Politics

Lawmakers once saw Bill Gates as a benevolent innovator. After Epstein, they aren’t sure.

Tech mogul Bill Gates expressed remorse for his association with Jeffrey Epstein during his closed-door interview Wednesday with the House Oversight Committee. But lawmakers are unsure if his contr...

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House Dem lashes out at GOP efforts to probe foreign donations with stunning claim on motive

Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Ala., lashed out at Republican efforts to investigate a Democratic fundraising apparatus on Wednesday afternoon, characterizing the ongoing fraud probe as the most recent insta...

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Poll: Voter cynicism remains a potent threat to incumbents across the globe

Voters punished ruling parties across the globe in 2024. They are doing it again now.The same voters who rejected their rulers without mercy on both sides of the Atlantic — throwing out Britain's C...

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Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats will prioritize affordability. Not all of his members agree.

Hakeem Jeffries made clear this week "affordability" is House Democrats' primary focus as the minority leader launched an effort to turn the party's cost-of-living message into actual legislation a...

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Commission of 1: A top Wall Street regulator gains new sway over crypto, prediction markets under Trump

A 36-year-old ally of cryptocurrency and prediction markets is amassing unprecedented power over them under President Donald Trump.It’s not going over well with everyone in Washington.Michael Selig...

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Inside the war to sideline stronger climate science, before it’s used in court

Oil industry allies are quietly targeting a field of climate research that could cost fossil fuel companies billions of dollars.In the crosshairs is a forthcoming National Academies report that wil...

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White House's new push to block state AI laws could ride on kids’ safety

The White House met this week with tech companies and kids’ safety groups to try to shore up support for a package of bills that could ultimately preempt some state laws on artificial intelligence,...

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MORNING GLORY: The GOP’s choice in 2028 — more of MAGA or a reversion to the mean?

Since the triumphant return of President Trump in November 2024 — and it was a triumph, with Trump winning all seven swing states and the popular vote — the Democrats have reacted by lurching hard ...

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EPA chief says he won't regulate data centers

The Trump administration is not going to set nationwide environmental requirements or recommendations for the rapidly growing data center industry, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday.Whil...

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Meta not focused on Trump’s idea for government ownership of AI

Meta is largely tuning out a suggestion from President Donald Trump that the U.S. government should forge a financial partnership with top artificial intelligence companies, the social media giant...

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DHS Directs ICE To Deport Illegal Aliens Who Vote In American Elections

DHS Directs ICE To Deport Illegal Aliens Who Vote In American Elections Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) General Counsel Ja...

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‘We're going to need a bigger boat’: New Jersey prepares for Amtrak meltdowns during World Cup

NEWARK, New Jersey — New Jersey has a pair of boats on standby to ferry soccer fans across the Hudson River in case of a meltdown at North America’s largest train station during the World Cup.The s...

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Some Senate Dems still won’t commit to Graham Platner

Democrats aren’t done debating Graham Platner.Platner’s decisive victory in Maine’s Democratic Senate primary quelled for now any serious discussion that he could be replaced as the party’s nominee...

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‘I love the inflation’: Trump’s messaging on affordability clashes with voter concerns

President Donald Trump is losing the political battle over kitchen table issues that he once dominated.Inflation has surged to the highest level in three years thanks to a politically unpopular war...

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OpenAI says China launched influence campaign to shape US attitudes on AI data centers

China was likely behind an online influence operation to sway U.S. perceptions of artificial intelligence technology and reshape the debate in Washington around the infrastructure needed to support...

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Treasury watchdog finds no evidence backing Musk’s payment fraud claims

The Treasury Department’s internal watchdog concluded a review of the federal government’s $6 trillion payment system without finding evidence of fraud, determining that the government has “general...

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America’s doctors just voted for war with RFK Jr.

CHICAGO — American doctors want their leading lobby to drop its nice guy routine with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.At the American Medical Association’s annual meeting this week, members of the group’s Hou...

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US launches a second straight day of airstrikes in Iran

U.S. forces launched a second straight day of airstrikes Wednesday in Iran as President Donald Trump presses for a settlement to end a war that has simmered for months.U.S. Central Command announce...

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Hormuz closure sparks global pitchfest on energy

Multiple countries are pitching the Trump administration on how they can offer alternatives to the energy crisis the Iran war has sparked over the Strait of Hormuz.They’re hoping to get political b...

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Canada’s teen social media ban comes with a Big Tech off-ramp

OTTAWA — Canada is bringing in a ban on social media for kids under the age of 16, but it is providing a carve-out for social media companies that can prove they have working safeguards in place fo...

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Trump-backed candidate wins GOP primary to replace Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei

David Flippo, a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who earned President Donald Trump’s support, won the GOP primary to replace retiring Nevada Rep. Mark Amodei.The race in Nevada’s 2nd District w...

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