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DeSantis keeps the door open for a 2028 presidential run

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday didn’t rule out another bid for the White House, delivering what appeared to be a campaign pitch when asked if he plans to run for president in 2028.“You never k...

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The Candidate From ICE

In mid-January, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents were battling protesters on the icy streets of Minneapolis, ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan abruptly quit. This was...

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The campaign against voter ID in California is off to a slow start

SACRAMENTO, California — California Democrats and their allies have yet to stand up a campaign against a Republican voter identification ballot measure. They insist it’s coming.“We are looking at t...

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Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! vs. Mainstream Media

At a moment when the American media landscape is consolidating at the top and fragmenting at the edges, a new documentary spotlights one of the most durable experiments in independent journalism in...

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House sexual harassment payouts exceeded $300,000

The federal government paid out more than $338,000 to settle allegations of sexual harassment on behalf of House members or their offices since 2004 — far more than had been previously known — acco...

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US and Iranian boat attacks threaten ceasefire

The U.S. attacked Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday after Tehran targeted Navy ships, threatening to upend a fragile ceasefire and President Donald Trump’s new vow to open the critica...

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Judge mulls contempt over DHS’ ‘patently false’ allegation in deportation case

A federal judge said Monday that the Trump administration had put her security at risk by posting a “patently false” allegation that she knowingly released an ICE detainee with an international war...

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‘They’re spinning’: Republicans, grappling with midterm anxiety, go negative

President Donald Trump on Monday gathered more than a hundred small business leaders at the White House to tout tax cuts included in his “Big Beautiful Bill.”Some of his closest allies worry the pr...

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Supreme Court restores abortion pill access — for now

The Supreme Court has temporarily restored mail-order access to the abortion drug mifepristone, after a federal appeals court curtailed access to the drug on Friday.In a brief order Monday, Justice...

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Colorblind Constitution: The Roberts Court Ends A 'Sordid Business'

Colorblind Constitution: The Roberts Court Ends A 'Sordid Business' Authored by Jonathan Turley, The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais, barring racial gerrymanderin...

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DeSantis signs Florida's new GOP-friendly congressional map into law — but lawsuits likely loom

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed into law a new congressional map that could help Republicans pick up four more seats in the House — but one that is expected to immediately...

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Trump privately raises objection to Senate housing bill

President Donald Trump is privately raising concerns with a Senate-approved housing bill that his White House previously supported — and almost made his objections public late last week.Trump was o...

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The Venture-Capital Populist

Illustrations by Mike McQuadeThe courtship between Silicon Valley and MAGA was consummated on June 6, 2024, in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights neighborhood, on a street known as “Billionaires’ Row,...

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Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Fetterman

It’s a few days after the election this November, and the results have become clear: Democrats have netted the four seats they need to claim a Senate majority.But then there’s a disturbance in the ...

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Xavier Becerra unveils his AI vision for California

Democrat Xavier Becerra is getting serious about tech policy after catapulting into the upper echelon of California’s gubernatorial field.The former Health and Human Services secretary on Monday un...

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How Xavier Becerra became the Joe Biden of California’s governor race

Xavier Becerra is becoming the Joe Biden of California’s gubernatorial campaign.Like the former president before his South Carolina revival in 2020, Becerra had been languishing for months before s...

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Gallego’s energy plan: Pull the Democrats to the center

Adopting an “all of the above” energy policy message will help Democrats show voters the party is serious about tackling the affordability crisis — and ultimately boost clean energy and the fight a...

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Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in ‘critical but stable condition,’ spokesperson says

Former New York mayor and key Trump ally Rudy Giuliani has been hospitalized, a spokesperson announced Sunday on X.Giuliani, who will turn 82 later this month, is in critical but stable condition, ...

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Enbridge aims to help North America win from the AI boom and the Iran war as the FedEx of energy delivery

Call it the FedEx of energy. Calgary-based Enbridge has grown into the largest oil and gas pipeline company in the world by market cap—$120 billion—delivering vital energy supplies across the globe...

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Investigate them or shame them? Inside the debate over how to deal with creeps in Congress

Two recent lawmaker resignations over sexual misconduct allegations have Congress wrestling with a familiar challenge: How can it encourage survivors of abuse to come forward in one of America’s mo...

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Breaking down the redistricting arms race following the Supreme Court's VRA ruling

The Supreme Court’s decision slashing a key Voting Rights Act protection has led to a renewed redistricting arms race, with both parties promising maximalist approaches to redraws.Eight states have...

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