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FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says

The FBI is buying up information that can be used to track people’s movement and location history, Director Kash Patel said during a Senate hearing Wednesday.It is the first confirmation that the a...

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Why Does Cory Booker Think This Time Will Be Different?

Read more about the Democrats who might run for president in 2028 here.A touch of annoyance flashes across Cory Booker’s face as we talk about fighting. “Why do people preemptively, continually, mi...

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Quick vote on Mullin’s DHS nomination hangs on classified briefing

Hopes for a quick vote on Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s nomination as Homeland Security secretary hang on questions about secretive travel the Oklahoma Republican undertook as a House member a decade ago...

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Dem-backed 'social justice' law put Virginia's ODU campus at risk before attack, former AG argues

A Democrat-backed Virginia law restricting how colleges review applicants’ criminal histories is facing renewed scrutiny after the Old Dominion University attack, with former Attorney General Jason...

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Mullin presents himself as a different kind of DHS secretary during tense confirmation hearing

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary, stressed Wednesday to his colleagues on the Senate Homeland Security Committee that he’ll...

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Will Republicans Fight For The SAVE Act - Or Fold Again?

Will Republicans Fight For The SAVE Act - Or Fold Again? Authored by Heather Higgins via RealClearPolitics, Republicans didn’t win the Senate so their leaders could manage expecta...

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Transcript: Trump Case for War Undermined by Bombshell as MAGA Breaks

The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 18 episode of the Daily Blast podcast. Listen to it here.Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presente...

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DAVID MARCUS: Senate GOP should take Fetterman's deal on voter ID

Over the next several days, perhaps even stretching into next week, the United States Senate, that grave and august deliberative body, will performatively waste time with impassioned speeches over ...

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Paul challenges Mullin over assault comments during DHS grilling

Senate Homeland Security Chair Rand Paul laid into President Donald Trump’s nominee to be Homeland Security on Wednesday, telling Sen. Markwayne Mullin at his confirmation hearing that disparaging ...

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Cesar Chavez allegations jolt California’s labor movement

California’s Latino leaders were stunned Tuesday by reports that the late Cesar Chavez, a civil-rights and labor icon, had been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with young women and minors....

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Jesse Jackson Jr.’s comeback bid fails in Illinois primary

CHICAGO — Former Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. fell short in his attempt to return to Congress on Tuesday, after resigning more than a decade ago amid a federal corruption investigation.Cook Coun...

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Roberts defends Supreme Court against Trump attacks

Chief Justice John Roberts defended the Supreme Court on Tuesday against a sustained flurry of attacks President Donald Trump recently unleashed against the justices for striking down the core of h...

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AIPAC attacks fall flat as Democrat Daniel Biss wins Illinois House primary

CHICAGO — Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss won Tuesday’s Democratic primary to succeed Rep. Jan Schakowsky, dealing a blow to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in a race that had turned into a...

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Stratton wins Illinois primary, giving Dems another Black female senator

CHICAGO — Democrats are now all but certain to elect another Black woman to the U.S. Senate after Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton won Tuesday’s bitter and expensive primary in Illinois.Stratton overcame ...

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Democrat Patty García gains party’s nomination after controversial last-minute dropout by incumbent

Democrat Patty García secured her party’s nomination for Illinois’ 4th Congressional District after a controversial last-minute decision by her former boss, incumbent Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García, not ...

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King of Illinois: Pritzker swings Senate race as he targets Trump

CHICAGO — Gov. JB Pritzker emerged as the kingmaker in deep-blue Illinois after pouring millions of dollars and staking his political reputation to deliver his hand-picked Senate candidate a primar...

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AIPAC faces calls to reassess strategy after split results in Illinois

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee saw mixed results in the first major test of its political muscle in the midterms, drawing fresh recriminations from its foes — and some allies — for it...

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On the Beautiful, Terrible Villains of Reality Television

A few minutes into the premiere of the sixth and final season of The Hills, a black Suburban drives up to a chalet-style home with a wreath on the front door on a snowy day. “Crested Butte, Colorad...

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Trump is pressuring the Hill on voter verification — but not his own housing plan

President Donald Trump is aggressively pushing the Senate to pass voter verification legislation, speaking about it at length, posting repeatedly on social media and threatening to withhold endorse...

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The Senate’s marathon elections debate is dividing Republicans, not Democrats

Senate Republicans want to use their party-line elections bill as a cudgel against Democrats. They need to stop sparring with each other first.Republicans kicked off debate Tuesday on the SAVE Amer...

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This tech-backed mayor got into California’s gov’s race with a bang. Now he’s stalling out.

SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Mahan’s late foray into the race for California governor started with a Super Bowl ad, a rush of Silicon Valley support and speculation fanned by Mahan’s camp and others about ...

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