Politics: United States

Yahoo News - Politics (3 minutes ago)

Trump news at a glance: profanity and push-back over success of Iran strikes

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Alvin Bragg, Manhattan prosecutor who took on Trump, wins Democratic primary in bid for second term

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Federal judge orders Trump administration to release EV charger funding in 14 states

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Raw Story - Politics (54 minutes ago)

During a Tuesday afternoon, appearance on MSNBC, Ivo H. Daalder — president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during Barack Obama's presidency — expressed fears that President Donald Trump is alienating the United States' allies at a time when the U.S. needs them the most. Daalder told...

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Raw Story - Politics (54 minutes ago)

The X account of the late Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) was activated Tuesday to promote James Walkinshaw, Connolly's former chief of staff, in the primary to replace him, Axios reported."Early voting starts TODAY in VA-11!" said the post. "Before passing, Gerry endorsed @JamesWalkinshaw to carry the torch. Let's honor that legacy and vote for bold...

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Raw Story - Politics (54 minutes ago)

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) and 23 other House Republicans are pressing Senate GOP leadership to bring back key health savings account provisions that were recently dropped from their massive tax package, according to a new Politico report.In a Monday letter, the group warned that cutting the HSA provisions, which would let people use their tax-advantaged...

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Raw Story - Politics (54 minutes ago)

FedEx has seen massive declines in shipping across the Pacific Ocean amid fallout from President Donald Trump's trade war, according to a report. The company projects its revenue will be flat or increase up to 2% in its fiscal first quarter, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, but it didn't share projections for the full year, something it...

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Raw Story - Politics (54 minutes ago)

Once upon a time, far-right MAGA influencer Laura Loomer was a close ally of neo-Nazi "Groyper" activist Nick Fuentes — but the two are now completely estranged, and Fuentes wasted no words in a vulgar tirade against her posted Tuesday to X by Right Wing Watch. It's a massive turnabout from 2022, when Fuentes enthusiastically endorsed Loomer's...

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New York Times - Politics (54 minutes ago)

Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old who was hired by Elon Musk to help slash the government bureaucracy, became a public symbol of his team.

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New York Times - Politics (54 minutes ago)

Other countries used to need spies to discern the thinking of American presidents. Now they just need a Truth Social account.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

President Trump, Israel and Iran say a ceasefire he announced earlier between the two nations has begun.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

The Senate version of President Trump's "one big, beautiful bill" is still coming together and would have to be sent back to the House.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

The NATO summit follows a U.S. operation striking Iranian nuclear sites — and the announcement by President Trump of a ceasefire.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

President Trump arrived at a NATO summit Tuesday with the ceasefire between Israel and Iran already being tested. Ed O'Keefe has more on that and the initial assessments of the U.S. strikes against Iran's nuclear programs.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

Former DOJ attorney Erez Reuveni says he was fired after pushing back on orders from top officials, including Emil Bove, to defy court rulings.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

A memo was distributed to FBI field office directors in the past 48 hours instructing them to focus resources on terror threats, including domestically, two sources told CBS News.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

Most would see an Iranian nuclear weapon as a serious threat but also voice concern about a wider war.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

But the Senate parliamentarian says the Postal Service's 7,200 new EVs can't be auctioned off.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says new immigration detention centers in Florida will be largely funded by FEMA's shelter and services program.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

Many migrants aren't waiting for immigrant agents to detain them at work sites or in court rooms. Adam Yamaguchi highlights the impact felt by families when a parent decides to "self-deport."

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

It's been three years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing individual states to ban abortion. Despite that, the number of abortions has increased. Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent for KFF Health News, joined CBS News to discuss the state of abortion in the U.S.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

A Marine veteran's wife was arrested by ICE when she went for an immigration check-in. Kati Weis has the story.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

Eleven Iranian nationals have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 48 hours. It is a continuation of the Trump administration's effort to deport migrants it claims are a threat to public safety. Nicole Sganga has more.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

CBS News has learned ICE is currently holding 59,000 migrants at facilities across the U.S., a record high, and 20,000 over the number held in the final days of the Biden administration. Camilo Montoya-Galvez reports.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

Ahead of U.S. strikes on Iran, one U.S. intel assessment concluded Iran could build a nuclear weapon in months but didn't assess it decided to do so, intel sources said.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

Trump says the U.S. Iran strikes "obliterated" key nuclear sites, but an early intel assessment says Iran could reconstitute some of its capabilities in months, sources said.

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CBS News - Politics (58 minutes ago)

President Trump accused Israel and Iran of violating a ceasefire, but then said it was "in effect" after a phone call with Israel's leader.

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ICE officers detained the wife of a Marine Corps veteran in Louisiana during a routine immigration appointment.

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The Washington Post - Politics (An hour ago)

The Northern Virginia primary featuring 10 Democratic candidates is a mad-dash contest that will test voters' appetite for breaking from the establishment.

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Yahoo News - Politics (An hour ago)

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie finds himself on an island in his feud with Trump

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 hours ago)

Senate Republicans scramble to resolve tense divisions as Trump threatens their vacation over his big bill

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Yahoo News - Politics (2 hours ago)

What's in and out of Trump's big bill as Senate races to meet Fourth of July deadline

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CBS News - Politics (2 hours ago)

Iran launched retaliation against the United States on Monday, firing short- and medium-range missiles targeting the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

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CBS News - Politics (2 hours ago)

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who is testifying before Congress this week, said tariffs are "likely to push up prices."

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The Supreme Court agreed to pause a judge's order that prevented the Trump administration from deporting migrants to third countries without first providing them due process.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified in front of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce over the department's 2026 budget.

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CBS News - Politics (2 hours ago)

ICE is holding around 59,000 detainees in facilities across the country, likely setting a record high, according to internal government data obtained by CBS News.

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New York Times - Politics (2 hours ago)

A group of six young men traveled to Atlanta before dawn and tore flags at a rainbow crosswalk, the police said. Two of them remain at large as the authorities consider hate crime charges.

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

CNN reporter Phil Mattingly sparred with Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) this afternoon over whether President Donald Trump's decision to bomb three Iranian nuclear facilities was successful. Earlier in the day, CNN published a report suggesting that the campaign only set Iran's nuclear capabilities back by a few months. The report cited anonymous sources...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice on Tuesday opposed the release of a migrant it already acknowledged was wrongly deported to El Salvador, and accused a magistrate judge of committing a "clear error.”In March, Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to the country despite a 2019 court order barring his removal due to fear of...

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Raw Story - Politics (2 hours ago)

Democrats are fed up with perceived performative stances from moderate Republicans who are concerned that voting for President Donald Trump's massive spending and tax bill could cost them their seats during the 2026 primaries. Sixteen House Republicans, all of whom represent competitive districts, sent a letter to party leadership on Tuesday...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

A video has gone viral of a landscaper being wrestled to the ground, pepper-sprayed, and beaten by immigration officers in Los Angeles as part of President Donald Trump's mass deportation plan. While Trump promised that criminals would be targeted for deportation, that has not been the case, and that has been difficult for the man's three sons, one...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Consumer advocates are criticizing a change made by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz in the Republican megabill this week that would stop states from regulating artificial intelligence in order to bring it in line with the reconciliation process.The House's version of the $4 trillion budget package, passed last month, contained a sneaky provision that would bar...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

I'm 79 years old today.I'm spending most of my time with people 50 years younger — my graduate students, my colleagues at Inequality Media Civic Action, and young people to whom I give lectures and seminars.We communicate over a vast chasm of half a century. They have no direct memories of Joseph McCarthy's communist witch hunt, the Vietnam War,...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Author and educator Margaret McMullan sounded the alarm in The Bulwark about a new Republican-written law in Mississippi that intends to abolish diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, which is written so broadly that it would effectively make teaching about the Holocaust impossible.The legislation, called the Requiring Efficiency For Our...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

A key operative in Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency resigned on Tuesday, Wired reported. Edward Coristine, a 19-year-old who joined DOGE after graduating from high school, became an internet meme because of his nickname, "Big Balls." He was part of the DOGE inner circle, according to Wired, and was given multiple federal laptops to...

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Raw Story - Politics (3 hours ago)

Iran's government is trolling President Donald Trump by announcing its nuclear program is once again operational just days after the president ordered a strike on three of the country's nuclear facilities, The Daily Beast reported Tuesday evening."Two days after America controversially joined Israel to attack Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, the core...

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The Washington Post - Politics (3 hours ago)

On the final episode of Sidebar, The Washington Post's Libby Casey, Rhonda Colvin, James Hohmann and JM Rieger breakdown the shaky ceasefire between Iran and Israel – and whether it will hold. And having decided to enter the conflict, President Trump is now trying to play peacemaker.Then, the crew breaks down Trump's stunning turn of fortune...

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The Washington Post - Politics (3 hours ago)

With a ceasefire in place between Iran and Israel, the U.S. president has said he will not deploy the military again on Israel's behalf.

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New York Times - Politics (3 hours ago)

A panel came off an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 midair last year in an incident that was nearly disastrous but for the heroics of the crew, according to government investigators.

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National Public Radio - Politics (4 hours ago)

President Trump has said U.S. strikes on Iran obliterated the country's nuclear program. An early intelligence assessment finds the strikes may only have set it back "a few months."

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) tried to deflect on CNN when confronted with newly revealed intelligence that President Donald Trump's strike on Iranian nuclear sites barely affected the viability of their nuclear program — a report the White House has vehemently denied, even while admitting this is the assessment of the Defense Intelligence...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed Tuesday that his shock firing wasn't the last of his dealings with the powerful Murdoch family.Fox Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch reportedly fired Carlson — arguably the network's biggest star — over his conspiratorial coverage of the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, in which he blamed...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified on Tuesday that, were it not for President Donald Trump's tariffs, they would have felt comfortable dropping interest rates. Speaking to the House Financial Services Committee, Powell said, "If you just look at the basic data and don't look at the forecast, you would say that we would've continued...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

President Donald Trump unleashed a four-letter-word tirade on Tuesday morning after reports surfaced that Israel had violated the ceasefire agreement brokered just 24 hours earlier. The episode also exposed that Trump is terrified of looking like another F word when it comes to the Iran-Israel conflict, according to Sky News correspondent James...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

After several lawmakers backed war power resolutions to check President Donald Trump's ability to declare war – a power constitutionally reserved for Congress – Trump ally and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Tuesday that he believes such checks themselves are "unconstitutional.""Many respected constitutional experts argue that the War...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

As Republican lawmakers race to pass President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill” by July 4, some of its supporters are giving dire warnings if it fails, like Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), who on Tuesday warned that the economy would crash like "a fat guy on a seesaw” were the bill's tax cuts – largely enjoyed by the wealthiest Americans –...

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Raw Story - Politics (4 hours ago)

The Senate will be voting on the "One Big, Beautiful bill” beginning Friday, according to an exclusive report from Axios. While speaking with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), he told the outlet he is confident the spending bill will make Trump's Fourth of July deadline. "I think we get on it, and then we will plow through, and we'll get...

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New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

Preliminary classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.

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New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

Senator Mike Lee hoped to sell millions of acres of federal land through President Trump's policy bill, in part to ease housing costs. The opposition was bipartisan, in Congress and the West.

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New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

Both President Trump and Senate Republican leaders are pressing for the House to accept their version of the sprawling domestic policy bill, but some right-wing holdouts are opposed to key pieces.

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New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

The president has slashed the federal bureaucracy and reoriented much of the national security apparatus to help with his immigration crackdown.

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New York Times - Politics (4 hours ago)

A federal jury found that the man, David Walls-Kaufman, had assaulted Officer Jeffrey Smith, who later died by suicide.

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The Washington Post - Politics (4 hours ago)

A Washington Post poll shows a significant surge in Republican support following Trump's airstrikes in Iran over its nuclear program.

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Immigrant rights groups urge sheriffs to prioritize public safety over immigration enforcement

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

Court orders Trump administration to facilitate another deported man's return from El Salvador

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Yahoo News - Politics (4 hours ago)

North Carolina judges issue mixed ruling on governor's appointment powers

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CBS News - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Trump said Israel and Iran have agreed to what he called a "complete and total" ceasefire. It comes after Iran retaliated against an American attack on three Iranian nuclear facilities. Nancy Cordes and Debora Patta have details, and retired Lt. Gen. Mark Weatherington joins to give insight on the conflict.

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CBS News - Politics (5 hours ago)

This week on "Face the Nation," Margaret Brennan speaks to Bill Gates as he moves ahead with a nuclear power plant in Wyoming. Plus, House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Mike Turner joins to discuss new security threats.

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

State lawmakers are calling on Congress to abandon a moratorium on regulating artificial intelligence that's included in President Donald Trump's "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act."The moratorium would prevent states from regulating AI for a decade. Tech companies have lobbied for the moratorium to give them room to continue developing advanced AI...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is falling further underwater with the American public after bombing Iran's nuclear sites over the weekend. The New Republic's Greg Sargent noted in his Tuesday column that the post-bomb polls are being released, showing that Americans don't trust Trump to handle the attack appropriately. But for those who spent decades of...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

President Donald Trump named some of his top supporters to the Homeland Security Advisory Council, or HSAC, and the group includes former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Bikers for Trump founder Chris Cox.In an announcement on Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security revealed that Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem had made the...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told his GOP colleagues on Tuesday that they should stop worrying so much about the rising tide of constituents protesting the planned Medicaid cuts in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on tax cuts for the wealthy.The speech came during a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill, reported by Punchbowl News'...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

In a Tuesday appearance on Theo Von's "This Past Weekend" podcast, U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) recounted a bizarre phone call with President Donald Trump last year in which the then-presidential candidate gave his condolences for the passing of Massie's wife."That's a hard one, that's a very hard one,” Trump told Massie over the phone...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has become a thorn in President Donald Trump's side as the president attempts to usher his spending and tax bill through Congress. Known as the "One Big, Beautiful Bill Act," the megabill could make wide-ranging changes to U.S. fiscal policy if it is passed. The bill seeks to extend Trump's tax cuts from his first...

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Raw Story - Politics (5 hours ago)

The Defense Intelligence Agency is disputing President Donald Trump's assessment that Iran's nuclear program was "obliterated," CNN reported Tuesday. Now that the White House is trying to spin the news, press secretary Karoline Leavitt is drawing ridicule from online critics.In a statement to CNN, Leavitt claimed, "This alleged assessment is...

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New York Times - Politics (5 hours ago)

A Texas Republican, he gave up his seat after news broke that public funds had been used to settle the case, made by his former communications director.

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National Public Radio - Politics (5 hours ago)

A controversial provision that would have allowed for the sale of national forest and other public lands is likely to be removed from a mega budget bill now before the U.S. Senate.

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National Public Radio - Politics (5 hours ago)

Over the past five months, President Trump has become directly involved in three separate conflicts, but so far, his record is mixed at best.

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Yahoo News - Politics (5 hours ago)

In line with Trump, North Carolina legislature takes aim at transgender rights

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Yahoo News - Politics (5 hours ago)

FBI shifts some agents back to counter-terrorism following Iran strike, people familiar say

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

When the House passed President Donald Trump's signature budget legislation known as "the big, beautiful bill," just two Republicans voted in opposition. But after supporting the measure that included cuts to Medicaid, several moderate Republicans now say they don't want to so again.NOTUS spoke with several lawmakers Tuesday who are backing away...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

As New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday to vote on the final day of the city's Democratic mayoral primary, support for democratic socialist state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani is surging and billionaire backers of disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo are in panic mode, with some even threatening to leave the nation's largest city should Mamdani...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

The day before Brittany Watts miscarried at home in Warren, Ohio, medical staff at Mercy Health-St. Joseph Warren Hospital told Watts that her nearly 21-week-old fetus had no chance of survival. And without treatment, neither would she.On that, Watts' attorneys and those representing the hospital she is now suing agree.But Watts still ended up in...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

A new report obtained by CNN from the Pentagon's intelligence division concluded that President Donald Trump's strike on Iran only set back the country's nuclear program by months.Sources briefed on the report from the Defense Intelligence Agency, or DIA, told CNN that it drastically undercut Trump's claim that the facilities had been...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's administration had the FBI focused on rounding up immigrants, leaving things like counter-terrorism on the back burner. After Iran threatened to tap "sleeper cells" inside the United States, the FBI is now scrambling to refocus efforts on national security. According to NBC News, four sources said, "the FBI is reassigning...

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their golden retriever Gilbert will lie in state on Friday at the Capitol. Rep. Hortman and her husband were killed on June 14 in a "politically motivated assassination.”Hortman will be the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol. The public may pay their respects from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m....

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Raw Story - Politics (6 hours ago)

An internet meme making fun of Vice President JD Vance was reportedly enough probable cause for the Department of Homeland Security to deny a Norwegian tourist entry into the United States.Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) posted the meme to social media, writing, "Would be a shame if this picture spread again. Man 'refused entry into US' as...

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Yahoo News - Politics (6 hours ago)

North Carolina to send mailers to about 200,000 voters asking for missing registration info

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 hours ago)

Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech.

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National Public Radio - Politics (6 hours ago)

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, under continued attack from President Trump, says the impact of tariffs on inflation should become clearer in the coming months.

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) fact-checked Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) after he claimed President Donald Trump's approval rating was "soaring."During a House DOGE Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, Crockett blasted Republicans for "following one person" instead of listening to voters."The reason that people like me say things like y'all are in a cult is...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

CNN's Dana Bash expressed her shock over President Donald Trump's latest flip-flop on the question of regime change in Iran.Trump made his recent comments aboard Air Force One Tuesday, en route to the NATO summit in The Hague."I want you to listen to something else that the president said, and this is about regime change," Bash said to...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday to shelve an effort to impeach President Donald Trump.The effort failed by a vote of 344-79.Filed Tuesday morning by U.S. Rep. Al Green (D-TX), the article of impeachment called for Trump's removal primarily over his order to strike Iran last weekend, which Green called unconstitutional due...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) warned that President Donald Trump's effort to negotiate a ceasefire between Iran and Israel could be "a step backward."During a Tuesday interview on Fox News, Graham said he was not optimistic about the ceasefire."I want to praise President Trump and his team for Operation Midnight Hammer," Graham said. "As to the...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

A viral TikTok video shared an intense family debate between former U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz and his mother, revealing a behind-the-scenes disagreement over President Donald Trump's foreign policy — and some direct warnings.In the leaked conversation — apparently recorded by somebody sitting behind Gaetz on a plane — the former...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Right-wing strategist and commentator Erick Erickson slammed President Donald Trump's most loyal MAGA supporters on X Tuesday, along with Trump's left-wing opponents, for taking extreme isolationist perspectives on the conflict with Iran.The president ordered a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities over the weekend, and is now trying to manifest a...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

Congressional Democrats fumed Tuesday after the Trump administration abruptly canceled its scheduled classified briefing to bring the House of Representatives up to speed on President Donald Trump's decision to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities without authorization.No follow-up date was provided, according to reports.Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) posted a...

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Raw Story - Politics (7 hours ago)

After announcing a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Iran, President Donald Trump has another plan for peace in the Middle East — a trade deal. "China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran. Hopefully, they will be purchasing plenty from the U.S., also," Trump wrote on his social media network, Truth Social. "It was my Great Honor...

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National Public Radio - Politics (7 hours ago)

NPR's Michel Martin asks Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, about the Iranian attack on a U.S. airbase in Qatar.

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Yahoo News - Politics (7 hours ago)

Mark Davis, longtime Connecticut TV political reporter, dies at 76

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Yahoo News - Politics (7 hours ago)

Democratic-led states challenge Trump's ability to slash grant funding

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CBS News - Politics (7 hours ago)

The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a religious rights case involving a Rastafarian man in its next term, which begins in October.

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CBS News - Politics (7 hours ago)

The Florida Attorney General asked justices to put on hold a judge's decision blocking law enforcement from enforcing Florida's strict new immigration law.

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New York Times - Politics (7 hours ago)

The ruling was the fourth time in recent months that federal judges directed the government to seek the return of immigrants who were expelled in error or in violation of previous court orders.

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New York Times - Politics (7 hours ago)

The U.S. crews involved in attacking the nuclear site at Fordo probably trained for years. But dropping 30,000-pound bombs was almost certainly a new experience.

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

What to know about "Alligator Alcatraz," Florida's immigration detention site in the Everglades

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Yahoo News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to clear the way for a South Sudan-bound deportation flight

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is planning a victory tour for his "one, big, beautiful” spending bill, which hasn't passed the Senate, according to an exclusive report from Axios. The outlet's source said the countrywide tour will come "shortly after” Trump's July 4 deadline for the bill. Both President Trump and Senate Majority Leader John Thune have...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Donald Trump stumbled through a bizarre press conference aboard Air Force One Tuesday, apparently confusing potential terror attacks with storm systemsResponding to questions about possible Iranian retaliation following recent strikes on nuclear sites, Trump launched into a confusing critique that appeared to conflate terrorist "sleeper...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

A top Trump official on Monday announced a plan to end a rule that protects tens of millions of acres in the National Forest System and which would clear the way for road development and timber production on those lands—news that elicited alarm from conservation and environmental groups.U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced that...

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Raw Story - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Donald Trump's demand that the "one big, beautiful bill” needs to be on his desk by July 4th will set the public against the Republican Party, according to GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski (AK). Her remarks were made to The Guardian's Chris Stein, who reported that the bill iwas taking up "much of the Senate's focus right now.”"It's all about...

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National Public Radio - Politics (8 hours ago)

The U.S. and Iran have had a tense relationship for decades — but when did that begin? This week, we feature our very first episode about an event from August 1953 — when the CIA helped to overthrow Iran's prime minister.This episode originally ran as Four Days in August.

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National Public Radio - Politics (8 hours ago)

Florida's attorney general says the facility is on track to open in early July, at a little-used airfield in the Everglades. Environmental activists hope they can repeat history and stop the project.

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

President Trump is expected to talk about spending commitments from the alliance's members, while NATO's secretary general has been eager to avoid diplomatic blowups.

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New York Times - Politics (8 hours ago)

Robert Garcia, a second-term congressman and former mayor of Long Beach, Calif., prevailed over a more experienced member to take on the high-profile job on one of the House's most contentious panels.

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CBS News - Politics (8 hours ago)

Jeff Ferrell is the news director of Red River Radio and its only full-time news employee. He's also the on-air host, field reporter, writer and sound editor.

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Yahoo News - Politics (9 hours ago)

Sen. Grassley calls delays at a benefits program for deceased officers 'absolutely unacceptable'

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Yahoo News - Politics (9 hours ago)

Iran's military strength is a fraction of Israel's. Tehran still has 3 key cards it can play if the ceasefire falls apart.

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Yahoo News - Politics (9 hours ago)

Rep. Robert Garcia elected top Democrat on Oversight panel, setting new path for party's opposition

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The Washington Post - Politics (9 hours ago)

Trump, en route to the NATO summit, once again raises questions about his commitment to the alliance's pledge of mutual defense.

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The Washington Post - Politics (9 hours ago)

A federal jury held David Walls-Kaufman liable for assaulting police officer Jeffrey Smith during the U.S. Capitol riot and ordered him to pay damages to widow Erin Smith.

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The Washington Post - Politics (9 hours ago)

The president also lashed out at two other female Democratic lawmakers, Reps. Jasmine Crockett (Texas) and Ilhan Omar (Minnesota).

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Senior Justice Department official Emile Bove told lawyers under him that he was willing to ignore court orders to ensure President Donald Trump got what he wanted, a whistleblower letter to the Senate said.Bove, Trump's former personal lawyer, has been nominated to a federal judgeship, requiring Senate confirmation. Among those in opposition is a...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) called out Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for breaking the rules of parliamentary procedure while chairing the House DOGE subcommittee.At a hearing on Tuesday, Greene spoke out of turn after a Democrat slammed President Donald Trump."No one loves veterans more than President Trump, and he's made that apparent,"...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) brought her six-month-old baby, Sam, with her to question Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on the agency's independence from politics Tuesday, and it drove MAGA world insane.MAGA political commentator Gunther Eagleman posted on X, "I'll say this for the people in the back. If you are ELECTED, then do your...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday refused to rule out retaliation against hundreds of National Institutes of Health scientists over a joint letter signed and delivered in protest of HHS cuts and layoffs.Testifying in front of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Health in Washington, D.C., U.S. Rep....

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said last week the state's Republican Party ”made a bad decision” by endorsing Vivek Ramaswamy for governor last month. "The party exists to win elections, and it's not a pretty game,” Yost said Friday during a City Club of Cleveland forum. "I'm used to getting bruised by the political process. This was just a...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries shocked war opponents Monday when he told reporters he had not looked at a bipartisan resolution that would require congressional approval for military action against Iran.As U.S. President Donald Trump has beat the drums for war with Iran in recent weeks, Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY)...

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Raw Story - Politics (9 hours ago)

Donald Trump Jr. suggested that the Nobel Committee was guilty of racism after his father was not awarded a Peace Prize, but former President Barack Obama was."Affirmative action is when Barack Obama gets the Nobel Peace Prize instead of Donald Trump," Trump complained Tuesday on X.Earlier the same day, Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) nominated Trump's...

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New York Times - Politics (9 hours ago)

The Senate health committee chairman said new members of a key advisory panel who were appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. "lack experience.”

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CBS News - Politics (10 hours ago)

As the new ranking member, Rep. Robert Garcia is in line to conduct oversight of the Trump administration if Democrats retake the majority.

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

A nuclear policy expert laughed off the Trump administration's claim that the U.S. completely "obliterated" Iran's nuclear enrichment capabilities that could be turned into nuclear weapons.After the U.S. military dropped a payload of ground penetrating bombs on Iran Saturday, President Donald Trump claimed, "Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Donald Trump's desire to win a Nobel Peace Prize took a major step backward when the Ukrainian lawmaker who nominated the U.S. president abruptly withdrew his recommendation.Newsweek reported Tuesday that Oleksandr Merezhko, the head of Ukraine's parliamentary foreign committee who nominated Trump last November, said he had "lost any sort of faith...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Why does he do it? Why does Ohio's former U.S. senator, hopeful heir to the MAGA throne, keep damning himself with snarky provocations and self-evident lies? How difficult is it for JD Vance to be respectful, instead of derogatory, honest instead of glibly deceitful?Every time the vice-president is before an open mic he seems to revert to cutting...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lashed out at President Donald Trump in an X post after he called her "one of the dumbest people in Congress” for demanding his impeachment. "Mr. President, don't take your anger out on me - I'm just a silly girl.” Ocasio-Cortez said. "Take it out on whoever convinced you to betray the American people and...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Recently, I looked at the importance of our government embracing free speech and not trying to stifle it or intimidate (or deport) people for unpopular political writings. Today, let's examine the flip side of that argument: hate speech, the power and danger of hate itself, and how we defeat it as Trump tries to use it to manipulate us.Hate is...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

Sen Josh Hawley (R-MO) repeated his call to remove Medicaid cuts from President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill."We've got 1.3 million people, Steve, who are on Medicaid, including hundreds of thousands of kids," Hawley said of Missouri during a Tuesday interview with MAGA influencer Steve Bannon. "Most of these people are not folks who are...

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Raw Story - Politics (10 hours ago)

A visibly frustrated lawmaker tried to find out why Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has allegedly avoided legitimate public review of his policy decisions on vaccines.According to the Harvard School of Public Health, Kennedy's actions on vaccines since taking the helm of HHS, include launching a government study on autism...

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New York Times - Politics (10 hours ago)

Emil Bove III, a Trump judicial nominee, voiced his intent to disobey court orders as others stonewalled and misled judges, according to a complaint.

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National Public Radio - Politics (10 hours ago)

A federal judge had previously said people must get at least 15 days to challenge their deportations to countries they're not originally from.

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National Public Radio - Politics (10 hours ago)

The accusations from a veteran government lawyer add to broader concern about the Trump administration's repeated clashes with the judiciary.

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The Washington Post - Politics (10 hours ago)

Garcia is an up-and-coming sophomore from California who promised to usher in a new generation of leadership for Democrats on the committee.

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New York Times - Politics (11 hours ago)

Attorney General Pam Bondi has disregarded departmental norms to level lurid public accusations at Mr. Abrego Garcia without first detailing evidence.

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National Public Radio - Politics (11 hours ago)

The Alaska Republican sat down with All Things Considered host Juana Summers to discuss her memoir, her thoughts on Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill and the future of democracy.

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Update: I'm told that the following message, which I received earlier today, purporting to be from Liz Cheney, is a hoax. She didn't send it. It's an excellent and important message nonetheless. (Several of you say it originated with Dr. Pru Lee.)When she was in Congress, I disagreed with almost everything she said and every vote she made. But on...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) continued her spat with Fox News host Mark Levin, who is Jewish, by warning him that "Jesus will return.""MTG, God are you stupid," Levin wrote on Monday night after the pair argued over bombing Iran. "And you keep banging your head against the wall. Thankfully, POTUS ignored you and hit the Iranian nuclear sites....

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is on Air Force One Tuesday morning, en route to the Netherlands for a NATO summit. He spent his flight time launching personal attacks on Truth Social."Stupid AOC, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of the 'dumbest' people in Congress, is now calling for my Impeachment, despite the fact that the Crooked and Corrupt Democrats have...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

President Donald Trump is facing renewed impeachment efforts following a filing Tuesday from U.S. Rep Al Green (D-TX), who accused the president of having "devolved democracy into authoritarianism” by bypassing Congress in striking Iran last weekend."In starting his illegal and unconstitutional war with Iran without the constitutionally-mandated...

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Raw Story - Politics (11 hours ago)

President Donald Trump decreed on his Truth Social platform Tuesday morning that all Republicans must stay in D.C. until his "big, beautiful bill" passes."Now that we have made PEACE abroad, we must finish the job here at home by passing 'THE GREAT, BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL,' and getting the Bill to my desk, ASAP," wrote Trump. "It will be a Historic...

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CBS News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Almost a dozen Iranian nationals were arrested by immigration agents, in the Trump administration's latest crackdown.

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Trump is testing how far presidential immunity will go to save him millions

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

A look at the major players in the crypto industry and their ties to Trump

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Yahoo News - Politics (12 hours ago)

Texas will put warning labels on some foods, but its additives list has inaccuracies

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The Washington Post - Politics (12 hours ago)

For more than two decades Congress has failed at one of its most central constitutional duties: setting the parameters of war for the military.

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Longtime Donald Trump ally and failed congressional candidate Laura Loomer had a meltdown on Tuesday over the current state of the New York City mayoral primary which, despite a crowded field, has largely come down to two candidates: disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and Zohran Mamdani, a young Muslim candidate affiliated with the Democratic...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown has plans for an Everglades detention center literally guarded by alligators and pythons—and Kristi Noem's cash-strapped Department of Homeland Security is making it a priority.Noem, whose department was accused earlier this month of "spending like drunken sailors" after going $1 billion over...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

In the Georgia political world, reaction to U.S. military attacks against three nuclear sites in Iran fell mostly, but not entirely, along party lines.President Donald Trump announced the strikes Saturday night, calling them "a spectacular military success.”The intervention into the war between Iran and Israel stoked fear of reprisal against U.S....

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Just weeks after a massive firing blitz throughout government departments, the Trump administration has launched a hiring spree aimed at bringing back thousands of positions, according to a CNN report. "There are time bombs all over the place in the federal government because of this,” Elaine Kamarck, the director of the Center for Effective...

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Raw Story - Politics (12 hours ago)

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) announced that she has dropped out of a key House ranking member race because Democrats wanted a different "style of leadership."On Tuesday, Crockett announced she was dropping out of the race for ranking member of the House Oversight Committee."It was clear by the numbers that my style of leadership is not exactly what...

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