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‘Get out of my f--king shot’: Katie Porter tears into staffer in newly released video

SACRAMENTO, California — A newly surfaced video shows Katie Porter — the frontrunner in next year’s race for California governor — blasting a staffer who interrupted a meeting the former House mem...

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Trump says bill guaranteeing military pay during shutdown 'probably will happen'

President Trump said Wednesday that a stand-alone bill to pay military service members during a government shutdown “probably will happen," contradicting comments from House Speaker Mike ...

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Flight delays could force parties to the shutdown bargaining table

The shutdown stalemate is showing signs of provoking one of the most powerful forces in the federal bureaucracy: an army of overworked, currently unpaid air traffic controllers.A string of staffing...

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James Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges following Trump pressure to prosecute

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty Wednesday to federal charges demanded by President Donald Trump as part of his crusade for retribution.It was Comey’s first...

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Republicans amp up pressure on Democrats to ditch Jay Jones in Virginia

Republicans are bullish about a statewide race in Virginia this year after recent revelations the Democratic attorney general nominee sent texts wishing violence on his political adversaries.Presid...

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Trump backs DeSantis-allied Uthmeier for Florida attorney general

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed James Uthmeier for Florida attorney general, ending months of speculation about whether the president would support a close ally ...

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Johnson, in shift, signals no vote during shutdown for military pay

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Wednesday signaled opposition to moving a stand-alone bill to pay military service members during a government shutdown, walking back his Tuesday stateme...

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World’s best-selling EV gets MASSIVE price drop in bid to attract new buyers

AN ICONIC electric car brand has slashed the price of its one of its top motors. Tesla, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, has cut the cost of its basic Model 3 Standard, wh...

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DNC briefs top Democrats on audit of 2024 White House loss

Late spending, exacerbated by a mid-battle candidate switch, and lack of attention to voters’ top concerns are among the reasons Democrats’ lost the White House last year, the Democratic National C...

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Trump’s changes in strategy put lasting Gaza ceasefire within reach

Two years into the war between Israel and Hamas, President Donald Trump’s team is adapting their approach to the conflict — potentially giving them the strongest chance yet for a lasting ceasefire....

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White House confident courts will greenlight their Portland plan. Trump is telegraphing Plan B.

President Donald Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act if federal courts bar him from sending National Guard troops to Portland, Oregon.It’s a tactic the president has been anxious to use...

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‘Straining everything in our system’: Indian Health Service transfers leave leadership vacuum

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is transferring dozens of public health corps officers from their posts around the country to work multi-month stints at Indian Health Service centers with se...

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The Black Loyalists

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. The man who would come to be called Harry Washington was born near the ...

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The American Experiment

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. “A magazine, when properly conducted, is the nursery of genius; and by ...

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How the Revolution Tore Apart the Franklin Family

Illustrations by Maggie O’KeefeEditor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. On the whole, the Founding Fathers, thos...

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No One Gave a Speech Like Patrick Henry

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. Patrick Henry is generally treated as a second-string Founding Father. ...

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Republicans could draw 19 more House seats after an upcoming Supreme Court ruling

Democratic voting rights groups are preparing for a nightmare scenario if the Supreme Court guts a key part of the landmark civil rights-era legislation, the Voting Rights Act — a very real possibi...

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The Sandinista Revolution, Reconsidered

Path to Open Books on JSTOR The Sandinista Revolution: A Global Latin American History is part of JSTOR’s Path to Open initiative, which helps nonprofit university presses meet th...

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Katie Porter threatens to walk out of TV interview

SACRAMENTO, California — Katie Porter threatened to walk out of an interview with a local CBS News affiliate after the reporter asked several follow-up questions about whether her support for Democ...

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Trump says Illinois’ Pritzker and Johnson ‘should be in jail’

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker should be jailed “for failing to protect” Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, the l...

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The Worst Way to Cut Government Spending

The Trump administration is threatening to use the government shutdown to permanently reduce the size of the civil service. Its ambitions for these cuts are many, including punishing Democrats by h...

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