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Raw Story - Politics (18 minutes ago)

MS NOW host Michael Steele erupted on Thursday's broadcast of "The Weeknight" while discussing what he described as the Trump administration's "claptrap" about the 2026 midterm elections. Steele discussed the Trump administration's efforts to eliminate mail-in voting with panelists Angelo Carusone, CEO of Media Matters, and Janai Nelson of the...

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Raw Story - Politics (18 minutes ago)

The third-ranking official at the Federal Emergency Management Agency is stepping away, according to the Washington Post.Gregg Phillips is on leave after he was "asked to step away from his role because of concerns about how he's publicly perceived," a person familiar with the situation told the Washington Post in a new report. Phillips claimed...

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New York Times - Politics (18 minutes ago)

After meeting with the president, the speaker said he would send him a housing bill that Mr. Trump declined to sign this week. There was no word on whether he would sign it.

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Yahoo News - Politics (47 minutes ago)

Judge blocks Tennessee from reporting sick children to immigration authorities, for now

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Raw Story - Politics (47 minutes ago)

Dr. Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump's administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, baffled analysts on Thursday after he uncorked a series of wild claims during an interview on Newsmax about the Trump administration's efforts to combat health care fraud. Oz was interviewed by Newsmax host Greta Van Susteren about a...

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Raw Story - Politics (47 minutes ago)

Trump White House aide Stephen Miller went on a rant about immigrants that's drawing scorn from online critics.Miller claimed during an interview with Fox News anchor Will Cain that immigrants in cities like New York City come from countries that "would have never developed the combustion engine or airplanes" if it weren't for contact with "the...

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Raw Story - Politics (47 minutes ago)

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin lost his temper during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing Thursday, calling Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) a hypocrite and telling her she should be "put in her place." The confrontation erupted when DeLauro, the panel's ranking member, invoked former President Donald Trump's family separation policy...

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New York Times - Politics (48 minutes ago)

Former President Barack Obama says President Trump has an obsession with him and that Mr. Trump "knows better” than to say "crazy stuff” to his face.

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New York Times - Politics (48 minutes ago)

President Trump is demanding that Congress pass the SAVE America Act to change American elections. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti looks at what's in it.

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CBC - Politics (48 minutes ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce on Friday a long-awaited plan to restore 24 Sussex Drive that includes a fundraising campaign to come up with as much money as possible to pay for it, CBC News has learned.

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Politico - Europe (An hour ago)

The vessel was attacked after Iran warned ships must use its designated corridors through the Strait of Hormuz rather than the route the U.S. has backed.

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Raw Story - Politics (An hour ago)

The Trump Department of Justice's stonewalling with a judge keeps backfiring with each new filing, according to a legal expert.Michael Popok, a legal analyst, said during an episode of All Rise News that the DOJ's refusal to kill Trump's $1.776 billion anti-weaponization fund isn't swaying Judge Leonie Brinkema from the Eastern District of...

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The Washington Post - Politics (2 hours ago)

A new book from two Washington reporters reveals what took place inside the White House after President Donald Trump's return to power.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is backing down on his holdout on signing a popular, bipartisan housing bill that he's held hostage for the last 24 hours after a "lengthy" meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), according to a new report. Johnson went to the White House on Thursday to talk to Trump about his abrupt decision to cancel the signing ceremony...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

A federal judge ruled Thursday that courts can force the Justice Department to release Epstein files that the Trump administration has fought to keep hidden.U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan issued the ruling in Washington, D.C., siding with independent journalist Katie Phang in the first lawsuit ever brought to enforce the Epstein Files...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

An audio recording reveals Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pressured an Iowa congressional candidate to withdraw from the 2nd District race to protect Republican House control. Obtained by The Washington Post, the recording exposes the conversation between the Health Secretary and Libertarian congressional candidate Rick Stewart. On the...

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New York Times - Politics (2 hours ago)

Officials anticipated a problem soon after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lifted the vaccine requirement in April.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Vice President JD Vance's commentary about former President Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal, comparing the moment to President Donald Trump, raised eyebrows online after he delivered public comments in Orange County Thursday.Vance was speaking at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California, when he described his thoughts about the nation's...

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New York Times - Politics (2 hours ago)

The Pentagon and the organization have given contradictory accounts of an agreement reached in February.

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New York Times - Politics (2 hours ago)

The split mirrored one that has long divided Americans: how seriously to take the president's loose, provocative and sometimes ugly remarks.

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CBC - Politics (2 hours ago)

Canada is "at a disadvantage" in countries like Iran where it lacks a diplomatic presence, but his government is not looking to re-establish relations with Tehran, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (3 hours ago)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government will look to strengthen the powers of the eSafety commissioner to enforce an under-16s social media ban. Follow live. 

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

MS NOW anchor Nicolle Wallace likened Supreme Court dissents to a "primal scream" after a spate of decisions.Wallace was highlighting parts of Justice Elena Kagan's dissenting opinion in immigration cases that end legal protections for recipients of temporary protected status."The justices to put so much storytelling in a dissent does feel like a...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson has not committed yet to visiting President Donald Trump at the White House, according to reports on Thursday.The NBA champions were invited to visit Capitol Hill, and James Dolan, the team's "Trumpy owner," had accepted the offer — but Brunson said the team still had to talk about it, The Daily Beast...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ran to President Donald Trump for help with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) after she hijacked the House and derailed his agenda.Luna has frozen all floor votes until the Senate passes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act — Trump's elections overhaul that has stalled for months. Johnson met with Trump at the...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

A pair of immigration rulings sparked a clash among Supreme Court Justices on Thursday. Following his 6-3 decision announcement on both cases, Justice Samuel Alito accused liberal colleagues of blindsiding on the Court bench. The tension began after Alito announced the first ruling, which adopts a narrow interpretation of what constitutes arrival...

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CBC - Politics (3 hours ago)

RCMP say they've arrested an Ottawa man who's believed to have resided in Canada for 30 years under a false identity, and who is wanted in Rwanda for his alleged role in that country's 1994 genocide.

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CBS News - Politics (3 hours ago)

Christine Erickson is two votes ahead of Jamie Smith, the Minnehaha County Auditors and Elections Office said.

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

A legal expert said on Thursday that a recent spate of decisions published by the Supreme Court made some of the liberal justices "incandescently angry" because the majority opinions read like "gaslighting."The court published opinions on a range of cases, from one that protects chemical giant Monsanto from lawsuits over cancer-causing chemicals in...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

The internet slammed a Minnesota Republican after his remarks about assimilation at a conservative town hall on Thursday.Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) was among several GOP leaders speaking at the event hosted by conservative advocacy group Faith & Freedom Coalition when he described his thoughts about immigration."Minnesotans are so afraid that you're...

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National Public Radio - Politics (4 hours ago)

President Trump's proposal to have Iran use their unfrozen funds to buy American agriculture products says a lot about where he's worried about lost political support.

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

President Donald Trump torpedoed his own Republican Party's moment this week by abruptly canceling the signing of a major housing bill that could have boosted the GOP ahead of midterms, The New York Times reported Thursday.Carl Hulse, New York Times chief Washington correspondent, revealed that the growing ruptures between Trump and Republicans...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) made clear Thursday that the alleged vandalism of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a subject President Donald Trump has fixated on for days, is nowhere on his list of priorities.Asked whether his committee would hold hearings into the "reflecting pool vandals," Comer said no. "We're going...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy faced backlash for making politically charged remarks during a warm-up speech at President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair on the National Mall on Wednesday. While praising the Marine Band and performers Lee Greenwood, Christopher Macchio, and Alexis Wilkins, Duffy insulted musicians who canceled their...

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Global News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Carney said in French he has not yet decided when the byelections will take place, but he does have to account for factors like the provincial election in Quebec in October.

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was rushing to the White House to "unsnarl the knot" on Thursday, just a day after President Donald Trump canceled signing a bipartisan housing bill and signaled it was "leverage" to pressure Republicans to pass his elections legislation, according to The Washington Post.Trump told Republican senators they should...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

One of the only two felony convictions won by federal prosecutors in President Donald Trump's vaunted Chicago deportation operation is now falling apart.Anthony Gonzalez Alvarez, a 27-year-old Lyons man, pleaded guilty in April to a felony charge after striking a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle during Trump's Operation Midway Blitz last fall. His...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

A Slate legal analyst said Thursday the Supreme Court's conservative majority delivered a seismic blow to multiple areas of American law in a single morning, expanding President Donald Trump's power in the process.Appearing on a panel Thursday, Mark Joseph Stern, co-host of Slate's Amicus podcast, walked through three 6-3 rulings the court handed...

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Global News - Politics (5 hours ago)

The manifesto left by the suspected gunman, obtained by Global News, expressed hatred for women and society that he blamed for a lack of sexual and romantic intimacy.

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Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Politics (5 hours ago)

Legal experts say the Commonwealth would have risked losing a High Court challenge to counterterrorism laws if it stopped the Australian woman from returning home. 

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Politico - Europe (5 hours ago)

Rutte's claim that Rome was offering "massive" support to war has created a political headache for the Italian prime minister.

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Yahoo News - Politics (5 hours ago)

Trump spoke with Live Nation's head before DOJ reached surprise antitrust settlement

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Yahoo News - Politics (5 hours ago)

Turkish journalism groups say independent outlets denied accreditation for a NATO summit in Ankara

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Americans were not buying the White House's claims about President Donald Trump's health, according to reports on Thursday.A shocking new Quinnipiac poll revealed a whopping 59 percent of Americans, about 6 in 10 voters, do not think the Trump administration has been transparent about the president's physical or mental health, The Daily Beast...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

A Supreme Court watcher sounded the alarm on Thursday after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that the expert described as "freewheeling." Mark Joseph Stern, a senior writer for Slate, argued in a new article that the Supreme Court's decision in Wolford v. Lopez, a gun rights case that arose out of Hawaii, was another "ad hoc nullification of any...

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Trump and Pentagon officials tried to reassure manufacturers as they sought additional funding from Congress.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 hours ago)

Advocates are warning many parents' budgets are at breaking point after the maximum amount centres can raise fees was lifted.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (5 hours ago)

Following the opposition leader's blunder on multiculturalism this week, one Liberal said: "I don't know if he can think on his feet.”

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Onlookers were shocked on Thursday after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that some people called "inhumane."The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration is allowed to end Temporary Protected Status for more than 350,000 Haitian immigrants who fled political violence in their home country. The 6-3 decision from the court's conservative...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Elon Musk told voters they had a random shot at $1 million. Now a judge has ordered him to answer for it under oath.U.S. Magistrate Judge Susan Hightower in Austin ordered Musk to sit for a deposition — sworn, on-the-record questioning by opposing lawyers — in a fraud lawsuit brought by two Arizona women who say his political action committee,...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

After musician after musician pulled out from Trump's "Freedom 250” concert, he was left with Lee Greenwood, an opera tenor, a couple of military bands, and Kash Patel's girlfriend. The anthem that made Greenwood a star, "God Bless the USA,” was written in 1985 during the height of the Cold War. It begins with the specter of loss— "If...

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (6 hours ago)

Whistleblowers were at risk of "procedural burnout” while waiting for the National Anti-Corruption Commission, a parliamentary inquiry has been told.

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Politico - Europe (6 hours ago)

The president wants to avoid fresh elections that would likely hand power to the far right, but rival parties are struggling to agree on a new coalition. 

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

How a New York race became the first front in the AI industry's midterm war

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Iran has discussed plans with its neighbors to extract billions from the global economy by setting up permanent tolls in the Strait of Hormuz—a direct result of President Trump's disastrous war that handed Tehran unprecedented leverage over the world's most critical oil artery.According to the Wall Street Journal reporting, Iranian officials are...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

The internet was in a frenzy on Thursday after Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin lost his temper — while holding a pink stress ball — when he was grilled by a Democratic congresswoman. Mullin interrupted ranking member Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and told her she should "be put in her place," exploding at the longtime lawmaker at a...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

President Trump claimed a "fantastic" turnout at the kickoff rally for the Great American State Fair on the National Mall Wednesday night, a figure that sharply diverges from independent estimates of the crowd size.A widely shared video clip shows a steady stream of people walking away from the stage area during the president's speech, and multiple...

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New York Times - Politics (6 hours ago)

Divisions between the president and his party on Capitol Hill have muddled Republicans' midterm pitch to voters, and have crippled the G.O.P. at what should be the peak of its power.

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CBC - Politics (6 hours ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney says a lengthy conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump went well beyond NATO, covering Iran, Middle East security, Arctic defence and Canada's military spending plans. Carney also predicted Canada will hit four per cent of GDP spent on defence by 2029, ahead of NATO's planned review.

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 hours ago)

A judge has blocked the U.S. Postal Service's proposals responding to President Trump's order, including not delivering ballots in states that don't turn over voter lists to the federal government.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Trump to meet with Speaker Mike Johnson to discuss gridlock over key housing and election bills

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

Senate Democrats Propose $25 Minimum Wage

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Disgusting, vile, repugnant, supremacists.I can think of more attributes along these lines to describe the six conservative justices, who handed down three rulings today that, taken together, reveal the naked, ugly face of what this court has become - disgusting, vile, repugnant supremacists. All wearing white robes, with corporate, special...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

QAnon believers have turned on President Donald Trump, and despite an attempt from the White House to win them back, it has backfired among the president's former allies, an analyst reported on Thursday.Will Sommer, senior reporter at The Bulwark, described how the Trump administration dropped a "bizarre QAnon-themed social media campaign" this...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's ambassador to Italy has angered residents of his host country with plans to bring his $450 million superyacht to Venice during one of the city's most significant annual festivals, in a trip he has branded "coastal diplomacy."Billionaire Tilman Fertitta, a hospitality mogul who owns the NBA's Houston Rockets, began a...

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Global News - Politics (7 hours ago)

The proposed program has faced criticism from opposition parties and housing experts, some of whom have said it amounts to a 'bailout' for condo developers.

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Politico - Europe (7 hours ago)

Countries outside the bloc "must fulfill their obligations — otherwise, there can be consequences,” said EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner.

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Yahoo News - Politics (7 hours ago)

Judge blocks Trump's executive order on mail voting

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Yahoo News - Politics (7 hours ago)

White House seeks extra funds for Iran war as part of $87.6bn request

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

MAGA followers rebuffed Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) on Thursday after he spoke out against the Trump administration following a Supreme Court ruling that ended temporary protected status for Haitians and Syrians.Lawler wrote in a post on X that he thinks the situation in Haiti is a "humanitarian and political disaster and continues to warrant an...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stammered out an explanation when cornered by reporters about the presence of President Donald Trump's son-in-law at a high-level meeting with foreign officials.Michael Boulos, the husband of the president's younger daughter Tiffany Trump, sat beside the secretary of state during a meeting on Wednesday with UAE...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

In her dissent from one of the Thursday Supreme Court decisions on immigrant rights, Justice Elena Kagan made sure Donald Trump's litany of racist remarks would be a forever part of the court's historical record.The liberal justice used her dissent in a case where the conservative majority gave the president the legal authority to strip Temporary...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Alexis Wilkins, 27, a country music artist and girlfriend of FBI Director Kash Patel, performed the national anthem at President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair on Wednesday night before a sparse crowd on the National Mall.Wilkins announced the gig one day prior, when her top Spotify track had approximately 520,000 streams, according to...

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New York Times - Politics (7 hours ago)

President Trump abruptly scrapped plans to sign a major housing bill. It could still become law, with or without a presidential signature. But Mr. Trump could also try to kill it.

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CBC - Politics (7 hours ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he'll announce on Friday what will happen to 24 Sussex Drive — the heritage building sitting vacant for almost a decade after his predecessors allowed it to deteriorate and become uninhabitable.

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CBS News - Politics (7 hours ago)

Sen. Bill Cassidy said that after his exchange with the president, he passed a note to Steve Witkoff, saying he would consider changing his war powers vote.

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

A newly obtained audio recording shows that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally pressured a Libertarian congressional candidate in Iowa to abandon a competitive House race, urging him to step aside to protect Republican control of Congress.The Washington Post obtained a recording of the 12-minute call in which Kennedy told Rick...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

A poll worker in Syracuse, New York said she was left unsettled after a pair of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents showed up at her polling place to tell her to delete Instagram content calling for the indictment of the agent who shot Renee Good in January.The worker, Paigelynne Gonyea, was in the middle of her shift during Tuesday's...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin lost his temper at a Democratic congresswoman, calling her a hypocrite to her face Thursday and telling her she should be "put in her place" during a congressional oversight hearing.The blowup came at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, where Mullin was testifying on the Department of Homeland...

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Global News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Prime Minister Mark Carney says that a press conference will be held on Friday regarding 24 Sussex Drive, the derelict official residence of Canada's prime ministers.

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The Washington Post - Politics (8 hours ago)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Arab Gulf leaders to reassure them that U.S. isn't cutting them out of negotiations with Tehran.

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Politico - Europe (8 hours ago)

Présenté par Groupement Mousquetaires.

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Politico - Europe (8 hours ago)

Die Abstimmung am Donnerstag verlängert die Aussetzung der Vergeltungszölle der EU; über deren Dauer wird noch verhandelt.

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

A decision by Justice Sonia Sotomayor to take 12 minutes of the court's time on Thursday to read her dissent in a 6-3 ruling that makes it significantly harder for asylum seekers who traveled through Mexico and South America to enter the US provoked Justice Sam Alito to take an unseemly potshot at her, which stunned court regulars.According to MS...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

House Republican leaders scrapped Friday's scheduled votes as an internal party standoff threatened to derail the chamber's legislative agenda, according to a notice sent to members Thursday.The impasse stemmed from GOP hard-liners blocking action over the stalled SAVE America Act, an elections bill currently stuck in the Senate, Politico...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

The estate of Leonard Cohen shut down President Donald Trump's plans to feature the song "Hallelujah" at the Great American State Fair on June 24, announcing via Facebook that the use was unauthorized. For weeks, Trump promoted Christopher Macchio's performance of the 1984 Cohen classic at the rally. But the late artist's estate published on...

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

The ruling rejected the Trump administration's attempt to change federal election procedures through an executive order.

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BBC - Politics (8 hours ago)

Andy Burnham could take over from Keir Starmer by 17 July, if he continues to be the only Labour MP in the race.

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Politico - Europe (8 hours ago)

Thursday's vote prolongs the suspension of the EU's retaliatory tariffs; its duration is still being negotiated.

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

US judge blocks Trump administration's bid to restrict mail-in voting

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

WASHINGTON — Work in the U.S. House of Representatives has, once again, been ground to a halt by the far right wing of the Republican Party, as the Freedom Caucus joined President Donald Trump's demand that no legislation moves until Senate Republicans pass his sweeping election reform measure, the SAVE America Act."The Senate sucks,” Rep....

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) grilled a Trump nominee during the Senate Housing, Banking and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday.Warren reminded Christopher Phelan, the president's pick for White House Council of Economic Advisers, that if approved for the advisory job his role would be focused on offering "objective economic advice.""Let's go...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

Reporter Scott MacFarlane said a federal judge just "dunked on" acting Attorney General Todd Blanche in a four-page order declaring his word about a Trump slush fund cannot be trusted.MacFarlane wrote on X that the order was "just remarkable" — and called it remarkable a second time for good measure. The judge, he said, "clearly doesn't trust the...

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BBC - Politics (9 hours ago)

BBC told he has no plan to change main system funding Welsh government if he becomes prime minister.

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BBC - Politics (9 hours ago)

Angus MacDonald says a UK minister has confirmed that Cameron Barracks is no longer to house up to 300 men.

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's campaign to take control of U.S. elections suffered a blow after a federal judge blocked his order to limit mail-in voting.On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, sitting in Boston, voided the core of Trump's March 2026 executive order — the one that tried to make the U.S. Postal Service decide who gets a mail...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Appearing on MS NOW just as the Supreme Court handed down a ruling that allows Donald Trump to immediately deport immigrants from Haiti and Syria who have been granted temporary protected status (TPS), ex-U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance was appalled.Writing for the 6-3 majority, conservative Justice Samuel Alito asserted that lower courts cannot stop the...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

A bitter clash among Supreme Court justices came into view Thursday through a pair of immigration rulings, in which Justice Samuel Alito accused his liberal colleagues of blindsiding him.The friction emerged when Alito announced the court's decision in an asylum case, adopting a narrow interpretation of what it means for a migrant to have "arrived"...

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New York Times - Politics (9 hours ago)

A reform-minded Democrat, he served on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee and offered a pragmatic mix of progressive legislation and conservative fiscal philosophy.

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Politico - Europe (9 hours ago)

Joana Lehner und Rasmus Buchsteiner analysieren die Vorschläge der Rentenkommission. Kanzler Friedrich Merz will das Paket offenbar eins zu eins umsetzen. Neben dem Aus für die Rente mit 63 steht die neue kapitalgedeckte Rente im Fokus. Aber wie realistisch ist es, dass diese Vorschläge in den Reformprozess gehen und exakt so als Gesetz wieder...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson called out the majority following a 7-2 Supreme Court ruling that sided with pesticide manufacturers and determined the EPA is the arbiter — not state courts — to decide on cancer warnings on labels.The ruling in Monsanto v. Durnell reversed the Missouri Court of Appeals after John Durnell sued Monsanto in Missouri...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's obsession with forcing Senate Republicans to pass the SAVE America Act may have catastrophically backfired, by turning more Republicans he needs against him.The collapse manifested itself on Wednesday when Trump met with Senate Republicans behind closed doors for what was supposed to be a persuasion mission. Instead, he...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to be caught off guard by a reporter asking why President Donald Trump's son-in-law tagged along to a high-level meeting with foreign officials.Michael Boulos, the husband of Tiffany Trump, sat beside the secretary of state during a meeting on Wednesday with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

The Supreme Court's conservative super majority on Thursday sided with the Trump administration in a 6-3 ruling, and in a sharp dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor described the consequences of turning away asylum-seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border.Following the ruling in Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security v. Al Otro Lado, Sotomayor spoke...

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New York Times - Politics (9 hours ago)

The court's decision is likely to determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against Bayer, which manufactures the weedkiller, over similar claims.

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CBC - Politics (9 hours ago)

A prominent gun control advocacy group is repeating its call for an immediate end to new sales of SKS rifles following deadly shootings in Montreal.

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National Public Radio - Politics (10 hours ago)

The central issue in the Roundup case, filed by Missouri resident John Durnell, was who decides what should appear on a pesticide or insecticide label and whether a federal law overrides state claims.

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BBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

A probe finds Tahir Ali is careful with public money and even pays for work out of his own pocket.

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BBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

Emma Lewell MP will lead an adjournment debate as part of her campaign for stricter laws on HMOs.

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BBC - Politics (10 hours ago)

Baroness Gray was speaking at a panel event organised by the SDLP exploring constitutional change, coinciding with the 10-year anniversary of Brexit.

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The Washington Post - Politics (10 hours ago)

The 6-3 decision clears the way for the Trump administration to resume allowing federal agents at the border to turn back asylum seekers before they enter.

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Politico - Europe (10 hours ago)

Downing Street and the Treasury remain cool on joining the bank, which will launch at the NATO summit next month

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

CNN's Harry Enten shrieked in mock terror at President Donald Trump's abrupt about-face on signing a bipartisan affordable-housing bill to knuckle down on his bill to impose new restrictions on voting.The 80-year-old president caught lawmakers and staffers off guard by announcing just over an hour before the signing ceremony that he would not add...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's military airshow over the National Mall is already snarling flights at Reagan National Airport, where the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground delay program with delays up to 67 minutes.The advisory covers the period from 10:45 a.m. to 2 p.m., with an average delay of 24 minutes. The advisory flagged the...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

A single six-word message from one of President Donald Trump's most powerful aides has become the focus of a new opinion piece warning about the administration's intentions ahead of the November midterms.Writing in the I Paper, Washington-based commentator Simon Marks pointed to a post that Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller published on X on...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade broke with his former colleague, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling his latest move a "huge loss for our country."Kilmeade wrote on X on Wednesday morning, reacting to a Wall Street Journal report on the forced retirement of Gen. Christopher Donahue. He compared losing the general to "losing Tom Brady in...

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New York Times - Politics (10 hours ago)

Universal health care, taxing the wealthy and opposition to military aid to Israel are among the movement's key tenets.

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New York Times - Politics (10 hours ago)

A policy of turning back asylum seekers at the border was rescinded in 2021, but the Trump administration wants the flexibility to reinstate it as a tool for border control.

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National Public Radio - Politics (10 hours ago)

A federal judge in Boston has blocked parts of President Trump's executive order to limit voting by mail. The Trump administration is expected to appeal the ruling.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Politics (10 hours ago)

Best of cartoons, June 26, 2026

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

The Trump administration quietly rewrote the rules of an obscure federal grant program last week — and reproductive rights advocates say the small change signals something much larger.The Department of Health and Human Services revised its Embryo Adoption Awareness and Services grant, replacing the word "embryo" throughout the document with...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's highly touted "Great American State Fair" got off to a rough start Wednesday night, with NBC News estimating only slightly over a thousand attendees showed up for the opening rally on the National Mall.That sparse turnout set the tone for what could be a disappointing weekend for the president, with those considering...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

The state of California and the Trump administration are on course for a major legal clash that could determine whether the state will continue to have unique authority to shape the American automotive market.On Monday, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, a Democrat, filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's attempt to roll back...

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The Washington Post - Politics (11 hours ago)

The Democratic Socialists of America won with support outside their usual base. Winning outside New York may be a different challenge.

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Politico - Europe (11 hours ago)

Law enforcement expect more than 50,000 demonstrators could descend on the city of Erfurt, with as many as 2,500 left-wing extremists among them.

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Politico - Europe (11 hours ago)

The European Green Party says heads of state and government should meet to strengthen the Green Deal.

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Politico - Europe (11 hours ago)

With the AfD leading the polls in Saxony-Anhalt, there's little to suggest the country's politicians or public are prepared for the shock ahead.

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Critics piled on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for the politically charged insults he delivered in a warm-up speech for President Donald Trump at the Great American State Fair.The cabinet official saluted the Marine Band and three performers – Lee Greenwood, Christopher Macchio and Alexis Wilkins, the country singer and girlfriend of FBI...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

The National Park Service refused to corroborate President Donald Trump's claim of a 350-foot Reflecting Pool "gash" in a sworn court declaration filed this week.Frank Lands, the NPS's deputy director for operations, submitted the two-page declaration in an ongoing federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia over the...

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Yahoo News - Politics (11 hours ago)

Senate Republicans reject Iran war powers resolution after clashing with Trump at Capitol meeting

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

A South Dakota state senator was charged with two felonies Tuesday for allegedly trying to put candidates for county party leadership posts on the primary election ballot without those candidates' knowledge.If convicted on both counts of offering a false or forged instrument for filing, 44-year-old Dell Rapids Republican Tom Pischke faces up to...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Donald Trump's "Great American State Fair” being held on the Mall in Washington, DC, is off to a ragged start with supporters of the president walking out on him as he was still speaking at an opening rally Wednesday night.As NBC News reported, hours after the president got into a shouting match with Republicans in a closed-door meeting, he...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Jimmy Fallon shredded President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair on Wednesday night, mocking the White House's claim that the 16-day National Mall event was a nonpartisan celebration by noting it bore an uncanny resemblance to a Trump rally.The "Tonight Show" host opened his monologue by needling Trump for headlining the opening ceremony...

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BBC - Politics (12 hours ago)

It is the highest yearly increase in education, health and care plans (EHCPs) since they were introduced.

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Conservative outrage aimed at former Fox News personality Tucker Carlson for saying he won't vote for Republicans in November could come back to haunt the GOP if he makes the leap and runs for president.According to Salon political analyst Amanda Marcotte, Carlson has a large enough following and a big enough megaphone via his podcast to create...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stalked a New York woman at a polling place over a social media post identifying Jonathan Ross as the killer of Minnesota mother Renee Good.The federal immigration agents walked into an active polling site Tuesday in Syracuse to pressure an on-duty poll worker into deleting a social media post —...

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Politico - Europe (12 hours ago)

The decision marks an expansion of the Digital Markets Act beyond consumer tech into the €220 billion European market for cloud services.

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Politico - Europe (12 hours ago)

The White House is seeking more than $67 billion for the Pentagon and $11 billion for farm assistance.

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Despite a colorful slate of contenders that includes candidates who have served federal prison sentences, previously left Congress under clouds of scandal, or tried and failed to run for Congress elsewhere, the contest to replace Rep. Byron Donalds in Florida's 19th Congressional District has so far remained relatively quiet.The potent combination...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Kash Patel's girlfriend drew a torrent of mockery online after singing the national anthem at President Donald Trump's Great American State Fair on Wednesday night, with one viewer asking police to investigate a "murder" of the Star-Spangled Banner.Alexis Wilkins, 27, a Nashville-based aspiring country singer who began dating the 46-year-old FBI...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

CNN's Audie Cornish busted a former Donald Trump official's chops for arguing that most elected leaders tend to moderate once they gain power, despite the obvious counterexample of the president he once served.Panelists on "CNN This Morning" were discussing this week's primary election wins by left-leaning Democrats and what that means for Rep....

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Politico - Europe (13 hours ago)

They are also considering references to the U.S. war in Iran as part of the draft summit declaration, NATO diplomats told POLITICO.

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville says the wave of damaging leaks emerging from the Trump administration is far from over — and could ultimately bring down the presidency itself.Speaking on his "Politics War Room" podcast, Carville addressed revelations from "Regime Change," a new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

The Make America Healthy Again movement that helped sweep Donald Trump back into the White House is fracturing over his betrayal on pesticides — and MAHA activists are now threatening to stay away from Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections.According to a report from MS NOW's Arielle Hixson, the Trump administration's decision to back...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

A decade after the Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, the issue is splitting the Republican Party in public.The latest flashpoint came when Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) posted that "homosexuality has no place in America. Happy Nuclear Family Month," referencing a Tennessee resolution signed by Gov. Bill Lee that defines a family as one...

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National Public Radio - Politics (13 hours ago)

A Trump executive order pushes involuntary treatment for homeless people; the VA denies that would include homeless vets.

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National Public Radio - Politics (13 hours ago)

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with political strategist Alex Conant about President Trump's tense meeting with Republican senators on Capitol Hill.

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National Public Radio - Politics (13 hours ago)

President Trump visited Capitol Hill Wednesday and faced off with Senate Republicans upset about his handling of the Iran War, after scrapping plans to sign a bipartisan housing affordability bill.

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Politico - Europe (13 hours ago)

Judiciary Chair Chuck Grassley has agreed to let the heads of the tech giants' Instagram and YouTube brands testify in the chief executives' place at a hearing tentatively set for next month, according to four people with knowledge of the matter.

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

Seeking to break up the logjam created by the Department of Justice, which continues to drag its feet on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, members of the House Oversight Committee have discussed issuing subpoenas to people who could testify about secret settlements between some of Jeffrey Epstein's friends and his accusers.According to Business...

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Raw Story - Politics (13 hours ago)

American politics is undergoing a structural realignment that has scrambled the usual left-right predictive tools, leaving President Donald Trump's unpopularity as perhaps the only fixed point in an otherwise volatile landscape.Trump's disapproval has settled at roughly 60 percent, a remarkably stable number amid chaos everywhere else in the...

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BBC - Politics (14 hours ago)

The US president gives his first public reaction to the man widely expected to be next UK prime minister.

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Politico - Europe (14 hours ago)

It's the third time in recent weeks that a leading 2028 Democratic contender has secured a private audience with Prime Minister Mark Carney.

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Politico - Europe (14 hours ago)

The former prime minister called the internet personality's criticism of France "a reflection of his hatred for a nation where women will always be free and proud."

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Yahoo News - Politics (14 hours ago)

The Dems already had AOC. Now they have DAC.

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Raw Story - Politics (14 hours ago)

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy used a Wednesday night warm-up speech for President Donald Trump on the National Mall to brand musicians who pulled out of the Great American State Fair as "libtards," drawing cheers from the partisan crowd.Duffy opened his remarks by saluting the Marine Band and a trio of performers: Lee Greenwood, Christopher...

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BBC - Politics (14 hours ago)

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch's called Bridget Phillipson a 'spiteful class warrior' at PMQs.

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Politico - Europe (14 hours ago)

Reeves' bid to remain chancellor comes after reports that Andy Burnham, who's likely to become prime minister, would demote her.

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National Public Radio - Politics (15 hours ago)

President Trump blew up what could have been a win for his party — and he did it to force lawmakers to pass an elections overhaul bill that has been all but doomed in the Senate.

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National Public Radio - Politics (15 hours ago)

A confusing patchwork of state laws began to take shape hours after the Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022. Here's where things stand now on the abortion issue.

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