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The Washington Post - Politics (6 minutes ago)

The Supreme Court's ruling in the birthright citizenship case poses a political challenge for President Donald Trump.

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 minutes ago)

Harvard professor with polarizing alien theories is picked to lead new White House UFO council

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Raw Story - Politics (8 minutes ago)

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) attempted an end-run strategy to pass President Donald Trump's anti-voting-rights SAVE America Act through Congress — only for a contingent of Republicans to block it and deal him a fresh humiliation. And MS NOW commenters were quick to react."Mike Johnson just tried to get the SAVE America Act through the...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 minutes ago)

The internet criticized President Donald Trump's response on Tuesday to the Supreme Court ruling that upheld birthright citizenship and rejected the president's executive order.Trump posted a bizarre — and apparently sarcastic — statement on his Truth Social platform following the ruling."I would like to congratulate President Xi, and the Great...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 minutes ago)

A firebrand candidate for governor of Florida who has become infamous for white supremacist antics is being targeted by a lawsuit from one of his opponents to throw him off the ballot — but even some MAGA commentators who oppose that candidate are lashing out over the move.Earlier this week, Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins announced a lawsuit...

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New York Times - Politics (8 minutes ago)

Ultraconservative lawmakers refused to back a critical procedural measure as they pressed for action on voting legislation championed by President Trump.

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New York Times - Politics (8 minutes ago)

The Supreme Court decision puts the court in line with the views of a majority of Americans.

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New York Times - Politics (8 minutes ago)

Almost half of states do not prohibit trans girls and women from competing. The Supreme Court ruling doesn't force them to, but lawmakers and voters could change that.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (37 minutes ago)

Coalition talking points, obtained by the ABC, make almost no direct mention of One Nation despite the minor party surging in the polls.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (38 minutes ago)

China's top diplomat attended a speech by ASIO boss Mike Burgess last week, sitting in the second row. He didn't like what he saw.

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Yahoo News - Politics (38 minutes ago)

Trump allies block US House defense policy bill in push for voter ID law

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Raw Story - Politics (38 minutes ago)

Longtime conservative columnist Matt Lewis, who supported Marco Rubio in 2016, expressed concerns about the Secretary of State's viability as President Donald Trump's presumed MAGA successor, questioning whether he is "damaged goods." Writing for NOTUS, Lewis articulated his central worry: while a President Rubio offers "a tiny bit of hope," that...

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Raw Story - Politics (38 minutes ago)

A Louisiana Republican sparked ridicule on social media Tuesday when he tried to brag about the number of attendees at President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair while pointing to a nearly empty National Mall on live TV.Gov. Jeff Landry, a frequent Fox News guest, became the latest figure pulled into the mockery surrounding Trump's fair...

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Raw Story - Politics (38 minutes ago)

President Donald Trump is "too mentally feeble" to hold office and a "crazy, stalker-ish" aide has effectively taken control of the West Wing, former RNC spokesperson Cheri Jacobus said.Jacobus made the comments on her Tuesday YouTube show, Politics with Cheri Jacobus, about Natalie Harp, 34, an aide to Trump since 2022 who became his executive...

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New York Times - Politics (38 minutes ago)

The president lost his case in the Supreme Court, but mere legislation would not be enough.

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New York Times - Politics (38 minutes ago)

Justice Barrett sided with Chief Justice Roberts and the liberal minority to uphold birthright citizenship and mail-in voting practices.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (An hour ago)

Accounting firms could be asked to split their lucrative consulting services from their audit functions and individual firm partners could face far greater scrutiny and penalties for legal breaches, under a shake up of the industry being consulted on by the federal government.

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Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

A new poll revealed that President Donald Trump's scandal-plagued pick in the Texas Senate race, Attorney General Ken Paxton, might not win his critical election, The Daily Beast reported on Tuesday.A New York Times/Siena poll of 656 likely Texas voters found that Paxton is tied at 47 percent in the midterm face-off against Democratic candidate...

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Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

As the Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling on the last day of its term protecting birthright citizenship and invalidating a signature policy of President Donald Trump's administration, Justice Clarence Thomas took a swipe at the majority in his dissent, stunning legal experts with an argument that would have effectively rewritten 14th...

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Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

A former Trump administration official clashed with a CNN anchor in a heated exchange after he was fact-checked about birthright citizenship during a live broadcast on Tuesday. Ken Cuccinelli, former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security under President Donald Trump, was talking to CNN anchor Eric Hill when the host clarified a talking point...

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New York Times - Politics (An hour ago)

Two cases to be heard in the fall challenge legality of state and local bans on the weapons, which are popular with gun owners and have been used in mass shootings.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Darializa Avila Chevalier, the progressive organizer whose primary victory over five-term Democratic Congressman Adriano Espaillat last week stunned the party's establishment, was among those calling for the expulsion of New York City Council member Vickie Paladino Tuesday night after the Republican issued "a thinly veiled call” for the...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Daily Wire podcaster Matt Walsh was on the receiving end of a legal and personal beatdown over a panicked response to the Supreme Court upholding birthright citizenship on Tuesday.While Republican members of Congress were waving the bloody flag over Donald Trump's courtroom loss with promises of legislative action, Walsh hit the panic button over...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) asserted to Politico that a bipartisan, landmark housing bill will become law and President Donald Trump will not veto it.This marks one of the few issues on which Johnson has threatened Trump, according to Politico's Meredith Lee Hill. Johnson's statement followed Trump's public criticism of the bill as...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

While the Supreme Court narrowly ruled against President Donald Trump's attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship, the way the justices actually split their votes carried a disturbing message of its own, attorney and former United Nations delegate Andrew Weinstein warned on Tuesday.On Tuesday, four of the Supreme Court's nine justices indicated...

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CBC - Politics (2 hours ago)

Canadian government officials will join their counterparts from the U.S. and Mexico on Wednesday in a landmark meeting on the future of the trade agreement between their three countries.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 hours ago)

A new federal report recommends a serious crackdown on election campaigners' behaviour: "It is only a matter of time before someone is seriously injured.”

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia have impacted Vladimir Putin's country's ability to produce fuel.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) accused White House budget director Russ Vought of dodging repeated questions about whether USAID funding cuts have killed people.The clash unfolded at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing this week, where Vought, who leads the Office of Management and Budget, testified on the agency's budget.A Lancet study published...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Internal financial documents reveal that the contractor running President Trump's flagship $1 billion self-deportation initiative, Project Homecoming, came within weeks of running out of money entirely.A burn-rate dashboard dated May 7 and shared with the Department of Homeland Security projected that Salus Worldwide Solutions, the company managing...

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New York Times - Politics (2 hours ago)

The ruling upholding two state laws blocking transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports was the latest in a series of defeats.

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New York Times - Politics (2 hours ago)

The decision ends one of the most aggressive parts of Trump's immigration agenda. But hundreds of other restrictions have taken effect.

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Today, the Supreme Court struck down Trump's Day One executive order canceling the right to birthright citizenship. Good. That executive order declared that children born in the U.S. would not be considered citizens if their parents were living in the country illegally or were visiting the country on temporary visas.The executive order never took...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of a golden eagle attached to the White House facade on Monday. "A Golden Gift to the White House for its 250th Birthday Year!" The President posted on Truth Social. The eagle holds a red, white, and gold shield surrounded by 11 stars. The post immediately drew widespread ridicule on social media....

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

The internet slammed Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) on Tuesday, calling him out for cutting Medicaid and healthcare services — the same ones he needed — after he revealed that he had been battling depression and was hospitalized, disappearing from Congress for nearly four months.Kean's office had given cryptic explanations while he was gone, citing a...

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National Public Radio - Politics (3 hours ago)

The New Jersey Republican was missing for months with no explanation for his constituents. He explained in a House floor speech that after his diagnosis, there was no timeline for recovery.

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BBC - Politics (3 hours ago)

'Is this genuinely new investment or simply moving money from one overstretched budget to another?' Liberal Democrat MP asks.

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Politico - Europe (3 hours ago)

Britain's Defence Investment Plan is aimed at preparing the country for growing strategic challenges.

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Politico - Europe (3 hours ago)

After its World Cup defeat, the German team is not the only national institution failing to live up to expectations. 

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Politico - Europe (3 hours ago)

A small but influential group of defense-minded Republicans is looking to extract concessions from the Trump administration on American defense of Europe.

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Yahoo News - Politics (3 hours ago)

Supreme Court rejects Trump's attempt to limit birthright citizenship

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

While the Supreme Court's decision Tuesday regarding birthright citizenship dominated news headlines, another ruling delivered by the court moments earlier may ultimately "destroy what remains of America's anti-corruption laws,” journalist David Sirota warned."For the last 2 years, [we have] been warning about this case spearheaded by [Vice...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

The Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow Tuesday to the Trump administration's attempt to eliminate birthright citizenship, but less than an hour after the justices handed down their decision, President Donald Trump was already musing on how to sidestep the court's ruling."The Supreme Court upheld Birthright Citizenship, which is too bad for our...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Reactions were mounting among legal analysts Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship order.The divided court ruled in a 6-3 majority decision in Trump v. Barbara, upholding the 14th Amendment and blocking Trump's efforts to eliminate birthright citizenship, "but the Court split 5-4 on whether a...

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New York Times - Politics (3 hours ago)

In dissents, justices decried the ruling as a 'serious mistake' that would aid 'birth tourists.'

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Tom Kean Finally Explains His Absence From Washington

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Justice Brett Kavanaugh helped hand Donald Trump a defeat on birthright citizenship on Tuesday while simultaneously offering a roadmap for how a future Congress could accomplish what the Supreme Court refused to allow the president to do unilaterally.Kavanaugh joined the majority in striking down Trump's executive order attempting to eliminate...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) said Tuesday that depression was behind his nearly four-month disappearance from Congress.Kean had not cast a vote since March 5. He missed more than 100 votes.His office had previously blamed only a vague "personal medical issue.""Several months ago, due to health concerns, I entered the hospital for some testing," Kean...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann expressed deep concern about the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision in Trump v. Slaughter, which overturned 91 years of precedent allowing presidents to fire independent agency members without cause. Weissmann highlighted Chief Justice Roberts' use of the word "secrecy" when describing executive branch vitality,...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Another Republican Senate candidate endorsed by President Donald Trump is facing scrutiny about giving a plea deal to a man accused of sexually abusing children.Montana GOP Senate nominee Kurt Alme oversaw a case as the state's U.S. attorney involving tribal police officer Mychal Thomas Damon, who investigators said admitted to molesting a...

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New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

When Congress passed a sweeping immigration reform measure after World War II, it included language that mirrored the 14th Amendment's citizenship clause — and perhaps even took it a step further.

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New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

The decision, which allows parties to spend more in coordination with candidates, is likely to further expand the power of big money in American politics.

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Global News - Politics (4 hours ago)

In 2018, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency concluded that the prince had ordered the killing of a Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

"Violence is never acceptable," MEP Jutta Paulus said after protests in Tirana escalated Tuesday.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

The Greens say the government bears responsibility for excess deaths during France's record heat wave.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

Ses équipes n'en font pas mystère : Edouard Philippe ne peut pas rater son meeting de dimanche à Paris alors que le candidat avait repoussé son entrée en campagne pour la présidentielle. Celui qui reste le favori du bloc central a besoin d'enclencher une dynamique s'il veut plier le match avec ses adversaires, à commencer […]

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was taken to task on Tuesday over his non-legalistic claims in a ruling that allows states to bar transgender female athletes from participating on girls' and women's sports teams.In the 6-3 decision for the conservative majority Justice Brett Kavanaugh took the lead and wrote that schools "may...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

A veteran Supreme Court correspondent apparently jumped the gun with a report that Justice Samuel Alito is retiring.NPR's Nina Totenberg reported Tuesday, just after the current term's last opinions were handed down, that the 76-year-old George W. Bush appointee was stepping down, but the network quickly retracted the breaking news article.Alito...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) let out a growling sound when a reporter told him in real-time that the Supreme Court had rejected President Donald Trump's birthright citizenship executive order. Johnson was attending a House Republican Caucus meeting and spoke to reporters when he was told about the high court's decision to uphold birthright...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Justice Clarence Thomas's eyebrow-raising birthright citizenship dissent on Tuesday became the topic of discussion on MS NOW, with one anchor describing it as "astonishing" and legal analyst Lisa Rubin calling it "disappointing.""Astonishing may be the wrong word; I think disappointing maybe another word," Rubin said, telling viewers the dissent...

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New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

The justices blocked President Trump's executive order that banned birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and some temporary foreign visitors.

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New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

After months of mystery, the New Jersey representative broke his silence about the undisclosed health issue that prompted his 117-day absence.

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New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

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CBC - Politics (4 hours ago)

The Liberal government will spend almost $700 million to build, test and launch a new satellite for Canada's RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM).

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CBC - Politics (4 hours ago)

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is shuffling his front bench, in a renewal that sees a number of recently elected MPs taking on bigger portfolios, while also promoting one of the party's longest-serving MPs to finance critic.

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BBC - Politics (5 hours ago)

The ex-Greater Manchester mayor plans a new No 10 unit in the city if he becomes Labour's next leader.

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

British steelmakers push ministers to continue talks with Brussels to realize more generous country-specific quotas.

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Tuesday that states can bar transgender girls from female school sports, upholding laws in West Virginia and Idaho — and the justices spent much of the opinion going at one another.Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion, holding that neither Title IX nor the Constitution's Equal Protection Clause stops...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

For one day, at least, the Constitution held, and in the chaotic and disjointed time we are living in, and where we hold our breath awaiting the rulings of an overtly bigoted Supreme Court, that is saying an awful lot.The court today struck down President Donald Trump's executive order attempting to strip birthright citizenship from children born...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 against President Donald Trump's efforts to eliminate birthright citizenship, a constitutional right established in 1868. Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority, "Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community," in Tuesday's ruling. Trump, pressured by...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Donald Trump was dealt a major blow when the Supreme Court ruled to uphold mail-in voting, but the "win" Trump saw with the high court's decision in Trump v. Slaughter might come back to haunt him and the GOP, an analyst reported on Tuesday.In Slaughter, the Supreme Court ruled that the president has the power to fire members of formerly...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor smacked her conservative colleagues with a stinging rebuke for their decision to gut another campaign finance statute by overturning a decades-old precedent.The court struck down federal limits on how much money a political committee can spend in coordination with candidates in the case National Republican...

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

The justices ruled that President Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

The success of Becky Pepper-Jackson, a West Virginia high school sophomore, prompted criticism from the state's governor.

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

The German company is doubling down on electric vehicles even as other automakers pull back after acknowledging billions of dollars in losses.

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National Public Radio - Politics (5 hours ago)

At issue in the case was a post-Watergate law that Congress passed to limit the amount of money individuals can give to political parties.

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BBC - Politics (5 hours ago)

Dame Diana Johnson MP believes Burnham "would make an excellent leader".

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The Washington Post - Politics (5 hours ago)

If the court had struck down birthright citizenship and upheld President Donald Trump's executive order, the ruling would have had sweeping political, economic and social ramifications.

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The Washington Post - Politics (5 hours ago)

The decision is the latest in which the Supreme Court has weighed in on campaign finance rules.

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

The Supreme Court dealt a devastating blow to President Donald Trump's agenda Tuesday after ruling 5-4 against his efforts to eliminate birthright citizenship, a constitutional right long targeted by far-right figures."Citizenship, then and now, was the right to have rights — to freely participate in our political community," wrote Justice John...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

MAGA loyalists were furious on Tuesday after the Supreme Court reaffirmed birthright citizenship, signaling a major loss for President Donald Trump's agenda.Trump lost in his attempt to deny automatic citizenship to those born to undocumented migrants, and justices ruled to maintain a 150-year-old court precedent."Children born in the United States...

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

The court's decision involving laws from West Virginia and Idaho has implications for 25 other states with similar restrictions on transgender female athletes joining women's sports teams.

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

The justices ruled that President Trump's executive order limiting birthright citizenship

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

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BBC - Politics (6 hours ago)

Andy Burnham has launched a bid to be the next prime minister.

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The Washington Post - Politics (6 hours ago)

The ruling is the latest blow to the LGBTQ+ community, which has faced repeated losses at the Supreme Court in recent years.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 hours ago)

Rate rises, unaffordable homes and the government's tax changes are behind another fall in value of the nation's homes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 hours ago)

Home owners and renters could save hundreds of dollars by opting into a new scheme available to all electricity customers.

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

Countries with free-trade deals take a smaller hit as the EU slashes duty-free steel quotas by nearly half overall.

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

How the White House Rose Garden and its plantings have changed over the past century

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

With Senate Republicans appearing unwilling to nuke the filibuster to pass President Donald Trump's SAVE America Act, House Republican leaders are trying a new tactic to pressure states to enact the bill's severe voting rights restrictions without actually passing the bill itself.The SAVE America Act has already passed the House multiple times....

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

A crowd of reporters gathered outside the Capitol Hill office of Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) Tuesday morning, but the long-missing congressman has not yet shown.Kean last voted in the House on March 5. He has missed more than 140 votes since then.He has said only that he is dealing with a "personal medical issue." His office said he would return on...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

President Donald Trump shared what appeared to be an AI-generated image Monday night of a golden eagle statue affixed to the White House facade, and while the post was ridiculed by critics, one former GOP staffer flagged what they believed was a hidden message.The image in question shows a golden eagle statue attached to the front facade of the...

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New York Times - Politics (6 hours ago)

The court's decision involving laws from West Virginia and Ida

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

A federal judge ruled Monday that a pro-impeachment protest group can keep flying a flag with a phrase President Donald Trump has called a death threat against him.The group Accountability NOW USA has displayed a flag reading "8647" as part of a months-long demonstration outside a federal courthouse demanding Trump's impeachment."8647" turned up...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Tens of thousands of people still haven't been found after a pair of devastating earthquakes in Venezuela last week—including some Venezuelans who had just been deported from the United States as part of President Donald Trump's mass deportation push and were being held in a hotel when the temblors hit, The Associated Press revealed Monday.There...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

A legal battle over one Jeffrey Epstein accuser's unreleased FBI interview notes has emerged as a flashpoint threatening to complicate acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's path to confirmation, as a federal judge presses the Justice Department for answers it has so far declined to give.The woman, known in court filings as Jane Doe 4, alleged in...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on Newsnation Tuesday to tout the return of the Presidential Fitness Test to public schools, but during the interview, made an off-handed comment that carried a startling suggestion."One of the criticisms of the Presidential Fitness Test back in the 2010s before it was nixed was...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Nick Anderson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist.

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

As Secretary of State Marco Rubio assumes a commanding position as the presumed successor to Donald Trump's MAGA throne, one of the former Florida senator's supporters wondered this week if he is damaged goods.Writing for NOTUS, longtime conservative columnist Matt Lewis noted that he supported Rubio in 2016 and his esteem for him has only grown,...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Mary Trump is once again training her fire on her uncle — this time throwing her weight behind a Senate campaign in Florida, the state President Donald Trump now calls home.In an email sent on behalf of Senate candidate Alex Vindman, the psychologist and outspoken Trump critic framed the race as a direct test of her uncle's standing in his own...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

You can hear the whispering in the White House across the Mall from the Smithsonian Aviation Museum, "Well, that didn't work, and that's bad — really bad." They're talking about the "Great American State Fair."Aaron Rupar, the Left's irreplaceable and most deeply embedded intel agent, captured Fox News's inability to paper over a debacle devoid...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

The Supreme Court handed President Donald Trump another victory Monday by expanding his authority to fire heads of independent agencies, a decision that Zeteo's Andrew Perez argued was just the latest example of the court's "far-right justices” executing a long sought-after plan."Fundamentally, Trump and the justices are partners in fascism,”...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

A new White House hire of a controversial former Donald Trump adviser could land Chief of Staff Susie Wiles in court.On Monday, a report claimed the White House is in talks to bring Jason Miller, long associated with the president since his first term, back to help with communications issues before the midterm elections. That potential hiring did...

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CBS News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Starting July 1, the government will cap what graduate students may borrow in federal loans, forcing many toward private lenders with higher interest rates.

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Russian President Vladimir Putin has publicly disavowed the existence of any formal agreement reached during his August summit with President Donald Trump in Alaska, undercutting months of Kremlin messaging that had treated the meeting as a diplomatic turning point in the war in Ukraine.Senior Russian officials had insisted for months that a path...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

A former Republican State Department official is warning that President Donald Trump's reliance on executive decrees and rule-breaking will eventually be turned against his own supporters — and that the satisfaction MAGA feels now is, at best, "a sugar high."The warning came from Kim R. Holmes, a former Assistant Secretary of State and historian,...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

A veteran journalist and former New York Times public editor called out CBS News' gesture toward public accountability as a "blatant sham."The network's Donald Trump-aligned new owners tapped Kenneth R. Weinstein, a former chief executive of the right-leaning Hudson Institute, to review complaints about its coverage as ombudsman, but media expert...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (9 hours ago)

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

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Politico - Europe (9 hours ago)

The Balkan country is estimated to receive €3 billion in EU funds from 2028 to 2034.

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Politico - Europe (9 hours ago)

Turkey "is an essential partner on defence, migration, trade and regional stability,” Kallas' team said ahead of the visit.

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Yahoo News - Politics (9 hours ago)

'They Just Believe This Garbage': Harry Enten Rips GOP Voters For Election Fraud Beliefs

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A bipartisan briefing on the Iran ceasefire deal turned tense when President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff reportedly berated a Democratic congresswoman and cut off her microphone after she pressed him on the details of the agreement.Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) said she asked Witkoff direct questions about who authored the 14-point...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

The hardline MAGA wing of the House Republican caucus has once again forced House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) into a difficult spot, one that has relegated his role to "something like a triage nurse,” Punchbowl News reported, despite being arguably the most powerful lawmaker in Washington and third in line to the presidency.Johnson ultimately...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has orchestrated yet another massive no-bid contract, this time channeling $500 million in taxpayer funds through a loophole to pay for his East Wing ballroom in secret, a report says.According to Washington Post reporting, White House officials used back channels and awarded the half-billion-dollar contract to Clark...

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National Public Radio - Politics (9 hours ago)

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, about the Trump administration's Iran briefing to lawmakers.

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

The Trump administration's effort to broker peace in the Middle East is being shaped — and at times complicated — by competing approaches from Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.A top Trump adviser described the two men as representing different instincts within the president's own thinking on the region, with Rubio...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Christopher Rufo, a hugely influential conservative activist who's advised President Donald Trump's team directly, was forced to acknowledge the president's "corruption” problem in an interview with The New York Times published Tuesday, and ultimately conceded that it didn't look good."I guess one thing I think about, when I think about Donald...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Former Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC), who portrayed himself as a champion of fiscal discipline during his tenure in Congress, has put his campaign creditors on notice that they will not get another penny from him. According to NOTUS, the former lawmaker who lost his re-election bid in 2018, has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission...

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BBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

Chancellor Rachel Reeves speaks as the government announces its defence spending plans.

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BBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

Jarvis says defence spending plans "reflect the realities of warfare" and commits to strengthening the UK's nuclear deterrent.

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BBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

The prime minister speaks as the UK government unveils its defence spending plans.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (10 hours ago)

When Liberal backbencher Simon Kennedy was a teenager, one of his high school teachers asked to borrow money for his gambling addiction. He says he ended up accompanying the teacher to Gamblers Anonymous meetings.

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Politico - Europe (10 hours ago)

Police say the suspect fled into France after leaving the explosive device outside a residential building.

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CBS News - Politics (10 hours ago)

The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday delivered a death blow to ballot measures aimed at handing Democrats seven of Colorado's eight Congressional seats.

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Yahoo News - Politics (10 hours ago)

Factbox-US Supreme Court's FTC ruling will affect cases related to other Trump firings

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Legal analyst and journalist Marcy Wheeler, who writes under the handle EmptyWheel, mocked Fox News host Laura Ingraham this week over a segment celebrating the end of Biden-era protections for Haitian immigrants, arguing Ingraham's framing revealed "two telling confessions."The segment aired during Fox's coverage from Trump's Great American State...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (10 hours ago)

Australia's peak Jewish group is urging Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to deny a visa to a prominent comedian who has accused Israel of bombing its own embassy.

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Politico - Europe (10 hours ago)

France and the U.K. have been spearheading efforts to put together a maritime mission to secure the key waterway for global oil and gas deliveries.

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CBS News - Politics (10 hours ago)

One week after Democratic insurgent victories in New York, the focus is now moving to Colorado, where challenges in a trio of races are threatening candidates backed by the party establishment.

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National Public Radio - Politics (11 hours ago)

Live election results: Get the latest on Colorado's U.S. Senate, U.S. House and gubernatorial primary races.

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National Public Radio - Politics (11 hours ago)

As the Supreme Court today weighs the Trump administration's effort to revoke birthright citizenship, NPR looks at what else the White House has done to curb illegal and legal migration.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (11 hours ago)

A network of paid overseas influencers is targeting Australian voters to turbocharge support for One Nation. And it seems to be working.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (11 hours ago)

A handful of Liberal MPs told a Coalition party room meeting that the opposition should take a strong line on gambling reform rather than wave Labor's laws through.

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

The failure of the American media is one of the biggest disappointments of the last 11 years. Instead of standing together and standing their ground with integrity and dignity when Trump began bullying them in 2015, media organizations let him wear them down with his never-ending litany of insults. Once a toxic narcissist knows they can get away...

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New York Times - Politics (11 hours ago)

James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker, is tied with Ken Paxton, the Republican state attorney general, according to a New York Times/Siena poll.

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New York Times - Politics (11 hours ago)

A major shift among Hispanic voters and a favorable candidate matchup have helped put Democrats on the doorstep of a Senate upset.

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Politico - Europe (11 hours ago)

Will the long-awaited defence investment plan be the prime minister’s final and most contentious act? After months of delays, a multibillion-pound funding gap, and the resignation of his defence secretary, has Sir Keir Starmer done enough to satisfy his military chiefs? Sam Coates and Anne McElvoy unpack the political and strategic stakes and...

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CBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with Inuit leadership Tuesday in Kuujjuaq, the largest community in the Nunavik region in northern Quebec. It's the first trip by a sitting prime minister to the village in almost 20 years.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (13 hours ago)

The Melbourne childcare provider has been cut off under new powers that allow the federal government to withdraw funding due to safety breaches.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (14 hours ago)

Australia's peak Jewish group is urging Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke to deny a visa to prominent comedian Bassem Youssef.

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Politico - Europe (14 hours ago)

Europe has the talent, capital, and institutions to build world-leading companies — but it must now create conditions for more of them to scale globally.

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Politico - Europe (16 hours ago)

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Yahoo News - Politics (16 hours ago)

Republican Tom Kean Jr. set to return to Congress after long unexplained absence

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Politico - Europe (16 hours ago)

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

A pair of legal experts were astounded on Monday while discussing a trap the Trump Department of Justice may have laid for itself in a recent case. One of the arguments Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made when the DOJ created the $1.776 billion settlement between the Trump administration and the IRS was that Trump had been irreparably harmed...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (17 hours ago)

From tax cuts to wage increases, here are some of the changes starting July 1.

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

A political analyst called out a striking contradiction that President Donald Trump's chief spokesperson made during an interview on Fox News. David Pakman, host of "The David Pakman Show" on YouTube, said in a recent video that Karoline Leavitt "immediately imploded" during her appearance on Fox News's "Fox & Friends" on Monday. He noted that...

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Politico - Europe (17 hours ago)

For Europe to lead in AI, sovereignty must mean choice

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Politico - Europe (17 hours ago)

The City Council capped short-term rental licences in 2014. Rents still rose up to 70 percent. So what's actually driving unaffordability?

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Yahoo News - Politics (17 hours ago)

Second Dan Sullivan can appear on Alaska Senate primary ballot, court rules

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

During C-SPAN's Washington Journal program Monday, a Republican caller from North Dakota suggested American citizenship be limited to white people, citing the 1790 Naturalization Act that limited citizenship to "free white persons." Jim, the caller, argued the nation's founders never intended large-scale immigration and expressed disapproval of...

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Politico - Europe (18 hours ago)

Governments have differing views on what the EEAS should look like and what it should do. But France is taking the lead on opening the debate.

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Politico - Europe (18 hours ago)

The National Rally old guard fears moderating on the retirement age could alienate its working-class base.

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Politico - Europe (18 hours ago)

Much of the estimated €293 million price tag will be spent on security.

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CBS News - Politics (18 hours ago)

The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Monday that a man with the same name and party as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan can challenge the sitting lawmaker in the state's Senate primary in August.

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

Rachel Maddow kicked off her Monday night MS NOW program with a discussion of Star Wars — and specifically, how one track from the original trilogy just cost the Trump administration a big settlement payout for unlawful police conduct."The Empire Strikes Back is just as exciting as the first Star Wars movie, but it is darker, it is definitely...

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

President Donald Trump was roundly ridiculed on Monday night after he posted a picture of the "golden gift" he plans to give the country for its 250th birthday celebration this week. Trump posted a picture of a golden eagle attached to the front facade of the White House on his Truth Social feed. The AI-generated eagle is shown holding a red,...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (18 hours ago)

Police believe the person has sent more than 100 threatening letters to parliamentarians over the past decade, and they have "very real concerns” about the content.

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