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Trump’s Election-Interference Plan Is Failing

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Merz warns Trump against election interference

The German chancellor has criticized a new US State Department funding program for Europe launched ahead of September’s federal vote German Ch...

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Socialist-backed Dem who ripped the wealthy cracks state’s top 1%, tax returns show

Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who has been intensely critical of the wealthy while on the campaign trail, makes enough money to put him and his wife in the top 1% of households in his s...

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Susan Collins Is Not Concerned About Election Denial

When Jay Clayton, Donald Trump’s nominee for the next director of national intelligence, appeared before the Senate on Wednesday, Jon Ossoff of Georgia had a simple question for him: Who won the 20...

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Massive health insurance upheaval leaves New Yorkers with big new bills

NEW YORK — Nearly half a million New Yorkers recently booted from a federally funded health insurance program are confronting an expensive and confusing marketplace as they search for new coverage....

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DHS secretary vows fines — and even prison time — for election officials that don’t comply

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Friday said officials who don’t cooperate with the administration’s election security efforts may be slapped with fines — and potentially prison time...

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House GOP releases bill to fund government until after the midterm elections

House GOP leaders released text Friday for a bill to fund the vast majority of the federal government from the start of the next fiscal year on Oct. 1 until after the midterm elections — bypassing ...

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China rejects Trump’s claims of election interference – US politics live

Democrats also criticize speech as ‘lies and long-debunked conspiracies’Sign up for US News Breaking emailTrump makes unverified claims of China ‘election meddling’Donald Trump used the imprimatur ...

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Lit Hub Daily: July 17, 2026

TODAY: In 1901, Polish poet, novelist, and playwright Bruno Jasieński is born. Henry Power tackles an age old question: How many Homers were there, actually? | Lit Hub History “The Odyssey is...

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Merz warns Trump against election meddling

The German chancellor has criticized a new US State Department funding program for Europe launched ahead of September’s federal vote German Ch...

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Transcript: What’s Really Driving the Progressive Surge

This is a lightly edited transcript of the June 14 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: This is Right No...

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Does Soccer Still Explain the World?

Forget the $10,000 tickets and the travel bans and the fact that the last three World Cups have been hosted in Russia, Qatar, and Donald Trump’s United States—FIFA President Gianni Infantino is...

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US hits more bridges in Iran in an expansion of its airstrike campaign

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by increasingly hitting bridges, part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to start str...

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How AI became a populist issue | The Gray Area

AI was supposed to make our lives better. Instead, it’s made many of us scared and angry. Communities are protesting data centers across the country, and polling shows most Americans think AI is mo...

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What is Trump trying to achieve with China election claims?

Donald Trump used a prime-time address to the nation to allege Chinese interference in US elections in a move that looks to undermine voter confidence ahead of Nov...

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‘Professional malpractice’: The Platner fallout engulfs the operatives who made him

When Daniel Moraff showed up on Graham Platner's doorstep last summer, the oyster farmer had a message for the young political operative who had traveled to the Maine coast to convince him to run f...

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‘Enough is enough’: Virginia’s ‘immovable’ power broker says data centers aren’t unstoppable

President Donald Trump and Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger have at least one thing in common: a problem named state Sen. L. Louise Lucas.Lucas, the 82-year-old president pro tempore of the Virgini...

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Josh Shapiro goes big for down-ballot Dems

Josh Shapiro is making his biggest midterm play yet — with a likely eye on 2028.The Pennsylvania governor is pouring $3.3 million into a coordinated campaign launching this weekend to help Democrat...

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More than a quarter-million noncitizens may be registered to vote in 4 key states, DHS alleges

FIRST ON FOX – The Department of Homeland Security told election officials in California, New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania a preliminary review found what could be more than 256,000 noncitizens ...

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US to host Women’s World Cup in 2031, says Trump official

FIFA has told President Donald Trump that the United States will host the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup, a top Trump administration official said Thursday.Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the W...

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WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers speech on ‘election integrity’

The White House has promised potentially “shocking” findings and called for changes to US voting procedures US President Donald Trump is deliver...

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