Politics

The conservative writer taking aim at Newsom’s green agenda

SACRAMENTO, California — Utility contracting rules do not usually light up the internet. Then Christopher Rufo got involved.A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative-leaning public...

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5 things to watch for New York's primary day

Today’s primaries are a power test for New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump.The results will also be a barometer for major tech interests trying to exert their deep-pockete...

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The Secret Origins of 'Conspiracy Theory'

The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory, by Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, Princeton University Press, 674 pages, $42.95 "Homer conceived the powe...

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House kids’ safety deal complicates AI talks

The bipartisan deal on kids’ online safety that the House Energy and Commerce Committee rolled out Monday threatens to derail hopes of passing major tech and AI legislation this year.A major reason...

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Senate Republicans say it’s time to give Trump a reality check

Donald Trump is about to come face to face with one of his frequent punching bags: Senate Republicans.They might just be in a mood to punch back.The president was invited to GOP senators’ Wednesday...

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The Trump official trying to cut a crypto deal that could crack down on Trump

The White House’s crypto point person is facing one of the most politically fraught assignments of President Donald Trump’s second term: negotiating a landmark cryptocurrency bill with Democrats wh...

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MORNING GLORY: Is there anyone smart enough to put guardrails on AI?

Charles Krauthammer wrote so many extraordinary columns that to single out one as the most impactful would be presumptuous, unless qualified to be a statement of personal taste. There are probably ...

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JD Vance “Humiliates” Wife Usha With Another Confession About Marriage: “Why Is She Putting Up With This?”

JD Vance has spent years turning marriage and fatherhood into part of his public image. The Vice President, who first became famous as the author of Hillbilly Elegy, has undergone one of the most ...

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A pipeline fight. A political war. Here's how a small oil company became a weapon in Trump's assault on California.

The helicopter carrying President Donald Trump’s top energy deputies touched down in the hills above Santa Barbara on a recent morning.Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Energy Secretary Chris Wrig...

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Mamdani called AIPAC dark money 'monsters.' None of the congressional candidates he's backing seem to care.

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani compared AIPAC last week to “monsters” who “move millions in dark money to accomplish a single goal — to preserve their power, so that they can turn us against one a...

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Judge scraps SNAP junk food rules, dealing a blow to MAHA

A federal judge on Monday scrapped a set of state pilot programs intended to restrict the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program money to purchase unhealthy foods.U.S. District Judge Amy ...

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What Will Happen to Birthright Citizenship?

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsWho gets to be an American? It’s a simple question—one that was answered when Congress passed, and the states ratified, t...

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Lawler works to sow chaos in Democratic primary for his battleground House seat

NEW YORK — Republican Rep. Mike Lawler has spent months trying to shape the Democratic primary in his closely watched battleground district. Whether he will succeed — and whether trying to handpick...

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‘Blatantly unlawful’: Judge blocks DOJ subpoenas aimed at Tim Walz

A federal judge has thrown out Justice Department grand jury subpoenas aimed at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his allies, calling them an abusive and retaliatory process to punish Walz based on his r...

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Judge blocks Trump admin’s database of Americans’ Social Security numbers and citizenship status

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from creating a database of millions of Americans’ private information — including Social Security numbers and citizenship status — saying the a...

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How the Antichrist infiltrated politics

Trump and the AI-generated picture he posted on his Truth Social platform depicting himself as Jesus Christ. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The Antichrist is back in American poli...

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A rising populist tide is threatening New York’s powerful incumbents

NEW YORK — Incumbents beware: The public is angry.As voters across the country express frustration with the political establishment, congressional hopefuls are seeing a prime opportunity to tap int...

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Republicans Are Dismantling a Key Tool in the War Against Kleptocrats

For the past 18 months, nearly all of the efforts to demolish America’s anti-corruption architecture have come from one source: the White House. Under President Trump, it was the White House that a...

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Former Fed Chair Alan Greenspan dead at 100

Former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan, who led the central bank for nearly two decades across four presidencies, has died at the age of 100 from complications due to Parkinson’s Disease, his ...

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The Election System Wasn’t Built for This

Not so long ago, the Republicans who ran elections in one of the nation’s most important battlegrounds—Maricopa County, Arizona—largely got along. There were egos and quibbles, sure. But in the fac...

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Democrats’ Great Alaskan Hope

The Democrat Mary Peltola has led in every public poll since she declared for the U.S. Senate election this year in Alaska, a state that Donald Trump won by double digits in 2024. A former U.S repr...

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