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Politico - Europe (14 minutes ago)

Germany will only help secure the key waterway if the war ends and two conditions are met, the country's chancellor said.

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Raw Story - Politics (14 minutes ago)

Hours after President Donald Trump pitched an angry tantrum at US allies, he reportedly demanded that they draw up plans to help fix the geopolitical and economic disaster he caused by launching his illegal war with Iran.In a Wednesday night social media post, Trump posted an all-caps tirade against members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 minutes ago)

Newly confirmed Department for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is running into a buzzsaw since leaving the Senate and ground zero for him is in a tiny town in Pennsylvania where Donald Trump is massively popular.According to the New York Times, Tremont, Pennsylvania — a deep-red town of just 2,000 people in Trump territory where the...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 minutes ago)

MS NOW Joe Scarborough criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's over-the-top press conferences about the Iran war, comparing his behavior to "third-grade chest thumping" on a playground. Scarborough expressed shock that Hegseth continues appearing publicly despite humiliating Trump and the administration daily with his "stupid routine." During...

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Global News - Politics (41 minutes ago)

'She will vote with the government if there are votes relating to any aspect of that issue as well as the rights of Canadians to be their whole selves,' Carney said.

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Yahoo News - Politics (43 minutes ago)

For second time, Trump seeks to eliminate federal funding for tribal colleges and universities

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Raw Story - Politics (43 minutes ago)

Donald Trump's approval rating has taken a sharp decline with one of his most prominent supporter groups, an analyst has claimed. The president appears to be losing support in the opinion polls during his second term and has hit approval rating lows this month. Non-MAGA Republicans appear to be abandoning Trump faster than ever, according to recent...

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Raw Story - Politics (43 minutes ago)

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made it clear where he stood — and it's firmly behind President Donald Trump, an analyst reported on Thursday. Salon's Heather Digby Parton described how Blanche openly defended Trump's attack on his perceived enemies during his first press conference this week as acting attorney general since the president...

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New York Times - Politics (43 minutes ago)

A former jewelry-counter magnate, he served in Hungary under his friend President Trump, strengthening relations between the two countries as Orban tilted rightward.

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CBC - Politics (43 minutes ago)

Ottawa is pushing for Lebanon to be part of the ceasefire deal between the Trump administration and Iran and for its inclusion to be honoured by Israel, a senior Liberal source told CBC News.

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Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) accused Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) of not following the teachings of Jesus Christ because he had supported President Donald Trump after a threat to destroy Iran's entire civilization in one night.During an interview with CNN on Thursday, Greene called Trump's apocalyptic threat "insanity.""I really hope to...

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Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan's free newsletter here.Stan Grot is once again in charge of Shelby Township's elections.Grot, the Shelby Township Clerk, was one of 16 people charged with a number of felonies connected to their role as...

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Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

With an eye on his own political future, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has an opportunity to graduate from a thorn in Donald Trump's side to a roadblock halting some of the president's key policies in their tracks.According to Politico's Jordain Carney, Paul's fellow Republicans are racing to pass aggressive immigration enforcement legislation, but Paul...

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Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

It's not every day you wake up and send the following email to the five Republican men representing Kansas in Washington, D.C.:"Good morning! I was wondering if the congressman had any comment on the president's words yesterday threatening the eradication of Iran's civilization.”Nevertheless, that's how I began Wednesday, reaching out to Sens....

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The Washington Post - Politics (2 hours ago)

The email was the latest in a string of unprecedented expressions of Christian proselytizing by administration leaders.

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

One person with knowledge of the police investigation told POLITICO interviews could start within weeks.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

U.S. military service members claimed the Pentagon was not telling the truth about Iran's deadliest attack on America's troops during President Donald Trump's most recent war.CBS News reported that survivors of the attack that killed six and wounded 20 were "left dangerously exposed" when they were attacked in Kuwait.According to the surviving...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

When Democratic Reps. Greg Stanton and Yassamin Ansari visited an Immigration and Customs Enforcement holding facility in Mesa earlier this year meant to temporarily house 157 people, it was one of the few times the facility had been under capacity in more than a month.Just two weeks prior there were 513 people housed there in a single day. And a...

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Politico - Europe (2 hours ago)

The tech company made the announcement after finding that its new Claude Mythos model outperformed most humans at "finding and exploiting software vulnerabilities."

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

The hotel ballroom in downtown Madison was packed with cheering supporters as Chris Taylor gave her victory speech Tuesday night after her huge, 20-point win over her conservative opponent Maria Lazar, cementing a 5-2 liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The four other liberal women on the Court high-fived Taylor as she took the stage....

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Gas prices "will rapidly come back down,” as soon as the war against Iran ends, President Donald Trump said during his address to the nation last week.That's not what his Department of Energy said Tuesday.If hostilities in the war were to stop by the end of April, the price of gas at the end of the year would still higher than it was at the start...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

US Senate hopeful Graham Platner wants Democrats to "deal with” the Supreme Court if they retake power in November and launch oversight and possible impeachments to remove justices from office.Amid President Donald Trump's historic unpopularity, Democrats are heavily favored to retake the House of Representatives and have gained momentum in the...

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The Washington Post - Politics (3 hours ago)

A Washington Post reporter's doctor in Seoul had a question — how to translate "chicken out,” as in "Trump always chickens out,” into Korean?

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Politico - Europe (3 hours ago)

Die Waffenruhe im Iran bringt vorerst keine Entspannung an der Zapfsäule. Die Internationale Energieagentur warnt vor einer Krise, die Jahre andauern könnte. Während die Logistikkosten durch drohende iranische Zölle in der Straße von Hormuz massiv steigen könnten, wächst der Druck auf die Bundesregierung. In dieser Folge vertiefen Joana...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Far-right autocratic Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is on the brink of losing power after 16 years of consolidating control, CNN data forecaster Harry Enten argued — and if anything, Vice President JD Vance's trip to the country to rally with him didn't help.In fact, it may have actually made Orban's prospects of keeping his job worse.For...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

An interview with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) got off to a ragged start on Thursday morning when MS NOW regular Katty Kay accused him of being ineffective.Brought on to promote an Iran war resolution vote to be held Thursday morning at the request of his office, Kay immediately charged ahead with, "It doesn't have really very much...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Pardoned January 6 rioter Jake Lang warned that President Donald Trump would be the "last white president" if Congress does not pass the SAVE America Act to make it more difficult to vote."We are in an existential crisis. The illegal invaders have not only taken over our country, but our elections are in jeopardy," Lang told Lindell TV's Alison...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

At least 2.5 million low-income people quickly lost help affording groceries under a Republican-passed law that added new requirements for the nation's largest nutrition program and shifted hundreds of millions of dollars in costs from the federal government to states, according to a study the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities published...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

A split in the Republican Party is worsening as representatives believe they should hold out against a bill approved by the Senate. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson may call on GOP reps to back the bill on funding the Department of Homeland Security. The bill in question excludes funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol...

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Politico - Europe (4 hours ago)

The European lawmaker consistently pushed back against allegations of wrongdoing.

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Donald Trump kicked off his Thursday morning with a cryptic Truth Social post aimed at NATO that will have people scratching their heads at what is to come.The president has long been critical of the military alliance formed in 1949 as a bulwark against Russia, arguing over funding and now complaining that NATO countries won't help him with his war...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

First lady Melania Trump got some bad news on Thursday, courtesy of CNN data analyst Harry Enten: the American people dislike her more than any other first lady since polling on the topic began."What are you seeing about Melania Trump and how her polling is shifting?" asked anchor Kate Bolduan."Yeah, I would say that the American people really...

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BBC - Politics (4 hours ago)

Party leader Zack Polanski accuses Labour of failing to build enough social and affordable homes.

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Global News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Mark Carney is set to address the convention on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET — the first time he has done so since winning the leadership.

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

The economy could be set for a harsh reality check because of one issue highlighted by a Nobel Prize winner. Paul Krugman suggests that while the unemployment figures under Donald Trump's administration remained relatively typical, the anti-immigration policies of his team will cause a rupture further down the line. The economist, writing in his...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

A report that Donald Trump's administration menaced the first American-born pope led the entire panel on MS NOW's "Morning Joe” to wonder what they could possibly be thinking as they risk alienating millions of Catholics.According to a report from The Free Press, after Pope Leo XIV delivered his State of the World speech where he criticized the...

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

Protesters' tractors and trucks snarling a key Limerick port and a Cork oil refinery are top priorities for army removal crews. Central Dublin and key motorways have been blocked since Tuesday.

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Yahoo News - Politics (5 hours ago)

Rutte the 'Trump whisperer' faces a fresh test as Trump turns on NATO over Iran

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's administration has declared war on public records law, former prosecutor Joyce Vance wrote on her Substack Thursday — and in doing so, executed a "power grab" and "overruled the Supreme Court," or at least laid the groundwork to try to."Enacted in 1978, in the wake of Watergate, the Presidential Records Act (PRA) makes...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's Iran war is driving gas prices to unprecedented levels, CNN's Matt Egan told anchor Kate Bolduan on Thursday morning."Where is it headed?" asked Bolduan. "When's there going to be a break? Any time soon?""Well, Kate, I mean, that was fast, right?" said Egan. "The oil price crash is already over, at least for the moment. As...

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

Top diplomat's criticism comes as Iran threatens to abort a ceasefire deal if Israel doesn't also stop its attacks against Hezbollah.

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

Es ist unklar, ob ein kontroverser technologiebezogener „Dialog" auf der Tagesordnung stehen wird, da die EU dem Druck der USA widerstanden hat, ihre Regulierung und Durchsetzung abzuschwächen.

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

The speech comes after the government lost a referendum on justice reform that many considered a vote on the prime minister herself.

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

"We are looking into whether we can come up with some kind of more coordinated approach at the European level," says economy czar Valdis Dombrovskis.

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Author Anand Giridharadas tore into President Donald Trump in a podcast discussion with The Daily Beast published Wednesday, condemning the president's genocidal threats to wipe out Iranian civilization.Ultimately, Trump did not follow through on those threats and, with just hours to spare before his deadline, agreed to a "ceasefire" deal that...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

The Supreme Court's deepening division and declining public approval are for a clear reason, an analysis team has claimed. The judicial body has seen an overwhelming decline in its approval rating, hitting a rare low under Donald Trump's second term in the Oval Office. Penn State professor Michael J. Nelson, political science professor Lee Epstein,...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's continuing over-the-top press conferences about the Iran war are not doing Donald Trump any favors due to his childish behavior, leading MS NOW's Joe Scarborough to suggest the president may want to put an end to Hegseth's "humiliating" antics.Reacting to the Wednesday Pentagon press conference, where the former Fox...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has overseen an unprecedented melding of the private sector with the federal government — so much so that critics say it smells of socialism.Since Trump re-entered the White House, America has taken a stake in at least 10 private companies, the federal government is now negotiating drug prices on TrumpRX, and...

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

What one campaign rally in Michigan reveals about young voters ahead of the midterm elections

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Donald Trump's sweeping tax cuts from his first term had little positive effect on the working-class, with a political analyst highlighting people may be worse off than before. The Treasury claims an average tax cut of $3,750 per filer, and notes a higher wage per American worker of $7,200. Department of the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said,...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Vice President JD Vance's use of his relationship with his wife Usha to explain differing opinions about Donald Trump's ceasefire chaos set off a tirade by MS NOW host Mika Brzezinski on Thursday morning as she could not contain her disgust.Speaking with reporters at the end of his overseas trip, Vance was asked about Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf of...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 hours ago)

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

It's unclear whether a controversial technology-related "dialogue" will be on the agenda, as the EU resisted U.S. pressure to tone down its regulation and enforcement.

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

Photos taken by Paris Match indicate the far-right National Rally president is dating an Italian royal heiress.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Era of political violence means higher costs for candidate security, a new report says

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Pam Bondi's attempt to dodge a congressional subpoena on the Jeffrey Epstein case stunned liberal political commentator Brian Tyler Cohen, who fumed on his show Wednesday evening she shouldn't be allowed to get away with it."In an update that, albeit predictable, reeks of corruption, the Justice Department has announced that Pam Bondi will not be...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

The fight to replace fired Attorney General Pam Bondi is exposing deep fractures within Trump's coalition, with competing factions of Trump loyalists bringing to the surface "long simmering disputes" as they battle for control of the Justice Department — a department already hemorrhaging credibility and veteran prosecutors.With former Trump...

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Politico - Europe (7 hours ago)

Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Budapest went against "the solidarity that is required among members of the European Union."

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BBC - Politics (7 hours ago)

South Cambridgeshire District Council is the only authority to offer four-day weeks for full pay.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (7 hours ago)

Australia's chief of defence says Australia could "absolutely" deploy a warship to the Strait of Hormuz if asked by the federal government.

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Politico - Europe (7 hours ago)

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper warned countries must not "hijack" international transit routes and unilaterally apply tolls.

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CBS News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Some states already don't have enough staff to quickly process Medicaid applications and answer enrollees' phone calls. Researchers say they may not be prepared to handle new Medicaid work rules, predicting people will lose coverage as a result.

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Well, 8 PM Tuesday came and went, to paraphrase TS Eliot, "Not with a bang but a whimper.” In the latest episode of Trump's reality show presidency, he decided he'll give Iran "another two weeks” (we'll get to that in a minute) to open the Strait of Hormuz because something something Pakistan something.Some are suggesting it was a predictable...

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at President Trump.

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

Judges are ordering an unprecedented number of people deported after coming under significant pressure from the administration to do so or risk losing their jobs.

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

Homesteading, for all its bucolic imagery, taps into the desire to escape from the disquiet of modern America, where anything can happen.

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The Washington Post - Politics (8 hours ago)

The acting CDC director cited concerns with the methodology, but the design has long been used to test vaccine effectiveness.

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The Washington Post - Politics (8 hours ago)

As the Trump administration claimed success, Tehran disputed the terms, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remained stalled, and new questions emerged.

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The Washington Post - Politics (8 hours ago)

The court is the first since at least the '50s to reject claims in a majority of cases involving women and minorities, an analysis conducted for The Post shows.

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The Washington Post - Politics (8 hours ago)

Civil rights rhetoric and images of Barack Obama are also being employed to persuade Virginians during the nationwide battle for U.S. House control.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (8 hours ago)

Former SAS captain and Coalition MP Andrew Hastie has warned against prejudicing a Roberts-Smith murder trial, calling the arrest a "sobering day” but insisting no one is above the law.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (9 hours ago)

Criticisms that the navy would not be able to defend vessels from Iranian attacks have been rebuffed by the nation's highest-ranking officer.

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Politico - Europe (9 hours ago)

"REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!” U.S. president rages.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (10 hours ago)

With retro shades, big rhetoric and a rejection of net zero, Matt Canavan is hoping to reshape the Nationals. His first big test is just weeks away. 

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Politico - Europe (10 hours ago)

Investir dans le médicament, c'est investir dans la santé, l'innovation et l'économie : un choix stratégique pour garantir l'accès durable aux traitements et renforcer la souveraineté sanitaire.

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BBC - Politics (11 hours ago)

The Conservatives, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats faced audience questions in Haverfordwest.

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BBC - Politics (11 hours ago)

Rhun ap Iorwerth said a Plaid government would cut waiting times, help with childcare costs and grow economy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (11 hours ago)

Customs officers are seizing 6 million illegal cigarettes a day, but it admits that the illicit trade will continue unless smokers quit their cheap habit.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (11 hours ago)

Fuel stocks are strong, the prime minister says, but a "fragile peace” in the Middle East has added urgency to his dash to secure supply from Asia's oil superpower.

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BBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

The foreign secretary also calls for Lebanon to be "urgently included" in the ceasefire agreement.

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Politico - Europe (13 hours ago)

L'ancien ministre de l'Economie tente un retour dans le débat public avec un livre qui nous emmène au coeur des "vrais" pouvoirs. Il nous en a parlé. Ainsi que de la présidentielle.

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Politico - Europe (13 hours ago)

It's three days until the Hungarian election, and opposition leader Péter Magyar appears poised to end PM Viktor Orbán's 16-year rule. If that happens, some in the Brussels bubble hope Magyar will take steps to improve Hungary's strained relationship with the EU. But on today's episode, host Zoya Sheftalovich and EU Policy Editor Sarah Wheaton...

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Politico - Europe (13 hours ago)

Während die internationale Aufmerksamkeit auf den bevorstehenden Verhandlungen zwischen den USA und dem Iran liegt, bleibt im Baltikum die Sorge vor russischen Aktivitäten unterhalb der Kriegsschwelle groß. Rasmus Buchsteiner begleitet Bundestagspräsidentin Julia Klöckner auf ihrer Reise durch Estland und Litauen. Im Gespräch mit dem...

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Yahoo News - Politics (13 hours ago)

Republican fears grow as Democrats keep notching election victories ahead of midterms

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Yahoo News - Politics (13 hours ago)

PHOTO ESSAY: In a corner of Appalachia, soaring utility costs are surpassing rents and mortgages

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Yahoo News - Politics (13 hours ago)

Democratic presidential prospects flock to New York to court activists at Al Sharpton's conference

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Yahoo News - Politics (14 hours ago)

Democrats fighting for Iowa Senate seat tussle over Chuck Schumer and super PACs

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

President Donald Trump posted a late-night screed on Wednesday targeting media outlets like CNN and The New York Times for their coverage of the peace plan for the war in Iran. Yesterday, Trump announced that the U.S. and Iran had agreed to a two-week ceasefire while they negotiated a potential peace plan. Both the New York Times and CNN reported...

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

A pair of lawyers were aghast on Wednesday as they discussed living conditions in the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Texas during a new podcast episode. Lisa Landau and Emerson Argueta from the Feerick Center for Social Justice at Fordham Law School discussed a recent tour of the Camp East Montana detention facility in El...

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Politico - Europe (14 hours ago)

Washington outranks Beijing as a threat in Spain, Italy, Belgium and Germany, according to POLITICO Pulse survey.

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Politico - Europe (14 hours ago)

Péter Magyar has pledged to claw back EU payouts in record time if he wins the election. It won't be easy.

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Politico - Europe (14 hours ago)

POLITICO Pulse survey finds more than half of people in Spain consider Washington a 'threat' to Europe.

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly exploded at NewsNation host Chris Cuomo on Wednesday after Cuomo delivered a brutal fact-check on air. The two men squabbled over recent comments from IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi about Iran's nuclear capabilities. Grossi recently reported that Iran had up to 60% enriched uranium, but that the IAEA was...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

The arrest of an ex-Army employee accused of leaking classified material to the press sparked outrage on Wednesday night. FBI Director Kash Patel announced on Wednesday that the FBI had arrested 40-year-old Courtney Williams of Wagram, North Carolina, for allegedly leaking classified information to a reporter for a book. The indictment adds that...

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New York Times - Politics (15 hours ago)

A special prosecutor said a review of the incident found there was not sufficient evidence to charge Doug Diny, the mayor of Wausau.

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Politico - Europe (15 hours ago)

Péter Márki-Zay tells POLITICO that the surging opposition leader is getting a lot right that he got wrong in the 2022 election.

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Politico - Europe (15 hours ago)

A Commission program that gave cash to many pro-European groups has cut back funding.

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

MS NOW's Jen Psaki broke down many of Vice President JD Vance's answers to reporters concerned about the details of the Trump administration's "ceasefire" with Iran — and was taken aback by many of his answers, particularly his explanation why the United States was okay with considering a "right to enrichment" of nuclear materials to Iran on some...

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Raw Story - Politics (15 hours ago)

A new report warns someone may have known the Iran ceasefire was coming before Donald Trump told the world, and profited off that knowledge.That's the explosive implication of a new Associated Press report that revealed that at least 50 newly created accounts on the prediction market Polymarket placed massive, well-timed bets on a U.S.-Iran...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's apparent surrender on free passage in the Strait of Hormuz has earned him the rage of a new group: oil industry executives.According to Politico, Big Oil officials "are reaching out to the White House, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President J.D. Vance to protest allowing Iran to charge tolls through the strategic...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice just gave him the power to destroy his administration's records if courts don't intervene, according to a new analysis. David A. Graham, a staff writer at The Atlantic, wrote in a new newsletter article that an official memo from the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel concluded that the Presidential Records...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

Donald Trump's judicial nominee for Montana has become the first pick of his second term to be declared "not qualified" by the American Bar Association, and the reason was straightforward: she simply hasn't been a lawyer long enough.Katie Lane, nominated to serve as a federal judge in Montana, received a "not qualified" rating from a majority of...

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Yahoo News - Politics (16 hours ago)

Appeals court rebuffs Anthropic in latest round of its AI battle with the Trump administration

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

MAGA darling Allie Beth Stuckey roasted President Donald Trump's spiritual advisor on a new episode of her podcast, "Relatable," on Wednesday. Last week, Trump's spiritual advisor, Paula White-Cain, compared the president to Jesus Christ during a speech at an Easter celebration at the White House. Stuckey said White-Cain's comments were not only...

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Raw Story - Politics (16 hours ago)

The conservative Wall Street Journal editorial board raked President Donald Trump over the coals Wednesday, for claiming victory over Iran when he has achieved no such thing."Mr. Trump and Vice President JD Vance said the cease-fire is conditioned on Iran's striking a deal, but it sure sounds like the President wants the war over. 'A big day for...

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CBC - Politics (16 hours ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney praised the Artemis II moon mission as a "unique example for the world and beyond" of what can be achieved through collaboration during a brief call with moon-mission's crew on Wednesday evening.

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

Political analysts and observers were outraged on Wednesday after President Donald Trump posted an all-caps rebuke of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, on Truth Social. "NATO WASN'T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON'T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN, PIECE OF ICE!!!" Trump wrote. Trump...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

Justice Sonia Sotomayor publicly criticized Trump-appointed Justice Brett Kavanaugh for failing to understand the real-world impact of the administration's immigration enforcement policies. Sotomayor, appointed by former President Barack Obama in 2009, spoke at the University of Kansas School of Law. She criticized Kavanaugh's concurrence...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

Kristi Noem swore the $70 million luxury Boeing 737 she bought with taxpayer money was all about deporting immigrants, and now that she's been fired, the plane — complete with a queen bed, kitchenette and cream leather seats — will be used by Cabinet members and possibly the first lady.A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson confirmed...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

President Donald Trump has spent years championing American steel, slapping tariffs on foreign metals and promising to shield U.S. manufacturers from overseas competition. But a bombshell New York Times report reveals he may have traded a lucrative tariff break for tens of millions of dollars worth of donated foreign steel for his White House...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

Donald Trump went after a decades-old U.S. military alliance on Wednesday in an all-caps Truth Social tirade, declaring NATO useless and taking a bizarre swipe at Greenland in the same breath.NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte reportedly met privately with Trump on Wednesday, with discussions expected to focus on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and...

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Raw Story - Politics (17 hours ago)

A federal judge has paused the Trump administration's decision to terminate temporary protected status (TPS) for Ethiopians who came to the United States, ruling that former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem didn't follow the legal procedure for doing so.U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy of Massachusetts penned a scathing analysis of the...

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New York Times - Politics (17 hours ago)

Fractures were already emerging in the limited cease-fire. Vice President JD Vance will lead a U.S. delegation in talks this weekend.

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CBS News - Politics (18 hours ago)

Wall Street appeared optimistic on Wednesday about the ceasefire with Iran, but the situation is delicate. Kelly O'Grady has more.

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

Iranian Parliament Speaker MB Ghalibaf declared the ceasefire and upcoming negotiations as "unreasonable" after accusing the United States of violating Iran's 10-point peace proposal. Ghalibaf cited three specific violations on X, Israeli attacks on Lebanon, an alleged drone intrusion into Iranian airspace, and U.S. denial of Iran's nuclear...

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

A new report claims that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s private diaries contain entries about his battles with "lust demons" and ranking his sexual encounters on a scale of 1-10. People Magazine reported on Wednesday that a forthcoming biography of Kennedy Jr., written by New York Post reporter Isabel Vincent, included sordid details...

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's Defense Secretary may be the next cabinet member to depart the administration, even though he just declared "victory" over Iran, according to one expert.Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a press conference on Wednesday that the U.S. had achieved a "decisive military victory” over Iran. That's despite multiple reports...

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The Washington Post - Politics (18 hours ago)

The president, long a NATO skeptic, has been especially angry at alliance members in recent weeks for declining to take part in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (18 hours ago)

From shrinking their hampers to closing waitlists, food charities in Western Australia are adapting their services to meet a surge in demand as more people struggle with rising costs.

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is heading into the midterms with ruthless fundraising and a huge war chest, both in his own committees and in the super PACs supporting him, that he can use to protect vulnerable Republicans from whatever onslaught is coming their way. But there's a big problem standing in the way, former GOP strategist Tim Miller told MS...

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Raw Story - Politics (18 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's administration is planning to axe protections for one of the most iconic symbols of the West: the American Bison.Bison were once slaughtered to near extinction in the 19th century as part of a campaign of genocide against tribal groups that relied on the wild herds for their way of life. And now, under Trump, the very...

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National Public Radio - Politics (19 hours ago)

Bill Gates will appear before the House Oversight Committee in June. The Department of Justice said Wednesday that former Attorney General Pam Bondi will not testify for now.

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi received a shot across the bow on Wednesday during a segment on CNN. Bondi has been under fire for attempting to avoid being deposed next week regarding the Department of Justice's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files. She was removed from her job last week amid ongoing tensions between the White House and the DOJ...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

President Donald Trump supporters on Truth Social called for him to reconcile with former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) after Trump attacked her following her criticism of the Iran war. Greene called for Trump's removal after he threatened to obliterate Iran's civilization. Trump responded by mocking Greene on Truth Social, calling her a...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

Pete Hegseth went out Wednesday to sell America on Donald Trump's Iran triumph — and ended up accidentally dismantling it, according to a new analysis.The Defense Secretary insisted that Trump's threat to erase Iranian civilization is what brought Tehran back to the negotiating table. "That type of threat is what brought them to the place where...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

A veteran GOP analyst flagged the "biggest concern" for the Republican Party following Tuesday's special election in Georgia during a new interview on CNN. Ashley Davis, a former official in George W. Bush's Department of Homeland Security, joined Jake Tapper on CNN's "The Lead," where the panel discussed how Republicans should view the outcome of...

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New York Times - Politics (19 hours ago)

A lot of the money flowing into the political system is ultimately untraceable.

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Yahoo News - Politics (19 hours ago)

'We lose the midterms': Republicans worry Iran might have already cost them Congress

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

CNN host Jake Tapper accused President Donald Trump of "lying" to Americans in a recent Truth Social post about an alleged "false statement" CNN published on Tuesday. CNN reported that Iranian officials had declared a "great victory" over the U.S. after agreeing to a ceasefire deal. Trump wrote on Truth Social that "authorities" are investigating...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

MAGA has grown increasingly divided over the Iran war and President Donald Trump's decisions — something right-wing influencers have spoken out against even more vocally in recent days, CNN reported on Wednesday. During a live broadcast, CNN anchor Kasie Hunt played a clip from MAGA podcaster Megyn Kelly, who openly criticized Trump in a fiery,...

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Raw Story - Politics (19 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's social media site, normally nothing more than a platform for himself to rant and his most avid fans to admire him, is plunging into warfare, as MAGA fans turn on each other over Trump's moves in the Iran conflict.According to The New York Times, "Thousands of users on the social media platform, which Mr. Trump created in...

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National Public Radio - Politics (20 hours ago)

The war with Iran has opened a rift inside of the MAGA movement. Now, some of its biggest names have gone from criticizing the war, to the rare step of criticizing President Trump himself.

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

Vice President JD Vance was brutally mocked on Wednesday after he claimed not to know a high-ranking official in the Catholic church. Vance was asked at a press conference in Budapest, Hungary, about a report from the Bari Weiss-led publication, "The Free Press," about senior military leaders inviting Cardinal Christophe Pierre, who served as...

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, closed the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday despite President Donald Trump's ceasefire agreement requiring the waterway to remain open. Iran cited Israeli strikes in Lebanon as justification, despite Trump insisting Lebanon was not part of the ceasefire deal. BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet reported that,...

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

A controversial far-right lawyer in the Trump administration is claiming executive privilege to try to stymie a misconduct investigation, left-leaning elections site Democracy Docket reported on Wednesday."In a wild new legal filing this week, Martin lashed out against the D.C. Disciplinary Counsel, which polices attorney misconduct in the nation's...

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

Fashion icon Anna Wintour gave a withering critique of first lady Melania Trump's wardrobe during a new interview on Wednesday. Wintour joined filmmaker Greta Gerwig, actress Meryl Streep, and reporters from Vogue Magazine for a wide-ranging interview about fashion, politics, and the upcoming "Devil Wears Prada" sequel. At one point, Gerwig asked...

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The Washington Post - Politics (20 hours ago)

The former homeland security secretary said the $70 million plane, which included a bedroom, was intended to carry out the president's mass deportation agenda.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (20 hours ago)

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says we need the ceasefire to stick and the Strait of Hormuz to be opened for the recovery to begin. Follow live. 

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt avoided addressing President Donald Trump's threat to destroy Iran's entire civilization when challenged by a reporter during Wednesday's briefing. The reporter contrasted Trump's rhetoric with George W. Bush's 2003 Iraq invasion messaging, which targeted the government rather than the people. The...

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) warned that Republicans will have a "tough time" holding the state House in 2026.During the Texas Policy Summit on Wednesday, Patrick devoted a third of his keynote address to the possibility that Democrats could do well in the midterm elections."I can come out here and be rah, rah, rah," the Texas Republican...

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

Pardoned Capitol riot participant Bryan Betancur has been arrested for alleged misconduct with women, and it's not the first time he's faced such allegations since getting his Jan. 6 charges wiped by President Donald Trump.A few weeks ago, Betancur was arrested after he allegedly touched multiple women on the D.C. Metro and livestreamed himself...

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Politico - Europe (21 hours ago)

Oil executives are citing international treaties, sanction laws and high payments in opposing Iran's plan to charge ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz.

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Yahoo News - Politics (21 hours ago)

Trump has battled the drug industry. Now its top lobbyist is leaving.

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Social media influencer Dan Bilzerian shocked TMZ on Wednesday when he used a racial epithet in a conversation about his congressional opponent Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL). Bilzerian has reportedly filed paperwork to challenge Fine in the Florida congressional race and made several comments during a live interview when he was challenged by TMZ executive...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Journalist David Rohde reported Pentagon lawyers were prepared to refuse approval of target lists involving war crimes had the Pakistan-brokered Iran ceasefire not been announced shortly before President Donald Trump's deadline threatening civilization destruction. Rohde told MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire that military and former military lawyers were...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Actor Michael J. Fox made it clear on Wednesday that he is very much alive. Fox was responding to a CNN article and video titled "Remembering the life of actor Michael J. Fox" that led to questions about his health and confusion over whether he died, TMZ reported. The post has since been removed. "Michael is doing great. He was at PaleyFest...

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New York Times - Politics (21 hours ago)

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, had seized ballots from a 2025 special election based on unsubstantiated claims of election irregularities.

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New York Times - Politics (21 hours ago)

A growing chorus of disaffected Trump supporters is sounding off in the replies to his posts on the social media platform he founded.

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New York Times - Politics (21 hours ago)

The investigation into the nation's second-largest school district was prompted by a lawsuit from parents who say the policies contributed to their child's death.

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Former Republican operative Rick Wilson suggested that President Donald Trump's ceasefire with Iran could lead to an even more dangerous situation. Wilson, the co-founder of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project, described in his Substack on Wednesday how the current halt on military action could reveal what might come next after the president...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Wisconsin Republicans suffered a major blow on Tuesday evening, with voters choosing the liberal candidate in the state Supreme Court race for the fourth consecutive time — handing a landslide 20-point win to the candidate backed by Democrats that flipped some longtime Republican strongholds and even the literal town where the GOP was founded,...

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New York Times - Politics (21 hours ago)

In a week in which President Trump has veered from threatening to wipe out Iranian civilization to declaring a cease-fire, Congress is out of session and lawmakers with the power to declare war are mostly in the dark.

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CBC - Politics (21 hours ago)

Deputy minister of national defence Christiane Fox broke conflict of interest rules by hiring an old acquaintance when she was the deputy immigration minister, the federal ethics watchdog has found.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (22 hours ago)

Historians say the Australian War Memorial's refusal to remove the accused murderer's uniform from its Hall of Valour must be reconsidered.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (22 hours ago)

"How Do You Solve a Problem Like Pauline?” began as a novelty ditty, but has become a death metal banger for Labor and the Coalition. For too long they have let too many people down.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (22 hours ago)

Political staffers received an average $38,594 payout for leaving their jobs after the last election – but the average amount of time a staffer was without political work after taking a severance package was just 15 days.

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Politico - Europe (22 hours ago)

Facing voter backlash and an energy-driven economic squeeze, the prime minister is recalibrating her ties with Washington

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Politico - Europe (22 hours ago)

Kuwait, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates were targeted by Iranian fire in the hours after the ceasefire, and Israel continued to attack Hezbollah in Lebanon on Wednesday.

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Yahoo News - Politics (22 hours ago)

US pump prices to stay elevated despite US-Iran ceasefire deal, market observers say

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

Chad Bianco, the pro-Trump sheriff of Riverside County, California, was ordered by the California Supreme Court to stop a voter fraud investigation, according to reports on Wednesday. A court order issued on Wednesday stated that Bianco's office must immediately "halt its investigation and preserve all seized election materials pending further...

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