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Trump administration to phase out HIV funding for South Africa

The Trump administration has decided to start phasing out HIV funding for South Africa following the country’s “failure to make demonstrable progress on policy requests by the administration,” a St...

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'Not the old sleepy agency’: Energy regulator dives into fight over data center connections

Big Tech, governors and the White House have leaned on U.S. energy regulators to do just one thing in 2026: Clean up the giant mess that’s keeping data centers off the power grid and frustrating Am...

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This Is the First Time Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton Have Ever Posed Together for a Photo

Biden, Obama, Bush, and Clinton posed together in Chicago’s Jackson Park ahead of the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center. The pool photo, shot by AP’s Pablo Martinez Monsivais, a...

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Trump is shaking up intel leadership. His CIA director is coming out on top.

Bill Pulte is about to step into the nation’s top intelligence position — and CIA Director John Ratcliffe could emerge with more power as a result.Pulte, who is expected to start serving as acting ...

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Trump’s Fatal Second-Term Mistake: Underestimating Nationalism

OTTAWA — When Donald Trump won a new term in the White House, Danielle Smith joined the parade of foreign leaders visiting Mar-a-Lago to honor the president-elect. The populist premier of Alberta, ...

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The Secret Drone Operation That’s Changing the Ukraine War

UNDISCLOSED LOCATION, Ukraine — At a secret warehouse, in the darkness of night, masked specialists from Ukraine’s military intelligence service GUR drill and hammer as they assemble a line of 15-f...

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Obama opens his center with a warning about America’s future

CHICAGO — President Donald Trump was conspicuously absent from Thursday’s dedication of the Obama Presidential Center, the only living commander in chief not in attendance. But the Obamas made a po...

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AIPAC looms large ahead of New York primaries

NEW YORK — The country’s most prominent pro-Israel special interest group isn’t even spending in Rep. Dan Goldman’s high-stakes primary. It could be his biggest problem anyway.The American Israel P...

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‘Everyone just needs to copy what I say’: Trump vented anger with Vance over Iran messaging

President Donald Trump was angry with Vice President JD Vance last summer after he failed to parrot Trump’s declaration that Iran’s nuclear weapons program was “totally obliterated,” according to a...

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‘Nastier’: Newsom’s orbit braces for war with Trump’s DOJ

SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom’s preemptive strike against Justice Department investigations into him and his wife followed his familiar Trump-era playbook. Privately, his team is bracing fo...

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Vance cautions Israeli critics: Don't attack ‘the only powerful ally’ you have left

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday warned Israeli political leaders critical of the Trump administration memorandum of understanding with Iran not to attack “the only powerful ally” they have “any...

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White House talks with Anthropic shift to setting AI security rules

The White House and Anthropic are working on a framework that would assess the severity of security flaws in new AI models and guide potential government intervention, according to a senior White H...

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‘It’s a vulnerability’: Vance makes a political gamble with public-facing Iran role

Vice President JD Vance spent the week making a series of high-profile appearances promoting a fragile peace agreement with Iran — and he's set to head to Switzerland as soon as this weekend to lea...

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Who Counts as a Worker?

In the midst of Graham Platner’s high-profile Senate race in Maine, several media commentators jumped on whether he would fit within his own definition of the working class. Do we know how to ident...

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Supreme Court says habitual marijuana users can’t be banned from owning guns

The Supreme Court has delivered another win for gun-rights advocates, ruling that the Constitution protects the right of habitual marijuana users to own a firearm.The justices ruled unanimously Thu...

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OpenAI hires former Trump AI official Dean Ball

Dean Ball, a former top White House official who helped shape the Trump administration’s artificial intelligence policy, is set to join OpenAI, according to four people familiar with the matter who...

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The Democratic Base Is Ready to Go

Perhaps I should’ve expected the meeting to devolve into chaos. It was predictable, especially if you subscribe to the essential maxim that any room containing several dozen women of a certain age ...

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MORNING GLORY: GOP’s top job now is rebuilding America’s defenses fast

The single, most urgent priority of the House and Senate GOP ought to be passing Reconciliation 3.0 and thus funding not just President Donald Trump’s request of $1.5 trillion, but also the out-yea...

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It’s 100% Right to Admire Obama—and 100% Wrong to Emulate Him

The opening of Barack Obama’s presidential library in Chicago this Friday has inspired a new round of conversations around his remarkable rise and presidency. And there’s so much to celebrate. The ...

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Transcript: How Black Mediamakers Are Retelling America’s Story

This is a lightly edited transcript of the June 17 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. Perry Bacon: I’m Perry Bacon. This is Right Now on The New Republic. We have a great guest today. Sarah J. ...

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World Cup gives Los Angeles an Olympics test run

LOS ANGELES — Paul Krekorian, head of Los Angeles’ Office of Major Events, was driving to SoFi Stadium for the U.S. soccer team’s opening match against Paraguay when he found himself stuck in a tra...

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