Politics

View from Russia: Experts on why Kushner and Witkoff came to Moscow

Experts say the latest US contacts with Moscow look more symbolic than substantive, with peace talk overshadowed by wider rivalry The latest vis...

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‘Costs and corruption’: Democrats hone midterm attacks on data centers

Democrats want voters to see data centers as giant outposts of megacorporations that enjoy undue tax breaks and ill-begotten monstrosities that suck up precious water and hog electricity.After mont...

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The Norwegian gas plant that could safeguard Europe from Trump

STAVANGER, Norway — Europe was supposed to leave gas facilities like Kårstø behind.Instead, the giant processing plant is at the center of a wider continental shift. Emission reductions are out. En...

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Trump’s MAGA Inc. sends $10M to Texas in first general election spend of the year

President Donald Trump’s super PAC is shelling out $10 million for Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign, its first general election contribution ahead of the November midterms, according to a filing made p...

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An unconventional solution to Trump’s loan caps

Republicans put limits on federal student loans hoping colleges would lower tuition, only to find that a few schools are leaning into a workaround: lending to their students directly.Trump administ...

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Arizona voter-law fight reaches SCOTUS as election groups warn ‘absurd’ consequence could ensue

Election experts are warning the Supreme Court that affirming a lower court's ruling could mean that noncitizens, minors, or factitious people listed on state voter rolls could be impossible to rem...

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Missouri AG asks the Supreme Court to stop map ruling that would likely stop Republicans from gaining a seat

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on Friday night asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a Missouri high court ruling that found the state cannot use new, heavily gerrymand...

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CENTCOM announces strikes on three Iranian oil tankers

The U.S. military said it struck three Iranian crude oil tankers in the Gulf region on Saturday in response to Iranian attacks on U.S. naval ships.The U.S. aircraft carrier and guided-missile destr...

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Canada turns its critical minerals into leverage against Trump

OTTAWA — Canada is no longer talking about critical minerals as an asset to share with the United States, as it slaps back at the Trump administration in its bitterly escalating trade war.“I don’t ...

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How to survive a national debt scare

An electronic billboard on a bus stop in Washington, DC, displays the current US national debt on August 30, 2026. | Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation T...

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NATO races to guard against Russian nuclear subs without the US

KEFLAVIK, Iceland — Donald Trump’s turn away from NATO came to fruition last month in the waters off Iceland.Allied forces gathered here to practice hunting for Russian submarines, drawing German s...

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Gen Z’s politics aren’t what people think

An attendee during a debate watch party with the Miami-Dade Young Democrats in Miami, Florida, on September 10, 2024. | Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images After 12 years o...

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Everyman Economics: Why Growth Requires Measuring More than GDP

In its 250th year, America finds itself confronting an age-old question with new urgency: what, exactly, counts as progress? 1776 was a hinge year for the modern world. Adam Smith published The Wea...

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Trump brushes off accusations of Russian sabotage against NATO allies

President Donald Trump dodged a chance Friday to condemn President Vladimir Putin over allegations that Russia has conducted espionage attacks on NATO nations.Trump, speaking to reporters at the Wh...

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‘Really Alarming for Some Republicans in Competitive Seats’

The midterms are just two months away, and Republicans are growing more nervous.Polls show President Donald Trump is deeply unpopular with voters, and the battle for control of Congress continues t...

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Claudia Sheinbaum Wants to Ban Dual Citizens From Office to Shield Mexico From Trump

Left-wing Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has a proposal to shield her country from Donald Trump’s growing influence over Latin American politics: changing the constitution to bar dual national...

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Ocasio-Cortez calls focus on Hasan Piker 'absolutely ludicrous' as some Democrats demand distance

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., brushed off far-left streamer Hasan Piker's role in American politics on Thursday, questioning why people were focused or devoting time to him."It is absolute...

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Gov. Shapiro gets validation: A Pennsylvanian did die of measles

This time, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and the Lancaster County coroner agree: An infant died of measles in the state, the first confirmed death in 35 years.Shapiro cited the coroner’s confirmat...

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California’s Rob Bonta investigating OpenAI over Hugging Face hack

SAN FRANCISCO — California Attorney General Rob Bonta is investigating OpenAI over the recent hack its programs carried out on their own against another artificial intelligence company, Hugging Fac...

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Why Is Trump’s DOJ Still Helping the Russian-Linked Liar Who Smeared Biden?

On September 17, prosecutors from the Justice Department are scheduled to appear in a federal courtroom in Pasadena, California, for a rather odd event. They will argue that a mysteriou...

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Mamdani backs reopening Columbia University campus to public after pro-Palestine protests prompted shutdown

NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration is coming out in favor of restoring public access to Columbia University’s main Manhattan campus, reversing his predecessor’s support for keeping it...

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