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Republicans are full steam ahead on redistricting — and not just in Texas

Redistricting ahead of the 2026 midterms is at the center of the political universe this week, and Vice President JD Vance's visit to Indiana on Thursday is a big signal the White House isn't backi...

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Blue State Republicans Helped Win the House Majority. The Redistricting Wars May End Their Careers.

Congressional Republicans have, with little resistance, accepted all manner of indignities since Donald Trump’s rise to power. They’ve been made to answer for his likening a porn star’s looks to a ...

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Amazon Web Services gives the Trump admin $1 billion coupon

Amazon Web Services is giving the Trump administration a $1 billion coupon to use their services for the federal government’s digital transformation and artificial intelligence capacity. On Thursda...

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Trump says he’s ordering new census

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he was ordering a “new and highly accurate CENSUS,” saying it will be based on the “information gained from the Presidential Election of 2024.”“People who ar...

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How the Left Fell in Love With Conor Lamb

When he ran for Senate in 2022, Conor Lamb was thrashed by over 30 points in the Democratic Senate primary. He lost every county in the state as the left rallied behind John Fetterman and against t...

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Trump says he will put 100 percent tariff on semiconductors

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he plans to impose 100 percent tariffs on tens of billions of dollars of imported semiconductors used in consumer electronics and other products, but indi...

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How Democrats Tied Their Own Hands on Redistricting

As New York Governor Kathy Hochul denounced the GOP’s aggressive attempt to gerrymander Democrats into political oblivion this week, she lamented her party’s built-in disadvantage. “I’m tired of fi...

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The Backstory Fueling the Texas Redistricting Bitterness

The bitterness that marks the Texas redistricting drama shouldn’t come as a surprise — the fight that’s gripping the country is nothing less than a proxy war between national Republicans and Democr...

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Rubio suggests Russia, Ukraine not ready for Trump meeting

Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested Wednesday that Russia and Ukraine are not ready for a meeting with President Trump as the war between the two countries rages on. “I think ...

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‘This is sending a message’: DOJ moves to sanction lawyer who took pro bono deportation case

The Trump administration is escalating its efforts to punish lawyers whom it sees as obstacles to the president’s agenda.The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to impose “substantial mone...

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Trump, Zelensky see progress with Putin

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter{beacon} Defense &National Security The Big Story Trump, Zelensky see progress with Putin President Trump is wei...

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Trump is cutting solar funding — but California is taking the heat

The Trump administration wants to cancel solar programs that let everyday people tap into nearby panels. In California, the technology never even got off the ground.Almost none of the $250 million ...

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Mexico was the only country to get a 90-day tariff reprieve from Trump. Here’s why.

Mexico has been in President Donald Trump’s crosshairs over border security and fentanyl for more than a decade. Yet it is the sole country to win a 90-day extension on trade talks, after steep pen...

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MORNING GLORY: Trump needs to clean house at environmental agencies abusing property rights

In Tuesday’s "Morning Glory" column, I laid out a small part of the abuses perpetrated on farmers, ranchers and landowners by the application of the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) to private ...

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Witkoff has ‘highly productive’ meeting with Putin ahead of Friday ceasefire deadline

President Donald Trump signaled "great progress" in talks with Russia after Special Envoy Steve Witkoff held an eleventh-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday, a...

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Trump tells European leaders he’ll continue Russia talks through in-person meetings with Putin

President Donald Trump told European leaders Wednesday he intends to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in person and later hold a trilateral with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelen...

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Trump administration makes it easier to join ICE

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown needs reinforcements — and his administration is easing the requirements for new recruits to fill the gap.The Department of Homeland Security announce...

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The War Over America’s Birthday Party

President Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of America’s 250th-anniversary celebration began this past spring when his team drew up a $33 million fundraising plan for a series of events starring th...

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Republicans quietly fret about ‘disturbing’ Cory Mills allegations

Rep. Cory Mills has recently faced accusations that he has benefited from federal contracts while in office, that he assaulted a onetime girlfriend in his Washington apartment and, just this week, ...

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The Iraq War Playbook, Now for Iran

In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber discusses why Washington found the idea of regime change in Iraq so irresistible — and why, despite that disaster, it has now set its sights on Iran. ...

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US to hike tariffs on India to 50 percent over Russian oil purchases

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday imposing an additional 25 percent in tariffs on India over the country's purchases of Russian oil, following through on his threat to ramp...

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