Politics

Anti-Trump conservatives Tucker Carlson, MTG, Massie huddle about launching third-party movement

President Donald Trump’s most vocal opponents on the right were sowing the seeds for a future third-party political organization during a weekend get-together aimed at undercutting the Republican e...

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Progressives got their win in Michigan. Can a democratic socialist carry Wisconsin?

The wave of populist energy propelling progressive Democrats to primary wins across the country reduced Wednesday morning to a ripple, just pushing Abdul El-Sayed to a narrow victory over his more...

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‘All hands on deck’: Oil industry rallies to keep Trump from stopping exports

Oil industry executives and White House officials, rattled by President Donald Trump’s growing criticisms of the sector, are making a renewed push to head off any move by the administration to curb...

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Mullin’s immigration balancing act grows more precarious

The White House installed former Sen. Markwayne Mullin atop the Homeland Security Department to clean up the agency’s image while boosting deportation numbers. It’s a tall order for virtually anyon...

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The Once-Shameless President Is Deeply Embarrassed

Sign up for Inside the Trump Presidency, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump term.One of President Trump’s superpowers is his shamelessness. Most of the time, he demonstrates a sing...

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NTSB opens probe into Marine One incident near Reagan National airport

The nation’s top accident investigating agency is opening a probe into whether President Donald Trump’s military helicopter, which was carrying him at the time, came too close Tuesday to a commerci...

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The Most Expensive Democratic Senate Primary Has a Winner

Over the course of Donald Trump’s second term, Democratic voters have expressed dissatisfaction with their party over what many view as an inability to stand up to the president and h...

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El-Sayed’s next fight: Uniting a fractured Democratic party

Abdul El-Sayed has just three months to convince a fractured Democratic Party to unite behind him after a nasty primary.Even before his narrow win over moderate Rep. Haley Stevens became official W...

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Was Herbert Hoover America’s Most Misunderstood President?

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeIn this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his reaction to the Justice Department’s decision to drop its case aga...

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Data center foes win big in Tuesday’s primaries

The movement to curb the data center boom emerged Wednesday with new political muscle.Primary voters rewarded progressive candidates in Michigan and Kansas calling for tough crackdowns on data cent...

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‘Disappear the Democrat’ Backfires in Montana

The Democratic nominee for Montana’s open U.S. Senate seat, Alani Bankhead, has been telling everyone for months that there is no price anyone can pay to keep her name from appearing on the Novembe...

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Ruling-Class Disarray Let the GOP Go Off the Rails

Every day, millions of Americans get out of bed, tune into the news, and ask themselves a simple question: How the hell did the Republican Party become so spectacularly unhinged? The GOP is fully o...

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Progressives didn’t get the big election night they wanted

Progressives didn’t get the earthquake they expected. Moderates are relishing in their stronger than expected showing.In the early hours of Wednesday morning, with Michigan’s marquee Democratic Sen...

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Mike Johnson breaks his silence on Max Miller, calls for ‘process to play out’

Speaker Mike Johnson broke days of silence on explosive allegations of domestic abuse by Rep. Max Miller, calling for investigations to play out as Miller’s former father-in-law, a GOP senator, cal...

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Back in action, Tom Kean Jr. faces a new source of scrutiny: his stocks

During his four-month medical absence from Congress this spring, Rep. Tom Kean Jr. gave few indications of where he was or what he was doing, but there was one action he was still regularly taking:...

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New York legalizes medical aid in dying after decade-long battle

ALBANY, New York — New Yorkers with no more than six months to live who meet a strict set of requirements are now able to request life-ending medication from their health care providers.The controv...

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Chuck Edwards says he will end reelection bid after censure recommendation

Rep. Chuck Edwards announced Wednesday that he is dropping his re-election campaign, after the House Ethics Committee recommended a censure for inappropriate behavior with female staffers.“After mu...

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Is Trump the GOAT of Presidential Corruption?

President Donald Trump is an unimpressive person. He possessed no real intellect even before his cognitive faculties began to decline. His real-estate business career was mediocre at best, having i...

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Abdul El-Sayed Beats the Democratic Establishment and AIPAC in Michigan

Despite record amounts of outside spending and attacks from the Democratic establishment, Abdul El-Sayed prevailed in a bitter primary race for the U.S. Senate seat in Michigan. Voters in th...

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Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary — a major victory for progressives

Abdul El-Sayed is Democrats’ Senate nominee in Michigan, a seismic victory for progressives that carries massive implications for both the Senate battlemap and the Democratic Party’s future.The pro...

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Thanedar becomes latest incumbent to fall to a progressive challenger

Michigan Rep. Shri Thanedar lost his primary to democratic socialist Donavan McKinney on Wednesday — the latest victory for progressives who’ve been on a hot streak of ousting incumbents in safe-bl...

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