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Politico - Europe (54 minutes ago)

Europe may not fare well in a gas bidding war with China.

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Politico - Europe (54 minutes ago)

The next director-general will inherit an organization grappling with a funding crisis while trying to implement a new global health model.

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Politico - Europe (54 minutes ago)

Decarbonizing food systems: one of the most impactful ways Europe can cut emissions and strengthen food security.

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Raw Story - Politics (54 minutes ago)

A political analyst was astounded on Sunday as Republican criticism of President Donald Trump's war with Iran grew louder following the collapse of peace talks in Switzerland. David Pakman, host of the "David Pakman Show on YouTube," reacted to former Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy's recent appearance on Fox News, where he sharply criticized the...

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

The nice guy of EU politics has angered leaders for the first time. Now comes his biggest challenge.

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

The embattled British prime minister is widely expected to announce a plan for his exit just as his likely successor, Andy Burnham, arrives in Westminster.

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CBC - Politics (2 hours ago)

Canada has taken the next step toward acquiring a highly sophisticated, long-range radar system to monitor the Arctic.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

A long-time GOP operative warned on Sunday that his party is facing an existential crisis as the conservative parts of the party give way to President Donald Trump's extremist followers, and that could have massive implications for American society going forward. Mike Madrid, author of "The Great Transformation" on Substack, argued in a new essay...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's war with Iran put the global economy on the brink of collapse, and one economist warns that it could get worse if one sector of the economy begins to show signs of weakness. Liaquat Ahamed, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former World Bank investment chief, said during a recent episode of "The Court of History" podcast...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

A Muslim leader from a regional WA town says he would like to have a conversation with Pauline Hanson about her ideology following her comments calling for monocultural Australia.

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Donald Trump astonished onlookers on Sunday after he announced the findings from his recent inspection of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has come under significant scrutiny over the last week. Trump initially embarked on renovating the Reflecting Pool as part of his efforts to "restore" Washington, D.C., but the project...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 hours ago)

The government is preparing to push ahead with a watered-down version of recommendations from the landmark Murphy inquiry, which called for a comprehensive ban on gambling advertising.

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., issued a wild threat to a prominent journalist during a recent interview on Fox News with Peter Doocy that was sharply mocked by political analysts and commentators. Doocy asked Pirro on "The Sunday Briefing" whether ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl would face criminal...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 hours ago)

Australia has signed its biggest-ever defence export deal, with Canada purchasing surveillance radar technology in a $2.5b agreement. Follow live.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

Donald Trump warns the Iranian delegation they might not return home from talks in Switzerland as the US and Iran argue over the fate of the Strait of Hormuz.

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

A foreign-relations expert offered blunt advice to President Donald Trump as negotiations between his administration and the Iranian regime deteriorate. Joseph Cirincione, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, told MS NOW's Alex Witt on "Alex Witt Reports" that Trump appears to have a way to make a stronger deal with the Iranian regime, but...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Political analysts and observers were shocked on Sunday by a new report revealing that former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's actions throughout her more than two decades in office appeared to have been "guided" by Chris Butler of the Science of Identity Foundation, which several ex-members have described as a "cult."The...

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," June 21, 2026

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

The deal President Donald Trump's administration struck with the Iranian regime has become a joke in Washington, D.C., and it's left the president embarrassed and flailing for an answer, according to one analyst. Last week, the Trump administration and the Iranian regime agreed to a deal that would immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Former Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard may have been "guided” throughout her more than 24 years in politics by Chris Butler, the leader of a group countless ex-members have described as a "cult,” an extensive report from The Washington Post revealed Sunday.Gabbard began her career in politics as a Hawaii state House...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (9 hours ago)

Less than two years after being elected in a landslide, the Labour PM is expected to announce his resignation to make way for another leader.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (9 hours ago)

The One Nation leader is cutting through because so many of her opponents have lost the ability to articulate what is wrong in society.

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A right-leaning national security commentator is openly questioning President Donald Trump's stability and motives after he threatened to resume strikes on Iran, even asking whether the president is "bipolar" on foreign policy or being pressured into it.The reaction followed a Truth Social post in which Trump demanded that Tehran rein in its allies...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Sen. Chris Murphy says a single image from this week's G7 summit captures one of his deepest fears about the growing power of the tech industry: the chief executives of major artificial intelligence companies seated at the table alongside presidents and prime ministers, as if they were heads of state themselves."At the G7, the CEOs of the big AI...

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CBC - Politics (9 hours ago)

The federal Conservative leader is taking questions from reporters at Vancouver International Airport.

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance is sounding the alarm that the threat to mail-in voting this fall does not stop at the White House. In her latest newsletter, the legal analyst argues that even as President Donald Trump pushes an executive order to restrict mail ballots, the Supreme Court may be preparing to throw the nation's election machinery...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A senior Trump administration official made a stunning claim Sunday regarding the U.S. war against Iran, telling Zeteo's Asawin Suebsaeng that the conflict not only began without "real” direction, but that it may very well come back to bite the administration later this year."It was doomed from the very start,” the senior Trump official told...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Mary Trump says the version of Donald Trump the world saw stumbling through the G7 summit is not an aberration but the trajectory, arguing in a new conversation that her uncle is in a steep psychological slide that he can no longer conceal.Speaking with writer and journalist Steven Beschloss on her newsletter, the clinical psychologist and niece of...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Economist Peter Schiff is warning that the federal government's yawning budget gap will be papered over with a flood of newly printed money, and that ordinary Americans will pay for it through prices that could eventually double.The chief economist and global strategist at Euro Pacific Asset Management laid out the math in a post on Saturday. In...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

After issuing a plethora of fresh threats Sunday morning, President Donald Trump was issued a warning of his own from Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, who hours later warned Trump to "be careful” with his words amid the delicate ceasefire between the United States and Iran.As relayed by Fox News' Trey Yingst, Trump threatened...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

The ongoing peace talks in Switzerland between American and Iranian officials got off Sunday to a rocky start, according to one Emirati political analyst who went on to describe the spectacle as nothing short of "humiliation” for Vice President JD Vance, who's leading the U.S. delegation."This was humiliation. No one in modern history has made...

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BBC - Politics (11 hours ago)

Watch analysis from BBC political editor Chris Mason.

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Yahoo News - Politics (11 hours ago)

Sen. Cory Booker says people should be 'very worried' about Trump and Israel upending peace in the Middle East

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Yahoo News - Politics (11 hours ago)

Transcript: Lindsey Graham on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," June 21, 2026

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's account of a phone call he says he had with Iranian officials, in which he reportedly threatened to wipe out their country, take over the Strait of Hormuz, and more, has set off a wave of disbelief, ridicule, and alarm across the political spectrum.The threats were relayed by Fox News correspondent Trey Yingst, who said he...

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Yahoo News - Politics (11 hours ago)

Sen. Lindsey Graham: "Let's try a diplomatic solution. I think it's going to fail."

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

JD Vance's path to the presidency may run through Tehran, and not in a way that helps him. That is the striking implication of a new analysis by Iran expert Karim Sadjadpour, who argues in The Atlantic that the vice president's political future now depends heavily on whether hardline Iranian officials decide to play along with Donald Trump's latest...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

President Donald Trump appeared to threaten Iranian peace negotiators with assassination Sunday in a "bonkers” phone call with Fox News' Trey Yingst, the details of which Yingst revealed on air just moments later.Last week, Trump officially agreed to a tentative peace deal with Iran, giving the two parties 60 days to finalize a more permanent...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Authoritarianism scholar Ruth Ben-Ghiat is predicting that President Donald Trump's praise for China's Xi Jinping will end the same way his Iran standoff did: with the president backing down to a strongman he admires.Her forecast came in response to an Axios clip in which Trump gushed about the Chinese leader on "The Axios Show." Asked about Xi,...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

President Donald Trump unleashed a flurry of threats, promises and ideas Sunday in a phone call with Fox News' Trey Yingst, the details of which left one independent journalist in utter shock.The phone call occurred Sunday morning, just one day after Iranian military officials announced they would be closing the Strait of Hormuz again, citing...

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Politico - Europe (12 hours ago)

The U.S. president seized on reports that the British prime minister is preparing to step down, blaming his troubles on immigration and energy policy.

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Donald Trump's habit of punishing Republicans who cross him may have just cost him the political cover he needs to sell his Iran deal, according to political analyst Sabrina Haake, who argues the president's domestic vendettas are actively undermining him abroad.In her latest newsletter, Haake makes the case that Trump's "personal thirst for...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta stunned journalist John Harwood in an interview published Sunday after predicting how President Donald Trump's presidency may end – a prediction that included a potential early departure from the White House amid growing turmoil."Do you think there's a chance that Trump will resign before the end of his term?”...

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CBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

A face familiar to many on Parliament Hill is launching a bid to return — this time, as an MP. Claire Seaborn, a Bay street lawyer and former chief of staff to Trudeau-era minister Jonathan Wilkinson, intends to run for the Liberal nomination in Beaches-East York.

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

A former senior Pentagon official sounded the alarm on Sunday over their belief that the Trump administration was likely to bury an internal investigation into an incident that coincided with the launch of the U.S. war against Iran, an incident one Democratic lawmaker described as "one of the most horrific episodes” of the "illegal Trump...

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Politico - Europe (13 hours ago)

The vice president is optimistic about diplomacy even as the U.S.-Iran ceasefire threatens to unravel.

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

A corner of the MAGA online world has found a new enemy, and it is not a liberal news organization. It is Reason, the libertarian magazine, which set off a wave of right-wing fury by criticizing outgoing Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democrat.The flashpoint was a Reason piece arguing that Gabbard, on her way out the...

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National Public Radio - Politics (14 hours ago)

The president posted on Truth Social claiming vandals slashed the pool's lining and poured chemicals into the water, saying arrests have been made. He provided no evidence for his claims.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (14 hours ago)

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

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Joe Rogan thought he was making nervous small talk with the president of the United States about the possibility of a terrorist attack. Donald Trump, by Rogan's account, treated the prospect of their shared demise as no big deal.On a recent episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," the podcaster who endorsed Trump's campaign recounted a conversation...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

President Donald Trump threatened to resume the U.S. war against Iran on Sunday with a fiery ultimatum to Iranian officials, warning that if his demand was not met, the United States would "hit Iran very hard.”"Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

U.S. and Iranian officials met in Switzerland Sunday ahead of negotiations to solidify the tentative peace deal between Washington and Tehran and bring about an end to the U.S. war against Iran, but according to one expert, President Donald Trump and his administration are ignoring a pressing issue that risks blowing up talks before they've even...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Donald Trump asked the public to celebrate ICE as misunderstood heroes Saturday, and veteran White House correspondent Brian Karem answered with a single word: "LIE."The president had posted what he framed as a poll, declaring that "ICE has been abused by the Fake News Media at levels never seen before." He called the agents "Great Patriots who...

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Politico - Europe (15 hours ago)

French authorities are restricting street drinking in parts of Paris as a dangerous heatwave collides with Fête de la Musique.

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

In one of his most astonishingly oblivious moments, President Donald Trump may have revealed more about himself — his honest, true beliefs regarding his "talents” and place in history — than at any point in his public life. During an interview with Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman for their forthcoming book, Trump proudly offered what he...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), who vacated her seat after a failed bid for governor and will leave Congress early next year, recently revealed a new bill she intends on filing, the details of which left critics in disbelief.Labeled the "TRANS MICE Act,” Mace's new bill would prohibit federally funded research "aimed at altering an animal's biological...

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National Public Radio - Politics (15 hours ago)

The opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago is a full circle moment for at least one the journalists who covered his political rise.

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National Public Radio - Politics (15 hours ago)

There continues to be uncertainty over negotiations. At the same time, the Trump administration continues to aggravate allies.

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BBC - Politics (15 hours ago)

The Labour MP says the prime minister would be the "first to admit" her constituents did not vote for him.

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's bizarre and ongoing spat with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sparked a chorus of laughter on CNN Sunday morning as panelists mocked the president's "childish” behavior and issued him a new nickname.The spat kicked off on Friday after Trump told a local Italian news outlet that he felt "sorry” for Meloni after she...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

Donald Trump's insistence that vandals carved up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool keeps colliding with one stubborn problem his critics will not let go of: if it really happened, where is the footage?After the president announced on Truth Social that "many additional people have been arrested" over the "disgraceful Vandalism" of the pool,...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has engaged in something of a martial "arms race” with First Lady Melania Trump, New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan revealed in their forthcoming book "Regime Change,” one that involves the president pillaging gold from the White House hallways in his effort to "have the better room,” The Times...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

James Carville has a survival strategy for anyone still working inside Donald Trump's White House, and it boils down to two words: start leaking.On the latest episode of his Politics War Room podcast, the veteran Democratic strategist delivered a blunt appeal to administration staffers, urging them to protect their own reputations before the...

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Politico - Europe (16 hours ago)

Moscow-installed authorities halt civilian fuel sales on the peninsula after fresh strikes target energy and transport links.

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Politico - Europe (16 hours ago)

On the world stage, Canada's prime minister is a statesman. In Ottawa, he is a ward boss.

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

Friends,To you fathers, and to those of you who have or have had fathers, Happy Father's Day.For the next 135 days, our first and most important goal is to end Republican control of Congress, thereby limiting Trump's reign of criminality, corruption, cruelty, and treachery.This is a moral imperative for every one of us who believes in a decent...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

Donald Trump posted a photograph of a blonde woman to Truth Social late on Saturday night, captioned "Great daughter. My Honor!!! President DJT," and set off an internet-wide guessing game over a simple problem: the woman in the picture does not appear to be any of his daughters.The post showed a woman with blonde hair in a black outfit, lounging...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

If you sat down and tried to invent the worst possible person to put in charge of negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran — and obviously Donald Trump doesn't count — you'd have no recourse but to choose JD Vance.If you didn't know, and he takes every single opportunity to tell you, he's the vice president of the United States. And your...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (18 hours ago)

The new analysis comes as Opposition Leader Angus Taylor urges Liberal supporters not to "blow the country up” by deserting the Coalition for One Nation

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New York Times - Politics (18 hours ago)

Federal prosecutors had been examining the circumstances behind the commutation of David Gentile's sentence. He was aided by a Catholic priest friendly with the president.

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New York Times - Politics (18 hours ago)

In a battle of symbols, the Catholics of Las Cruces, N.M., argue that religious freedom should stop the wall from scarring a mountain that has attracted pilgrims for nearly a century.

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New York Times - Politics (18 hours ago)

A possible referendum in Oregon on animal rights would end fishing, hunting, even pest control, just when Democrats are trying really hard not to be seen as "weirdos again.”

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New York Times - Politics (18 hours ago)

Democrats say the president started an economically painful war that resulted in nothing positive. Republicans are more divided, even as they show some signs of relief at falling gas prices.

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Politico - Europe (19 hours ago)

U.S. vice president said Washington hopes to make progress on both the Lebanon ceasefire and Iran's nuclear program, while Tehran's threat to close a key oil chokepoint tests Trump's fragile deal.

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CBC - Politics (19 hours ago)

The Conservative Party of Canada recently released a political ad that featured AI-generated footage of struggling Canadians. Multiple experts told CBC News it's one of the first times a federal Canadian political party has employed AI-generated footage in its advertising.

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CBC - Politics (19 hours ago)

Rideau Hall changed its clothing guidelines during Governor General Louise Arbour's transition to office to explicitly state that viceregals cannot bill taxpayers for casual outfits or business attire.

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BBC - Politics (20 hours ago)

Former top civil servant Simon Case says uncertainty over the country's leadership costs it money.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

Liberal Party member and think tank education director Colleen Harkin has quit the party a week after attending a One Nation fundraiser in Melbourne.

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Politico - Europe (20 hours ago)

A middle power tries to thirst-trap the world.

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Yahoo News - Politics (20 hours ago)

Colombians vote in a presidential runoff that pits an outsider against a progressive

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (21 hours ago)

US Vice President JD Vance travels to Switzerland to meet with Iranian leaders and build on the fragile interim deal to end the war in Iran.

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Politico - Europe (21 hours ago)

FIFA announced Aramco as a major worldwide partner in 2024, drawing pushback from climate and human rights groups.

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Politico - Europe (22 hours ago)

FIFA announced Aramco as a major worldwide partner in 2024, drawing pushback from climate and human rights groups.

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Yahoo News - Politics (22 hours ago)

Trump blames vandals for Reflecting Pool problems and says it may need to be drained again

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (23 hours ago)

John Howard once said no one complained to him about high house prices. However, a new poll shows most people can live with a price drop.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

The Trump administration has reached the stage of its Reflecting Pool saga where soldiers stand watch over a pond full of algae, and the internet has decided that image needs no embellishment to be devastating.Video circulating Saturday, licensed through FreedomNews.tv, shows National Guard members in uniform posted along the edge of the Lincoln...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister has defended Israel's right to continue its military operation in Lebanon, despite an MOU between the US and Iran which commits to an end to the war. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Labor has largely walked back the measure, but some trusts will still be hit with a 30 per cent tax.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

An ex-GOP lawmaker has heard enough about phantom left-wing saboteurs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, and he is pointing at the only suspects who fit the evidence: the people Trump hired to clean it.In a series of posts and a new video, former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger dismantled the administration's vandalism narrative by...

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

The pool has taken on clouds of algae after a hasty renovation. A three-time Olympian was charged with destroying government property after he says he touched one of the strands of blue paint peeling off the pool's bottom.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

David Speers interviews Shadow Foreign Minister Ted O'Brien. The pair discuss the US-Iran conflict, his recent visit to the Pacific and whether the Coalition will preference One Nation. 

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

The prime minister said drivers would get 16¢ a litre off fuel in July as fragile peace talks come under threat with Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Donald Trump returned to his favorite subject Saturday evening, and his account of the great Reflecting Pool conspiracy grew more elaborate with every sentence. In a lengthy Truth Social post, the president announced that "many additional people have been arrested" over what he called "the disgraceful Vandalism of our beautiful Reflecting Pool,"...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Larry Sabato is not questioning whether Donald Trump still owns the Republican Party. He thinks the party should just go ahead and put the president's name on the door.Speaking with Alex Witt on MS NOW Saturday, the University of Virginia political scientist and Crystal Ball editor said Trump remains firmly in control of the GOP, which Sabato...

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CBS News - Politics (A day ago)

Democratic socialism appears to be on the rise in the U.S. The progressive ideology gained prominence when New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office. Now, more candidates seem to be gaining momentum in major U.S. cities. Nikole Killion reports.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Anthony Scaramucci wants people to revisit a single answer Donald Trump once gave a journalist, because in his telling it explains the entire playbook the president has run ever since.The former White House communications director, who lasted around 11 days in Trump's first administration before becoming one of his more relentless critics,...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

A journalist went down to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to see Donald Trump's renovation up close, and the most damning review came from the wildlife. The reflecting pool is "worse than you think" it is, ex-lawyer Aaron Parnas says in a video posted this weekend that drew nearly 40,000 views. "The ducks won't swim in it at all."What the...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

A man was cited by authorities merely for touching Trump's Reflecting Pool, according to a journalist's published video.The Trump administration's defense of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool has reached the point where reaching into the water can apparently earn you a ticket. Breaking-news reporter Oliya Scootercaster posted footage Saturday...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Mary Trump has spent years telling anyone who will listen that her uncle cannot bear to be seen losing. This week she pointed to a tarp draped over the Kennedy Center as her latest exhibit.In the newest edition of her newsletter, the segment she calls "Trump Trolls Trump," the clinical psychologist and niece of the president argued that the...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

The White House is getting a harsh response from numerous observers to its latest claim about the Reflecting Pool.When White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt declared on X that the press had lost its mind over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, she likely expected applause rather than a fact-check. Sharing a post that ridiculed the...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Of all the people Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent could have compared Donald Trump to, he reportedly landed on the one name engineered to make a Republican flinch: George Soros.According to "Regime Change," the new account of Trump's second term by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, Bessent told associates that Trump...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Democratic strategist James Carville is predicting an upset in deep-red Mississippi, declaring that Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith is rattled by her Democratic challenger."Cindy Hyde-Smith is as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs," the famed Ragin' Cajun wrote in a fundraising email for Scott Colom, the Lowndes County district...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

A former GOP congressman is calling out a failed Trump administration investigation into voter fraud.Adam Kinzinger described how Trump set out to prove "stolen elections," specifically by looking at voting machines. Ultimately, the investigation failed to dig up any instances of fraud, Kinzinger said.He was referring to a probe that stemmed from a...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Donald Trump says the U.S. Park Police have rounded up a ring of vandals who sabotaged the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. The actual arrest record tells a much smaller story: one 67-year-old cyclist who says he reached into the water to touch a piece of paint that had already fallen off.In a Truth Social post Saturday, Trump escalated...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Donald Trump reportedly spent nearly $15 million painting the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blue. When the water turned green and the new paint started peeling off, he reached for the explanation he always reaches for: someone did this to him on purpose.In a late-night Truth Social post Friday, Trump wrote that "we've had...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

With One Nation running red hot in the polls and posing a serious challenge to the incumbent parties, there's more scrutiny on what its foreign policy would mean for Australia.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Online critics are laughing at Trump's convoluted plot to throw off the press by renaming Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).In a Saturday morning Truth Social post, Trump floated a plan to rename ICE to the "National Immigration and Customs Enforcement," or NICE. He wrote that it would "totally discombobulate Crooked, Dishonest, and...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) is demanding the story get wall-to-wall attention after a new investigation revealed that President Donald Trump's Justice Department quietly shut down a federal criminal probe into the coal empire of one of his closest Senate allies."This should be on the front page of every newspaper in America," Levin wrote, sharing...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

For decades the Islamic republic has been using its "main enemy" America to distract from its repressive regime, analysts say. But the recent truce with Donald Trump could change that.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to muse about who gets to charge ships for passing through the Strait of Hormuz — and landed on an answer that put the United States, and himself, at the center of it.In a post Wednesday, Trump declared there would be "NO TOLLS in the Hormuz Strait for 60 days" during what he called the "Cease Fire...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Inside the recent federal budget was an improvised exploding economic device - in the form of a tax change.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

While Trump was posing with bloodied cage fighters at the White House, the US was doing a "shockingly weak deal” with Iran.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

According to esteemed economist Saul Eslake, there's a very good reason why the housing market is out of control. Most of us are happy to let it rip.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

A couple of legal analysts ripped the bizarre rationale in the ruling of a MAGA star on the Supreme Court.On the Legal AF podcast, host Michael Popok and legal analyst Lisa Graves shared how put off they were by Justice Neil Gorsuch's opinion in the United States v. Hemani ruling. The case involved a Texas gun owner who was found with marijuana and...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Pauline Hanson said thousands of words in her marathon appearance at the National Press Club, but only a few of them will be heard widely.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll was published Saturday with fresh data on how Americans are feeling about President Donald Trump and his handling of the economy, and the survey's findings left MS NOW's Alex Witt floored."The numbers for Trump's economy… they are not pretty,” Witt said.According to the poll, just 33% of Americans indicated they...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

A three-time Olympic athlete was arrested for touching the detached paint of the renovated Reflecting Pool, according to the Washington Post.Olympian David Hearn, who competed three times in the canoe slalom, stopped by the Reflecting Pool on Friday after a bike ride to see how it looks since Trump's $14 million renovations, the Post reported. The...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Vice President JD Vance is facing online mockery after a boast about the recent Iran deal backfired.Vance went on Fox & Friends Weekend on Saturday morning to tout Trump's new Iran deal. He told the Fox program, "My understanding, talking to Steve and Jared this morning, is that things are going well," referring to Steve Witkoff and Jared...

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

The Newsroom, overflowing with magazines and newspapers on mismatched shelves, has endured as a symbol of a different Washington.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

In an apparent attempt to "jump on the World Cup bandwagon,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published what Zeteo's Mehdi Hasan described as an "anti-immigrant” social media post, but in doing so, "completely undermined” its own "far-right message,” as well as a core claim frequently made by President Donald Trump.The 2026 FIFA...

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

Tehran did not provide a timeline for the planned closure of the channel.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

First Lady Melania Trump fought against Trump's overhaul of the White House and lost, according to commentators.During an episode of the Daily Beast Podcast, host Joanna Coles and Hugh Dougherty, the executive editor of The Daily Beast, went over more revelations in the book Regime Change, an account of the Trump White House by journalists Maggie...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Donald Trump floated a plan Saturday that he hoped will "totally discombobulate” journalists and make them "go totally crazy” – a plan he asked his supporters for feedback on in a post on social media.That plan, as Trump explained, would be to rename Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the "National Immigration and Customs...

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

The case against Begoña Gómez involves charges of embezzlement, misappropriation of funds and influence peddling.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to President Donald Trump, lashed out at Fox News host Mark Levin Saturday over Levin's continued criticisms of the tentative peace deal the Trump administration had agreed to with Iran, going as far as to suggest he was working on behalf of a foreign government.Previously a "Never Trump” conservative, Levin has...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Trump's poll asking his followers to fine-tune his insults against Democrats is drawing mockery.On Friday, Trump took to Truth Social to poll his followers on whether he should go with "Dumocrat or Dumbocrat." He explained that "you simply exchange the 'e' for 'u,'" and added his oft-repeated note, "Many people don't know, or assume, that DUMB ends...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

The Department of Justice is refusing to swear that the Trump slush fund is dead in a new court filing flagged by a legal analyst.Last week, federal judge Leonie Brinkema indefinitely blocked the $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund, which critics worried would have paid Trump allies, and gave the DOJ until June 19th to file a declaration...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

The U.S. retreat from the global stage is an opportunity for South Korea.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

The Netherlands' sports minister is hoping the Netherlands' famous fan walks will leave behind a footprint.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Just hours after the Strait of Hormuz was closed again as the tentative peace deal between Washington and Tehran crumbles, President Donald Trump asked his followers Saturday to weigh in on what he called a "very important matter”: whether he should insult Democrats with the nickname "Dumocrats” or "Dumbocrats.”"POLL: Which do you prefer,...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A right-wing Italian paper went after Trump with a vulgar name amid his spat with the country's prime minister."Sorry to say it, but I can't find, and perhaps there isn't, another way to say it," a translation of the Italian article from the Libero Quotidiano reads. "Donald Trump is an a—."The article uses the Italian term "coglione," even using...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Veteran journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, whose reporting has exposed a number of previously unknown revelations about Jeffrey Epstein, had her attempt to flee the United States thwarted by the Trump administration, she claimed on Saturday.In May, Valdes-Rodriguez claimed that her home was targeted in "attacks” by those she believed were...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump's coveted peace deal with Tehran was dealt a devastating blow Saturday after Iranian officials announced they would, again, be closing the Strait of Hormuz to all shipping vessels.In a message from the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces operational headquarters, Iranian military officials announced that the strait – a...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

One of Trump's own cabinet members compared him to his liberal nemesis, according to a new report.In the book Regime Change, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is revealed to say that Trump is the same as billionaire liberal donor George Soros, according to reporting by The Guardian."Trump reminded him...of his old boss, the legendary investor and...

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New York Times - Politics (2 days ago)

The patrols have helped push cartels and smugglers into more remote areas. But analysts have voiced concerns that the border missions will distract from training, drain resources and undermine readiness.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

The aviation agency has partnered with tech company Palantir. "The long-term goal is to get to predictive,” said one official.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

The two leaders, once politically close, have been bickering since the U.S. president claimed the Italian leader "begged” him for a photo at this week's G7 summit.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Political strategist and commentator Keith Edwards claimed Friday that he was paid a visit by the FBI over comments he made online – more specifically, comments about President Donald Trump's botched $14 million restoration of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which has been plagued with algae and peeling paint just days after completion.On...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) struggled to defend President Donald Trump's Iran agreement during a tense interview on CNN's "First of All with Victor Blackwell" on Saturday, as the host repeatedly pressed her and cut her off on contradictions between the deal and the war's stated goals.Blackwell played a clip of Secretary of State Marco Rubio...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 days ago)

The federal government is winding back its discount to the fuel excise over the next month as the 32 cents per litre fuel discount will drop to 16 cents.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

A major change to petrol and diesel discounts is coming in July after the US-Iran peace deal raised hopes for price relief at the pump.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Many of us have spent years convincing ourselves that President Donald Trump was one scandal away, one slip of the tongue, one fall on Air Force One, one essential predicate from ouster based on a buffet of underlying reasons, any one of which would take down a normal president.Fair warning, but here comes another prediction, and this one promises...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

President Donald Trump marked his 80th birthday last Sunday with an unprecedented Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event on White House grounds, but by Friday onlookers were stunned when photos emerged showing the damage left behind on the Ellipse, often referred to as President's Park South."The UFC event has destroyed the grass on the Ellipse...

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Global News - Politics (2 days ago)

Information commissioner Caroline Maynard says a federal proposal to narrow the scope of the Access to Information Act is a move in the wrong direction.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

The Lebanese Civil Defense reported that 16 people were killed in Israeli attacks amid exchanges of fire with the Iran-backed group.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

For the third time, President Donald Trump reinforced his version of events Saturday as it pertained to his bizarre spat with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who accused the president of fabricating a story about her begging for a photograph.Trump told an Italian news network that during the Group of Seven summit in France, Meloni had...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A report published Friday reveals how President Donald Trump's policies have jacked up prices for a host of potential Father's Day gifts this year.Overall, the analysis by Groundwork Collaborative, a progressive economic think tank and advocacy group, finds that prices for popular Father's Day gifts have risen by nearly 19% on average over the last...

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National Public Radio - Politics (2 days ago)

President Trump did not attend the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago -- he wasn't invited. But his presence was felt in the speeches by former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama.

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National Public Radio - Politics (2 days ago)

President Trump and his vice-president pushed back against critics of the agreement to extend the ceasefire with Iran. Some Republican lawmakers have found the agreement wanting.

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National Public Radio - Politics (2 days ago)

Ohio's Governor says that his state should end the death penalty. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, about why he changed his mind on a practice he once supported.

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National Public Radio - Politics (2 days ago)

President Trump's numbers are falling, as many Americans harbor concerns about the economy. His approval now stands at 36% — according to the latest NPR/ PBS News/Marist Poll — a new low.

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BBC - Politics (2 days ago)

After Andy Burnham's by-election victory, support for the prime minister is evaporating, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

In public, President Donald Trump has frequently boasted about the tentative peace deal his administration reached with Iran, but behind closed doors, the president has furiously "complained” to officials about fears of the war restarting, an adviser close to Trump told Zeteo for its report Friday."He's swearing a lot about it,” the adviser...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

In an administration that rewards political deference, Anthropic's CEO has repeatedly clashed with the White House.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

For the first time in 53 years — and for the first time in many of our lifetimes — the New York Knickerbockers are world champions.They achieved the ultimate goal in sports and now stand alone atop basketball's Mount Olympus.This gritty, ridiculously talented, never-say-die bunch won 13 straight playoff games, tying an NBA record before finally...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

If Lukashenko doesn't take action "we will,” says the Ukrainian president.

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National Public Radio - Politics (2 days ago)

Federal officers shot Ricardo Parias eight months ago during an ICE operation to detain him. His lawyer says he is still in pain, highlighting gaps in oversight and care in DHS facilities.

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New York Times - Politics (2 days ago)

JoAnna Mendoza, a Democrat challenging Representative Juan Ciscomani in a tossup district, is leaning into her painful and unique life story to appeal to voters.

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New York Times - Politics (2 days ago)

Alienated by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claims about autism, advocates for disabled students are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration's shifting special education programs to his department.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

Inside Kyiv's secret drone program that's hitting targets deep inside Russia.

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