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Raw Story - Politics (55 minutes ago)

A federal judge just put President Donald Trump in the "danger zone" after launching an inquiry into the lawsuit that produced the president's nearly $1.8 billion so-called "anti-weaponization" fund last week, a former federal prosecutor warned on Sunday. Glenn Kirschner, the former deputy U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., said during a new...

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National Public Radio - Politics (2 hours ago)

Several artists, including country singer Martina McBride, have withdrawn from the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C.

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National Public Radio - Politics (2 hours ago)

Congress returns to town with the same problems they left before Memorial Day: immigration funding, opposition to a new Justice Department fund, and questions about Iran war oversight.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (2 hours ago)

Barnaby Joyce has defended his leader's parliamentary attendance record after Pauline Hanson came under fire for not showing up to Senate estimates last week. Follow live. 

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 hours ago)

'Holding our breath': Hurricane season is here, and FEMA is shorthanded

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Kevin Hassett, the National Economic Council director, caught heat from political analysts and observers after he made what some described as an "incredible" claim about the financial health of Americans during a Fox News interview. Hassett joined Fox News host Shannon Bream on "Fox News Sunday," where he was asked about a recent report finding...

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New York Times - Politics (2 hours ago)

In Ukraine, Gaza and now Iran, President Trump's early declarations of easy wins have given way to harsh reality.

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Politico - Europe (3 hours ago)

"Russia attacked us by lots of ballistic missiles on our energy infrastructure, water supply, schools," he said.

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

A Nobel Prize-winning economist issues a startling warning about what it will take for the U.S. to move on from Trumpism and the Make America Great Again movement in a new Substack video on Sunday. Paul Krugman, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2008 for his work on trade theory, said in the video that America's inability to address growing...

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New York Times - Politics (3 hours ago)

In Ukraine, Gaza and now Iran, President Trump's early declarations of easy wins have given way to harsh reality.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (3 hours ago)

Tens of thousands of tonnes of Russian timber could be entering Australia each year, avoiding punitive tariffs, after being laundered through China and other countries.

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Journalist Charles Davis expressed shock on Sunday at the lack of media coverage on Gregory Bovino, the Trump administration's ousted Border Patrol chief, having attended what he described as a "neo-fascist summit” in Europe, and just one day after promoting himself by making a "Hitlerian greeting.”"Just before he confirmed his attendance at a...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Fans of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement melted down on Sunday after Trump's former vice president sharply criticized one of Trump's major initiatives. Mike Pence, who was vice president during Trump's first term, told NBC's "Meet the Press" that Trump's idea to create a nearly $1.8 billion fund to pay victims of alleged...

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New York Times - Politics (3 hours ago)

Mr. Booker and other Senate Democrats faced questions Sunday about reports that Mr. Platner's wife previously told his campaign he had exchanged sexual messages with women outside his marriage.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

Why has Labor decided to spend the political capital of a 50-seat majority on a minor change to capital gains tax on businesses? 

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (4 hours ago)

The Liberal Party has quietly published a paper that floats offering a cut price $10 digital membership to join the party, in an effort to offset its declining numbers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (4 hours ago)

Taylor's remark risked sounding arrogant – neatly matching that well-known psychological habit of accusing others of what we fear is our own worst trait.

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Donald Trump is facing pushback from within his own base after elevating Tom Barrack, a longtime Trump friend and fundraiser who was previously charged — and acquitted — of acting as an unregistered foreign agent for the United Arab Emirates, to a key Middle East envoy role. Critics on the right are raising both his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was brutally mocked on Sunday after he made a strange claim during an interview on Fox News. Paxton joined Fox News host Maria Bartiromo on "Sunday Morning Futures," where the two discussed Paxton's pending general election battle against Texas state Democratic lawmaker James Talarico to replace outgoing Sen. John...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Friends,It's impossible to understand American politics without also understanding the American economy (and vice versa). Politics and economics may be different disciplines but they're two sides of the same coin.This came home to me again when I saw Thursday's report on the U.S. gross domestic product.Numbers can be pretty boring but bear with me....

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Donald Trump is being pushed by a close ally to fire everyone who works at the Smithsonian.Roger Stone, one of Donald Trump's longest-serving political allies and a self-described devoted admirer of Richard Nixon, is calling on the president to purge the Smithsonian Institution after the museum was accused of making a false claim about Nixon's...

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

Come November, the Republican Party will need the support of voters outside of President Trump's base, many of whom are deeply dissatisfied with the economy and the Iran war.

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Donald Trump's fight to claim personal ownership of his presidential records is about more than history — it is, legal experts warn, an effort to build a permanent legal shield against any future investigation that might seek access to documents from his time in office.A Justice Department opinion quietly released in April declared the...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Following a recent conversation with President Donald Trump, Sen. Lindsey Graham pressed the president Sunday to ditch a key demand of Tehran amid the ongoing U.S.-Iran peace negotiations, a proposal that has been described as a "poison pill” and a non-starter for Iranian officials."In a recent conversation with President Trump, I affirmed my...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Donald Trump posted to Truth Social in the middle of the night Saturday to boast about scoring a perfect 30 out of 30 on a cognitive screening test, calling it evidence of "extreme intelligence" and claiming no other president has taken such a test — and by morning, critics were lining up to explain why nearly every part of that claim was...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Chris Blattman, a renowned economist and political scientist, issued a dire warning Sunday over what he called "hard proof” of an impending economic disaster, the causes of which have only been exacerbated by the Trump administration.The "hard proof” Blattman was referencing was "The AI Layoff Trap,” a study published earlier this year that...

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New York Times - Politics (6 hours ago)

Come November, the Republican Party will need the support of voters outside of President Trump's base, many of whom are deeply dissatisfied with the economy and the Iran war.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Mike Pence says the Trump administration has 'departed' from conservative principles

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

As the multi-day festival organized in part by President Donald Trump designed to celebrate the United States' 250th anniversary continues to fall apart, former presidential speechwriter David Frum flagged on Sunday what he believed was behind the event's ever-increasing list of problems.Dubbed the Great American State Fair, the event was organized...

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Yahoo News - Politics (7 hours ago)

Transcript: Sen. Chris Murphy on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," May 31, 2026

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

During an appearance Sunday on Fox News, comedian Rob Schneider morphed himself into his character from Adam Sandler's 1998 film "The Waterboy” to attack Democrats and endorse a GOP mayoral candidate.That candidate is Spencer Pratt, a registered Republican who is vying to become the next mayor of Los Angeles, California, and oust incumbent Mayor...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Donald Trump's Fed chair nominee is basically using "common core" math to deceive the president, according to an ex-insider.Marjorie Taylor Greene, the former Georgia congresswoman who lost her seat after breaking with the president, took aim Sunday at Donald Trump's own Federal Reserve chairman, accusing Kevin Warsh of manipulating inflation...

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Global News - Politics (7 hours ago)

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse years of government policy as job losses mount and national economic growth turns negative.

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Donald Trump threatened a federal judge by name Sunday and attacked a female plaintiff as a "serial" litigant in a Truth Social post defending his plan to build a military drone port on top of the proposed White House ballroom, warning the judge that he "will be held responsible" if anything goes wrong."Judge Richard Leon should stop playing games...

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Platner's wife responds to reports of the Senate candidate's sexually explicit texts with women

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Fox's Maria Bartiromo drew ridicule from journalists and conservatives alike after posting a lengthy defense of Donald Trump's Kennedy Center name change that got the basic legal facts wrong — and appeared to pass along opposition research from Laura Loomer targeting the judge's wife.Bartiromo claimed the Kennedy Center board had already approved...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

GOP strategist David Urban, who in 2016 served as President Donald Trump's senior campaign adviser, issued his former boss a harsh warning on Sunday, cautioning the president that he may soon face a wave of congressional subpoenas if he doesn't dramatically shift course ahead of the midterm elections.Appearing on CNN, Urban was responding to...

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Jill Biden on life in, and after, the White House

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

With President Donald Trump's favorability at historically low levels as his policies continue to economically ravage Americans, GOP strategist Brad Todd issued the president a tight deadline to turn things around, or risk a devastating collapse of power.Trump's tariffs and his decision to launch a war against Iran have sent prices for a number of...

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BBC - Politics (9 hours ago)

Wales' controversial 20mph limit in built-up areas came at a cost to Welsh Labour, says former minister.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (9 hours ago)

Price growth across the national property market has ground to a halt, with steep falls in Melbourne and Sydney helping first home buyers into the market.

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Former Vice President Mike Pence broke with the Trump administration Sunday over the $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund, calling it a "deeply offensive" and a "bad idea" and urging the White House to abandon it entirely.Pence made the remarks in an interview with NBC News' Meet the Press, where he said he would encourage the Trump administration...

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BBC - Politics (9 hours ago)

BBC Scotland's political editor Glenn Campbell gives his take on Nicola Sturgeon's first media interview since her estranged husband admitted embezzling £400,000 from the SNP.

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Republicans are growing increasingly "uncomfortable” as a confluence of factors have "scrambled the political math in typically red Texas,” Axios reported Sunday, factors that could potentially flip a seat that has been held by a Republican since 1994.Among the strongest factors is Texas' demographic shift, with more than 2.5 million Americans...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A physician who appeared on MS NOW Sunday morning pushed back on Donald Trump's early morning boast about acing a cognitive screening test, warning that the frequency with which Trump appears to be taking the exam raises questions rather than answering them — because the test is typically administered when doctors are already concerned about...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace responded to being snubbed by President Donald Trump by posting a public declaration of loyalty on Saturday, touting a "100% lifetime voting record supporting Trump" — a move that drew immediate ridicule from critics on the left and the right, including some of Trump's most devoted online supporters.Mace, who is running...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Jonathan Reiner, the cardiologist who served as Vice President Dick Cheney's physician and has become one of the most prominent medical voices scrutinizing presidential health disclosures, raised several pointed questions over the weekend about President Donald Trump's latest physical, starting with why the president received a second coronary...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Corporations can now vote in Delaware. And they're doing it.Seriously. Not dystopian science fiction or a new novel by an AI version of George Orwell. Actual corporations — what America's first Supreme Court Justice, John Marshall, in 1819 called "an artificial being, invisible, intangible, and existing only in contemplation of law” — are...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

The ongoing renovations to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool being carried out by the Trump administration have yet to address a major "underlying problem,” according to documents obtained and reported on by The New York Times, a problem that if not addressed, could leave the floor of the iconic pool "invisible under a layer of green...

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National Public Radio - Politics (11 hours ago)

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks former federal prosecutor Ankush Khardori about investigations and prosecutions originating from U.S. Attorneys offices around the country.

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National Public Radio - Politics (11 hours ago)

We look at the progress on a ceasefire extension with Iran, as well as President Trump offering to perform at the Freedom 250 event marking America's 250th birthday after major acts dropped out.

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Politico - Europe (11 hours ago)

The win gives Robert Abela's Labour Party an unprecedented fourth term in power.

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's "pursuit of retribution” has led to the ousting of several GOP lawmakers he'd perceived as inefficiently loyal, but in doing so, may very well have doomed his future nominees for the remainder of his term, health care reporter Joseph Choi argued Sunday in an analysis published in The Hill.Earlier this month, Sen. Bill...

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Politico - Europe (11 hours ago)

SACRAMENTO, California — The field vying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom may lack star power, but the race itself has delivered no shortage of plot twists. After waiting in vain for a heavyweight candidate like former Vice President Kamala Harris or Sen. Alex Padilla, Democratic leaders began to panic over a nightmare scenario: so many Democrats...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Democratic governors and lawmakers across the nation have devised an "unusual" plan to cripple President Donald Trump's "anti-weaponization fund” designed to award taxpayer-funded payouts to his supporters – including violent Jan. 6 Capitol rioters – a strategy that would deny recipients a single penny from the fund, The Washington Post...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Donald Trump may be close to a legal reckoning on the classified documents case, according to a legal expert.Joyce Vance, the former United States attorney who has become one of the most widely read legal analysts of the Trump era, says a key appeals court is signaling it has lost patience with the judge who has spent more than a year blocking the...

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National Public Radio - Politics (12 hours ago)

Iowa is no stranger to political attention in presidential elections, but surprisingly competitive midterm contests highlight the state's importance for both parties as it holds its primary Tuesday.

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Norman Eisen, the former White House ethics czar who has been coordinating legal challenges against the Trump administration, declared Friday a landmark day for democracy after courts handed him back-to-back wins on two of the most high-profile cases in his portfolio.In a Substack post titled "Contrarians Strike Two Mighty Blows Against Trump,"...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (13 hours ago)

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Yahoo News - Politics (13 hours ago)

Barabak: In Washington, the knives are out for Xavier Becerra. Most anonymously, of course

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BBC - Politics (13 hours ago)

Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, Sturgeon said: "I am not responsible for the crimes that my former husband committed and I'm not going to apologise for somebody else's crimes".

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The Washington Post - Politics (13 hours ago)

Xavier Becerra led President Joe Biden's health agency during the pandemic but kept a low profile. He has risen to lead in polls ahead of California's gubernatorial primary.

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The Washington Post - Politics (13 hours ago)

The Virginia governor is being attacked from all sides for actions she considers moderate, including 31 vetoes of bills from the Democratic-led legislature.

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Politico - Europe (13 hours ago)

More than 700 people were arrested over the violence across the country, French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said.

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

MAGA is in full implosion mode thanks to a single not safe for work tweet sent out from the official Democrats Twitter account on Wednesday. Yes, the same bully cult that prides itself on trolling liberal accounts all day, every day on every possible social media platform, is clutching their collective pearls over a five-word tweet clapping back at...

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National Public Radio - Politics (14 hours ago)

Reality shows are an escape with characters who can be larger than life. But some stars use the experience of fame as a stepping stone toward another challenge: running for political office.

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The Washington Post - Politics (14 hours ago)

"If you storm the Capitol and you take from this slush fund, too bad, we're taking it,” one New York lawmaker said.

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New York Times - Politics (14 hours ago)

The departure of more than 10,000 federal lawyers has left some agencies without sufficient staff and has boosted the ranks of state attorneys general offices and advocacy groups.

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Politico - Europe (14 hours ago)

Gregory Bovino and Jared Taylor flew in to support activists once deemed too toxic even by European far-right parties.

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Politico - Europe (14 hours ago)

Israel says it will go even deeper into Lebanon to fight Hezbollah.

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BBC - Politics (17 hours ago)

Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the BBC in her first interview since her estranged husband Peter Murrell pled guilty to embezzling £400,000 from the SNP

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Politico - Europe (17 hours ago)

Businesses that collect and sell information on Americans face an ethical debate about its potential use in federal immigration probes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (18 hours ago)

Australia was expected to buy a mix of new and used submarines from the US, but now the vessels will all be used boats.

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Yahoo News - Politics (18 hours ago)

American allies warn division weakens deterrence in calls for global unity to meet new threats

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Yahoo News - Politics (19 hours ago)

Here are the top candidates for California governor in Tuesday's primary

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (19 hours ago)

When Barnaby Joyce was deputy prime minister and transport minister in 2021, his assistant minister Kevin Hogan made a quiet, but hugely significant change to the Road Vehicle Standards Act.

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Raw Story - Politics (20 hours ago)

A Republican strategist predicted that Trump wants to remain in his GOP kingmaker role even more than a third term."I'm not a person who believes he's going to run for a third term," Republican strategist Liam Donavan told journalist Ezra Klein in a video opinion piece. "But could he continue to exert enormous power over the Republican Party by...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

The wife of embattled Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner fired back at headlines swirling around her husband's newly revealed sexting scandal.In a video posted by Platner's campaign, Amy Gertner said she's feeling "angry" and "disappointed." According to new reporting by the Wall Street Journal, Gertner told the campaign last August...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

The Department of Homeland Security is looking into selling the $70 million luxury jet acquired by its former chief, Kristi Noem, according to reporting by NBC News. The Boeing 737 Max 8 that Noem bought with taxpayer money was fitted with a queen bed, kitchenette, and cream leather seats and lent to First Lady Melania Trump. Noem insisted that it...

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Raw Story - Politics (21 hours ago)

Donald Trump's Saturday Truth Social spiral drew swift mockery from critics across the political spectrum, with a prominent journalist declaring the president was "really crashing out" and a former Republican congressman summing it up in three words.Trump said Saturday:"We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of...

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National Public Radio - Politics (22 hours ago)

Immigrant detainees accuse the federal government of 'inhumane' abuse and treatment at Camp East Montana in El Paso, Texas.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (22 hours ago)

The housing minister says the federal budget will have only a "mild" impact on house prices, and if predictions bear out that house prices may drop by 10 per cent, that won't be due to the government's tax changes.

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

Business leaders and industry groups are waiting for clarity and follow-up from the Trump administration on promises it made during the China summit earlier this month, according to new reporting. The White House assured that a "board of trade" would help relieve Chinese and American tariffs, but it's still "ironing" out the plan, "a signal the...

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Raw Story - Politics (22 hours ago)

Donald Trump lit up Truth Social on Saturday afternoon with a stream of posts that left onlookers across the political spectrum questioning his state of mind, ranging from a drone port rendering on top of the White House to an AI image of himself appearing to blow his nose on an American flag.The spree drew immediate reaction from all corners of...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (23 hours ago)

As threats against elected officials grow, so too is a question in the mind of many politicians — should the public pay for home security for our elected representatives?

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Raw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert (R-CO) shot down the idea of compensating her state's most controversial election denier, according to a new report. Tina Peters is set to be released from prison on Monday after Democratic Gov. Jared Polis commuted her sentence. According to reporting by CBS News, Boebert doesn't think that Peters should be able to tap...

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Raw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)

Washington Post Pentagon reporter Dan Lamothe delivered a point-by-point rebuttal Friday after a Trump administration official attacked his reporting on UFC tickets being offered to U.S. troops, noting the official's team had refused to comment before turning around to publicly criticize the story.Sean Parnell, the Assistant Secretary of the Army...

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New York Times - Politics (23 hours ago)

His changes to the proposed deal were potentially designed to speed up the process by putting pressure on Iran to accept the current framework, one official said.

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Raw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)

Michele Bachmann's claim that God will hand Republicans the midterms if Donald Trump continues military action against Iran drew sharp rebuke Friday from an unlikely corner — a prominent America First conservative who once supported her presidential run.Bachmann, the former Minnesota congresswoman and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, made...

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Raw Story - Politics (23 hours ago)

Donald Trump threatened on Saturday that the Kennedy Center faces inevitable ruin after a federal judge ordered his name removed from the iconic Washington venue, declaring in a lengthy Truth Social post that the building "will collapse, both structurally and financially" without his involvement.Trump announced he was walking away from the project...

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New York Times - Politics (23 hours ago)

Discussions among a group of lawyers with allegiance to the president were closely held. Some senior White House officials were said to have felt blindsided as the agreement took shape.

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CBS News - Politics (24 hours ago)

In California, voters across the state head to the polls next week to choose new leaders. In Los Angeles, the race for mayor is hotly contested, and so is the issue of crime. Adam Yamaguchi is there with more.

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Raw Story - Politics (24 hours ago)

Donald Trump escalated his attacks on the federal judiciary this week, calling for a judge who ruled against him to face criminal charges and attacking the judge's wife in the process, prompting condemnation from legal observers and journalists who called the posts the work of "a lunatic."Trump targeted Judge Cooper after a ruling that ordered...

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Raw Story - Politics (24 hours ago)

A Hawaiian congressional candidate was charged with "terroristic threatening in the first degree" after holding county workers at gunpoint, according to reports.Democrat Kirill Basin brandished a gun during an argument inside a Maui County government building on Friday, the Honolulu Civil Beat reported.Although police weren't called for an hour and...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Victor Marx, the Republican frontrunner for Colorado governor, declined to say how many people he has killed when pressed by a local television reporter, responding to the question with "Does it matter?"The exchange, which aired ahead of the weekend, came during a 30-minute interview conducted by Kyle Clark of 9News. Marx, who has built a political...

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

Two candidates with the same name will be on the ballot seeking the same seat in the state's primary. "It's going to be confusing,” one Republican said.

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

David Rush, a longtime C.I.A. officer, appears to have first had contact with Stephen A. Feinberg during President Trump's first term. Some officials said the two men were not close.

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

Moulton to take on incumbent Markey in Massachusetts Democratic Senate primary

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Joe Walsh, the former Republican congressman turned Trump critic, says Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones may have just handed Democrats the opening they needed to flip the governor's office after a recording surfaced of Jones saying he supports banning all abortions.In what appears to be a 2022 GOP debate, Jones is seen agreeing with others that abortion...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

The Department of Justice is trying to intimidate bar associations, which license and oversee lawyers, and legal experts are sounding the alarm. Acting U.S. Attorney Todd Blanche "has been trying to intimidate state bars across the country and local bars," warned Adam Klasfeld, a legal journalist, in an episode of the Legal AF podcast. Blanche was...

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National Public Radio - Politics (A day ago)

The fund has sparked a broad backlash since it was announced earlier this month, exposing fractures within the Republican Party.

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CBS News - Politics (A day ago)

U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, secured enough delegate support Saturday to appear on the state's primary ballot as he challenges incumbent Sen. Ed Markey.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

"The Mississippi GOP is panicking," according to a hopeful candidate.The chair of the Mississippi Republican Party is sounding the alarm about a statewide race that recent polling shows has tightened into a statistical tie, warning fellow Republicans against complacency as Democrat Scott Colom continues to gain ground against former Sen. Cindy...

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CBS News - Politics (A day ago)

Freedom 250, the organization behind the event, said Saturday that President Trump will kick off the event on June 24 in an opening ceremony.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Friends,I can't overstate the importance of Judge Kathleen Williams's decision on Friday to reopen Trump's $10 billion case against the I.R.S.She said she wants to investigate "grievous allegations” that the hasty deal to resolve it was "premised on deception,” and she ordered Trump's lawyers to tell her by June 12 whether the lawsuit should be...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Democratic political strategist James Carville blasted a CNN anchor's comparison between Democrats and January 6 rioters, calling it "way outside the strike zone."During an appearance with CNN's Michael Smerconish, Carville started talking about the hard-nose tactics Democrats should adopt. He defended Rock legend Bruce Springsteen's Trump trashing...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

The White House erupted Saturday after the New York Times reported that Chief of Staff Susie Wiles had advised Vice President JD Vance to step back from social media, with Trump aides calling the story fabricated and accusing the paper of deliberately burying their denial.The Times reported that Wiles "recently advised Mr. Vance to take a break...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social over the weekend to attack Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson while Johnson was at the Vatican meeting with Pope Leo XIV, calling the Democratic mayor "useless" and urging someone to inform the pontiff of that fact."Someone should explain to the Pope that the Mayor of Chicago is useless, and that Iran cannot...

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

At just 27, Mohamed Semra is not your average mayor. He overcame a childhood stutter and a viral moment in a Melbourne Apple Store to make political history – and he is just getting started. 

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Some of Donald Trump's most reliable supporters are pushing back after the White House announced the president would deliver a speech as the replacement for artists who pulled out of the America 250 celebration, with critics on the right calling the move self-aggrandizing and tone-deaf.The White House promoted the event as an "AMERICA IS BACK...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is eyeing a new way to target immigrants, which is raising red flags, according to a new report.ICE is requesting more information on how to acquire data from digital advertisers, which could include information such as social media use, purchases, and web browsing, according to reporting by Politico."It's...

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

Markey wins Massachusetts Democrats' endorsement as Moulton clears ballot hurdle in Senate race

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner sank deeper into hot water as his wife revealed that she found sexually explicit texts on his phone, per reporting by the Wall Street Journal. Platner's wife, Amy Gertner, told his Senate campaign about the texts with several different women, insider sources told the WSJ. Gertner discovered the texts in spring...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

Four thousand Yazidi people fled Syria after an ISIS genocide and settled in Australia. Their stories should be heard.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

There was a time when the major parties dictated the narrative, but the emerging order in politics is disorder.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Donald Trump made the unorthodox proposal Saturday to replace the shrinking number of artists for the Great American State Fair concert with himself – claiming to have drawn audiences larger than "Elvis in his prime” – and in doing so, left several onlookers floored, including CNN's Jake Tapper."Didn't think this was a real post at...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Steve Schmidt, the Republican strategist who ran John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign before becoming one of Donald Trump's most vocal critics, published a sweeping assessment Friday arguing that the president's political grip is slipping and that what follows could be more dangerous than what came before."Donald Trump is losing control,"...

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

The wife of Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate in Maine, told the campaign he had sent sexual messages to other women.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The government isn't rebuilding the Commonwealth Employment Service, but will its proposed changes fix a broken system?

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (A day ago)

The Coalition's answer to the rise of conservative populism has been to treat it primarily as a cultural phenomenon. Under Angus Taylor, that instinct appears to be hardening.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

In an attempt to get some positive press after making good on pulling Stephen Colbert's popular "The Late Show” off the air and replacing it with Byron Allen's "Comics Unleashed,” CBS issued a press statement claiming it was a sound business decision despite a massive drop in viewership.According to a report from the Daily Beast, CBS claimed...

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

Around 200 people have now been killed in the attacks since last year, in an operation critics say has failed to slow the smuggling of cocaine.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (A day ago)

A water polo world cup could pose legal and diplomatic dilemmas for the federal government under its sanctions laws.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

A Saturday afternoon MS NOW interview with blunt-talking Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) ended with host Alex Witt quickly issuing a response to the lawmaker calling the president a rapist.Brought on to talk about former Attorney General Pam Bondi's appearance before members of the House Oversight Committee on Friday, where the fired former Trump...

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

US judge orders review of Trump's IRS lawsuit settlement

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Republican Ken Paxton, Texas' controversial attorney general-turned Senate candidate, is due in court for his divorce trial next month, but ahead of the public proceedings, a Texas political action committee (PAC) issued a warning to attendees regarding a past incident involving Paxton at the very same courthouse.In 2013, Paxton admitted to taking...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Donald Trump may or may not have done NY Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart any favors with a post on Truth Social on Saturday morning.The NFL rookie who appeared in 14 games in his first year in the league on a team that finished 4-13 -- leaving them in last place in the NFC East but with one more win than the hapless NY Jets -- has drawn fire for...

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

Trump plans to appeal order allowing all importers that paid struck-down tariffs to seek refunds

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

CNN contributor John Avlon called out former Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) on Saturday morning during a conversation about the Republican attempts to paint rising Democratic star James Talarico as a wild-eyed extremist.According to Meijer, whose own star crashed to the ground after one term, the moderate Texas lawmaker running for the Senate seat...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Donald Trump reached an unprecedented agreement with his own Justice Department last week in which he, his family and his businesses would be granted broad tax immunity, but some experts say the agreement would be effectively worthless the moment Trump loses power, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, kicking off a potential tax...

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New York Times - Politics (A day ago)

The meeting was the highest-level military engagement since the Trump administration began ratcheting up pressure on the Cuban government this year.

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

CNN Medical Analyst Spots Potential Issue With Trump's Cognitive Test Report

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Artists have been pulling out of the Great American State Fair en masse after discovering the event's ties to President Donald Trump, and as the Trump administration scrambles to replace the bailing performers, the president floated on Saturday a potential replacement – himself."I understand Artists are getting 'the yips' having to do with their...

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Global News - Politics (A day ago)

British Columbia's Opposition Conservatives are set to announce a new leader Saturday, marking a pivotal moment for the party at the provincial legislature.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

President Donald Trump erupted Saturday in a 720-plus-word social media post over a judge's ruling ordering him to remove his name from the Kennedy Center and halt a renovation project, a rant that culminated with the president demanding the judge be criminally charged.U.S. District Judge Casey Cooper recently ruled that Trump's Kennedy Center...

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

After almost 10 years of Macron governments, Attal is seeking to distance himself from the French president to frame his candidacy as one of change and reform.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

On Saturday morning, CNN host Abby Phillip was forced to call out a New York Post journalist who went on an extended rant attacking E. Jean Carroll while justifying a possible DOJ investigation of the Donald Trump adversary.On "Table for Five,” the conversation moved from Trump's "lawfare” slush fund, to the accusations from the Trump...

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

Hegseth Calls Negotiations With Iran 'Productive' But Signals U.S. Military Action If Talks Fail

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

The "Great American State Fair” – a multi-day festival organized by the President Donald Trump-linked group Freedom 250 – has seen a mass exodus of performers bail on the event after they learned of its ties to the president, and the Trump administration is scrambling to find acts to replace them, insiders told Zeteo in its report...

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

The administration is working to flesh out a proposal for a new trade body that the president and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to earlier this month.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi's attempt to deflect responsibility for the Justice Department's mishandling of the Jeffrey Epstein files has been soundly rejected by a former DOJ official, who emphasized that Bondi was a documented participant in the obstruction from day one — not a passive bystander.In a column for MS NOW, former director of...

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

Brussels and EU capitals are discussing how to counter a surge in Chinese imports.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

A Republican House representative from New Jersey has been absent from Congress for more than 75 days, and with their seat rated as among the most competitive for this year's midterm elections, party leaders are growing increasingly concerned, Time reported Friday.That lawmaker is Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ), who has said that his extended absence was due...

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

White House Memo Says Trump 'Remains In Excellent Health'

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

Next Week's Democratic Primaries Are A Major Test Of Progressive Power

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

The Trump administration revealed earlier this year that plans were underway to establish a habitable base on the moon by the end of President Donald Trump's second term, but a "devastating” mishap will "now almost surely” delay the mission beyond the president's first term, Politico reported.That mishap was the explosion of a Blue Origin...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Reacting to an MS NOW report that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles has been counseling panicky staffers who want Donald Trump to get back to issues that concern voters because of his cratering approval numbers, "The Weekend” co-host Jonathan Capehart claimed the trusted presidential advisor is fighting a losing battle.According to the...

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

Capitol rioters clamor for payouts from Trump's new 'anti-weaponization' fund despite backlash

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

Vice President JD Vance remains on shaky ground as the heir to Donald Trump's MAGA kingdom, with the president continually polling anyone within earshot about what they think of his veep and White House insiders counseling the veep on how he conducts himself.According to the New York Times, Trump has made a habit of conducting what amounts to...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

I was stumped. On Wednesday, I watched Trump's Cabinet meeting. I'm not only a glutton for punishment, but I will not be handing out compliments for a very long time. Stunned, I have been mulling over what to write about that beyond-cringe meeting, trying to figure out what prompts middle-to-older-aged, white adults - educated, although… - suck...

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

The Trump administration has implemented some of the United States' most stringent travel restrictions for infectious disease ever.

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National Public Radio - Politics (A day ago)

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi testified in the Epstein investigation this week, while the current DOJ opened an inquiry into E. Jean Carroll's successful civil cases against President Trump.

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

With the current Supreme Court term coming to an end soon, there is growing speculation that 76-year-old Justice Sam Alito may step down from the seat he has held for 20 years, and that is leading to some under-the-radar maneuvering.According to the Washington Post, Alito is widely considered the justice most likely to step down, with observers...

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Raw Story - Politics (A day ago)

The White House released a memo late Friday regarding President Donald Trump's most recent visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and one key detail in the report stood out among onlookers.According to The Washington Post, the president's height was listed at 6'3, and his weight, 238 pounds, 14 pounds higher than his health exam in...

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Politico - Europe (A day ago)

U.S. President Donald Trump's effort to rebrand the Kennedy Center in his own name is illegal, a federal judge ruled Friday. U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper said the rebranding of the institution that honors President John F. Kennedy as the "Trump-Kennedy Center” violated the clear language of federal law that requires the building to...

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Yahoo News - Politics (A day ago)

How three major candidates for governor are talking about their Biden administration experience

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Politico - Europe (2 days ago)

Washington, London and Canberra want to show their commitment to the military alliance founded in 2021.

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 days ago)

Democrats have fresh hope to win back Senate – could they really pull it off?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (2 days ago)

The travel agent has seen a fall in the numbers of Australians travelling to the United States – a trend backed up by stark new figures.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 days ago)

Here is a headline I never expected to read in The New York Times: "U.F.C. Fight Venue Takes Shape on the White House Lawn.”Yes, this is what the President of the United States considers an appropriate, even dignified, way to honor America on her 250th birthday: cage matches that transform the South Lawn of the People's House into a trailer-trash...

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