Politics

Trump’s Efforts to Sway Foreign Elections are Missing Something

President Donald Trump is many things, but he is rarely subtle. That may be a major reason that his efforts to influence foreign elections are drawing a growing global backlash — and risk making Am...

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Amid college sports chaos, Florida moves to influence Senate legislation

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida university leaders are asking Congress to take a timeout and call some audibles in the college sports legislation that could pass the Senate as soon as this week.Athl...

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Trump-backed candidate in battleground Michigan district loses to opponent who dropped out

President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate lost a top battleground Republican primary in Michigan — to a candidate who suspended his campaign last month.Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran and former law ...

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26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court

The Department of Health and Human Services quietly unveiled a multimillion-dollar contract Tuesday with a small Texas law firm, entrusting it with representing thousands of children who came by th...

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White House AI vetting plan to exempt lower-cost ‘open’ models

The White House framework for vetting the cybersecurity risks of advanced artificial intelligence models would focus on the top-tier products from U.S. developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic — whi...

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Anthropic and OpenAI models tried to trick humans into poisoning code during safety testing

Leading artificial intelligence models from Anthropic and OpenAI created fake online personas and tried to deceive human coders into abetting a cyberattack during a recent safety evaluation, the U....

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Dems rally behind Michigan prosecutor to champion party in crucial House race

Christina Hines, a prosecutor and Democratic candidate for Congress in Michigan's 10th Congressional District, secured her party's nomination in a primary election on Tuesday evening.Democrats will...

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Gen Z’s anti-capitalist brand says one thing. Its spending data says something more interesting

Gen Z has built its brand on anti-capitalist rhetoric. That just shows how misunderstood they are. The transaction data tells a very different story—and it’s not about twenty-somethings’ hypocrisy....

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Wesley Bell and Cori Bush Head for a Rematch

In Tuesday’s Democratic congressional primary, voters in Missouri’s first district will decide whether to re-elect moderate incumbent Congressman Wesley Bell or replace him with Cori Bu...

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A lab-leak proponent is in line for Fauci’s old job

Steven Quay, a pharma executive known for his books making the case Covid came from a Chinese lab, is on the verge of getting Anthony Fauci’s old job.The post atop the National Institute of Allergy...

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Jeanine Pirro struggles to give Trump the wins he craves the most

Jeanine Pirro’s focus on murders and other major crimes in Washington has helped President Donald Trump deliver on his pledge to go after violent offenders in the nation’s capital — work he often t...

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Louisiana bets on rockets as Trump targets environmental reviews

Louisiana is striving to become the next hub for the growing commercial space industry. The Trump administration could sweeten the pot by removing environmental reviews.Louisiana’s Legislature this...

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South Dakota Democrat exits Senate race, clears way for independent

South Dakota Democratic Senate nominee Julian Beaudion dropped out of the race Tuesday, a move that comes following heightened pressure from within the party to clear the way for a stronger indepen...

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John Thune signals he’ll pursue a 2028 Senate run. Some aren’t sure he’ll follow through.

Amid an ongoing tiff with President Donald Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune recently joked that public service might be losing its thrill.“If he could find somebody else to do this job, it ...

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The war to succeed Bernie Sanders is already underway

The battle to become the country’s next progressive leader in the mold of Bernie Sanders is heating up ahead of Democrats’ direction-defining Michigan Senate primary.Nowhere is the jockeying and st...

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US sends more intel assets to Cuba

The U.S. has increased its intelligence assets in Cuba in recent months as it pushes the country’s communist regime to reform or fall from power, according to two people familiar with the Trump adm...

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MORNING GLORY: President Trump’s triple bogey

Pardon the extended analogy ahead, but as President Donald Trump is easily the best golfer among all presidents, it plays well.Don’t believe me about the best golfer assessment? Ask ChatGPT or any ...

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How to Save Congress From the Supreme Court

Seven years ago last month, President Donald Trump remarked that he had “an Article II where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.” This statement was widely mocked during his first ...

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Transcript: Why Insurgent Candidates Are Thriving in the Midwest

This is a lightly edited transcript of the August 3 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: We’re going to ...

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How wealth tax backers won over California Democrats

Proponents of the wealth tax worked for months behind the scenes before Rep. Maxine Waters walked into a California Democratic Party executive board meeting over the weekend and hoisted in the air ...

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Democratic-led states sue to block Trump's Section 301 tariffs

A group of 25 Democratic-led states sued President Donald Trump's administration Monday to block the latest round of tariffs imposed on goods from dozens of countries.The lawsuit in the U.S. Court ...

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