Politics

Trump wants a Tax Day victory lap in Las Vegas. The city’s economy isn’t cooperating.

LAS VEGAS — President Donald Trump is decamping to the Nevada desert Thursday to celebrate one of his signature economic promises — “no tax on tips” — a policy designed as a lifeline to this city o...

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‘He’s got a lot of stamina:’ What to watch as the RFK Jr. hearing blitz kicks off

Lawmakers are about to get their shot to weigh in on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s first year at the Health Department and his plans for the next.In seven hearings over less than a week, beginning Thursd...

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New Jersey special House election is another test of Trump’s popularity ahead of midterms

A longtime Democratic organizer appears poised to ride President Donald Trump’s unpopularity and backlash to his Middle East policies to an easy victory in a special House election in New Jersey.Ev...

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How Trump Is Sabotaging Himself on the Federal Reserve

President Donald Trump is threatening — again — to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, this time in the event that Powell doesn't step down from the Fed when his term as chair ends on May 15....

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How Parks and Recreation Helped Create the Vision for a Better America

Once Amy Poehler had committed to play Leslie Knope, the lead in Parks and Recreation, the producers began to gather inspirations in current culture that would prove crucial to shaping their vision...

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MORNING GLORY: If you care about the Constitution, read Sarah Isgur's new book

Bravo Sarah Isgur. And thank you.The "bravo" is for Isgur’s new book: "Last Branch Standing: A Potentially Surprising, Occasionally Witty Journey Inside Today’s Supreme Court." Isgur is a superb co...

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson slams Supreme Court’s emergency docket actions

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson this week sharply criticized the Supreme Court’s handling of its emergency docket, which delivered a series of victories to President Donald Trump in the first year of...

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Trump’s Stuck in a Bind of His Own Making

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.You’ve heard the joke: The White House is going to start talking about the Epstein files to distract from ho...

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White House assures voters gas prices will go down in summer despite ‘short-term volatility’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said he’s “optimistic” that retail gasoline prices will hit the $3 range some time this summer, a later date than the Trump administration previously f...

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Oil company founded by energy secretary paid no US taxes last year

The company founded and formerly run by Energy Secretary Chris Wright paid no federal corporate income taxes last year, according to its regulatory filings, and actually got more than $10 million b...

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‘Iran has to come’: FIFA president insists on allowing Iran to play in World Cup

FIFA President Gianni Infantino reaffirmed his commitment Wednesday to facilitating Iran’s participation in the World Cup in the U.S. later this year despite the ongoing war between the two nations...

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DHS shutdown disrupts World Cup planning, officials tell senators

The Department of Homeland Security shutdown is already undermining federal preparations for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, administration officials warned senators Wednesday — cautioning that the ongoin...

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House GOP delays action on FISA extension

Speaker Mike Johnson canceled a vote scheduled for Wednesday evening on a clean reauthorization of a key spy power amid a hard-liner rebellion, making it more likely the program could expire in fiv...

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Kathy Hochul has become Zohran Mamdani’s most important ally

ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed tax on pricey New York City real estate is offering yet another desperately needed financial boost to rookie Mayor Zohran Mamdani.Hochul is backing a...

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Navy plays deadly game of hide-and-seek with Iranian mines

The U.S. Navy has a critical new mission in the Strait of Hormuz: find and destroy any Iranian sea mines before they throw the global economy into further chaos.The threat is real: Iran’s stockpile...

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Republicans reject Iran limits as war powers milestone nears

Senate Republicans rejected a fresh attempt to halt the U.S. military campaign against Iran on Wednesday, again backing up President Donald Trump as he projects optimism that the conflict could soo...

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Republicans worry White House ‘nonsense’ is hurting midterm prospects

Republicans keep hoping the Trump administration stays on track. The president isn’t making it easy.A sputtering economy, high gas prices, a fight with the pope and a pair of foreign policy setback...

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Johnson backs Trump, Vance in criticism of pope

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday appeared to side with the White House in its growing feud with the Vatican, telling reporters at the Capitol that while Pope Leo XIV is welcome to share his ...

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John Eastman loses his law license in California over 2020 election scheme

John Eastman, the veteran conservative attorney who devised a radical, last-ditch strategy to help Donald Trump subvert the 2020 election, can no longer practice law in California.The California Su...

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‘I’m not dead yet’: Tillis leans into Fed clash with Trump

Donald Trump has a growing Thom Tillis problem. The administration's actions this week are doing nothing to solve it.As the president flirts with trying to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ...

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DeSantis delays Florida’s redistricting session — and tacks on AI, vaccines

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Gov. Ron DeSantis late Wednesday pushed back the date of a redistricting special session that was scheduled to start next week — but is also ordering lawmakers back to town t...

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