambitious reform but failure to deliver will hurt him.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (15 hours ago)

The scheme has become the federal government's second-fastest growing expense and ministers fear it will lose its social licence without a major rejig.

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

The satellite firm Planet Labs told customers, including major news outlets, that it was acting on the Trump administration's request as it announced it was implementing "an indefinite withhold of imagery” in Iran and across the Middle Eastern countries where the widening conflict started by the US and Israel is unfolding.The Saturday...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

While the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has sent oil prices soaring, with the national average cost for a tank of gas recently eclipsing $4, experts are now forecasting $6-per-gallon prices as early as this summer, a forecast that one media and political strategist said, if accurate, would lead to an "extinction-level event” for Republicans in...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

President Donald Trump was spotted Sunday taking a "bizarre tour” of Washington, D.C., including a stop at his golf course, and in lieu of attending any of the three Easter services held that morning at the church he's "frequently” attended, The Daily Beast reported.St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., often called the "Church of...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

In a vague social media post on Sunday, President Donald Trump appeared to have extended his deadline for Iran to re-open the Strait of Hormuz by another day, prompting widespread ridicule from critics over what some described as the president's "desperation.”"Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

Donald Trump's war with Iran is set to be a massive failure no matter the outcome, according to a security expert.The president's administration must either pull out of Iran or declare their mission a success, but both moves would make Trump look weak, The Mirror's Christopher Bucktin has claimed. Bucktin wrote, "This is what American leadership...

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Politico - Europe (18 hours ago)

"We are growing accustomed to violence, resigning ourselves to it, and becoming indifferent,” the pope laments amid war in Ukraine, Myanmar, Sudan and the Middle East.

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CBS News - Politics (18 hours ago)

The following is the full transcript of an interview with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on April 5, 2026.

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CBS News - Politics (18 hours ago)

The following is the full transcript of an interview with retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, former commander of U.S. Central Command, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on April 5, 2026.

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CBS News - Politics (18 hours ago)

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, a former commander of U.S. Central Command, outlined takeaways on the search-and-rescue mission​ for a missing U.S. airman on "Face the Nation," and called it a "hard lesson for Iran."

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Yahoo News - Politics (18 hours ago)

Sen. Tim Kaine says Congress will 'have a hard time' reviewing Trump's military budget request

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

President Donald Trump reaffirmed his commitment to authorize an unprecedented attack on Iranian civilian infrastructure on Sunday, telling Axios' Barak Ravid in a phone call that he intends on "blowing up everything over there” if his demand is not met by Monday night.Following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in late February, Iranian officials...

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

Donald Trump is refusing to back down from his controversial tariff policy and cannot be convinced otherwise, according to a political analyst. The tariff policy was deemed to have breached the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law governing presidential emergency authority over economic matters. Heather Digby Parton, writing in...

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Politico - Europe (19 hours ago)

What President Donald Trump wants most out of his next visit to China isn't a fight.

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

The ongoing U.S. war against Iran, which kicked off in late February with the killing of more than 100 Iranian schoolchildren, has undermined a key State Department foreign policy tool and may have irreparably damaged the nation's global reputation, a former Obama administration public diplomacy chief warned Sunday."I believe because of [President]...

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Politico - Europe (19 hours ago)

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's main opponent suggested the incident could be a "false flag operation."

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

I still remember the day, back in 2009 when we were on speaking terms, when Alex Jones showed up naked for a live simulcast of our two shows. It's one of those pictures that my staff and I have worked for years to get out of our heads.It was for a stunt, of course; if nothing else, Alex has always known how to be a showman. It was April 15, Tax...

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The Washington Post - Politics (20 hours ago)

Trump escalated threats against Iran's power plants, bridges and other infrastructure in an expletive-laden post on Truth Social on Easter morning.

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

A diehard collection of Make America Healthy Again supporters say they may abandon the movement and Donald Trump if their demands are not heard. At the core of the MAHA movement is Tony Lyons, the president of MAHA Action and the man trying to calm the storm. A series of administrative choices, some backed by RFK Jr, the head of the Department of...

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

MAGA figureheads already divided over the Iran war and Donald Trump's administration could be facing a new issue that could drive the wedge further. Former pro-Trump figures like Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene have softened on the president and made it known they do not agree with his policy in Iran. While this issue has divided the...

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Politico - Europe (21 hours ago)

The president warned: "Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one.”

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Yahoo News - Politics (21 hours ago)

What the looming sale of CNN means for Trump's feud with the network

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

President Donald Trump left onlookers baffled on Easter Sunday after, rather than issuing a customary message for the Christian holiday, he praised "Allah” – the Arabic word for God – while delivering a profanity-laced threat to destroy civilian infrastructure, actions that would likely constitute war crimes.Trump's outburst comes after...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Donald Trump has made a rare statement that lines up with reality, according to a political commentator who says the president has "lost his mojo". Jonathan Cohn, writing in The Bulwark, suggested Trump had "lost his mojo" during a recent speech where the usually flippant Commander-in-Chief called out cold, hard facts. Whether he did so...

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National Public Radio - Politics (22 hours ago)

Politically, President Trump is on his back foot as he prosecutes an unpopular war and seeks to break campaign promises on entitlements.

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The Washington Post - Politics (22 hours ago)

"Let those who have weapons lay them down!” the first American pope declared. The White House's war in Iran and nativist agenda at home are testing the Vatican.

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Yahoo News - Politics (22 hours ago)

Secret Service investigates reports of gunfire near Lafayette Park across from the White House

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

President Donald Trump issued a curse-laden threat to Iran on Sunday, warning its leaders that unless they cave to his demand to re-open a critical shipping channel to U.S. vessels, the United States would launch an unprecedented attack Tuesday on Iranian civilian infrastructure."Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in...

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Politico - Europe (22 hours ago)

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner could lead the U.S. delegation, Volodymyr Zelenskyy's chief of staff told Bloomberg.

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CBS News - Politics (22 hours ago)

The following is the full transcript of an interview with Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore, which will air on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on April 5, 2026.

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

An economic issue which has so far gone unnoticed could be the makings of a 2008-level crisis, a Nobel Prize winner has warned. Paul Krugman believes that, while there is no immediate danger of an economic collapse, there is an issue present that has not yet been addressed by Donald Trump's administration. In his latest Substack, where he noted a...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (23 hours ago)

The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.

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Raw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)

Two American pilots who were stranded in Iran after their F-15 fighter jet was shot down Friday were recovered in a search and rescue operation, President Donald Trump revealed late Saturday night."WE GOT HIM! My fellow Americans, over the past several hours, the United States Military pulled off one of the most daring Search and Rescue Operations...

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Politico - Europe (24 hours ago)

A union representative said the situation is unlikely to lead to flight cancellations over the Easter weekend.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Donald Trump asked Republicans to pass the SAVE Act "for Jesus.” He'd have been better calling out George Wallace and Strom Thurmond. The debate has focused on the bill's many dangerous aspects. But the SAVE Act builds on voter suppression that Republicans have been carrying out for the past 25 years. The Democrats need to talk about this...

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The Washington Post - Politics (A day ago)

Viktor Orban, who has built strong ties to the MAGA movement and the Kremlin, faces a tough electoral challenge from center-right candidate Peter Magyar on April 12.

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

After seesawing between diplomacy and threats, the president may find it harder to knock down prices by suggesting pauses in attacks or progress in talks.

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

The architect of President Trump's mass deportation campaign wants "a moratorium on immigration from third world countries until we can heal ourselves as a nation.” The chaos in Minneapolis has not pushed him off that course.

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

His niece had been promoting "propaganda for Iran's terrorist regime while enjoying a lavish lifestyle in Los Angeles,” the State Department charged.

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

It has become impossible to predict the trajectory of the congressional appropriations process.

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

Scholars warn that U.S. Justice Department's declaration that the Presidential Records Act is unconstitutional could impact other administrations.

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

A rescue mission involving "dozens of aircraft” extracted the crew member following a frantic search-and-rescue operation after Friday's crash.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Fuel will continue to flow from Japan into Australia under assurances given during recent talks between the two countries. 

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

An Air Force officer of a F-15E Strike Eagle shot down on Friday by Iran spent a day in hostile territory with little more than a pistol for protection.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Some of our women MPs have had to endure horrendous threats of violence. Measures must be taken now so women aren't further discouraged from public life.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

White House Faith Advisor Paula White-Cain's attempt to rehabilitate the president's religious image during a Fox News appearance backfired spectacularly Saturday night, triggering a wave of mockery after claiming he attended Saturday and Sunday school up to three times a week as a child.White-Cain made the claim during a conversation with Laura...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Renowned historian Timothy Snyder leveled two explosive accusations against President Donald Trump: that his proposed 50% defense budget increase could be a bribe to secure military loyalty for a coup attempt, and that a staged domestic terror attack is his best remaining path to nullifying elections.Snyder, a Yale historian recognized as one of...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Second Lady Usha Vance triggered a flood of mockery Saturday after she told Fox Viewers there is a litany of misconceptions about her husband, who has repeatedly found himself on the wrong side of ridicule and memes.Vice President JD Vance has faced backlash from social media commenters in recent years after agreeing to become Trump's running mate,...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Republican strategist Steve Schmidt couldn't hide his disbelief Saturday after learning that a senior FEMA official claimed he was transported to a Waffle House in Rome, Georgia, by the hand of God.Gregg Phillips, who leads FEMA's Office of Response and Recovery, the agency's top disaster response position, made the teleportation claim seriously...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Wisconsin Republicans admitted their own state Supreme Court candidate has failed to give conservative voters a reason to turn out in a high-stakes election Tuesday, as liberals prepare to expand their majority on the state's highest court."If you're a Republican voter, what reason has Maria Lazar's campaign given you to, like, show up and go to a...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

The White House was forced onto the defensive Saturday after social media speculation that President Donald Trump had been hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center sent the administration scrambling to tamp down the rumors.The unfounded whispers spread after Trump went roughly 12 hours without speaking to the press, prompting the White House's...

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

The Trump administration had said it would collect data from colleges to ensure compliance with a Supreme Court ruling ending affirmative action in admissions.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Donald Trump's closest allies in the Middle East are privately sounding the alarm as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pushes the president to escalate the Iran war by targeting civilian infrastructure — including power plants and desalination facilities that millions of people depend on to survive, the Wall Street Journal reported...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

WASHINGTON — New Hampshire's Republican governor, frustrated with little information about the Department of Homeland Security's plan to put a new detention facility in her state, joined local Democrats to oppose the move and disclosed DHS plans to retrofit warehouses across the nation to expand immigrant detention.Two Republican members of the...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Iran may be on the verge of gaining devastating leverage over President Donald Trump as the search for a missing American pilot entered its second day Saturday — drawing dark parallels to a hostage crisis that analysts warn could define his presidency the way the 1979 crisis defined Jimmy Carter's.Iranian state media has already broadcast calls...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

An Alabama city is plowing ahead with prosecuting a 62-year-old grandmother who was thrown to the ground and arrested at an anti-Trump rally last fall for wearing an inflatable costume shaped like a male reproductive organ.Renea Gamble was arrested Oct. 18 at a No Kings rally in Fairhope, Alabama, after a police officer threw her to the ground for...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump's executive order restricting mail ballots faced a fresh challenge on Friday, as a coalition of Democratic states filed a lawsuit seeking to block an order that experts say is an extraordinary attempt by the president to assert authority over elections.More than 20 states — led by California, Massachusetts, Nevada and...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump's Justice Department filed an emergency appeal Friday night to keep his $400 million White House ballroom under construction, and legal observers immediately noted the filing reads less like a federal appellate brief and more like one of the president's Truth Social screeds.The 27-page motion, filed in the U.S. Court of...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Just days after firing Attorney General Pam Bondi, Donald Trump is already eyeing another major leadership shake-up at the Justice Department, according to a new report.Trump is targeting the department's No. 3 official while promoting one of his most ardent loyalists, sources told CBS News Saturday. The expected changes would demote Associate...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal and Spain want extra corporate profits generated during the Mideast conflict to be distributed fairly.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A CNN panel burst into laughter and groans Saturday over a remarkable Fox News clip in which host fierce MAGA loyalist Jesse Watters told acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that he fundamentally misunderstands what the public believes about the Jeffrey Epstein files.During the Fox News interview Thursday, Blanche attempted to put the Epstein...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

More than a dozen Republican leaders in state legislatures across the country have headed for the exits over the past 14 months, in what analysts said could be yet another ominous sign of midterm trouble for a party already reeling from Donald Trump's cratering approval ratings.The departures, which come from battleground states including...

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CBS News - Politics (2 days ago)

The changes were likely to affect Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department and Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division.

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CBS News - Politics (2 days ago)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked George to step down and take immediate retirement, CBS News exclusively reported earlier this week.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A candidate for the Georgia State Senate earned a heaping of mockery on Saturday over a glaring gaffe in an advertisement in the Atlanta Jewish Times that wished Jewish constituents a "blessed Passover" and used a picture of challah bread, which cannot be consumed during the holiday. Nathalie Kanani is a Georgia attorney and Democratic candidate...

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The Washington Post - Politics (2 days ago)

"Time is of the essence!” Justice Department lawyers wrote, saying a ruling to pause construction puts the president at risk.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Months after floods killed more than a thousand people across Sumatra, residents are still digging their way out of the wreckage. While survivors are eager to rebuild, many just can't shake the fear that the next catastrophe is just around the corner.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Labor's strategists have laid the groundwork for this to be a most useful crisis.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Population decline is complicating Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's mission to prop up the nation's ailing critical industries.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Oh man, we're witnessing a degenerate masculinity.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Sydneysiders could be forgiven for feeling a bit subdued, and stretched budgets may make the Sunday morning egg hunt a little harder this year.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers reveals what he calls the PM, what he likes about Tim Wilson and how he shed 17 kilograms.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

At 93, the Labor legend and former science minister is eyeing the "exit ramp”. But he isn't going quietly, taking aim at Anthony Albanese's lack of courage on reform and a political system that has lost its way.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) was widely mocked Saturday after becoming the latest lawmaker to be seen visiting Walt Disney World while chaos continues to erupt at airports nationwide amid the ongoing partial government shutdown.Last week, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was ridiculed for being spotted "carrying a bubble wand” and having a "grand ol' time”...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Donald Trump added to a turbulent Saturday with a racially charged immigration post on Truth Social, repeating a slogan popular among white nationalists — just hours after threatening Iran with an apocalyptic 48-hour ultimatum.Earlier in the day, Trump warned that "all Hell will reign down" on Iran if they didn't make a deal or reopen the Strait...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

Labor's landslide re-election brought renewed hope of reform, but in the past 12 months many anti-gambling advocates only became further disillusioned.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Writer, researcher and columnist John Mac Ghionn issued a dire warning Saturday that the United States was not only inching towards a recession, but one so severe that it may go on to "redefine the word retroactively.”"A recession is coming – not the manicured kind economists dress up in euphemism, but a real one, the kind that redefines the...

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 days ago)

Trump administration asks appeals court to pause order halting White House ballroom construction

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Donald Trump's administration has quietly restarted an oil pipeline system in California, ignoring state law and court orders in the process.The 122-mile onshore pipeline ships oil from three offshore platforms off Santa Barbara. But the shutdown on said line has been in effect since 2015 following a catastrophic spill of 450,000 gallons of oil....

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National Public Radio - Politics (2 days ago)

A federal judge on Saturday said the Trump Administration the demand to collect data from universities was rolled out in a "rushed and chaotic" manner.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Saturday demanded "maximum military restraint” from the US and Israel as it confirmed reports that strikes had targeted a location close to Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, killing at least one person.In a statement released via social media, the IAEA relayed a message from...

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CBS News - Politics (2 days ago)

The war shows no signs of slowing as Iran responds to airstrikes with attacks across the region.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany was forced to admit Saturday that Republicans faced an uphill battle in the upcoming midterm elections, remarks she made as President Donald Trump's historic unpopularity appears to be hurting GOP candidates at the ballot box, The Hill reported."I think there's a sense he's doing things,” McEnany said, who...

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CBS News - Politics (2 days ago)

The ruling follows a lawsuit filed earlier this month by a coalition of 17 Democratic state attorneys general.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump warned Iran Saturday that unless it re-opens a critical shipping channel to U.S.-aligned vessels by Monday, "all Hell will reign down on them,” invoking God in his explosive threat and disturbing onlookers in the process.Iran has shut down access to the Strait of Hormuz – a critical shipping channel through which 20% of...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Donald Trump's administration has seemingly changed tack with international diplomacy and struck deals with a series of the world's most brutal leaders, per a report.Records from the White House, seen by the New York Times, show that American diplomats are straining to strike deals with countries across the world and have put everything on the...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

There was a time when I genuinely loved Tiger Woods.Almost 30 years ago, in one of my first PR jobs, I worked on the team that helped announce his partnership with American Express. In May 1997, shortly after his historic Masters victory, then 21-year-old Woods signed a groundbreaking five-year deal worth over $25 million. At the time, it was...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) revealed Saturday that, after a discussion with President Donald Trump, he was "completely convinced” of what the president's next move may be regarding the ongoing U.S. war against Iran, and one that could potentially involve a "massive military operation.”"I just had a great conversation with [Trump]. I totally...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Donald Trump may have partly written the most recent White House East Wing court filing with his legal team, an analyst has claimed. Trump has faced a series of legal challenges against his White House renovations, particularly a $400 million ballroom project and the refurbishing of the Eisenhower Building's exterior. A legal team working for Trump...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

Cairo purchased more than 8 million tons of grain from Russia last year.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

The White House's formal 2027 budget proposal revealed on Friday not only shocked onlookers for its historic cuts to social safety net programs, but presented Republican lawmakers with a "brutal choice” – one that could lead them to either hurt their own constituents, or publicly break with President Donald Trump, Axios reported Saturday.Trump...

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CBS News - Politics (2 days ago)

The government's legal bid to continue East Wing construction has the hallmarks of President Trump's social media posts.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump weighed in Saturday on a major error published by The New York Times on Friday, offering advice to the newsroom in a spiteful rant on social media.In its Friday print edition, the Times ran a headline that mistakenly referred to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, as the "North American Treaty Organization.”...

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 days ago)

Trump's go-it-alone certainty confronts the uncertainties of war

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

The Republican Party could face a slate of investigations should they lose the House or Senate after the midterm elections, an analyst claimed. Whether the GOP loses control of both is yet to be seen, but one political analyst believes the party would be hit hard by the Democratic Party should the blue wave come. Writing in Newsweek, Jesus Mesa...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

In the early days of President Donald Trump's first term, Jeffrey Epstein presented himself as a Trump administration "insider” with close ties to the White House, Business Today reported on Saturday.According to newly unearthed files released by the Justice Department (DOJ), Epstein had communicated frequently with Indian businessman and former...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

Rome is moving independently as consumers face soaring fuel costs.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump is actively considering a "broader cabinet shake-up” following his high-profile firing this week of Attorney General Pam Bondi, White House insiders revealed to Reuters in its report Saturday."Let's just say, based on what I have heard, Bondi is not the last one,” one White House official told the outlet, speaking on the...

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National Public Radio - Politics (2 days ago)

President Trump claimed victory in Iran during a prime-time address to the nation. Meanwhile, Attorney General Pam Bondi is out, and the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on birthright citizenship.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

The president says the U.S. can walk away from the Strait of Hormuz. The global market says otherwise.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Donald Trump Jr. is eyeing up the unfinished White House ballroom for his wedding, but may have to change his plans, an insider has claimed. An unnamed source suggested Donald Trump's son would like to host his wedding to fiancée Bettina Anderson at the unfinished White House ballroom. The source told People the White House ballroom is "a...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

That report gives the president some useful talking points as polling shows deep dissatisfaction with the state of the economy.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

It was always going to end like this for Pam Bondi, much like it does for everyone in Donald Trump's orbit. Eventually, you do something to upset him and you're sent packing precisely as she was on Thursday.Bondi was just another useful idiot who somehow thought she was special. But they never are. She was handpicked to protect Trump from the...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to export more oil to make up for Iran war-induced supply crunches.

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New York Times - Politics (2 days ago)

Politically disconnected young men, especially Latinos, helped fuel President Trump's victory, but in this economy, they could move to unconventional candidates like Dan Osborn in Nebraska.

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New York Times - Politics (2 days ago)

The administration's videos are possible only in a country that asks little from its people beyond their YouTube clicks.

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New York Times - Politics (2 days ago)

The name atop the Justice Department's organizational chart matters less than the presence of a president whose demands for revenge have become so extreme that even his most obsequious appointees have fallen short.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

Deutschland sehnt sich nach einem Comeback, doch der versprochene Aufschwung der schwarz-roten Koalition lässt auf sich warten. Während traditionsreiche Parteien wie die SPD und die FDP schwächeln und die Union als Kanzlerpartei nach Orientierung sucht, regieren im Land eher Zweifel statt Tatendrang. In diesem Spezial analysiert Rixa Fürsen den...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

Pam Bondi was ousted from her post as attorney general on Thursday, but Trump is said to be considering also removing others.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

The president has grown increasingly furious with the decades-old alliance amid the war in Iran.

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BBC - Politics (2 days ago)

The four word phrase - first uttered by Labour Home Secretary John Reid - has become a by-word for incompetence.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

Scanning private online spaces for child abuse material becomes illegal in Europe on Saturday.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump on Friday lashed out at ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl, calling him a "third-rate news anchor” and urging supporters not to buy his new book.In a post on Truth Social, Trump wrote that Karl had produced "another made up book” before going on to slam fellow ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos."Third rate news 'anchor'...

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 days ago)

Trump is considering more changes to his Cabinet in the coming weeks

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito was taken to a hospital after falling ill during a Federalist Society dinner in Philadelphia, according to CNN on Fridauy. The 76-year-old justice was evaluated and treated for dehydration before returning home that same evening. The incident had not been previously reported, and Alito declined to comment when...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A "wild card” contender has emerged as MAGA allies push for a new attorney general following the ouster this week of Pam Bondi.As loyalists jockey to replace Bondi, some in President Donald Trump's orbit are rallying behind Harmeet Dhillon, an ultra-conservative lawyer and current Justice Department official.Dhillon has "spent years as a...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise was spotted vacationing in Alabama as the government shutdown continues, according to photos obtained by TMZ.The Louisiana Republican, the second-highest ranking member of the House behind Speaker Mike Johnson, was seen near Orange Beach during the current congressional recess. TMZ reported Friday that Scalise...

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New York Times - Politics (2 days ago)

The memorandum calls for paying employees at the Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who have gone without pay during a record-long shutdown.

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CBS News - Politics (2 days ago)

President Trump ordered the Department of Homeland Security to find a way to pay "each and every employee" of the agency.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, four-star General David Hodne, and Major General William Green Jr. without explanation, shocking senior military officials. Analysts suggest the purge target allies of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, who opposed Hegseth's demands to remove Black officers and women from...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

MAGA influencer Steve Bannon characterized downed pilots as an expected consequence of military operations, after reports emerged of a crashed F-15 during the Iran war. Bannon noted CENTCOM had flown approximately 12,000 sorties, stating, "These things are going to happen. You're going to get some people shot down. That's just the reality." Author...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

POLITICO joined the satirical opposition party on the campaign trail as it tries to turn protest into votes against Orbán.

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CBS News - Politics (2 days ago)

U.S. pilot rescued from a downed jet in Iran; Trump seeks $1.5 trillion for military spending.

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 days ago)

Trump said Iran was 'decimated.' Then an American F-15E fighter jet was shot down.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

MAGA fans unleashed a torrent of backlash Friday night when firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) shared a photo of herself catching Opening Day at Coors Field with Democratic Gov. Jared Polis.Both Polis and Boebert shared a photo of themselves at the game decked out in purple, white and black Rockies attire. "The @rockies and baseball bring people...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump is weighing additional cabinet changes following the ouster of Attorney General Pam Bondi – but has also signaled reassurance to at least one official who has long been rumored to be on the chopping block.According to new reporting from the Washington Post, Trump has discussed further shakeups with advisers, while seeking...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A Republican state delegate in Maryland is being threatened with an expulsion resolution by a fellow Republican colleague, after repeatedly refusing to perform the basic duties of office.According to The Baltimore Banner, "Del. Christopher Eric Bouchat, a Republican representing parts of Carroll and Frederick counties, has abandoned most of his...

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 days ago)

Trump news at a glance: president enlists JD Vance as his 'fraud czar', targeting Democratic states

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