Politics

A Show of Weakness, Not Power

In the summer of 2020, as demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., to protest against the murder of George Floyd, President Donald Trump directed the National Guard and officers from various fed...

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This Isn’t About Crime

Donald Trump is famously reluctant to commit troops abroad but salivates at the prospect of using them against Americans at home. That is the context in which one must understand his takeover of th...

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‘Trump’s worst nightmare’: Mamdani targets the president in his general election bid

NEW YORK — Affordability was at the center of Zohran Mamdani’s winning primary campaign for New York City mayor. President Donald Trump has become the focus of his general election bid.The Democrat...

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Trump-Putin talks ‘painful’ for Ukraine’s former POWs

As President Trump seeks a breakthrough in talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, former Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) are torn. A ceasefire deal could finally...

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Washington mayor calls Trump’s police order ‘unsettling and unprecedented’

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser called President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the National Guard in the nation’s capital “unsettling and unprecedented” as she sought to reassert the city govern...

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Trump places DC police under federal control, deploys National Guard

President Donald Trump said Monday he would place the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and deploy the National Guard, an escalation of federal power in his campaign to tigh...

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Teamsters are backing some Republicans in the midterms

It wasn’t just 2024: the Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien is signaling a more permanent realignment by donating to battleground Republicans in the upcoming midterms.For the second year in a...

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Kennedy’s MAHA strategy won’t be publicly released Aug. 12

Farmers, food manufacturers, chemical companies, anti-vaccine activists and MAHA moms — all waiting anxiously for the release of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s strategy for "making childr...

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The push for a progressive mayor has arrived in Seattle

Zohran Mamdani's swift victory in New York City's Democratic primary has led to a wave of momentum for progressive candidates in other cities, and the trend has no...

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What Trump can — and can’t — do in his bid to take over law enforcement in DC

President Donald Trump’s attempt to take over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., is once again testing the bounds of his authority to militarize a major U.S. city.The capital, unlike other cities...

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Trump knocks Zelensky for resisting ‘land swap’ with Russia

President Trump criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday over the leader’s resistance to cede territory to Russia, saying he disagrees “very, very severely” with Zelens...

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Trump says he'll make a decision on reclassifying marijuana in the coming weeks

President Donald Trump said Monday his administration was “looking at reclassification” of marijuana and intends to make a decision in the upcoming weeks.“It’s a very complicated subject base,” he ...

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How Not to Fix American Democracy

Is America a democracy? Reactionaries, such as the activist Charlie Kirk and Senator Mike Lee of Utah, say it is not, never was, and shouldn’t be. They justify the antidemocratic features of the Co...

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Judge denies DOJ bid to unseal grand jury material in Ghislaine Maxwell case

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Monday denied the Justice Department’s effort to unseal grand jury material in the Ghislaine Maxwell case, calling the “entire premise” of the government’s move “demon...

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Newsom again threatens tit-for-tat redistricting

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is warning President Donald Trump and Republican governors that if they go forward with redistricting proposals, he will also implement mid-decade redistricting efforts...

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Trump will send National Guard into Washington

The White House plans to activate around 800 National Guard troops in Washington to support local law enforcement, according to a senior defense official.They will assist with logistics, transporta...

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China's watching closely, Lindsey Graham says ahead of Trump's peace talks with Putin

China is watching as President Donald Trump pushes for a diplomatic solution to Russian President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, Sen. Lindsey Graham told NBC's Kristen Welker in an interview that...

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Trump threatens Harvard patents worth hundreds of millions

The Trump administration is threatening the status of Harvard University's lucrative patents as it continues to engage in hardball negotiations with the Ivy League school.Commerce Secretary Howard ...

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Trump to disclose Washington plans on Monday morning

President Donald Trump on Sunday continued his series of pronouncements about safety in the city of Washington, saying he will hold a Monday morning news conference to talk about fixing the city's ...

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Another megabill? Senate Republicans have their doubts.

House Republicans are pushing for a second megabill. The Senate GOP’s not so sure.After a grueling ordeal to get President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” signed into law last month, Speaker M...

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Texas gerrymandering battle doesn’t matter to voters. They lose either way

If you wanted a case study in why so many Americans believe the system is rigged, you couldn’t script it better than what’s happening in Texas right now. Democrats have fled the state to block a Re...

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