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Raw Story - Politics (4 minutes ago)

Former federal prosecutor Joyce Vance praised Justice Elena Kagan's dissent in the Supreme Court's recent ruling on Temporary Protected Status as a devastating rebuke of the conservative majority — one that forced into print the very comments her colleagues "cannot even bear to repeat."Writing in her newsletter, Civil Discourse, Vance broke down...

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Raw Story - Politics (34 minutes ago)

Reporting from the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Fox News' Peter Doocy claimed that people were "still coming out” to the Great American State Fair, though he soon became the butt of a joke online after viewers noted a glaring contradiction directly behind him."It's really something!” Doocy said Sunday, speaking from an elevated news desk...

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Raw Story - Politics (34 minutes ago)

Iranian state media has reportedly declared that the country now has "no choice but to obtain the atomic bomb," according to a post circulating online — a statement that, if accurate, would mark a dramatic escalation amid the ongoing exchange of strikes between the U.S. and Iran.The claim was relayed by the account The Hormuz Letter, which posted...

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Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

President Donald Trump spent more than an hour and a half on a rainy Sunday morning inspecting renovation plans for a federal golf course in Washington, D.C. — a side project that drew mockery online, particularly given that it came just days after he blocked a housing relief bill.The outing was documented in real time by White House pool...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

The Supreme Court is "on the brink” of ruling on major cases regarding President Donald Trump's "most audacious gambits,” Bloomberg reported Sunday, and one law professor is predicting the outcome may bode poorly for the commander in chief.The Supreme Court is set to rule this week on two cases that will determine whether Trump can eliminate...

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Global News - Politics (2 hours ago)

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is criticizing a plan by Ottawa and the B.C. government to buy unsold condos for affordable housing, calling it a bail-out for developers.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's claim that "everybody" stayed until the end of his State Fair kickoff speech was false — and it revived a boast he has been making, and getting wrong, for years, according to a CNN fact-check by Daniel Dale.Trump posted on social media on Thursday about the address he had delivered the previous day to launch the Great...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Fox News host Laura Ingraham issued a grave warning to viewers last week in response to the recent progressive sweep of Democratic congressional candidates, a warning that included a potential "implication” that left two podcast hosts laughing hysterically."If we turn our government over to a bunch of Democrat socialists, Israel will be treated...

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Yahoo News - Politics (3 hours ago)

Bill Cassidy accuses Trump of treating Congress as 'merely an appendage'

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

House Speaker Mike Johnson floated the idea of getting a tattoo Sunday in honor of President Donald Trump and his agenda, telling Fox News exactly what it would say and where he would get it.Speaking with Fox News' Maria Bartiromo, Johnson was asked about Trump's controversial voter ID bill known as the SAVE Act, which Trump has furiously insisted...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's trip to his Virginia golf course on Saturday generated a wave of online commentary, with critics seizing on everything from the cost of his travel to the device in his hand.Several accounts documented the president's return to the White House after lunch at the club. Freelance photographer Andrew Leyden, posting under the...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has spent the last several weeks sparking chaos for Senate Republicans, who only now, according to New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie, are "coming to understand” the threat the president poses, though the realization may be "a bit too late.”Trump has aggressively pushed Senate Republicans to advance his controversial...

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

Gina Raimondo and Eric Holcomb are not running for president. They might drive the 2028 agenda on artificial intelligence anyway.

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Cassidy accuses RFK Jr. of building public health "upon a foundation of lies"

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Transcript: Sen. Bill Cassidy on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," June 28, 2026

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

The Equal Rights Amendment: A promise unfulfilled

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's move to block the promotions of high-ranking service members is "even worse than it looks," according to political analyst and longtime federal trial attorney Sabrina Haake, who argues the real motive behind the blocked promotions is more dangerous than the racial and gender bias suggested by mainstream...

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CBS News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy said of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., "If you build public health upon a foundation of lies, then you're going to have the absence of adequate public health."

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

The Trump White House waged a behind-the-scenes pressure campaign on the obscure federal board responsible for shielding government workers from unfair firings, ultimately securing a ruling that could hand the president sweeping power to purge the civil service and install loyalists throughout the government, according to a New York Times...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

The conservative New York Post was mobbed by critics on Sunday for its critical report on a rising star within the Democratic Party, the headline of which was labeled by some as perhaps the "most ridiculous” smear of a Democratic figure "of all time.”Published on Saturday, the report in question was about New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who...

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

Israel’s government unanimously voted on Sunday to formally recognize the Armenian genocide, amid worsening ties with Turkey. “Despite the extensive and unambiguous historical documentation, the Armenian genocide remains to this day the subject of an institutionalized campaign of denial and minimization, including a manipulative rewriting of...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Former "Superman" actor and prominent Trump supporter Dean Cain set out to showcase the administration's Great American State Fair this weekend — but critics say the photo he chose did the opposite, capturing a sea of mostly empty grass on the National Mall.Cain posted an aerial shot taken from the fair's Ferris wheel, framing it as a celebratory...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has successfully thwarted one of his greatest fears, journalist Molly Jong-Fast argued in an op-ed published in The New York Times Sunday, but one celebrity appeared to stand alone in weaponizing that fear against him.That fear, Jong-Fast argued, was that of celebrities undermining his messaging through fierce public...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

I will never forget reading New York Times book critic Dwight Garner's 2002 review of Jared Kushner's loathsome memoir, Breaking History, because if you cull it down and paraphrase it, it becomes a perfect description of Kushner the person.So I'll attempt to use the magic of Garner's wonderful wordsmithing.Kushner is a soulless, mannequin-like...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's announcement of a fresh round of strikes on Iran touched off a wave of backlash this week — not just from his usual critics, but from voices on the right, including prominent America First and MAGA-aligned figures.The reactions followed Trump's post on Truth Social declaring that U.S. aircraft had struck Iranian missile...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

A handful of GOP lawmakers made their way to Washington, D.C. recently to attend and promote the Great American State Fair, organized by the President Donald Trump-linked group Freedom 250, but in doing so, "accidentally” exposed the event for its numerous shortcomings, The Daily Beast reported.Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), for instance, took...

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 hours ago)

The contours of the midterms are coming into focus and there appears to be strategic daylight between the administration and Congressional Republicans on what to run on.

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Fox News issued an unusual on-air apology this week following claims made by "Shark Tank" star and prominent Trump supporter Kevin O'Leary during an appearance on the network, walking back comments he made about opponents of his controversial data center project in Utah.The apology was flagged by media journalist Brian Stelter, who described it as...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has worked over the past several months on a bizarre "side project” aimed at honoring himself at one of Washington, D.C.'s most iconic public parks, two insiders revealed to The Washington Post.As revealed by the Post in its report published on Sunday, the project would be to ensure that Lafayette Square – which sits less...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

A senior U.S. defense official has explained why the American military keeps returning to bomb the same Iranian targets it has already struck repeatedly since the conflict began in late February, according to Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin.In a post on social media, Griffin said she pressed the official on why the U.S....

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

The sons of both President Donald Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are poised to financially benefit from a secretive and lucrative deal between the Trump administration and the Kazakhstanian government, The New York Times reported Sunday, one that the outlet described as having "few precedents in American history.”Signed last year on...

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National Public Radio - Politics (7 hours ago)

Trinity Moravian Church, a politically diverse congregation in Winston-Salem, N. C., has been raising money to retire medical debt in the surrounding community.

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Politico - Europe (7 hours ago)

America's high court is spending millions to beef up security. At what cost?

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

President Donald Trump unleashed a lengthy attack on journalist Maggie Haberman at midnight Saturday over a new book about him, dismissing the work as fiction and hurling insults at the New York Times reporter who has covered him for years.In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he had been briefed on the book and was unimpressed, deriding both the...

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The Washington Post - Politics (8 hours ago)

The physical journey of the Declaration of Independence tells its own story. Its imperfections and endurance reflect those of the America it helped create.

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Many of us spend too much time depressed about the seemingly never-ending list of things that President Donald J. Trump gets away with. But we need to refamiliarize ourselves with the well-known dangers of what the military tends to call "mission creep," applied in a slightly different context, no less dangerous. If one had to summarize Trump's...

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Global News - Politics (8 hours ago)

A Global News analysis of the financial disclosures of MPs as well as questions to a select number of politicians has found that every person in Carney's ministry is a homeowner.

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The Washington Post - Politics (8 hours ago)

The president promised to save "Black jobs,” but his policies have resulted in fresh pain for the Black middle class as the employment gap widens.

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New York Times - Politics (9 hours ago)

After decades, deferred maintenance totals an estimated $50 billion. But getting repair funds from Congress is a laborious process.

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New York Times - Politics (9 hours ago)

A frequent critic of President Trump, Mr. Maher will take the stage on Sunday at a time of upheaval at the arts institution that once bore the president's name.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (9 hours ago)

The Bank of International Settlements has predicted major economic damage from the boom in artificial intelligence, and it's been correct before.

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Politico - Europe (9 hours ago)

Several events have been canceled or postponed in the country to avoid overloading hospitals which are already near their breaking point, especially in the Paris region.

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Yahoo News - Politics (9 hours ago)

Meet 3 members of Albania's 'Flamingo Revolution' trying to torpedo a Kushner-linked development

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New York Times - Politics (9 hours ago)

Behind the scenes, the Trump White House went to extensive lengths to advance its theory of executive power, potentially giving the president remarkable leeway to install loyalists at nearly every echelon of government.

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Politico - Europe (10 hours ago)

Doctrinal chief in Rome says the European Union applies international law selectively, sanctioning some military invasions but not others.

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CBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

Despite having nearly identical parliamentary systems, Canada has avoided the kind of prime ministerial parade that has befallen the U.K. in the past decade. Political watchers point to the Brexit vote as the key moment that led to half a dozen leaders occupying 10 Downing Street in the 10 years since, but there are underlying factors that make it...

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BBC - Politics (11 hours ago)

Carns says he is waiting to hear the contents of an economics speech by Andy Burnham.

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Politico - Europe (13 hours ago)

Lance Schroyer, who has helped oversee ICE partnerships, would become the agency's first Senate-confirmed director since 2017.

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Yahoo News - Politics (13 hours ago)

Trump gets the complete domination he wanted in Louisiana

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Yahoo News - Politics (14 hours ago)

Trump-backed Rep. Julia Letlow wins Louisiana Senate primary runoff

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Yahoo News - Politics (14 hours ago)

LGBTQ+ Pride parades set for Sunday in NYC and San Francisco

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

A British columnist's phone call with Trump was so "strange" that he began looking for a way to end it.Financial Times columnist Ed Luce recounted the interaction during an episode of The Mona Charen Show. Luce said that, at the request of his editor, he called Trump around the start of the Iran war."I wondered about the usefulness of this," Luce...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

A defamation lawsuit President Donald Trump filed against the BBC is producing what one observer called an "unintended consequence" — potentially opening the president up to broad discovery about the period surrounding January 6, according to journalist and commentator Aaron Parnas.In his newsletter, the Parnas Perspective, Parnas reported that...

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Politico - Europe (16 hours ago)

Local organizers hoped rainbow flags would fill Lumen Field. They were largely outnumbered by lion-and-sun banners and tricolor facepaint.

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) argued this week that the rising cost of living has become a genuine crisis for ordinary Americans — and a serious political liability for President Donald Trump heading into the November midterms.Her comments were highlighted by CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane, who framed the affordability crunch as...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

Trump has been elevating the role of Vice President JD Vance for a clear reason, according to a political strategist.During a recent podcast episode for The Contrarian, Simon Rosenberg pointed out that recent revelations about Trump's health and Vance's new responsibilities correlate to a plan to prepare the vice president for a transition."Let's...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) publicly broke with the Trump administration this week over its push to sell advanced F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, warning that the deal raises serious national security concerns.In a post on social media, Lawler laid out his opposition to the proposed sale of one of the most sophisticated weapons platforms in the U.S....

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

A rising MAGA star's vacations with one of his top aides are quietly fueling rumors, according to a former Republican strategist.In a recent episode of The Bulwark Podcast, Tim Miller spoke with political reporter Will Sommer about rumors spreading regarding MAGA Rep. Abe Hamadeh (R-AZ) and his relationship with his senior aide, Will Hannen.Miller...

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

Anthony Scaramucci, who briefly served as President Donald Trump's communications director, argued this week that Vice President JD Vance lacks the one quality that makes Trump politically formidable — and that the deficiency is Vance's central problem heading into any future presidential run.Scaramucci, who has become a frequent critic of his...

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

Rep. Mike Levin (D-Calif.) warned this week that President Donald Trump has openly acknowledged directing federal prosecutors to investigate elections whose results he dislikes — a statement the congressman argued the president made plainly and even boasted about."Trump just told the country, out loud, that he picks up the phone and orders...

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BBC - Politics (18 hours ago)

The party has admitted it unlawfully discriminated against David Campanale because of his religious beliefs.

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Yahoo News - Politics (18 hours ago)

Trump says he is nominating former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer to be ICE director

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

Trump's speech at his Great American State Fair exposed signs of what a specialist is calling his "neurological decline."In a recent video, Hilary Shae, a licensed speech-language pathologist, pointed out that Trump "couldn't say 250th anniversary" or the word magnificent. She shared clips that showed Trump stopping hard as those words came...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

A conservative former judge described how stunned he was to see how much a historical document reminds him of Trump.During an episode of The Court of History podcast, Michael Luttig explained that he was reading the 27 grievances, a list from the Declaration of Independence of particular problems Americans had with King George III."I set about to...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

President Donald Trump issued a stark threat against Iran on Saturday night, warning that the country could cease to exist if it continues attacking, as he announced a new round of U.S. strikes targeting Iranian military sites.In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said American aircraft had hit Iranian missile and drone storage locations...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

The Trump administration made a small but conspicuous mathematical error in announcing its new nominee to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an immigration policy analyst pointed out Saturday.The flub came as President Donald Trump announced he would nominate Lance Schroyer, described as a former Oklahoma state trooper and Marine, to serve...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) threatened legal action against President Donald Trump on Saturday following reports that the United States had launched a new round of airstrikes against Iran, accusing the president of openly violating a war powers measure passed by Congress.Khanna was reacting to a report, flagged by journalist Acyn, that Fox was...

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National Public Radio - Politics (20 hours ago)

President Trump nominated Lance Schroyer, a former Oklahoma state trooper, to direct Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The agency hasn't had a Senate-confirmed director since the Obama administration.

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Politico - Europe (20 hours ago)

His announcement came amid persistent student-led anti-corruption demonstrations.

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Yahoo News - Politics (20 hours ago)

Second Dan Sullivan eligible for ballot in Alaska Senate race, judge rules

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

A former senior Department of Homeland Security official said Saturday that Vice President JD Vance's recent comments dismissing Watergate amount to a "tacit admission" that the Trump administration's conduct is more serious than the scandal that ended Richard Nixon's presidency — and could ultimately make it easier to hold administration...

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

A journalist flagged how a Trump lie was exposed by a recent photo.On an episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, host Joanna Coles said she's "slightly fascinated" that Trump "gets away" with lying about his height. Coles said she noticed he's "shrinking" after looking at a picture of him standing next to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD)."He's...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

The conventional wisdom is that Canberra is a largely left-leaning city, but the national capital is now among places in One Nation's sights as support for the party surges across the country.

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CBS News - Politics (20 hours ago)

A man with the same name and party affiliation as Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible to challenge the senator in the August primary, a judge ruled Friday.

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

Influential conservative commentator Erick Erickson warned this week that the Trump administration is being outmaneuvered by Iran, arguing that President Donald Trump waited too long to act and has now boxed himself in over oil prices.Erickson, a longtime radio host and writer with a substantial following on the right, did not mince words in his...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) seized on Vice President JD Vance's recent comments downplaying Watergate this week, warning that the remarks reveal something fundamental about how the vice president views presidential power.Murphy was responding to reporting from journalist Aaron Rupar, who flagged Vance's comments at an event tied to the Richard...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson's recent "protection program" comment reveals his true fear, according to an ex-GOP operative.Johnson's comments came at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual conference on Friday, where he said, "I run the protection program. I'll take care of you." Johnson made the remark in the context of a warning about...

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New York Times - Politics (21 hours ago)

The president said he was nominating Lance Schroyer, an adviser to Markwayne Mullin, the D.H.S. secretary, to lead the high-profile agency.

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The Washington Post - Politics (21 hours ago)

Supporters of incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan say a challenger with the same name is not running in "good faith,” but a judge says that is not an issue.

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Conservative legal activist Mike Davis floated an aggressive immigration crackdown this week if the Supreme Court rules against the Trump administration on birthright citizenship, including a call to prioritize the detention and deportation of women of childbearing age.Davis, a prominent ally of President Donald Trump who heads the Article III...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

A Nobel laureate held the world's richest man Elon Musk responsible for the deaths of millions of children in a scathing takedown.Renowned economist Paul Krugman called Musk "a horrible, terrible person" in a recent episode of his podcast. Krugman mostly focused on Musk's cuts to USAID while in the Trump administration."For most of last year, Elon...

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Yahoo News - Politics (22 hours ago)

Trump says he is nominating former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer as ICE director

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

A spat between two Supreme Court justices is putting Trump's plans in jeopardy, a legal expert noted.Justice Samuel Alito looks poised to stay on as a counterweight to Justice Sonia Sotomayor after their "wacko interaction" spilled out into public view, Michael Popok said during a recent episode of the Unprecedented podcast.Sotomayor read her...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (22 hours ago)

We've come a long way since it was Pauline Hanson who didn't know the meaning of big words.

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

Anthony Scaramucci, who lasted about eleven days as President Donald Trump's communications director in 2017, says he finally understands a children's story that puzzled him as a boy — thanks to the man he once worked for.In a post shared with his followers, the former White House aide turned vocal Trump critic offered a blunt assessment of the...

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

Trump ended up making one of his political rivals look better with online critics after a swipe backfired.In a Saturday Truth Social post, Trump shared a picture of himself when he was younger in his military school uniform next to a picture of an 18-year-old Obama with a cigarette in his mouth while donning a fedora.However, online critics reacted...

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went after Vice President JD Vance Saturday over his comments downplaying the Watergate scandal, using the moment to land a pair of pointed jabs at both the vice president and the Republican Party.Clinton was responding to a New York Times report headlined "Vance Downplays Watergate and Compares Himself to...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (23 hours ago)

Four months ago, as Pauline Hanson's party surged, I thought it would hit its limits. It kept on surging. But is it risking that by trying to appeal to the middle ground.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (23 hours ago)

Karl Stefanovic has dressed up a blatant grab for attention as a free-speech crusade. It's laughable.

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Raw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)

Three days into the 16-day Great American State Fair organized by the President Donald Trump-linked group Freedom 250, the event is already "falling apart at the seams,” argued prominent liberal commentator and podcast host Adam Mockler on Saturday."Just like everything else Donald Trump touches, this Great American Fair is falling apart at the...

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New York Times - Politics (23 hours ago)

The State Department said it planned to release 40,000 U.S. passports featuring an image of the president to commemorate the United States' 250th anniversary.

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Raw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)

"The pungent odor of Kristi Noem lingers in Washington.”Those are the opening words of longtime conservative columnist George Will, whose column in the Washington Post hammered the 6-3 Supreme Court majority for wrongly dismantling the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program depended upon by hundreds of thousands of immigrants.According to Will,...

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Raw Story - Politics (24 hours ago)

Add anti-immigrant activists to the list of Donald Trump allies who feel betrayed by the president after he cancelled a major policy announcement in Wisconsin in early June and instead revealed it in a little-noticed memo.At the same time, the president has aggravated a substantial number of his MAGA followers by starting a war with Iran, annoyed...

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Raw Story - Politics (24 hours ago)

Emmy Award-winning journalist Eric Flack of WUSA9, a CBS-affiliated D.C. news station, toured the Great American State Fair on the National Mall and found that the fair's state exhibits ranged wildly in quality.Exhibits for Connecticut and Maine, for instance, were especially empty."Connecticut and Maine are sharing a space and basically just put...

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BBC - Politics (A day ago)

Former Chief of the Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin says defence must be a priority for the next prime minister.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Violence near the Strait of Hormuz continued for its third consecutive day Saturday after "American targets” in Bahrain were hit by suspected Iranian strikes, the Wall Street Journal reported."Iran didn't specifically claim responsibility for the attacks. But state media said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had carried out strikes against...

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The Washington Post - Politics (A day ago)

An expected nine-figure monetary aid package comes on top of $150 million that Washington already committed to disaster relief in Venezuela after two massive earthquakes.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Donald Trump's $10 billion defamation lawsuit filed against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has hit a treacherous hurdle in a new legal filing in Florida where the suit was filed.According to The Telegraph, BBC lawyers have filed discovery demands requiring Trump to disclose his "telephone logs, calendars, schedules, and diaries,"...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Critics pounced on President Donald Trump Saturday after video emerged that appeared to show less-than-anticipated crowd sizes at the Great American State Fair.Organized by the Trump-linked group Freedom 250, the Great American State Fair officially got underway on Thursday, but had already stumbled weeks earlier when performers pulled out en masse...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Donald Trump's increasing unpopularity with conservative voters who are dissatisfied with his second term was given voice in interviews with Reuters, who appear to be ready to take out their frustrations on Republicans on the ballot in November.The disaffection stems from a toxic combination of failures: the controversial Iran war agreement,...

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

Vice President JD Vance has become the face of a Washington that no longer treats Israel as the exception to "America First."

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

After watching a montage of clips of Donald Trump dismissing American consumers' economic woes, an MSNBC regular noted the president's physical decline with a new observation.Speaking with host Jacob Soboroff, attorney George Conway claimed, "I hear a longstandingly mentally ill man, a narcissistic sociopath who is cognitively declining in his...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

As the number of Americans arrested for touching the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool continues to grow, the Trump administration appears to have enacted new security measures to discourage loitering, video of which circulated online and left onlookers floored.Freelance journalist Amanda Moore published video of the Reflecting Pool that appears to...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Vice President JD Vance struggled to answer pointed questions about the Trump administration's tentative peace deal with Iran during a tense appearance Friday on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher,” particularly when asked about the supposed destruction of Iran's nuclear capabilities, Mediaite reported Saturday.Maher pressed Vance on what the...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York ripped into Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson on Friday night for saying that Republican control of Congress is the only thing keeping President Donald Trump from being held to account for his numerous scandals and abuses of power during his second term in the White...

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The Washington Post - Politics (A day ago)

The State Department said the new document "boldly honors” the president and the nation's founding. The rendering differed from previous images of the passport in several ways.

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

Silicon Valley billionaires backed Trump due to fears that Democrats would overregulate AI. Now the White House is restricting the release of new AI models — and tech lobbyists are cautiously searching for answers.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Trump's carefully constructed vision for transforming the nation's capital is literally falling apart. The Great American State Fair, meant to showcase his grandiose architectural ambitions, has spiraled into a three-day disaster of musical acts boycotting, equipment failures, tiny crowds and now a deteriorating replica arch buckling...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Nearly one year after the passage of President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), close to 5 million fewer Americans received federal food assistance in March when compared with the previous year, leaving an untold number of people scrambling, The Hill reported Saturday.Sheila Boyd, an 81-year-old New York resident, was among those...

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

At the Great American State Fair, you can find a dinosaur's rib cage. Unity is another matter

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Appearing to go off-script at a conservative gathering on Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) suggested that he is the last thing saving Donald Trump, and just as importantly, his supporters, from new investigations because he will run interference for them.Speaking at the Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual summit, Johnson warned supporters...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Billionaire Leon Black, the former CEO of Apollo and associate of Jeffrey Epstein, was fiercely condemned Friday after fleeing an interview with members of the House Oversight Committee."Leon Black had a chance to do the right thing and help us bring justice to the survivors. Instead, he ran out of the room when he was pressed for information about...

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BBC - Politics (A day ago)

The ceremony, which featured pageantry, poetry, drama and music, marked the beginning of the seventh session of Holyrood.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

Six months into Australia's world-first social media ban for under-16s, the federal government has announced tougher laws that it says will hold big tech to account and keep kids safe online.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Tech giants will be more harshly investigated and will face $99 million fines if they fail to comply with the government's social media age limit.

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

Flamingo missiles struck the "Titan-Barricade" manufacturing site in Volgograd, Ukrainian president said.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Mary L. Trump, the niece of President Donald Trump and daughter of Mr. Trump's late brother, Fred Trump Jr., revealed this week what she argued had shaped her uncle into "a destroyed human being.”Trump's father, Fred Trump, a successful real estate developer, gave his son and current U.S. president "at least $413 million in today's dollars,”...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

WASHINGTON — Capitalist or (democratic) socialist? That's the question starting to drive a wedge between the moderate and progressive wings of the Democratic Party.Democratic Party leaders say there's nothing to see here, even after the three progressives New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani endorsed won their primaries earlier this week, which has...

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Global News - Politics (A day ago)

A Montreal-based advocate for asylum seekers says Canada should expect a new wave of Haitians trying to enter from the United States.

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Global News - Politics (A day ago)

The head of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights says an exhibit about displaced Palestinians to open to the public Saturday, despite a board member resignation.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

The release of a Donald Trump "commemorative” US passport, featuring an incomprehensible message from the president, baffled a conservative pundit on Saturday morning, which led to gales of laughter on MS NOW.Before moving on to more serious topics, "The Weekend” co-host Jackie Alemany told the panel, "Let's talk about Donald Trump's new...

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National Public Radio - Politics (A day ago)

President Trump canceled a signing for major housing legislation, former National Security Advisor John Bolton pled guilty to mishandling classified documents, and Democratic Socialists made gains.

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National Public Radio - Politics (A day ago)

President Trump has an interest in a piece of voting legislation, called the SAVE America Act, that is not shared by all of his Republican colleagues on Capitol Hill.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Already beset by artist boycotts, electrical problems, equipment breakdowns, and small crowds, Donald Trump's "Great American State Fair" suffered the indignity of bad weather, which forced organizers to cancel the one concert they hoped would draw fans on Friday night.According to the Independent, the plug was pulled on "Ice Ice Baby” rapper...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Donald Trump's Board of Peace – the international body established to oversee Gaza's reconstruction, on which the president serves as its lifelong chairman – created a draft resolution designed to grant its members broad legal immunity in the case of Palestinian deaths, The Guardian reported Saturday."It looks like an attempt to...

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

Auf einem Spaziergang durch die ukrainische Hauptstadt zeigt Deutschlands Botschafter Heiko Thoms im Gespräch mit Gordon Repinski, wie der Drang nach Alltag für die Ukrainer zu einem bewussten Akt des Widerstands gegen die russische Aggression geworden ist. Thoms blickt auf den härtesten Winter seit Jahrzehnten zurück. Wochenlange zweistellige...

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

Trump's endorsement faces another test in Louisiana Senate primary runoff

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

'It's just so wrong': Haitians in Ohio reel from supreme court TPS ruling

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

Trump-endorsed Julia Letlow projected to win Louisiana GOP Senate runoff

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The Washington Post - Politics (A day ago)

Despite attacks from some conservatives, a heavily pro-Israel crowd still has warm words for Vance, with many saying they could pick him as the party's nominee.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Every reader here understands it is hard to overstate the importance of November's midterm elections. The GOP controls every branch in our Constitutional framework, and the vast majority of Americans agree that the nation is in crisis, providing Democrats with fertile ground on which to harvest winning issues, perhaps combining victories in both...

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

The two-term Democratic governor of deep-red Kentucky, in demand as a surrogate in key 2026 races, talks horses, faith and family politics as he considers a run for the White House.

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

The tech scion David Ellison is close to completing a merger that would put the legacy broadcaster and the 24-hour cable news network under the same roof.

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

Saturday's election is the latest test of President Trump's influence in G.O.P. contests.

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

The victories of Darializa Avila Chevalier and other anti-establishment candidates are changing the face of House Democrats, posing a challenge for their leader.

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

Both parties are awaiting a decision on the validity of ballot proposals to redraw Colorado's maps ahead of 2028. Democrats say each day without a ruling puts the proposals at risk.

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

Nixon's offenses were not a deep-state invention. But in the age of Donald Trump, and in a fractured media environment, voters have become more inured to political scandal.

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National Public Radio - Politics (A day ago)

America's 250th birthday has brought more events and new crowds for Revolutionary reenactors and interpreters. They say Washington's life holds important lessons for our current political divide.

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CBC - Politics (A day ago)

The federal government has suspended the Royal Canadian Air Force's $800-million Griffon helicopter life-extension program amid technical problems and growing concerns over cost and complexity. The pause raises fresh questions about whether all 82 aircraft will be upgraded as Ottawa weighs an $18-billion replacement program and mounting NATO...

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CBC - Politics (A day ago)

After years of criminal justice reform that included a lighter touch for some offenders, the federal Liberal government has done an about-face over the last year and enacted stricter policies to tamp down on crime rates that have become a political liability in some vote-rich parts of the country.

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

The release clears the way for a select group of companies and agencies to gain access to the company's Mythos 5 model. But a second advanced Anthropic model remains blocked.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Community Strong Australia will seek to bring Zoe Daniel and Kylea Tink back into the fold, and to convince independent MPs to back the party in the Senate.

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

The U.S. Justice Department asked the justices to resolve a division among federal appeals courts.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

American assault on Iranian military installations preceded a critical tournament game that leaves Tehran's soccer players on the brink of progressing.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

The U.S. Justice Department asked the justices to resolve a division among federal appeals courts.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

The U.S. Energy secretary made his comments as the EU warned of life-threatening dangers from record-high temperatures.

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

The president said earlier Friday that the attack on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz was a "foolish violation” of the ceasefire agreement.

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New York Times - Politics (2 days ago)

The ruling reversed a decision by the state's elections office that had found Dan J. Sullivan was ineligible to challenge Dan S. Sullivan, an incumbent senator.

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 days ago)

Trump-backed Letlow faces Fleming in Louisiana GOP Senate runoff

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 days ago)

Man with same name as US Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible for Alaska's primary ballot, judge rules

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Several members of a CNN panel tried to get a MAGA pundit to stop her "embarrassing" rant.Former Trump White House staffer Caroline Sunshine took part in the panel, hosted by CNN anchor Abby Phillip. Most of the panel turned on Sunshine, however, when she started to defend the Trump administration from accusations of racism because it started...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The end of a financial year isn't just the time to cruise the stocktake sales, it also ushers in several substantial legal and financial changes.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A red state leader's claim during an Oval Office visit was met with an outpouring of corrections by online critics.Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick told reporters on Friday, "Separation of Church and state is not in the Constitution," while standing behind Trump. The Texas Board of Education approved a required reading list earlier that day that included...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A journalist warned that Trump's relationship with an aide who's always around him spells trouble.In an episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, executive editor Hugh Dougherty spoke with host Joanna Coles about revelations regarding Trump executive assistant Natalie Harp, who Dougherty said "trails Donald Trump everywhere." The Daily Beast reported...

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

With risks proliferating globally, countries now have the opportunity to work with businesses and innovate.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A Confederate flag display at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C. was under fire on Friday, according to reports.The flag was part of an interactive exhibit for North Carolina and shared in a viral video shared on X by Reuben Jones, Spectrum News Washington Correspondent. "I stopped by the North Carolina booth at the 'Great American...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A former GOP operative described how he is looking forward to the revenge of an enemy President Donald Trump made in the Senate.During an episode of The Lincoln Project Podcast, Rick Wilson spoke about the feuds Trump started with senators, but in particular, he relished the revenge plot that Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is suggesting."If you follow his...

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New York Times - Politics (2 days ago)

Last year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission overruled its enforcement attorneys and killed a separate inquiry into whether the Trump-tied company was illegally serving U.S. customers.

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 days ago)

Trump news at a glance: president tests out a new 'red scare' ahead of midterms

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

A Republican vying to keep his seat in a swing district is closer to losing it than the GOP would like to admit, according to a columnist.In a Friday article for The Contrarian, Jennifer Rubin wrote that Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), the Trump-endorsed incumbent in the race for New York's 17th congressional district, appears "isolated, stressed...

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