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Trump promises to defend Qatar in wake of Israeli missile strikes

The White House published an executive order on Wednesday vowing to defend Qatar in the event of an attack from another country, a remarkable security guarantee for a single country akin to NATO’s ...

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Why K Street is now living in fear of Trump’s retribution campaign

Donald Trump’s attempt to jawbone Microsoft into firing former Biden DOJ official Lisa Monaco as a top D.C. operative has put K Street on high alert about who they hire.Much of the private sector i...

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Hegseth's military meeting triggers fears, head scratching and praise

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's speech before a high-profile gathering of hundreds of the U.S. military’s top brass on Tuesday morning has spurred fear, head-scratching and praise. ...

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What are 'highest male standards' on military fitness tests?

The U.S. military will impose the “highest male standard” for all combat roles in each service branch, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced during his Tuesday morning speech to hundre...

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Shutdown near certain after Senate again rejects funding bills

A government shutdown is now all but inevitable.Senators rejected dueling spending stopgap bills on Tuesday, including aHouse-passed continuing resolution that was the final off-ramp to avoid a gov...

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National parks will remain mostly open in shutdown

The Trump administration will keep most national parks open to the public if the government shuts down Wednesday, according to two people briefed on the plan.With congressional leaders still gridlo...

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Kamala Harris’ candid memoir reveals her ‘ideal’ vice president – and why she thinks she lost

It is downright eerie to read, right now, Kamala Harris’ memoir of her 2024 presidential campaign. These events feel so far away now, when we read them from within the frequent shocks of the Trump ...

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Government shuts down amid standoff on Capitol Hill

The federal government shut down early Wednesday morning, setting up a potentially lengthy stand-off without a clear path forward to fund the government after top congressional leaders did not meet...

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The think tank driving health policy on Capitol Hill — and dividing Republicans

One small think tank is driving health policy within the GOP. It has also created friction on Capitol Hill and in the White House as Republicans clash over the future of Obamacare.Paragon Health In...

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Government shutdown 2025: A guide to what’s still open, what’s closed and what’s fuzzy

Much of the federal bureaucracy is now officially dark.The government shutdown that began Wednesday is set to furlough food inspectors, park rangers and millions of other federal workers in Washing...

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No quick end to shutdown in sight on Capitol Hill

Washington is waking up to its first government shutdown in nearly seven years. How many more days that will be the case, no one knows.With President Donald Trump and congressional leaders not acti...

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How Trump is protecting his priorities from a government shutdown

As Washington enters a government shutdown, the Trump administration has erected safeguards to ensure President Donald Trump’s most hardline priorities continue unscathed.Agencies central to Trump’...

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Newsom mocks Trump's weight after Hegseth targets 'fat generals'

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) knocked President Trump’s weight Tuesday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared he no longer wanted to see “fat generals” in the military. “...

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Trump, justifying domestic military action, tells Pentagon leaders to ‘handle’ the ‘enemy from within’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave a campaign-style speech to the nation’s top military brass, suggesting that the Pentagon use American cities as “training grounds" for its troops in a remarka...

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‘Could have been an email’: Officials balk at Hegseth's generals meeting

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech to top generals was supposed to serve as a rallying cry for military exceptionalism — but it didn’t land that way with many of the people it was targeting.Nu...

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Senate Democrat urges Trump to 'stay away' from Portland after troop deployment

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) on Tuesday urged President Trump to “stay away” from Portland, Ore., after the Trump administration moved to deploy the National Guard into the city. “Po...

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Pfizer, Trump strike drug pricing deal

President Donald Trump has struck a multi-pronged deal with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to lower the price of some of the company's medicines, while clearing a path for the drugmaker to receive a t...

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The other reason Democrats are taking Trump to the mat in a shutdown battle

Democrats who have put health care at the center of their government funding demands have another motivation for not backing down ahead of a likely shutdown: ending President Donald Trump’s efforts...

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Judge orders Trump administration to preserve $233M in FEMA grants it attempted to pull from blue states

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration on Tuesday from permanently steering $233 million in FEMA disaster relief funds away from 12 blue states, issuing a restraining order just hours bef...

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Inspector general to investigate Rep. Mikie Sherrill military records release

The national archives’ inspector general is launching an investigation into the release of Rep. Mikie Sherrill’s (D-N.J.) military records, according to an email obtained by POLITICO.Will Brown, th...

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The Obamacare subsidy fight is already splitting congressional Republicans

Republicans might be united on the public stage as they face off with Democrats ahead of a government shutdown. But a much more divisive internal fight waits in the wings.The year-end expiration of...

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