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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 minutes ago)

Any delay to the reforms could come at a significant cost to the budget, with Treasury estimates showing a one-year pause would wipe out about $17 billion in expected savings.

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Yahoo News - Politics (32 minutes ago)

Matthew Dunlap Wins Maine Democratic Primary To Face Paul LePage

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Yahoo News - Politics (32 minutes ago)

Jonathan Bush, Nephew Of Former President, Loses Maine GOP Primary

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BBC - Politics (59 minutes ago)

What Andy Burnham's win in the Makerfield by-election means for the prime minister.

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BBC - Politics (59 minutes ago)

Reform's Richard Tice responds to the result of the Makerfield by-election.

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Yahoo News - Politics (An hour ago)

Pingree and Charles will compete for Maine governor and Dunlap gets Democratic nod for US House

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New York Times - Politics (An hour ago)

Mr. Dunlap, a progressive Democrat, is set to face former Gov. Paul LePage, a Republican, in a competitive general election in November.

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New York Times - Politics (An hour ago)

Mr. Charles, a conservative Republican, had led the field ahead of a ranked-choice runoff. But Ms. Pingree, a former Maine House speaker, had been in a tight race with other Democrats.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 hours ago)

Tests are under way to confirm the first outbreak in Australia of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, which presents a catastrophic risk to native birds and marine mammals.

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BBC - Politics (2 hours ago)

Andy Burnham's victory in the Makerfield by-election raises questions about Keir Starmer future as PM.

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

The leadership campaign of Britain's Andy Burnham will now finally burst into the open — and Keir Starmer has a chilly reception awaiting the new MP

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BBC - Politics (2 hours ago)

Labour's Andy Burnham wins the Makerfield by-election, paving the way for him to challenge Keir Starmer as Labour Party leader.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

Pauline Hanson's claims that Australian businesses are "tied" to lazy workers they "can't sack", are labelled inaccurate by some employment law experts and small business advocates, while one HR representative says businesses are "terrified to terminate".

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

One Nation's rise is not just a threat to the Coalition. It is redrawing the battle lines of Australia's long-running climate wars.

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

A high-profile ex-CNN anchor singled out the insider said to be the "biggest leaker" in the Trump White House.Don Lemon said during an interview with Legal AF host Michael Popok that Vice President "J.D. Vance is like the biggest leaker of them all" in the White House based on what "many people have said and according to some of the...

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BBC - Politics (3 hours ago)

The former Mayor of Greater Manchester won the Makerfield by-election - paving the way to challenge Starmer.

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BBC - Politics (3 hours ago)

The outgoing Greater Manchester mayor held off a challenge from Reform UK, behind by more than 9,000 votes.

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

CNN pundits couldn't hold it together as they heard about a new detail in an upcoming tell-all about the Trump White House.The upcoming book Regime Change, written by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, detailed how Trump showed them a document that argued he was more powerful than historical strongmen like Attila the Hun,...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Department of Justice lawyers ditching the Trump administration to work in a blue state took parting shots, according to a Democratic Attorney General.During an appearance on the Legal AF podcast, Colorado AG Phil Weiser, who's running for governor in his state, detailed the "brain drain" at the DOJ as lawyers flee, with one prosecutor named Hagan...

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

Mr. Vance said earlier at a press briefing that he did not know if he would travel to Switzerland on Friday for the talks, where he was initially expected for a signing ceremony.

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

Comfortable win in special UK contest clears the way for popular mayor to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer for Labour leadership.

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

Brussels Playbook Week Ender host Sarah Wheaton is on the ground at the European Council summit, where divisions over European Council President António Costa’s outreach to the Kremlin divided leaders and dominated an evening that was supposed to be devoted to confronting the trade deficit with China. Chief EU Correspondent Zoya Sheftalovich,...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (6 hours ago)

The Townsville Enterprise chief executive says "all ideas are welcome" after mining magnate Gina Rinehart suggested islands off North Queensland's coast should be offered to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for satellite launches. 

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

Late-night Brussels summit exposes splits between leaders over how and when to negotiate with Russia over Ukraine ― and who should do it.

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

The National Rally president is meeting with leaders of the nationalist Law and Justice party.

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

If seagulls and starlings could vote, who would they back?

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Rep. Tom Kean to return to Congress on June 30 after monthslong absence

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

The Alaska Division of Elections took action to disqualify a man named Dan Sullivan from running on the ballot against the incumbent Republican senator of the same name — but a lawyer advising the state legislature is now warning this was probably illegal.According to Alaska Public Media, "Andrew Dunmire, an attorney with the nonpartisan...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

A CNN pundit couldn't believe the description of President Donald Trump's super glue fiasco revealed in an upcoming book.The upcoming book Regime Change by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan detailed how White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt walked into the Oval Office to find Trump "clutching a tube of super glue and...

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New York Times - Politics (6 hours ago)

A White House spokeswoman said the president was not involved in selecting Greenwater Services, the business owned by a trust led by John J. Cafaro.

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

"The European Union cannot assume the role of mediator in these negotiations," Kristen Michal told POLITICO.

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

Win is a boost for Leader Kemi Badenoch, who has shredded previous Conservative energy pledges.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Democrats Wahab, Hernandez advance in California special election to finish Swalwell's term

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

January 6ers who attacked cops won't have much luck with a new workaround to Trump's frozen slush fund, according to a legal expert.Former U.S. Attorney Harry Litman wrote in his Substack about a loophole meant to compensate January 6ers despite the freeze of Trump's $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund. Litman noted that the slush fund...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Vice President JD Vance will have to stay home instead of traveling to Switzerland to finalize the memorandum of understanding the Trump administration struck with the Iranian regime last weekend, according to a White House spokesperson.On Sunday, Trump announced his administration had struck a deal with the regime that would immediately reopen the...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement has quietly started to "abandon" one of its big projects, The New York Times reported on Thursday — and one legal expert is gobsmacked at the reversal.Specifically, after ICE spent around $1 billion to buy up nearly a dozen mega-warehouses that it planned to convert into detention...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Former President Barack Obama delivered pointed critiques of President Donald Trump during the opening ceremony of his presidential center in Chicago Thursday. Obama gave a history lesson on America's founding ideals, saying, "In over more than two centuries, through petitions and protests ... men and women of all walks of life, from every color...

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Politico - Europe (7 hours ago)

"It's an urgent matter," Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever tells POLITICO.

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

The actions of President Donald Trump's prosecutors in a high-profile case have opened a "Pandora's box" that could unravel the Trump Department of Justice's ambitions, according to one legal analyst. Liz Dye, host of the "LegalEagle" podcast, said during a new episode on Thursday that the damage Trump DOJ's actions have caused in the so-called...

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New York Times - Politics (7 hours ago)

The director of national intelligence's office was created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. Now some lawmakers want to shrink it.

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CBS News - Politics (7 hours ago)

President Trump's efforts to spruce up the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool faced a snag this week, with algae turning the water green while rips appeared in an "American Flag Blue" surface picked by the president.

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has already revealed the next big lie that he plans to sell to Americans, a foreign policy analyst said.Robert Kagan, a contributing writer for The Atlantic and a foreign policy analyst, said during an appearance on CNN that Trump will try to frame his deal to end the Iran war as "regime change" and "unconditional...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

President Donald Trump got yet another piece of humiliation about the conclusion of the Iran war — and it came in its entry on Wikipedia.As of press time, the Wikipedia page for "2026 Iran War" states that the outcome of the war was "Iranian victory."As evidence, the article provides a number of citations from political analysts, including a...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) will return to Congress on June 30 after months of unexplained absences, according to his spokesperson Harrison Neely. Neely revealed, "the 57-year-old lawmaker plans to attend the June 30 House session," according to Politico. Kean's office attributed his extended disappearance to an undisclosed health issue but provided...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (8 hours ago)

The Northern Territory Labor party has replaced its deputy opposition leader with a newcomer to parliament, in a move they say will win back the trust and confidence of the people of Darwin.

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Trump finds his Iran off-ramp in Versailles, but saves the big issues for later: From the Politics Desk

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

CNN correspondent Kara Scannell was left flummoxed after accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione's legal team moved to withdraw their plan for a psychiatric legal defense on Thursday — just a day after having submitted it to the court in the first place."This is like 24 hours. It's a reversal," said anchor Phil Mattingly. "Explain...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Attorney General and Republican U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton broke with his state party's opposition to in-vitro fertilization Thursday, calling himself a "strong supporter” of the fertility treatment."Strong families are the foundation of a strong nation,” Paxton said in a statement shared exclusively with The Texas Tribune. "Every child is...

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Trump presents the Medal of Honor to 3 veterans for heroism in Vietnam and Afghanistan

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

A legal expert on Thursday flagged a striking detail in the deal President Donald Trump's administration and the Iranian regime signed over the weekend that could derail the agreement entirely. Dave Aronberg, the former state attorney in Florida, said on a new episode of the "Legal AF" podcast that Trump signed a federal law that could prevent the...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Senior Trump administration officials privately criticized President Donald Trump as a lazy warmonger, lacking sustained commitment to prosecute military conflicts. Zeteo reports, administration insiders claimed Trump's approach to the Iran war resulted in an inevitable defeat, leaving the U.S. in a weakened negotiating position. One anonymous...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Donald Trump failed to clasp the Medal of Honor around a decorated veteran, and critics let him have it.Major Nicholas Dockery received the Medal of Honor, the country's highest military decoration, on Thursday for his heroic actions in Afghanistan. Trump, however, had a problem putting the medal around Dockery during the ceremony. Video...

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CBC - Politics (8 hours ago)

Human rights advocates say Ottawa is betraying foreigners alleging involvement by Canadian companies in forced labour and environmental degradation by shutting down an office meant to probe those reports.

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CBC - Politics (9 hours ago)

A Grassy Narrows First Nation woman who suffers from mercury poisoning is adamant that Prime Minister Mark Carney must apologize for saying he could "outlast" her during a March protest.

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

One of President Donald Trump's attacks on his own cabinet secretary was so vulgar that a CNN reporter wouldn't read it aloud.CNN special correspondent Jamie Gangel was reading an excerpt from Regime Change, an upcoming book about the second Trump administration by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. She had to stop,...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is reportedly "determined" to have better sleeping quarters than his wife since she is isolated in the master bedroom, leaving him with the "living room."New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan reveal the details in Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump, a copy of which the Daily...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's nominee for ambassador to Jamaica, Kari Lake, refused to retract a false claim about Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) during her Thursday confirmation hearing.During her Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) confronted Lake over her 2024 campaign smear against Gallego, during which she...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Vice President JD Vance tried defending President Donald Trump's tone by describing it as in line with the working class, and it backfired.The New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat asked Vance about the tone of Trump and the administration, saying that it "is not consistently a Christian tone. There is a tone of aggressive uncharity."Vance...

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Global News - Politics (9 hours ago)

Conservatives and other opposition parties sought to address privacy concerns in Bill C-22, but the Liberal government shut down debate and fast-tracked the bill.

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Politico - Europe (10 hours ago)

European Council president's chief of staff held two calls with Moscow but some governments weren't told.

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Yahoo News - Politics (10 hours ago)

Senator urges FAA to reject any pressure from Trump to approve triumphal arch over aviation safety

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap, the pro-Trump official in charge of election administration in one of America's largest swing-state counties, got a blistering loss in state court on Thursday, as a panel of appellate judges blocked his sweeping election order against the Board of Supervisors.Among other things, Heap ordered the board to hand...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

One of the Trump administration's deportation schemes has seen an "unprecedented" rise in activity over the last year that stunned two CNN reporters on Thursday. Priscilla Alvarez, a CNN correspondent, and Phil Mattingly, who hosted Thursday's broadcast of "The Lead," discussed the Trump administration's efforts to denaturalize U.S. citizens...

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New York Times - Politics (10 hours ago)

The White House insists that private donations are paying for a new ballroom, but the administration is using taxpayer money for a series of security upgrades.

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Global News - Politics (10 hours ago)

Carney was asked about Trump's comments Wednesday that he would prefer the continental trade deal be 'terminated' rather than extended.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (10 hours ago)

Australian beef exports to China will be slapped with an additional 55 per cent tariff from tomorrow, after annual shipment quotas were exceeded.

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Yahoo News - Politics (10 hours ago)

Trump from 'hunted' to 'hunter': New book details Trump's push to test the limits of executive power

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Along with layers of green algae, the Reflecting Pool took another turn for the worse after Trump's $14 million renovations.The paint coating the bottom of the Reflecting Pool started peeling off, according to video and reporting online. The Reflecting Pool has already been plagued with a layer of murky green from algae blooms since last week.The...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

A Republican senator pleaded with reporters to "take a breath" as they tore apart President Donald Trump's Iran deal claim by claim.Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) found himself on the defensive on Thursday during a Capitol Hill press availability, struggling to answer pointed questions about the memorandum of understanding the Trump administration...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Political analyst Steve Schmidt said the fallout from President Donald Trump's botched Iran war could haunt America for generations in the latest episode of his show, "The Warning," on YouTube.Schmidt started by praising Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), who called the Trump administration's Iran peace deal a disaster. "This will go down as a tremendous...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Former first lady Michelle Obama delivered pointed jabs at President Donald Trump during the Obama Presidential Center grand opening in Chicago Thursday. Describing her husband as consistently unflappable at every turn, she said."Always focused, always calm, always looking at the long view." "How absurd it is to even imagine that you might have...

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CBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney is again praising the new U.S.-Iran peace deal after calling the war "worth it" — if it ensures Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon.

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National Public Radio - Politics (10 hours ago)

They're leaving Congress and have nothing to lose. That could spell trouble for Trump

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National Public Radio - Politics (10 hours ago)

All living former presidents gathered for the dedication of the Obama presidential center in Chicago. It was a star studded event that harkened back to a more-optimistic era in American politics.

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National Public Radio - Politics (10 hours ago)

Sen. Bernie Sanders talks with NPR's Juana Summers about his new legislation, which would create a sovereign wealth fund, and give the American people a say in regulating AI.

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BBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

It is understood the MP was arrested by Gloucestershire Police on Wednesday.

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

A forthcoming book revealed that President Donald Trump once touted a document that he received comparing him to world leaders like Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler, which he claimed was written by a "presidential historian" but was actually written by the caddy of one of Trump's golf partners, according to a new report. New York Times reporters...

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CBC - Politics (11 hours ago)

Members of Parliament ended spring sitting of Parliament today when they rose after question period and the House of Commons was adjourned until the fall.

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National Public Radio - Politics (11 hours ago)

The U.S. and Iran have signed a preliminary agreement. Who are the winners and losers? We unpack what we know.

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Yahoo News - Politics (11 hours ago)

Democrats say money from Trump's tax cuts bill is paying for White House ballroom project

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Yahoo News - Politics (11 hours ago)

Exclusive-Meta lobbies Congress for protection from child-harm lawsuits

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

At long last, Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-NJ) finally has a date for his official, in-person return to Congress after months of absence — but questions still remain about what has been going on in his life.Kean has been missing for an extended period of time, with even GOP leaders on Capitol Hill kept in the dark. His office has claimed he is suffering...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Veteran Washington reporter Scott MacFarlane predicted Congress will investigate Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller by week's end, following the New York Times' reports on Miller proposing to suspend habeas corpus rights for undocumented immigrants to accelerate deportations. Habeas corpus, a centuries-old constitutional right rooted in the Magna...

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National Public Radio - Politics (11 hours ago)

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., says Trump's threat to block FISA reauthorization is like "cutting off your nose to spite your face."

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (12 hours ago)

Data shows special schools across Queensland are operating with fewer than the number of allocated teachers. 

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Trump says 'we should stop' Utah mail-in voting

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

CNN special correspondent Jamie Gangel was astounded on Thursday after former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama called out President Donald Trump during their speeches at the opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Both Obamas spoke at the opening event, which was attended by politicians like former...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

A Slate reviewer delivered a scathing verdict on Vice President JD Vance's new memoir, arguing the book accidentally revealed how much politics has "corrupted" its author."Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith" is Vance's first book since "Hillbilly Elegy" and was released Tuesday in what many read as a soft launch for a 2028 run. In a review...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

While former President Barack Obama threw shade at President Donald Trump in his speech on Thursday, Trump took to his Truth Social account to rant and rage about various things infuriating him.First, the president lashed out at Utah's move toward a mail-in ballot system, warning that Utah could soon follow Colorado and other states down what he...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Fox News cut away from former President Barack Obama's historic remarks at the opening of his presidential library on Thursday to go to political analyst Reince Priebus.The abrupt switch came during Obama's dedication speech at the $850 million Obama Presidential Center in Chicago's Jackson Park, where three former presidents and a roster of A-list...

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New York Times - Politics (12 hours ago)

Two Force Recon Marines received the medal on Thursday for their actions more than 50 years ago, alongside an Army officer who showed exceptional bravery in 2012.

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CBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth put NATO allies on notice Thursday, announcing a Pentagon review of America's military commitment to Europe and warning some countries will fail the assessment.

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Global News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Carney made the announcement in Vancouver as part of a housing funding plan that includes reducing fees for developers and converting unsold new condos into affordable housing.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (12 hours ago)

Australia has never before had to grapple with the rise of populist right movement quite like One Nation, and that's a particular and growing problem for the Coalition.

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CBS News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Former first lady Michelle Obama delivered a loving and heartfelt tribute to her husband at the Obama Presidential Center's grand opening ceremony in Chicago Thursday.

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Janeese Lewis George wins the Democratic primary for mayor of Washington, DC

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

GOP congressman, missing for months, set to return on June 30

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

NJ Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. sets June 30 return date after monthslong absence

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Georgia's QR codes for counting votes likely to remain for midterms as lawmakers delay action

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

President Donald Trump privately laughed at two top tech billionaires behind their backs as they sought to curry favor with him following the 2024 race.According to "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump" — a new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, obtained ahead of its June 23 release by...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

US President Donald Trump's war with Iran may finally be reaching a close. But consumers and businesses around the world will continue to pay the price in the months ahead as still-elevated energy costs funnel hundreds of billions of dollars to fossil fuel giants.That's according to a report from the environmental group 350.org released Thursday,...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

President Donald Trump joked Vice President JD Vance would bear blame if the Iran peace deal fails, but Republicans are already privately criticizing the agreement while publicly remaining silent. Oil industry insiders and GOP lawmakers object to economic support for Iran and Trump's defense of Iran's ballistic missile rights, with one Republican...

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New York Times - Politics (12 hours ago)

Two members of Gov. Jared Polis's board that reviews commutation requests came forward to say the secretive panel had twice rejected the release of Tina Peters, convicted of election tampering.

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Global News - Politics (12 hours ago)

During the final days of the spring session, the House passed a trio of justice bills to reform bail, create new hate crime offences and criminalize AI-generated sexual deepfakes.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (13 hours ago)

A Democrat is accused of being a Republican in disguise; a Republican is accused of being a Democrat plant. It is primaries season in the US, and suspicions of dirty pool are rife.

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Yahoo News - Politics (13 hours ago)

Trump finally sealed his Iran deal. Now talks on the 'final' deal begin.

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Former President Barack Obama shaded President Donald Trump during his speech at the opening ceremony of his new presidential center in Chicago on Thursday. Obama gave a brief history lesson about the founding ideals of America during the opening ceremony of The Obama Presidential Center, where he reminded the audience that the framers of the...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy deployed a foul-mouthed Donald Trump to salvage his bid to remain in his leadership position at the beginning of 2023 as the "beleaguered” California Republican faced a revolt from his fractious caucus.According to the New York Times, which obtained a copy of McCarthy aide John Leganski's book to be released...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

An administration appointee blew off President Donald Trump as a "lazy warmonger" after his approach to the military conflict in Iran led to what that official called an inevitable defeat.While the self-described "Peace President" has proven adept at initiating wars, even his own senior officials believe the 80-year-old lacks the sustained...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

A Republican Senate candidate boasted of his AI experience at a campaign event, then admitted seconds later that he was "scared" by a video that later turned out to be AI-generated.Heartland Signal obtained audio from a March 17 event hosted by the Oakland University College Republicans. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI), a former FBI agent and House...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and John Kennedy (R-LA) confronted Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) during a closed-door Republican lunch Wednesday.Sources described it as a pile-on over Lee's push to keep the Senate in session until a voter ID bill passes, reported Punchbowl News' Andrew Desiderio. Cornyn and Kennedy challenged Lee's strategy for the Safeguard...

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New York Times - Politics (13 hours ago)

The book by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan of The New York Times, "Regime Change,” reveals a host of details and surprising exchanges as President Trump pushed to drastically expand his power.

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani trolled Knicks owner James Dolan during the team's championship celebration.The Knicks won their first title Saturday since 1973, and the city held a parade for a team that has already been hailed as the greatest in New York's long and storied sports history, and Mamdani lauded past players and fans who suffered...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Former first lady Michelle Obama took a moment Thursday afternoon to troll President Donald Trump as she delivered a powerful speech during an event honoring her husband, former President Barack Obama.Crowds poured into Chicago for the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center as part of a dedication ceremony. During a rousing speech, Michelle...

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New York Times - Politics (14 hours ago)

A three-judge appeals panel threw out a lower court's order requiring the federal government to restore a memorial and historical display at George Washington's former house.

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Kari Lake, President Trump's nominee for ambassador to Jamaica, refused to retract a debunked smear against a sitting Democratic U.S. senator at her confirmation hearing, insisting her claim was not wrong.The confrontation came during Lake's appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) pressed her over a...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

President Donald Trump lashed out on Truth Social, insisting there is no $300 billion U.S. payment to Iran tied to his new peace deal and blaming Democrats for the reports."There is no 300 Billion Dollar payment to Iran by the U.S. That's Fake News!" Trump wrote. "All there is for the U.S. is Success, Lower Oil Prices, and Victory. Check out the...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Officials at Palm Beach International Airport were deluged with angry comments — including a bomb threat — after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis paved the way for the facility to be renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport.According to NOTUS reporting by David Levinthal, who obtained the airport's website comments log via a Florida...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, and Vice President JD Vance have adopted a sauerkraut-and-kimchi-heavy diet promoted by physician Dr. Sean O'Mara.The diet promises weight loss and improved gut health through fermented foods and grass-fed steak, reports the Wall Street...

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New York Times - Politics (14 hours ago)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to sell or give away most of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain migrants, reversing course on a signature initiative.

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CBC - Politics (14 hours ago)

The federal fiscal watchdog says Ottawa's plan to roll out automatic tax filing could see Canadians who normally don't file their tax returns get thousands of dollars in owed benefits annually.

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Global News - Politics (14 hours ago)

Montreal's business community is moving forward with plans to convert a downtown project to house the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank in an effort to 'stay in the race.'

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Yahoo News - Politics (15 hours ago)

Supreme Court rules government cannot restrict gun rights for casual drug use

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

CNN cut away from Vice President JD Vance mid-briefing Thursday to launch live coverage of the Obama Presidential Center's grand opening.Vance was at the White House podium fielding questions about the newly signed memorandum of understanding with Iran when anchor Pamela Brown pulled the plug on the briefing."Alright. You've been listening to Vice...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

During an interview with one of the New York Times resident conservative columnists, Vice President JD Vance objected to the characterization that he is at war with Pope Leo XIV.Donald Trump's veep has indulged in a heavy media schedule this week as he promotes his book "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith,” where he describes his conversion...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

A fermented food fad is permeating the White House, with some of President Donald Trump's top officials touting its health properties, but onlookers held their noses in disgust.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Vice President JD Vance have all jumped on board the...

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New York Times - Politics (15 hours ago)

Our reporter Vivian Yee details what she saw at this year's Turning Point USA Women's Leadership Summit in San Antonio.

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CBC - Politics (15 hours ago)

The Liberal government is set to strip the Canadian Armed Forces of its power to investigate and prosecute military sexual assault cases after almost 30 years. Bill C-11 is based on new Governor General Louise Arbour's past recommendation when she investigated the military's sexual misconduct crisis.

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Yahoo News - Politics (15 hours ago)

Challenger concedes to democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George in Washington, D.C., mayoral primary

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

A conservative commentator unloaded on a former Trump-endorsed congressional candidate, branding him "an absolute narcissistic sleaze" after a sex scandal torpedoed his bid for office.Daily Wire contributor Carly Bird, a Republican strategist and former national spokeswoman for Ron DeSantis's presidential campaign, took to X to rip Oklahoma...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

Overcompensation is a hell of a thing. Donald Trump knows he's not universally beloved or widely respected like Barack Obama and Joe Biden are, and his entire miserable existence is one of constantly trying to make up for everything he wishes he had. Which is why he's always making things up about himself that he wishes were real. It's why he used...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

Salon columnist Heather Digby Parton noted President Donald Trump appeared unusually exhausted at the Group of Seven summit in France, his worn demeanor revealing more about his weakened standing than his Iran agreement. The 80-year-old president, who stayed late at a White House UFC birthday celebration before traveling to Évian-les-Bains,...

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Politico - Europe (16 hours ago)

Playbook Paris se délocalise au salon Vivatech, à Paris, où jamais autant de candidats à la présidentielle n'ont choisi de se rendre alors que le sujet de l'IA se place au premier plan. Gabriel Attal et Edouard Philippe jouent des coudes pour séduire le monde de la tech, en dégainant une série de propositions, avec […]

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Yahoo News - Politics (16 hours ago)

California billionaire tax proposal has enough support to get on the November ballot, official says

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Yahoo News - Politics (16 hours ago)

Jamie Raskin Expands Probe Into Trump's Health Amid Reports Of His 22 Doctors

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Yahoo News - Politics (16 hours ago)

Vance says US allows more than dozen ships through to Iranian ports, lifting blockade under deal

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

A candid admission from a high-ranking NBCUniversal executive that Comcast's multi-million dollar contribution to President Trump's ballroom project was merely the "cost of doing business" sparked outrage among journalists at a company retreat this week.According to media watchdog Status, NBC-owned stations' news directors and NBC News...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has a habit of punishing Republicans who tell him no, and his standoff with his party's Senate majority leader may cost him the most.Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, has delivered a string of unwelcome answers to the president — rejecting Trump's demands to fire the Senate parliamentarian, kill...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

President Donald Trump joked that Vice President JD Vance would shoulder the blame if his Iran peace deal doesn't work out, but Republicans are already projecting their dissatisfaction with the agreement onto him.The 80-year-old president returned to Washington, D.C., after meeting with world leaders in France and signing the memorandum of...

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Politico - Europe (16 hours ago)

Kann man Deutschland zum weltweit führenden Pharma-Standort machen und gleichzeitig eine Gesundheitsreform auf den Weg bringen? Wir blicken auf das Spannungsfeld zwischen der künftigen Finanzierung der gesetzlichen Krankenkassen und der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit Deutschlands. Zu Gast im Policy Talk ist Heidrun Irschik-Hadjieff. Sie ist die...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

A veteran Washington reporter said Wednesday he'd "bet everybody's farm" that Congress will launch an investigation into Stephen Miller by week's end.Scott MacFarlane made the prediction during a panel on MS NOW. The MeidasTouch Network's chief Washington correspondent was reacting to New York Times reporting on secret White House memos showing...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

President Donald Trump publicly congratulated himself for the memorandum of understanding to end his war in Iran.The president signed the agreement Wednesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial shipping and pause hostilities for 60 days while details are negotiated on Iran's nuclear program, and just hours later, Trump claimed in an...

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The Washington Post - Politics (16 hours ago)

In a unanimous decision, the justices ruled in favor of a Texas man who was prosecuted under a federal law prohibiting habitual drug users from owning guns.

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The Washington Post - Politics (16 hours ago)

The vice president described his relationship with Leo as "positive” in a podcast interview.

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

While Donald Trump is being excoriated by Republicans over his Iran deal, which one GOP lawmaker called "… a tremendous foreign policy blunder,” MS NOW's Bill Rohde stated on Thursday morning that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth can expect that his role in advising the president to launch the war has put his job at risk.Discussing the blowback...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a unanimous loss Thursday, ruling that a 1968 law barring drug users from owning firearms cannot be used to prosecute a Texas marijuana user — a rare rebuke that also resurrects the ghost of Hunter Biden.The justices sided with Ali Danial Hemani, who argued the prohibition violated his Second...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

CNN's Harry Enten presented fresh polling data measuring public opinion on President Donald Trump's war in Iran.The 80-year-old president signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic and pause fighting for 60 days while negotiating the terms of a final deal on nuclear weapons, and Enten said...

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New York Times - Politics (17 hours ago)

President Trump's grip on the capital loomed over the race, and he threatened to tighten it if Councilwoman Janeese Lewis George is elected. She almost certainly will be.

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New York Times - Politics (17 hours ago)

A new book by John Leganski, the floor manager for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, offers a rare behind-the-scenes account of how President Trump wields his power through threats and intimidation.

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Politico - Europe (17 hours ago)

The review will scrutinize troops, bases and access rights as Washington pressures allies to take the lead on Europe's defense.

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Politico - Europe (17 hours ago)

EU Parliament launched Article 7 procedure in 2018.

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is only seeing the backlash mount from his own party against the Iran agreement he signed to end the war largely on Iran's terms, CNN's John Berman reported on Thursday morning.Trump, said Berman, is facing "a lot" of anger from conservatives — and the long list of social media posts put up on the display behind him, he...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) got a shot in the arm for his campaign this week, as he picked up a surprising endorsement from a conservative talk radio host.Shelley Wynter, a prominent Black conservative radio personality, was a significant backer of right-wing Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022. This time, however, he is crossing the aisle, according to Patricia...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

Jackson Lahmeyer, the candidate previously backed by President Donald Trump in Oklahoma's 1st Congressional District, dropped out of the race one day after advancing to a runoff in the GOP primary.NOTUS first reported earlier Wednesday that he was expected to drop out of the race."After prayerful consideration with my wife, Kendra, and my team over...

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New York Times - Politics (17 hours ago)

The justices sided with a Texas gun owner who faced criminal charges after admitting to marijuana use argued that a federal gun law violated the Second Amendment.

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BBC - Politics (17 hours ago)

Starmer had promised meeting with first ministers of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland this month.

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Politico - Europe (18 hours ago)

The blowup comes as the bloc's leaders gather in Brussels to debate next steps on Israel.

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Politico - Europe (18 hours ago)

The symbolic vote calls for a pause of the polluter pays principle which they say could cause drug shortages if unfairly levied on pharma.

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CBS News - Politics (18 hours ago)

A number of poorly timed announcements have forced Senate Republicans to squander carefully laid plans, exposing a widening rift within the party.

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