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Trump threatens military action in Strait of Hormuz if Iran challenges new blockade

President Donald Trump threatened additional military action against Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, just hours after a U.S. blockade in the critical waterway went into effect earlier Monday.In a pos...

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The solution to creeping technofacism? Be annoying

It began as a way to tell a better story. A small, semi-transparent rectangle floating in midair above home plate, first rolled out by ESPN in 2001, showed something approaching the strike zone of ...

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California leaders promised fire recovery in record time. Los Angeles isn’t seeing it.

Soon after wildfires leveled two Los Angeles communities last year, public officials touted the record-setting speed of the recovery. California Gov. Gavin Newsom said it was happening “faster than...

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Your guide to who’s who in the MAHA movement

Many Americans have a soft spot for the Make America Healthy Again movement — even if they can't name many of its pivotal figures.It shocked the public health establishment when President Donald Tr...

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‘Can’t make a squeak’: Trump’s fossil fuel push puts IMF, World Bank on defensive

The war in Iran is sparking new calls by international financial institutions for lower-income countries to loosen their fossil fuel dependence as they reel from the conflict. One of the biggest ob...

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A Fine Country for Old Men

Gerontocracy has always thrived in undemocratic places—Communist people’s republics, Gulf monarchies—where only death could pry power from the ruling elders. American gerontocracy is exceptional fo...

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Eric Swalwell’s downfall, explained

Democratic United States Representative Eric Swalwell delivers a speech in Los Angeles, California, on January 10, 2026. | AFP via Getty Images Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) suspended his...

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Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal

FESTUS, Missouri — Voters in a small Missouri town, unhappy with the city council’s approval of a $6 billion data center, struck back at the polls last week, ousting all four incumbent council memb...

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Swalwell suspends governor campaign amid sexual misconduct allegations

Eric Swalwell suspended his bid for California governor amid sexual assault and misconduct allegations that threw his campaign into a tailspin, upending the race to lead the nation’s most populous ...

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Hungary Just Ousted the Unoustable

This story was updated on Sunday, April 12, at 7:15 p.m. ET. Friends danced on one another’s shoulders. Fathers embraced their children. A teenage girl wept. Beer flowed. After 16 years, Hungarians...

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Hungary’s election sends a jolting message — to US Democrats

The defeat of Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, should deliver a sharp jolt to one of America’s two major political parties. Oddly, it’s not the Republicans, deeply invested though...

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Hungary's Election Sends a Jolting Message — to Democrats

The defeat of Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, should deliver a sharp jolt to one of America’s two major political parties.Oddly, it’s not the Republicans, deeply invested though they were i...

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Tax Day is the GOP’s focus as Congress returns to war, shutdown and other challenges

Republicans return to Washington this week eager to promote the pocketbook benefits of their nine-month-old megabill ahead of Tax Day. But the fallout from the war in the Middle East threatens to c...

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Trump's auto-loan interest tax break off to sluggish start

President Donald Trump’s new $10,000 tax deduction for car-loan interest isn't getting much use — even as prices for new vehicles soar.Just over 1.1 million taxpayers have taken advantage of the mu...

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Peltola raises almost $9M in first three months of Senate bid

Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) raked in nearly $9 million across her authorized committees over the first three months of the year, a staggering sum for Alaska that reflects how critical natio...

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Republicans break with Trump in California governor’s race

SAN DIEGO — California Republicans refused Sunday to endorse Donald Trump’s pick for governor here, a stark rebuke of the sitting president by the party’s rank-and-file in the nation’s most populou...

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DHS probing Swalwell over allegations he illegally employed nanny

The Trump administration’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency has referred allegations of Rep. Eric Swalwell illegally employing a Brazilian nanny several years ago to law enforcement...

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‘Cowboy’: Michael Selig takes on political giants over prediction markets

Michael Selig is making a play for a new title in Washington: chief betting market regulator.He’ll just have to take on state officials, lawmakers, tribal organizations and some potential 2028 pres...

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‘It would be catastrophic’: A Supreme Court decision could upend Alaska’s crucial Senate race

In the villages that dot Kodiak Island off the coast of southwest Alaska, the post arrives by plane. Mailing a ballot to the archipelago’s hub takes at least two days — if the region’s frequent sto...

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Why MAGA has a problem with Maria

MAGA is tearing María Elvira Salazar apart.She’s betraying the party, say the MAGA influencers and her congressional colleagues ripping into her on X. She’s a “RINO b---h,” say the death threats sh...

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Calls increase for expulsion of Swalwell and Gonzales over sexual abuse allegations

Democrats and Republicans might not agree on much lately, but they seem to have found common ground on one issue: Reps. Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales need to end their congressional tenure in the...

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