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Allies, in jab at Trump, threaten not to buy F-35s

Allies fed up with Donald Trump’s latest round of punishing tariffs and spending demands are hitting the president where it hurts — his favorite fighter jet.Spain, in the wake of a row with Washing...

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‘Underlying motives’: Why Trump’s BLS pick is in for a fight

E.J. Antoni made a name for himself in MAGA circles as a Bureau of Labor Statistics skeptic and vocal defender of President Donald Trump’s protectionist agenda. Now, Trump has enlisted the partisan...

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Is This the Hardest Physical Contest in the World?

Photographs by Kendrick BrinsonThis article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.The United States Army, in business now for more than 250 years, comprises mo...

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Even After Trump’s DC Takeover, the Mayor Is Still Playing Nice. Should That Change?

Muriel Bowser has given Donald Trump everything a blue-city mayor could possibly give a MAGA president. And he kicked her in the teeth anyway.But what’s most telling about the power dynamics betwee...

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Trump floats circumventing Congress to maintain control of DC police

President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that he could avoid congressional approval to extend his 30-day federal takeover of Washington’s police, amid his efforts to wrest control of the capit...

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The Joe Rogan Experience is a mirror for America

For more on the culture that has shaped the last quarter century, check out The 25 pieces of culture that explain the last 25 years. Joe Rogan is many things — a comedian, a comme...

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Eleanor Holmes Norton keeps a low profile as Trump takes aim at DC

Washington's locally elected government is under attack from President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans. But the capital city's self-proclaimed "warrior on the Hill" is nowhere to be seen...

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Another one of California's Trump-proofing planks just broke

The Trump administration is taking away California's backstop Trump-proofing tactic.The Federal Trade Commission announced an agreement with four heavy-duty truck manufacturers and their trade asso...

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Hack of federal court filing system exploited security flaws known since 2020

A sweeping hack of the federal judiciary's case filing system exploited unresolved security holes discovered five years ago — allowing hacking groups to steal reams of sensitive court data in the o...

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Chris Murphy goes all in on funding bill boycott as Dems seek bipartisanship

Chris Murphy has been warning for months that voters want Democrats to fight. This summer, the Connecticut senator is picking a battle that puts him at odds with his Democratic colleagues.Murphy ha...

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Trump Wants to Destroy the Drug Cartels. He May Strengthen Them Instead.

MEXICO CITY — For months, Mexican business officials have gathered in a sleek conference room of the American Chamber of Commerce here to learn about a U.S. threat to their firms that isn’t a tarif...

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Andrew Cuomo tries out a new persona: Underdog candidate

NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo is overhauling his buttoned-up public persona and pugilistic campaign for New York City mayor in a desperate bid to stop democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani.His social media...

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Pentagon planning 'quick reaction force' for civil disturbances: Report

The Trump administration is looking at plans to set up a 600-person National Guard “quick reaction force” to quickly deploy to U.S. cities to quell protests or other unrest, The Washingto...

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Trump administration finds George Washington University failed to address campus antisemitism

The Justice Department found George Washington University failed to adequately address antisemitism on campus, making it the latest college to face scrutiny from the Trump administration.DOJ offici...

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White House announces Smithsonian review amid Trump’s cultural reckoning

The White House is planning an extensive review into the Smithsonian Institution to ensure that its exhibitions reflect the administration’s view of American history ahead of the country's 250th bi...

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Black leaders feel under siege after Trump's DC takeover

Donald Trump’s unprecedented takeover of Washington, D.C.’s police force is testing the limits of his presidential authority and ratcheting up fears that other cities also led by Black elected offi...

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DOGE-flation: DOGE’s actual savings are a fraction of what it claims

The Trump administration’s claim that it is saving billions of dollars through DOGE-related cuts to federal contracts is drastically exaggerated, according to a new POLITICO analysis of public data...

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Trump’s Dreams for D.C. Could Soon Hit Reality

Washington, D.C., more than any other city in the country, presents President Donald Trump with the opportunity to meddle in the minutiae of municipal governance. Even in the capital, though, his p...

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Trump wants to influence government statistics. Data wonks are worried about what that means.

President Donald Trump is ramping up his attacks on the vast network of government data collection, leaving some statisticians and demographers worried the president is undermining the short- and l...

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Trump is talking to European leaders about his Putin meeting. They may still not get a say.

President Donald Trump is talking and even strategizing with European leaders ahead of his Friday summit with Vladimir Putin — a shift from his usual go-it-alone approach. Ukraine’s allies aren’t s...

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Judge orders ICE to stop forcing detainees to sleep on dirty concrete floors

NEW YORK — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration Tuesday to improve the conditions for ICE detainees in Manhattan after a lawsuit filed by a Peruvian immigrant complained of cramped and ...

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