Politics: United States

CBS News - Politics (5 days ago)

Guthrie family given 2 deadlines in alleged ransom note; National Zoo asks for public's help naming first baby elephant born there in 25 years

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The sequestration poses a threat to many government agencies with painful cuts on the table and many employees being furloughed. Chip Reid reports.

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South Carolina Republican Sen. Jim DeMint talks to Charlie Rose and Gayle King about the lack of progress in the "fiscal cliff."

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If Congress does not act before the end of the year, the unemployment benefits that millions of Americans receive will disappear. Ben Tracy reports on how that will affect one household in California.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stopped by The Late Show with David Letterman to read the Top Ten list.

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Raw Story - Politics (5 days ago)

President Donald Trump issued a stern warning Friday to CNN and MS NOW not to book two prominent critics of his – Ex-Trump officials Ty Cobb and Miles Taylor – whom he described as "two dopes” who he "hardly knew.”"When you watch these two guys on Television, which, fortunately, doesn't happen often because there's very little audience at...

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CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown were criticized Friday after a bizarre live interview — and high five — with Dr. Mehmet Oz. Oz, administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is a former television health expert made popular by his association with Oprah Winfrey and now a Trump administration official. During the...

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New details were revealed Friday as lawmakers planned to depose a retail billionaire in late financier and child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's inner circle. Leslie Wexner, who was at one time Epstein's main financial benefactor, was slated to speak with congressional leaders on Feb. 18 over his ties with Epstein, according to MS NOW reporter...

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Alan Dershowitz, former attorney for both President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, erupted Friday on Newsmax over what he said was a Justice Department document listing him as a "prominent” figure accused by Epstein's victims."I want you to look at this paper that has been reproduced and sent by the Justice Department – it's called...

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Today I want to talk about prostates. (Wait! Don't delete this post! Give me a minute to explain why you might be interested.)All of us are getting older, and some of us are becoming quite old.Many old men, like Joe Biden and me and several million others in the United States, have prostates that contain cancerous cells.But because prostate cancer...

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Jeffrey Epstein's prison cellmate revealed a shocking claim and said he believed that the Trump administration wanted the late financier and convicted child sex offender dead. In a pardon petition in 2025 obtained by The Daily Beast, Nicholas Tartaglione, a former law enforcement officer who was facing charges for four murders over a drug deal gone...

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Yet another House Republican announced he would not seek re-election on Friday: Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV), the only Republican representing Nevada in Congress."Serving the people of Nevada has been the honor of my lifetime," Amodei wrote in his announcement, posted to X. "Nobody is prouder of our Nevada Congressional District than me. Thank you for...

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A Maricopa County Superior Court has permanently blocked multiple anti-abortion laws, ruling that they violate the constitutional right to the procedure voters adopted two years ago.In 2024, an overwhelming majority of Arizona voters agreed to add abortion to the state constitution, throwing dozens of existing restrictions into question. In May of...

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 days ago)

Iran and the United States held indirect talks in Oman on Friday, negotiations that appeared to return to the starting point on how to approach discussions over Tehran's nuclear program.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., urges his GOP counterparts to "rein in" ICE and discusses his 10-point list of demands to do so.

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The Washington Post - Politics (6 days ago)

A U.S. official called the deal a by-product of ongoing efforts to end the Ukraine war. It came as a key nuclear treaty between Washington and Moscow expired.

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Officials announce the arrest of a man they called a key participant in the 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed a U.S. ambassador and three others.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

Leadership changes in Minnesota follow tensions among agencies over immigration enforcement tactics

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The consumer-friendly Energy Star program survived Trump. What about other efficiency efforts?

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Nevada Republican Mark Amodei to retire

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New York Times - Politics (6 days ago)

The White House press secretary had dismissed criticism of the clip's racist content as "fake outrage.” But later Friday, the clip disappeared from the president's social media feed.

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New York Times - Politics (6 days ago)

The monitoring of federal agents by activists has been at the heart of the opposition to the Trump administration's raids. The tactic has a long history.

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Nearly all of the work was scheduled to stop on Friday unless federal officials agreed to restore funding that had been halted last year or a court ordered them to.

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New York Times - Politics (6 days ago)

The man, Zubayar al-Bakoush, is the third suspect apprehended for the 2012 attack on U.S. facilities that killed four Americans.

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The Washington Post - Politics (6 days ago)

The reduction of ICE officers in Minneapolis is a significant scaling back of Homeland Security's presence and comes after two U.S. citizens were killed.

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 days ago)

Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. 

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

Trump removes racist video depicting the Obamas as apes

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Republicans Condemn 'Incredibly Offensive' Trump Post About The Obamas

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Former Republican insider Rick Wilson has a grim outlook for the Kennedy Center. In his Substack published Friday, the co-founder of the anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project made a stark prediction over how President Donald Trump would handle the performing arts institution — with a tear down. "I regret to inform you that on July 5th or...

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President Donald Trump is currently seeking $10 billion in damages from his own Internal Revenue Service, a lawsuit lodged last month over the 2020 leak of his tax returns, a move so brazen that even some Republicans were left scratching their heads, NBC News reported Friday."If they succeed at that, that's $10 billion coming from the pockets of...

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President Donald Trump took down a post that was widely condemned as plainly racist.The 79-year-old president shared a video created by the conservative Patriot News Outlet that had an image of Barack and Michelle Obama's smiling faces superimposed on the bodies of apes in a jungle, with a clip of the 1961 song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," by the...

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Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE) suggested that President Donald Trump had made a "mistake" by posting a racist video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, but acknowledge that it was racist."Even if this was a Lion King meme, a reasonable person sees the racist context to this," Ricketts wrote Friday on X. "The White House should do what anyone...

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There's been a lot of support this week for CNN's Kaitlan Collins, who got berated by the Giant Orange Snowflake Epstein Bestie for simply Doing A Journalism While Female in the Oval Office. But it's also a classic example of who Trump has always been, and therefore should be used as an example of how to fight back against him.TRUMP MELTS DOWN AT...

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A Las Vegas bar reportedly escorted former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Gregory Bovino from the premises due to safety concerns.On Thursday, the Bottled Blonde bar told The Daily Beast that staff asked the former Border Patrol chief to leave after he was spotted drinking wine and laughing with a group of young men."Bottled Blonde does not...

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Tim Scott, the sole Black Republican in the Senate, called it "the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House.”

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CBS News - Politics (6 days ago)

Massachusetts GOP Sen. Scott Brown, ousted in November by Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren, hinted in his farewell address that he may not be done with Washington just yet: "As I've said many times before, victory and defeat is temporary...we may obviously meet again."

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Political elite are showing up in Wisconsin to stump for - and against - Republican Gov. Scott Walker in the upcoming election. As Dean Reynolds reports, both sides feel Wisconsin will be a harbinger for the general election.

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ended weeks of speculation on Tuesday when he announced he's not "prepared to walk away" from his job as governor to run for president in 2012.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is on a two-day campaign push in South Carolina, where he finished fourth in the state's 2008 primary. As Whit Johnson reports, Romney's hoping to steal some momentum from rival Newt Gingrich.

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CBSNews.com senior political reporter Brian Montopoli explained how the latest republican debate on foreign policy shed light on the shortcomings of some candidates and brought Newt Gingrich closer to a showdown with Mitt Romney.

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New York Times - Politics (6 days ago)

Administration officials told the top Senate Democrat the president would release frozen funding for the Gateway project if the transportation hubs were renamed for him.

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A surprising twist in a New Jersey primary race showed how questions about Israel continue to roil American politics in unpredictable ways.

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A Border Patrol agent shot Marimar Martinez five times. Video from the October incident in Chicago could now be released as early as Monday.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

How Trump's $10 billion suit against his own government could go sideways

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 days ago)

Since his first term, President Trump has wanted to be able to fire federal employees for any reason. A new rule vastly expands his authority to do that.

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

CNN's Harry Enten found that voters agree that Donald Trump's second presidency has been a "failure" on one of the key issues that got him back into office.The 79-year-old president was re-elected in 2024 in part due to his promise to bring down consumer prices, but the chief data analyst told "CNN News Central" that a strong majority Americans...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Portland Police officers fatally shot a suspect last weekend who was posing as a Secret Service agent, and who was later discovered to be in possession of a shotgun loaded with shells with "threatening messages” written on them against President Donald Trump, Portland Police reported Thursday.According to police, the suspect, who has not been...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Racy emails between Casey Wasserman, the LA 2028 Olympics committee chair and CEO of talent agency Wasserman Media Group, with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell have put him in hot water with a popular artist he represents.Bethany Cosentino, the frontwoman of rock band Best Coast, has released a statement demanding Wasserman step down...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) called President Donald Trump "wrong and incredibly offensive" after he posted a video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes."The President's post is wrong and incredibly offensive — whether intentional or a mistake — and should be deleted immediately with an apology offered," Lawler wrote Friday on X.According to...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Texas appears to be in play for Democrats, as it seems to be every few years before Republicans hold on to win another election, but CNN's Harry Enten said they may have real reason for optimism this time.The GOP-controlled state legislature redrew the Texas congressional maps with an eye on improving their chances of picking up new House seats,...

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CBS News - Politics (6 days ago)

The U.S. on Thursday announced the resumption of dialogue with Russia's military, which had been suspended since 2021.

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Colin Demarco was arrested in January, months after he was seen in a Ring camera image at Vought's door, wearing a surgical mask and gloves.

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The Trump administration launched its new TrumpRx direct-to-consumer prescription drug listing site late Thursday, part of a push to offer medication at steep discounts.

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For the first time in more than 50 years, the world's largest nuclear powers, the U.S. and Russia, do not have an agreement limiting their long-range nuclear arsenals. Margaret Brennan explains what this could mean in an already dangerous world.

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The last remaining nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia has expired, ending decades of arms control between the two countries with the largest nuclear arsenals.

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A new push to pass a GOP elections bill known as the SAVE America Act is underway in Congress, but Democrats warn the proposal could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters.

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A pioneering Cold War-era spy plane sits at the entrance to CIA headquarters, prompting a painstaking effort to preserve an aircraft that once flew 80,000 feet above Soviet missile sites.

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Newly released documents from the Epstein files raise more questions about activity seen on video from the jail the night he died.

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Friday said President Obama has weakened the country economically, militarily and in terms of "the enduring strength of our values."

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) lashed out after President Donald Trump posted a racist video that depicted Barack and Michelle Obama as apes."Praying it was fake because it's the most racist thing I've seen out of this White House," Scott wrote Friday on X. "The President should remove it."White House Press Secretary slammed criticism of Trump's post as...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Terrance Williams, a Black comedian, MAGA influencer and loyal supporter of President Donald Trump, scrambled Friday to cover for the president's racist social media post that included depictions of Barack and Michelle Obama as primates, and was promptly dogpiled by critics.Early Friday morning, Trump shared a video on social media that included...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

The administration backing Donald Trump may boast about his energy levels but it does not change his ailing health, a medical professional has said. The president said just last week that he does not "sleep much" while Vice President JD Vance says other staffers struggle to keep up with the amount Trump works. Vance said that a 20-hour trip will...

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Mockery erupted online Friday over Attorney General Pam Bondi's comment that "Donald Trump never forgets."Bondi was speaking at a press conference where the Department of Justice announced an arrest of a suspect in the 2012 Benghazi attack when she made the remark. The internet was quick to point out a few times when the president had a mix up over...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

A man who voted for Donald Trump in his three presidential elections denounced the commander-in-chief after he posted a racist video of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes.During Friday's edition of C-SPAN's Washington Journal program, a man named John called in from New Mexico to express his disgust with Trump."Voted for the president,...

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New York Times - Politics (6 days ago)

The operation was authorized by the Marine general who took command of military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean earlier in the day.

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Donald Trump could sink the GOP's midterm chances even further should he take military action in Iran.Whether the president does so is yet to be seen, but CNN political analyst Stephen Collinson believes the administration may take action. It would follow strikes made last year on Iran, and could plunge the US into a war with the potential to go...

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Bill and Hillary Clinton are set to testify later this month before the House Oversight Committee in its ongoing Jeffrey Epstein probe, a GOP-led effort that "Morning Joe” hosts argued Friday could ultimately backfire "spectacularly” on President Donald Trump and Republicans.Last month, the House Oversight Committee – led by Rep. James Comer...

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President Donald Trump's advisers stopped him from ripping John F. Kennedy's name off the Kennedy Center altogether, leaving the cultural hub simply called the Trump Center, his biographer said."Why does this have to be Kennedy?" the president apparently argued. "That was such a long time ago.”Trump, 79, has substantially remade the Washington,...

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blasted reporters after President Donald Trump posted a video of Barack and Michelle Obama depicted as apes.In the short video, someone discusses the 2020 presidential election before the Obamas' heads are seen on the bodies of apes."This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

CNN's John Berman put a Republican congressman on the spot about an "overtly racist" post President Donald Trump shared overnight.The 79-year-old president shared a video created by the conservative Patriot News Outlet that had an image of Barack and Michelle Obama's smiling faces superimposed on the bodies of apes in a jungle, with a clip of the...

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New York Times - Politics (6 days ago)

Zohran Mamdani's ascension to mayor has given Muslim organizers and faith leaders the impetus to involve themselves in more formal political alliances and networks.

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New York Times - Politics (6 days ago)

The company, which owns Chrysler, Fiat, Jeep and Peugeot, is changing its strategy to gasoline and hybrid vehicles in an effort to revive weak sales.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates

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The Washington Post - Politics (6 days ago)

Amid an immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis area, judges have lost patience with the Trump administration, saying officials are flouting their orders.

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Republican Party representatives misread the Texas Senate election according to a political analysist who says one issue was an overstep from the party. Democrat Taylor Rehmet would go on to defeat Republican Leigh Wambsganss in the special election for the Texas state senate position. It was a shock result considering Donald Trump had carried it...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

A former White House cardiologist believes a recent health claim made by Donald Trump has little grounding in fact. Jonathan Reiner, the former doctor to Vice President Dick Cheney, responded to a claim made by the 47th POTUS that he takes aspirin against his doctor's orders. In an interview with NBC, Trump confirmed he is still taking aspirin and...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

President Donald Trump made several moves this week that left Joe Scarborough floored Friday morning at what he described as a series of "self-defeating” mistakes that were nothing more than an unintentional "gift” for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections.On Thursday, Trump shifted his explanation as to why National Intelligence Director...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Dear Trump Administration Official,I'm writing to you not as a political opponent, but as a historian who's spent a lifetime studying what happens when democracies flirt with strongmen and otherwise decent people convince themselves that loyalty to Dear Leader today will be rewarded by safety and protection tomorrow.It almost never is.You're out...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Republicans are increasingly worried they'll lose their U.S. Senate majority.GOP strategists have been concerned for months about polling in U.S. House races, but private polls have been painting a dim picture for their chances for keeping control of the Senate, as well, reported Axios."A year ago, I would have told you we were almost guaranteed to...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

President Donald Trump continues to sink in the polls on issues related to affordability and the economy, but on issues he's historically performed best at – namely, immigration – his numbers have sunk dramatically in what Joe Scarborough flagged Friday as a "shocking turnaround from over the past year.”"I was really struck by the poll [on...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Donald Trump could be planning a major, MAGA-themed blowout for the final year of his presidency, a political analyst has claimed. Whether the president makes the most of his last year in office in 2028 is yet to be seen, but Slate columnist Justin Peters thinks Trump could pull out all the stops with a garish display. With both the 2026 World Cup...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may have perjured himself during his Senate confirmation hearings to become secretary of Health and Human Services.The 72-year-old Kennedy testified last year that his heavily scrutinized 2019 trip to Samoa, which came just ahead of a major measles outbreak, had "nothing to do with vaccines," but documents obtained by the...

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

Trump's aggressive tactics force a reckoning between local leaders and Washington

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CBS News - Politics (6 days ago)

U.S. District Judge Jerry Blackwell admonished the Trump administration for what he said was a failure to comply with judicial orders, warning it is "not above the law."

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 days ago)

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., about his list of demands for reform at the Department of Homeland Security.

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 days ago)

The clock is ticking for the Department of Homeland Security. The agency is days away from running out of funding, but Democrats and Republicans remain far apart on changes to immigration enforcement.

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Panelists on "CNN This Morning" ganged up on a conservative commentator for defending the Trump administration's all-hands-on-deck investigation into debunked 2020 election fraud claims.The FBI raided an election hub last week in Fulton County, Georgia, where President Donald Trump and 18 alleged co-conspirators were indicted for attempting to...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Donald Trump is "destroying" the Republican Party, and there's one clear sign, according to a former GOP insider.Ex-GOP strategist Rick Wilson, who once said he might depose Trump in a lawsuit and force the president to explain his ties to the deceased child sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein, ahead of the weekend wrote a piece on Substack called, "Trump...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Donald Trump posted a racist video depicting former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama as monkeys. The video was shared to Trump's Truth Social account at around midnight on February 6, with the current president sharing a host of posts, including this video. Said video runs for one minute and two seconds, with the final seconds...

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Jimmy Kimmel has torn into Donald Trump after the president's NBC interview, where the president refused to rule out a third term in office.Talk show host Kimmel highlighted the many shortcomings of the president from the interview, including a comment on how the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti were deemed "bad publicity" for the government by...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

A bill set to be presented to the House of Representatives could freeze out military members stationed overseas from voting in elections. Exceptions in the bill do address these concerns, according to co-author Chip Roy (R-Texas), but proponents are calling for some tighter definitions when it comes to defining who can and cannot vote. Roy believes...

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While a judicial coalition applauded a federal appeals court decision this week to dismiss a complaint against a judge who stopped the Trump administration deporting Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador, the group is continuing to sound the alarm on threats to and attacks on judges they say the president is fueling.Paul Kiesel, founder of Speak Up...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

President Donald Trump sparked fury Friday morning after posting a blatantly racist video on social media depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as non-human primates, a post critics denounced as a shocking new low for the presidency."Disgusting behavior by the President,” wrote California Gov. Gavin Newsom's press office Friday in a social media...

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New York Times - Politics (6 days ago)

A political reporter at The Washington Post, she wrote the book "Long Time Passing,” about the Vietnam War's social, political and psychological aftereffects.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

What is the SAVE America Act? What to know about the GOP elections bill

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New York Times - Politics (6 days ago)

The progressive lawmaker is taking a larger role in Democratic politics, supporting moderate candidates and helping drive the party's economic message. Now she is planning a major trip abroad.

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The Washington Post - Politics (6 days ago)

Why doctors who led the pandemic response in their states are running for office.

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The Washington Post - Politics (6 days ago)

Republicans have criticized Democrats' proposals as "a ridiculous Christmas list” but say they're willing to negotiate.

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Yesterday I watched, horrified and spellbound — which is becoming a regular thing — as an event purportedly built on prayer, humility, and the teachings of Jesus Christ dissolved into a Trump rally, complete with guffaws, applause, and a bizarre reverence for every absurd turpitude that tumbled out of the President's trashy mouth.It was...

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 days ago)

A growing number of Democrats are embracing calls to "abolish ICE," but not everyone in the party sees it as a winning message.

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

'Grind the country to a halt': Democrat urges national strike if Trump meddles in midterms

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

Oregon, Washington and tribes head back to court after Trump pulls out of deal to recover salmon

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

President Donald Trump's lawyers appeared to use some legal trickery to avoid as much judicial scrutiny as possible in their scheme to seize voting records in Fulton County, Georgia. Last week, the Trump administration's FBI raided the Fulton County election office and hauled away nearly 700 boxes of data related to the 2020 general election. Trump...

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

Trump's objectives in Iran are unclear ahead of talks, sources say

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

'An impossibility': Negotiations to reform ICE sputter as shutdown looms for DHS

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Virginia Democrats share proposed US House map despite court ruling against redistricting push

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 days ago)

Man pardoned in U.S. Capitol riot pleads guilty to threatening Hakeem Jeffries

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CBS News - Politics (6 days ago)

The U.S. military struck an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Pacific on Thursday, marking the 38th vessel to be struck over the last five months and the second this year.

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

President Donald Trump's youngest son is building his next business venture at his father's Mar-a-Lago estate, according to a report. Barron Trump, 19, is building a natural energy drink business that features yerba mate, The Daily Beast reported on Thursday. The youngest Trump launched the business with four co-founders: Spencer Bernstein, Rudolfo...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Political analysts and observers were alarmed on Thursday after a new report indicated President Donald Trump's FBI called a "horrifying" meeting of state election officials. Crooked Media's "What A Day" reported that election officials from all 50 states have been invited to a mysterious conference at the end of February where they are expected to...

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 days ago)

The new map still requires approval from the courts and the voters but, if enacted, it could help Democrats win four more House seats

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

Far-right filmmaker and conspiracy theorist Dinesh D'Souza posted a peculiar video to X on Thursday evening, showing what appeared to be a podcast of a young woman explaining why it's natural for young women to be seduced by older men.Among other things, the woman in the video said, "It goes deeper than you think. It is not because they're broken...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

President Donald Trump has called his rollout of TrumpRx "the biggest thing ever to happen on drug prices" and claimed the achievement alone "should win us the midterms." But critics rolled their eyes Thursday night after the official launch, particularly taking issue with his math not quite adding up, and pointing to the "fine print" that...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 days ago)

President Donald Trump's administration was scorched on Thursday by an analyst who accused it of trying to "Make Black Lung Great Again."Trump's Interior Secretary, Doug Burgum, introduced the world to a new mascot named "Coalie" on Thursday, who was created to promote Trump's "American Energy Dominance Agenda,” reported Catherine Rampell,...

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Attorney General Ken Paxton asks judge to shut down Muslim advocacy group CAIRby Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune February 5, 2026Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday sued the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights group, and the Muslim Brotherhood, an international Sunni Muslim group, alleging they...

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North Carolina Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley was a hugely vocal supporter of President Donald Trump's operation to capture Venezuelan authoritarian Nicolas Maduro — but it turns out he may have had a financial stake in it, Politico reported on Thursday.Whatley, an ex-energy lobbyist and Republican National Committee leader,...

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President Donald Trump's FBI has reportedly summoned election officials from all 50 states to a mysterious late-February conference call, sparking alarm among state leaders already bracing for federal interference in midterm elections.An email obtained by Crooked Media's "What A Day" reveals FBI "Election Executive" Kellie Hardiman invited state...

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Starbucks wins dismissal of Missouri lawsuit over DEI policies

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The president has argued his drug-pricing initiative 'should win us the midterms.' Experts say its impact could be positive but limited.

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Bombshell new details emerged on Thursday about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie. Nancy Guthrie, 84, disappeared from her home in the early morning hours of Feb. 1, authorities said. Officials received a ransom letter from the alleged abductor that included a demand for millions in Bitcoin as a...

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A newly released Justice Department email shows Jeffrey Epstein claiming he was in Palm Beach with "all the Trump boys” on Christmas Day 2016, a month after Donald Trump's election victory. The message to Bill Gates' advisor offered no clarification on who was included. Media reports place Trump at Mar-a-Lago that holiday period. If true, the...

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A far-right U.S. senator is demanding that Chief Justice John Roberts open a Supreme Court investigation into Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's attendance of the Grammy Awards, Newsweek reported."Senior U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee said Jackson should be looked into, as the awards ceremony was rife with remarks opposing U.S. Immigration...

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Democrats in Virginia have proposed a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterms that would eliminate all but one Republican-leaning district in the state, according to a new report. The New York Times reported that the new map, which was proposed on Thursday, includes 10 districts favorable to Democrats and one solidly Republican district....

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President Donald Trump softened his earlier criticism of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's agreement to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, emphasizing the strategic importance of the U.S. military base on Diego Garcia on the islands. Posting on Truth Social, Trump acknowledged Starmer had done "the best he could” with the...

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The Justice Department investigation was an escalation in the administration's response to a video that President Trump said was "punishable by death.”

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As they appeal a ruling blocking their redistricting efforts, the state's Democrats proposed redrawing districts in a way that would strongly favor them.

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A former GOP campaign spokesman was taken aback by President Donald Trump's treatment of a CNN reporter at the White House. During a press gaggle, CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins asked Trump about the victims of disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. The question seemed to trigger Trump, who lashed out at Collins by calling...

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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) is being accused by a local Republican activist in Knoxville of "flagrant violations" of campaign finance law to prop up her bid for governor, according to News Channel 5."The allegations are contained in a sworn complaint filed with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance, the state agency that regulates campaign...

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At the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, President Donald Trump teased House Speaker Mike Johnson for requesting to say grace during meals. Speaking to a bipartisan and international audience, including El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, Trump also celebrated soaring Bible sales in 2025 and praised Johnson for popularity and performance.Watch...

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A new report that President Donald Trump wants to slap his name on Washington Dulles International Airport, ignited swift backlash on social media.Jake Sherman of Punchbowl News shared on X a link to their new reporting that Trump wants his name on both Dulles and Penn Station. "Trump admin asked [Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer] to support...

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Disgraced financier and convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein once considered launching his own "sex offender" lingerie line while he was angling for a pardon in Florida, according to new records. Buried in the more than 3 million Epstein files that President Donald Trump's Department of Justice recently released is an undated transcript of a...

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Former Trump official Miles Taylor says Tulsi Gabbard's recent letter on the Fulton County FBI raid could directly implicate President Donald Trump. Writing on Substack, Taylor noted that Gabbard claimed Trump personally directed her to observe the search, a role outside her authority as Director of National Intelligence, while Trump denied knowing...

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A TMZ host revealed on Thursday that the person who abducted Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie, likely lives in Guthrie's hometown of Tucson, Arizona. Nancy Guthrie likely disappeared on Saturday morning sometime between 1:45 a.m. and 2 a.m., according to evidence released by investigators. She was last...

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New details emerged Thursday about an alleged ransom letter obtained by TMZ in the abduction of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of "Today" show co-host Savannah Guthrie.Nancy Guthrie was abducted from her Tucson, Arizona, home in the Catalina Foothills around 1:45 a.m. on Feb.1. She dined with family via Uber before returning home by 9:50...

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The tension at the center of Trump's retooled immigration message: From the Politics Desk

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Senate education chair blasts Mamdani over revocation of antisemitism executive orders

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US cuts ties with Polish speaker of parliament over 'insults' against Trump

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Lawsuit challenges DeSantis' authority to call special session for redistricting

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CBS News - Politics (6 days ago)

Senate Republicans criticized Democrats' list of demands to rein in ICE, further reducing the odds of reaching a deal on DHS funding.

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President Trump told NBC News he didn't know why Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was at the search of the Georgia county's elections office.

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This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," we speak to mayors from cities across the country as anger at ICE persists across the country, plus our interview with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado.

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Prosecutors allege that Kyle Wagner, 37, shared social media posts threatening ICE agents.

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New York Times - Politics (6 days ago)

With eight days until a deadline to keep the Department of Homeland Security running, bipartisan talks on reining in federal immigration agents' tactics appeared to sputter before they had even gotten underway.

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The decision clears the way for the first death-penalty trial at Guantánamo Bay to start this summer, more than 25 years after the attack.

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The American ambassador to Poland had a meltdown Thursday after the country's parliament speaker said President Donald Trump wasn't worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. Ambassador Tom Rose, a MAGA ally, raged over the comment Thursday in a post on X after Parliament Speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty did not agree that Trump was a good potential recipient...

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Emails newly uncovered by the Miami Herald reveal how deceased billionaire financier and accused child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein attempted a "full court press" to get clemency from then-Florida Gov. Charlie Crist after serving out his sweetheart deal sentence for soliciting prostitution in 2010.That deal itself, brokered by a prosecutor who...

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Former wives of prominent tech figures have come forward with disturbing memories of visiting Jeffrey Epstein's Little Saint James island, according to tech journalist Kara Swisher. Speaking on CNN, Swisher said these women—now ex-wives—expressed immediate unease during trips to the late financier's private retreat, sensing something was...

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A legal expert floated a disturbing new theory on Thursday about President Donald Trump's efforts to end elections in the United States. So far, most media coverage of Trump's plans to meddle with the 2026 midterm election results has focused on states changing election maps, and most recently, Trump's call for Republicans to "nationalize" parts of...

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Republicans have started to ramp up criticism over Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem — and not just over her handling of ICE and the growing public backlash after two agents killed American citizens — but also tensions over her leadership of FEMA. As Noem tries to manage the fallout over the Trump administration's harsh immigration...

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A Maryland man has been arrested and charged with a plot to kill President Donald Trump's Office of Management and Budget director, Russ Vought.According to CBS News, 26-year-old Colin Demarco, who has previously warned Trump's presidency would lead to a "fascist takeover," showed up at Vought's home wearing a surgical mask and gloves before being...

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Jimmy Kimmel questioned the Department of Justice's redactions in recently released Jeffrey Epstein emails, mocking the obscured names of individuals referenced in messages about Epstein's parties. On his late-night show, Kimmel highlighted emails describing disturbing conduct, asking why transparency was blocked and joking about DOJ officials...

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President Donald Trump trashed the U.S. election system on Thursday in a social media post. Trump has consistently claimed that elections in the U.S. are rigged against him despite being unable to provide evidence supporting that claim in over 60 lawsuits. Republicans in Congress have introduced a bill called the SAVE Act that would implement...

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President Donald Trump sparked widespread ridicule after telling NBC News he would accept a Republican midterm loss only "if the elections are honest,” then insisting he was "the last one that wants to complain.” The remark, delivered during a sit-down with NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas, instantly set off a wave of disbelief online, with...

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President Donald Trump has been widely described by historians and political analysts as America's biggest threat, but there may be an even larger one lurking in the shadows of the White House. Trump's second administration has been marked by a rapid about-face from democratic norms and practices. His administration has openly flouted myriad court...

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Former Republican operative Rick Wilson on Thursday warned that MAGA has been showing signs of anxiety over "cataclysmic" midterms as polls show dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump. The Lincoln Project co-founder described on a Live Substack video how damning polling results and low satisfaction among voters have put Trump's MAGA coalition...

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was brutally fact-checked on Thursday after he made a wild claim about the benefits of the keto diet. Kennedy was speaking to a crowd in Tennessee as part of a nationwide tour to get Americans to eat healthier foods when he claimed that scientists at Harvard University had cured schizophrenia in a patient...

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The Trump administration was dealt another court blow Thursday as a federal judge in Massachusetts temporarily blocked Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security from using taxpayer address information obtained from the IRS. The ruling comes in a lawsuit filed by several community organizations challenging...

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is daring House Oversight Chair James Comer to put up or shut up after Republicans moved to keep Jeffrey Epstein-related depositions behind closed doors. After Comer announced the Clintons would testify privately about Epstein following a contempt threat, Clinton fired back on social media, accusing...

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Poll on the economy and opportunity finds fewer feel prices rising, while most see a gap between the richest and the middle class.

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Democratic leaders outlined their demands for funding the Department of Homeland Security beyond next week.

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