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Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain ayatollah, named Iran’s supreme leader

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as its supreme leader — a move that suggests a push for stability as the Islamic Republic navigates the most significa...

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China’s foreign minister touts 'big year' in US-China ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday signaled Beijing’s ambition for a successful summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this month — regardless of ongoing ...

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The next races where Latino voters will be decisive

Democrats watched with mouths agape this week as Latino voters, many of whom have sat out previous primary seasons, turned out in droves for James Talarico in Texas.But the push to win back the elu...

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Why Washington is hamstrung on protecting workers from AI

President Donald Trump’s steadfast support for artificial intelligence is butting up against rising voter fears that the technology will take their jobs amid a weakening labor market and constant h...

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A World Cup for a continent that’s coming apart

When U.S., Mexican and Canadian soccer officials fanned out across the globe nearly a decade ago to sell the 2026 World Cup, they traveled in threes — one representative from each country — to unde...

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Kurdish leader links potential Iran ground push to US-enforced no-fly zone

A senior figure in Iran’s Kurdish opposition has tied any potential ground incursion into Iran to a major U.S. military decision: the establishment of a no-fly zone over Kurdish areas in western Ir...

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How the Rapture Explains the Rupture Over Israel on the Right

It’s no secret that Israel is losing ground in American public opinion on both the left and the right, even as many American Jews feel newly besieged by rising antisemitism. On much of the left, ac...

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How Georgia supercharged sleepy utility board elections

Leila Meadows had never heard of Georgia’s Public Service Commission.But when climate organizers came to her apartment complex in Milledgeville, Georgia, last November and said two Democrats runnin...

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Iranian foreign minister pushes back on demand for 'unconditional surrender'

Iran’s foreign minister Sunday said Iran has no intention of meeting President Donald Trump's demand for "unconditonal surrender," warning that his country is prepared to “continue fighting” amid g...

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Senator mocked ‘green energy crap.’ His house runs on it.

While running for Senate, former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy criticized "goofy, subsidized green energy crap" and said after taking office last year that military "readiness doesn’t include green solar po...

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How Dan Crenshaw Rose Higher and Higher — and Then Collapsed

When Dan Crenshaw joined Congress in 2019, he was instantly a star.The then-34-year-old GOP lawmaker was young, had combat experience, and was great on TV; the eyepatch from an injury in the Afghan...

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Alysa Liu speaks out on Eileen Gu's decision to compete for China over US and political backlash

U.S. Olympic figure skating sensation weighed in on the controversy surrounding American-born Team China skier Eileen Gu for choosing to represent China instead of the U.S. Liu gave her thoughts an...

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Trump says Iran at fault for strike on girls school

President Donald Trump on Saturday denied U.S. involvement in a strike that killed more than 165 people at a girls’ elementary school in Southern Iran, instead placing the blame on Iran.When asked ...

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Judge says Kari Lake’s tenure atop US media agency was improper, voids actions as ‘acting CEO’

Kari Lake was illegally empowered to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media — the federal agency that oversees Voice of America — and her actions in that role were illegitimate, a federal judge ruled...

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Leaders gather to honor the life and legacy of Jesse Jackson

Thousands gathered Friday in Chicago to honor the life and legacy of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, with prominent political leaders, activists and public figures remembering him as a transform...

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The big-city socialists who want developers to cash in

LOS ANGELES — Over the past decade, two movements on the left have emerged to explain the housing crisis punishing America’s big cities.One has branded the real-estate business as a villain, blamin...

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Iran’s foreign minister responds to Trump: If he seeks escalation, it’s ‘what he will get’

Iran is walking back its attempts to lessen tensions with neighbors in the Middle East. Blame President Donald Trump, a senior diplomat said on Saturday.Tehran’s “openness to de-escalation within o...

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‘Hurting peoples’ pocketbooks’: Hochul pushes to pare back landmark climate law

ALBANY, New York — New York’s Democratic governor wants to weaken one of the nation’s most ambitious climate laws in the name of affordability.It’s a major shift for Gov. Kathy Hochul, who once cha...

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Trump vows to hit ‘very hard’ after Iran’s president says he won’t surrender

President Donald Trump announced plans to launch yet more strikes against Iran on Saturday, escalating his threats as the conflict with Iran enters its second week.“Today Iran will be hit very hard...

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Gonzales is out in Texas, and Dems see a chance to beat ‘The AKGuy’

Democrats see a new opportunity brewing deep in the heart of Texas, where Republicans solving one problem may have inadvertently created a new one.Rep. Tony Gonzales’ decision to drop his reelectio...

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They Came to Spy on America. They Stayed to Coach Little League.

At 5:04 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 1989, San Francisco began to shake. The Loma Prieta earthquake caused widespread destruction. Across the region, freeways and buildings collapsed. When the dust se...

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