Politics

Arizona Is Now at the Center of Election Investigations

In mid-February, as Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was fighting to keep her job, she held an election-security event at a Homeland Security Investigations field office in Sco...

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For Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, Iran feels like déjà vu

Across the country, after the U.S. unleashed strikes in Iran last weekend, veterans anxiously held their breath. They said they’ve seen this story before — and it didn’t turn out well.The military ...

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Iran war threatens Board of Peace

Donald Trump’s signature Board of Peace has run straight into the war in Iran, slowing what little progress it had made since the president — and a phalanx of world leaders — heralded its creation ...

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Hegseth gutted offices that would have probed Iran school strike

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has gutted the Pentagon oversight offices that would have investigated the recent strike on an Iranian girls’ school — a move that has degraded America’s ability to p...

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Trump pick for State Department drops out after drawing heat for comments about ‘white culture’

A political commentator who argued that white people are the victims of racism and need help protecting their “identity” withdrew his candidacy Tuesday for a senior diplomatic role in the State Dep...

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Why Kathy Hochul is trying to make a clean break from Andrew Cuomo

ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul is defusing political landmines left by her predecessor Andrew Cuomo — narrowing the scope of criminal justice and climate change laws beloved by the left.Her s...

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Wealth tax leads in California poll — but faces major headwinds

California voters are likelier than not to support a proposed wealth tax that’s already being blamed for driving well-known billionaires out of the state, according to a new poll by POLITICO and it...

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Unearthed audio appears to contradict Rep. Rob Bresnahan’s stock trading claims

Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-Pa.), who’s faced a firestorm over hundreds of stock trades after campaigning in 2024 on a promise to ban congressional stock trading, has insisted he doesn’t talk to his fina...

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One simple way to heal American politics: run more union members | Dustin Guastella

Our research shows that candidates who come from the union movement are exactly what many Americans craveAmerican politics feels hopelessly broken. Extreme political polarization, enormous amounts ...

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Trump announced a hostile takeover of LA’s wildfire rebuild. Collaboration ensued.

President Donald Trump’s push to take control of rebuilding wildfire-scarred Los Angeles is over.Despite the president’s recent vow that his administration would wrest authority from local governme...

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47 years of deep mistrust and misperception paved the way to war between Iran and the US − and complicate any negotiations

Trust between Iran and the United States was shattered long ago. Sean Gladwell, Moment/Getty ImagesIt has been said that trust is like glass: Once it is shattered, nothing will ever be the same. In...

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I Recognize the Look on Liam Ramos’s Face

When the first photo of 5-year-old Liam Ramos went viral in January, it became an instant symbol of the Trump administration’s mass-deportation campaign: his blue bunny hat, his Spider-Man backpack...

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FDA backs away from RFK Jr.’s claims about drug’s promise for autism patients

The Food and Drug Administration does not have sufficient evidence to back the use of the generic drug leucovorin for treating children with autism, two senior agency officials told reporters Monda...

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A bomb thrown outside Gracie Mansion unearths grim reality for NYC mayor

NEW YORK — As New York City’s first Muslim mayor, Zohran Mamdani is facing uniquely fraught cultural, religious and political forces that almost turned deadly outside his Manhattan home over the we...

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Trump is delaying Texas Senate endorsement to pressure GOP senators on SAVE America Act

President Donald Trump is delaying his endorsement in the Texas Senate GOP primary to ramp up pressure on Republican senators to pass his high-priority voting restrictions bill, according to two pe...

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Trump stands by claim that Iran could have struck girls’ school

President Donald Trump is standing by his claim that Iran could be responsible for a deadly missile strike on a girls’ school even as U.S. authorities say they are still trying to determine who is ...

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the 'talking filibuster' and the SAVE Act

Passage of the SAVE Act is of paramount importance to President Trump and many congressional Republicans.In his State of the Union speech, the president implored lawmakers "to approve the SAVE Amer...

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Judge rejects NJ US Attorney 'triumvirate’ in latest blow to Trump prosecutors

A federal judge has ejected the leaders of the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey, concluding that Attorney General Pam Bondi illegally appointed an unusual “triumvirate,” at President Donald Tru...

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53 Times A Mystery Or An Unexplained Phenomenon Made People Question Reality

People like it when the world makes sense. Sure, some mysteries are interesting, but not the kind that keeps you up at night out of horror. Reading about weird things happening to others is always ...

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Karan Mahajan on Literary Tradition, Trump, and Writing Multiple Points of View

In March 2016, Karan Mahajan made a splash with his second novel, The Association of Small Bombs. By telling the story of a Delhi car bombing, Mahajan earned high praise—including a spot on the Nat...

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Talks Trump and the GOP — Over a Plate of Ribs

The texts, emails and calls come regularly. At least once a week. Sometimes more.“Jmart, I’m going to [fill-in-the-blank city], where should I eat?” friends, colleagues and sometimes folks I barel...

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