Politics

A Trump-backed Arizona candidate faces tough House primary after sex scandals

A self-funding businessman is seizing on messy scandals to try and topple President Donald Trump’s endorsed candidate for a deep-red House seat.Republican Daniel Keenan is making a hard run at form...

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House Dem challengers are printing money

Democratic challengers in several key U.S. House races put up massive fundraising numbers in the second quarter, closing some of the GOP’s cash advantage in battlegrounds across the country.Seven o...

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Thom Tillis tells Todd Blanche to meet with Epstein victims — or don't expect his support

Sen. Thom Tillis said Thursday his vote to confirm attorney general nominee Todd Blanche is contingent on Blanche meeting with victims of the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein.The North C...

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‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Inside Trump’s remaking of American elections

President Donald Trump seemingly has a plan for the nation’s election apparatus: Dismantle the existing system with a series of cuts, firings and threats, rather than a sledgehammer blow.Just last ...

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‘Scared s–tless’: Republicans brace for Trump’s primetime speech

President Donald Trump is promising to reveal “really big news” on election security. Many Republicans wish he wouldn’t.The president’s speech, expected to be delivered in prime time Thursday from ...

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House tax writers left out of latest GOP reconciliation bill

House Ways and Means Chair Jason Smith is steamed over the fact tax provisions are not included in the party-line budget package — something he has said would prompt him to oppose the bill that alr...

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Trump administration faces pressure to open the border — to Mexican cattle

The Trump administration's strategy for warding off a flesh-eating pest threatening the American beef industry is rapidly losing allies.Closing the southern border to Mexican livestock imports last...

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Mikie Sherrill used taxpayer-funded helicopter to attend college alumni gathering

TRENTON, New Jersey — Gov. Mikie Sherrill built her political brand around her time piloting helicopters for the Navy.As New Jersey’s governor, she isn’t in the cockpit anymore. But she’s a frequen...

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Canada made trade concessions. Trump’s trade team says it’s still not enough.

Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing growing criticism at home over stalled U.S.-Canada trade talks, and fresh comments from the Trump administration suggest his concessions have done little to mov...

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Another federal agency wants in on student loans

The Trump administration is exploring how to launch a new student loan program — without the Education Department, an agency the president has promised to dismantle.Administration officials, who ha...

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Vance says Trump administration ‘absolutely screwed up’ release of the Epstein files

Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration “absolutely screwed up” the rollout of the Jeffrey Epstein files, conceding the White House botched its communications after raising expectatio...

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Vance warns there will be a 'socialist president in this country' if GOP doesn't fix economy for young people

Vice President JD Vance warned during an interview Wednesday that if Republicans don’t fix the economic missteps of recent decades, young people will elect a socialist president.Podcaster Joe Rogan...

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Todd Blanche’s chances of becoming attorney general could hinge on John Cornyn

Todd Blanche repeatedly told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” he helped launch as acting attorney general was now, in fact, “dead....

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MORNING GLORY: I asked Trump if he was prepared to remove Iran’s new leaders

"Can you or the American military or the Israeli military get to what’s left of their third string and their fourth string and their fifth string? Do you know where they are? Can you kill them?"I p...

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Who is Andy Burnham? The Trump critic set to become the UK's next prime minister

Andy Burnham, the former Greater Manchester mayor who has frequently criticized President Donald Trump, is poised to become the United Kingdom's next prime minister after emerging as the only candi...

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Trump knocks Hochul’s data center moratorium

ALBANY, New York — President Donald Trump blasted Gov. Kathy Hochul’s first-in-the-nation pause on data center construction, calling it “a terrible decision” that will hurt New York’s economy.“Gove...

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GOP’s $95 billion war-and-voting bill adds no offsets to $2 trillion deficit

House Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a $95 billion legislative plan focused on boosting defense, aiding farmers and enacting stricter voter registration rules, a sequel to the massive tax and sp...

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Ukraine and its allies hope Graham isn’t their last ally with Trump’s ear

Ukraine and its allies are hoping they can retain their momentum and support in Washington in the coming months despite the untimely death of stalwart ally Sen. Lindsey Graham.Graham had served as ...

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In seismic shift, more than 100 House Democrats vote to end Israel aid

Nearly half of House Democrats voted to cut off aid to Israel Wednesday, underscoring a seismic shift in political support for the longtime U.S. ally.The amendment to a State Department spending bi...

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The GOP senators Trump disrespected are now interrogating his nominees

President Donald Trump’s decision this spring to oust longtime and well-liked senators of his own party is making life difficult for the Trump nominees who still need their votes.Trump has relied o...

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Vance fails to quell fiscal hawk concerns about GOP reconciliation plans

Vice President JD Vance did little Wednesday afternoon to calm fiscal hawks concerned about House GOP leadership’s current plans to ram through a party-line policy and military spending bill that w...

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