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Florida Dem who posted huge special election fundraising set for Senate run

Florida Democrat Josh Weil, the once little-known progressive teacher who stunned the political world in March by raising nearly $14 million for a failed congressional special election bid, is now ...

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Vance defends Gabbard after Trump dismisses past Iran comments

Vice President Vance came to Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's defense Tuesday amid criticism over her past comments about Iran, as the administration weighs U.S. involvem...

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Cities sue DHS over frozen anti-terrorism funds

Five major U.S. cities are suing the Trump administration over funding to prevent nuclear attacks and terrorism that they argue has been illegally withheld by the Department of Homeland Security.Th...

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Florida’s GOP skirmish has been dominated by lawmakers. It’s DeSantis’ turn now.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — It was a bumpy six months, filled with open intra-GOP feuds with Gov. Ron DeSantis. But Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature crawled to the finish line of their annual...

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Alex Padilla ‘not shocked’ by New York Dem’s arrest

LOS ANGELES — California Sen. Alex Padilla dominated headlines last week when he was handcuffed for disrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference.And while the news cycle has...

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Doubts abound for Thune’s aggressive megabill timeline

In Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s perfect world, he’d be ready by this time next week to start voting on the GOP’s sweeping megabill.But this world is far from perfect, Thune and fellow Senate...

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Graham says Greene 'doesn't understand' Iran's nuclear threat

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said in a Tuesday interview that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) “doesn’t understand” the nuclear threat that Iran poses. “I like Marjorie, but to ...

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Tech-savvy California is still figuring out data centers

SACRAMENTO, California — For a state that considers itself a leader in both tech and climate, California is falling behind in both building data centers and putting guardrails around their environm...

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Inside the clashes between Trump and Gabbard

As President Donald Trump privately mulled joining Israel’s campaign against Iran this month, one member of his Cabinet sent what he viewed as an audacious attempt to steer him in the opposite dire...

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US Embassy in Israel to close from Wednesday to Friday

The U.S. Embassy in Israel will be closed from Wednesday to Friday because of the ongoing “security situation” in the region, the State Department announced Tuesday. “Given the security situ...

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US critical networks are prime targets for cyberattacks. They’re preparing for Iran to strike.

The organizations representing critical networks that keep the lights on, the water running and transportation systems humming across the U.S. are bracing for a possible surge of Iranian cyberattac...

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Tucker Carlson, Ted Cruz get in heated back and forth over Iran

Tucker Carlson and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) got into a fiery exchange on Tuesday over the senator's support for President Trump and his posturing toward Israel in its escalating conflict with Iran. ...

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Mark Kelly finds a receptive audience to talk about gun violence

Sen. Mark Kelly tried Tuesday to shift the national conversation to gun safety in an appearance that was notable for its location and its timing.As the nation reels from the latest outbreak of poli...

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Cuomo maintains double-digit lead over Mamdani, but his advantage is shrinking

NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo continues to lead the Democratic primary for mayor, with one week left, but the gap between the former governor and top rival Zohran Mamdani is shrinking, according to a new...

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‘The reality we live in:’ Lawmakers consider what they’d sacrifice for safety

Congressional lawmakers are once again grappling with the reality of persistent and escalating political violence — and facing a dilemma about whether to pour more tax dollars into their own protec...

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How New York City’s Shattered Political Culture Made Cuomo’s Comeback Possible

In The Power Broker, the ultimate account of New York politics in the 20th century, historian Robert Caro revealed how an anonymous court secretary named Vincent Impellitteri became mayor of Americ...

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Former critics who demanded Cuomo resign are now endorsing him for New York mayor

Many of Cuomo’s former detractors have abruptly reversed course without publicly reckoning with his controversy-laden past, leaving little explanation as to why elected officials who once deemed hi...

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Backlash against Mike Lee’s tasteless tweets reminds us that online cruelty has a real-world impact

It’s amazing how far a firebrand politician has to step over the line of decency in 2025 to prove that such a line even exists anymore. By any metric, U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah sprinted ...

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What is a 'bunker buster' bomb?

President Trump is facing a critical decision on whether to use America’s B-2 bombers to drop the GBU-57 "bunker busting" bombs on the Fordow nuclear facility, which is buried in the moun...

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Half in new survey view Iran as enemy to US

Half of Americans said they view Iran as an enemy to the U.S. in a new poll from The Economist/YouGov. When asked in the poll whether they think of Iran as “an ally or an enemy of ...

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Trump supporters divided over use of 'bunker buster' in Iran

A massive bomb known as a “bunker buster” — and the ability to deliver it — is at the center of the Republican divide over direct U.S. involvement in striking Iran. Supporters of U...

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