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These Indiana Republicans dared to buck Trump. Will they survive?

INDIANAPOLIS — In May of 2016, on the eve of using Indiana’s primary to knock out his presidential rivals and claim control of the GOP nomination, then-candidate Donald Trump called the state “Impo...

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Abortion pills are saving women’s lives. The right is trying to eliminate them | Moira Donegan

The supreme court has kicked the can down the road after a federal court sought to ban the mailing of mifepristoneAn event that ruined lives, degraded the citizenship of hundreds of millions, and p...

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The House of Representatives Is Turning Into the Electoral College

The very short list of constraints on partisan gerrymandering has gotten even shorter. Until last week, the Supreme Court had interpreted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act to require states to dra...

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Democrats Could Use a Cold Shower Before the Midterms

The Democratic wilderness is starting to look awfully sunny. Gone, for the most part, are the blame-casting, hand-wringing, and paralysis-by-analysis that gripped the party after Donald Trump’s ree...

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My Role as a ‘Complicit’ Journalist

Cole Tomas Allen, the man accused of trying to assassinate President Trump late last month, appeared to consume political news like so many of his fellow citizens, absorbing daily doses of outrage ...

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XAI sidelines major water reuse project as IPO looms

When Elon Musk brought xAI to Memphis, Tennessee, the company made a promise to locals worried that its data center would drain the local water supply: They would build a state-of-the-art water rec...

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Trump ballroom project security funding included in $72B GOP enforcement bill

Senate Republicans are including funding for Secret Service security upgrades related to President Donald Trump’s ballroom project as part of a nearly $72 billion package that would shovel cash to ...

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Hegseth says battle for Hormuz is ‘separate and distinct' from the Iran war

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisted Tuesday that the American-led operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is “separate and distinct” from the wider war with Iran, the most concrete public admi...

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Elon Musk settles SEC lawsuit over Twitter stock disclosures

Elon Musk has struck a settlement deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission to resolve a 2025 lawsuit tied to the billionaire's purchases of Twitter stock three years earlier, according to a...

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Supreme Court clears way for Louisiana to redistrict ahead of midterms

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that its decision declaring Louisiana’s congressional map unconstitutional should go into effect immediately, clearing a major hurdle for the state’s Republican-co...

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People Were Shocked To Learn That These 45 Stereotypes About The US Aren’t True

Huge portion sizes, yellow school buses, giant pickup trucks, and people casually calling everyone “buddy.” If your brain instantly jumped to the USA while reading that, trust us; you’re definitely...

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Republicans' youth voter problem

Two years after young voters swung to the right in 2024, helping return Republicans to unified control of Washington, economic concerns are pushing 18- to 34-year-olds back to the left for the midt...

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It's showtime for Trump's revenge tour. Will he win?

President Donald Trump’s power as the GOP’s kingmaker faces a major test with this month's primaries. So far, he's on rocky footing.His revenge tour kicks off Tuesday in Indiana, as he tries to ous...

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MORNING GLORY: Dems' Bernie-backed oyster farmer hands Susan Collins a massive 2026 advantage

"Extreme Makeover" is a brand of reality show that has succeeded both when applied to participants who needed to change their health habits, hygiene and clothing choices, as well as when applied to...

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DeSantis keeps the door open for a 2028 presidential run

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday didn’t rule out another bid for the White House, delivering what appeared to be a campaign pitch when asked if he plans to run for president in 2028.“You never k...

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The Candidate From ICE

In mid-January, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and agents were battling protesters on the icy streets of Minneapolis, ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan abruptly quit. This was...

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The campaign against voter ID in California is off to a slow start

SACRAMENTO, California — California Democrats and their allies have yet to stand up a campaign against a Republican voter identification ballot measure. They insist it’s coming.“We are looking at t...

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Amy Goodman and Democracy Now! vs. Mainstream Media

At a moment when the American media landscape is consolidating at the top and fragmenting at the edges, a new documentary spotlights one of the most durable experiments in independent journalism in...

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House sexual harassment payouts exceeded $300,000

The federal government paid out more than $338,000 to settle allegations of sexual harassment on behalf of House members or their offices since 2004 — far more than had been previously known — acco...

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US and Iranian boat attacks threaten ceasefire

The U.S. attacked Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday after Tehran targeted Navy ships, threatening to upend a fragile ceasefire and President Donald Trump’s new vow to open the critica...

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Judge mulls contempt over DHS’ ‘patently false’ allegation in deportation case

A federal judge said Monday that the Trump administration had put her security at risk by posting a “patently false” allegation that she knowingly released an ICE detainee with an international war...

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