Politics

American truckers are benefiting from AI data center boom, and that’s exactly why they don’t share the same opinion of the majority of Americans

AI data centers are creating a much needed boom for the American trucking industryBut the boom might not last for long as the requirements for truckers fall signif...

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Carney vs. Trump: Where the Trade War Goes Next

Canada’s hefty new counter-tariffs on U.S. goods came into effect early Tuesday morning, pushing the ongoing trade war with the United States into uncharted territory. Talks broke down late last mo...

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Republicans are hoping ‘Trump-a-palooza’ isn’t only about Trump

President Donald Trump will be at the center of this week’s GOP midterm convention. Many of his fellow Republicans are hoping he doesn’t make it all about him.The parade of lawmakers, candidates, d...

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The House Democrat who's making AI regulation her No. 1 priority

Rep. Lori Trahan’s decision last week to forgo a leadership bid to instead focus on developing artificial intelligence policy surprised some of her colleagues. It also left some of them wondering w...

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Will the House of Shaheen survive Tuesday in New Hampshire?

Stefany Shaheen says she isn’t running on her renowned surname. But her mother, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, still looms over her open House primary in New Hampshire.Nearly $740,000 raised by her campaign ...

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Ex-DSA member rips Abdul El-Sayed and warns far-left adopting politics of foreign terror org

A former member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) who lives in Michigan issued a dire warning against extremism in American politics, and ripped far-left, progressive Democratic Senate ...

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The insurgent Democrat taking on David Valadao

BAKERSFIELD, California — The campaign camera was rolling as Randy Villegas changed the oil in his car at his family's Bakersfield auto shop.Growing up, said Villegas, the young progressive backed ...

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Pritzker launches $20M pre-midterms PAC

CHICAGO — A new political action committee chaired by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker plans to invest at least $20 million aimed at boosting Democratic House candidates for the midterms while also expand...

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Kathy Hochul is trying to hold the center in a disruptive political age

ALBANY, New York — In a time of massive political upheaval, Gov. Kathy Hochul is selling herself as a conventional politician.Thrust into the job five years ago, Hochul is running for a second full...

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American Logic: 81 Times People Were Completely Confident And Wrong

The U.S. and Americans don’t have the best image in the world right now. While a lot of ridicule is directed at their politicians, regular folks get their fair share of attention as well, especiall...

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California lawmakers split on how to spend $2.1B Meta payout

SACRAMENTO, California — California just won a tentative $2.1 billion payout from tech giant Meta’s settlement in a child safety lawsuit — the largest share any U.S. state or territory is receiving...

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DSA’s Problem Isn’t ‘Media Training’

American socialists are convinced that they have a media-training problem.In the past year, members of the Democratic Socialists of America, the country’s largest leftist organization, have won ele...

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The Charges Were Dropped, but the Damage Was Already Done

David Huerta sat on a steel bed too small for his burly frame in a Los Angeles jail last summer and looked out a small rectangular window at Dodger Stadium, where he’d once spent evenings with his ...

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Mamdani creates office to help private-sector workers organize

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has created an office to assist organizing efforts among private-sector workers.The new outfit, the Mayor’s Office of Worker Power, puts another democr...

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Senate aide’s lobbying side gig raises ethics questions

A senior staffer for Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) has quietly worked as a lobbyist for Meta and other high-profile clients — an unusual agreement that experts say raises questions about ethics and pos...

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Gavin Newsom’s first 2028 test: This fall, in Nevada

LAS VEGAS — If California Gov. Gavin Newsom runs for president in 2028, next-door Nevada will be a crucial test. This fall’s governor’s race is offering a preview.As GOP Gov. Joe Lombardo runs for ...

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Everyone knows Susan Collins. Troy Jackson is still introducing himself.

WINDSOR, Maine — Susan Collins needs no introduction here.The five-term Republican senator received a bit of celebrity treatment on Saturday at the Windsor Fair, a 10-day spectacle that includes li...

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Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton ‘lunged at’ by armed person, campaign says

Ohio Democratic nominee for governor Dr. Amy Acton was “lunged at” Sunday by an “armed individual” while attending a fair in her home state, according to a campaign spokesperson.“Dr. Acton and Eric...

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Republicans might still lose half the seats they gerrymandered to flip

Republicans' are growing increasingly worried their mid-decade gerrymandering push isn’t going to save their House majority.The norm-breaking plan hatched by the White House last summer to draw new...

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Trump again turns to SCOTUS to revive mail-in ballot restrictions

The Trump administration is renewing its plea to the Supreme Court to revive President Donald Trump’s plan to revamp mail-in voting in advance of the looming midterms.The Justice Department on Sund...

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What Happens to Bernie Sanders’ Movement Without Bernie Sanders?

David Sirota has a way of thinking about Bernie Sanders’ career that he’s been kicking around for years.Sirota worked for Sanders in the House in the late 1990s and again on his 2020 presidential c...

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