Politics

How Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff see the world

The failed attempt to secure a peaceful resolution with Iran has not shaken the president’s faith in the two men he put in charge of making peace around the world.Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Ja...

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MORNING GLORY: The military needs money from Congress to finish off Iran

On "One Nation with Brian Kilmeade," Brian posed a key question to me: Would Congress pass a supplemental appropriation to cover the costs of the battle with Iran?It should, but that doesn’t mean i...

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Rising energy prices threaten cornerstone of GOP midterm pitch

DORAL, Florida — The economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran is imperiling the GOP’s legislative sales pitch ahead of the midterms, with energy price spikes t...

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The Justice Department Is Lowering Its Ethical Guardrails

Ed. note: We don’t normally publish op-eds like this, but given the gravity of the ethical issues coming out of the Justice Department, we are lucky to present this timely report and analysis from ...

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Bipartisan group of states refuse to sign settlement between Justice Department and Live Nation

More than two dozen states are refusing to sign the Department of Justice’s new settlement with Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, in a high-profile antitrust lawsuit challenging the entertainme...

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A slew of indie candidates are running for Senate in deep-red states. Democrats aren’t all thrilled.

Deep in Trump country, left-leaning independents are sparring with Democrats over who is more electable in longshot Senate races this fall, setting them up to split votes — and relinquish any hope ...

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How Profits Took Over American Politics

On Feb. 27, around the time he was giving the order to launch military strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump gathered at Mar-a-Lago with super PAC donors paying $1 million per plate...

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Gavin Newsom’s Closely Curated Vulnerability Isn’t Convincing

In Young Man in a Hurry, Gavin Newsom tries to get in front of the critiques he knows are coming. But reading the book, you can’t escape what he himself establishes: Newsom is a product of one of t...

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Trump administration subpoenaing Arizona 2020 voting records, as Trump pushes to consolidate election power

The Trump administration has subpoenaed records related to the 2020 election in Arizona’s largest county, the state Senate president said Monday, the latest in a series of steps taken by the presid...

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Democrats should go all-in on Texas — and Talarico

If faith is indeed “the substance of things hoped for,” as St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Hebrews, then James Talarico’s win on Tuesday in the Texas Senate primary was surely, at least for the...

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Newsom railed against Medicaid work requirements — until he didn't

SACRAMENTO, California — On health care – as with most issues – Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as Donald Trump’s chief antagonist, expanding access to insurance and deriding the red tape the p...

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Kamala Harris Is Buying Time — But Democrats Are Looking Ahead

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Kamala Harris’s book about her abbreviated presidential campaign is entitled 107 Days. Harris has now been selling her memoir for far longer — 166 days to be exact.She has not be...

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Mayor Mamdani’s budget gamble

NEW YORK — The New York City budget team has a reputation as staid, inscrutable stewards of the municipal purse. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is changing that.Faced with a challenging fiscal landscape, the...

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Live Nation reaches settlement with DOJ in antitrust fight

Live Nation has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice in its high-stakes antitrust case less than a week after the trial began, according to three people familiar with the matter.The ...

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Americans Should Stop Using the Term Christian Nationalism

In 1932, a group of religious leaders gathered in Indianapolis to advance their long-standing project, a plan to fundamentally “Christianize” American society. The meeting had been convened by the ...

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The Unbearable Lightness of Signalgate

The Uniform Code of Military Justice serves as the criminal-justice framework for America’s armed forces. It covers offenses recognized by civilian law as well as crimes and infractions unique to t...

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Eight Democrats and no frontrunner: California’s governor race is a mess

SACRAMENTO, California — Top Democrats passing on their state’s preeminent job. New candidates streaming in late. And a Republican upset threat so serious that the state Democratic Party pleaded wi...

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Oil climbs down from precipice as US crude reserve release ‘on the table’

Oil prices retreated from the four-year highs hit overnight, but the grim outlook in the energy markets has put the White House in a tough spot on whether to approve the release of U.S. strategic o...

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‘I share your outrage’: Democrats woo MAHA moms ahead of the midterms

The MAHA base is furious with the Trump administration over its promotion of a controversial pesticide. Democrats up for election this fall see a prime political opportunity in the infighting.Presi...

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House Republicans face internal and external headwinds as they gather to map out 2026

DORAL, Florida — House Republicans head to their annual policy retreat Monday in south Florida. Their outlook for the remainder of 2026 is anything but sunny.GOP lawmakers were already under pressu...

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Bobby Rush’s voice gets AI boost in Jesse Jackson Jr. campaign ad

CHICAGO — An AI-enhanced former congressman is hitting the Chicago airwaves.As he campaigns to reclaim the South Side congressional seat he once held, Jesse Jackson Jr. is launching a new TV and di...

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