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The Most Extreme GOP Candidate in the Nation

A version of the below article first appeared in David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories and a...

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Trump’s pick for spy chief: ‘I’m not an election denier’

Jay Clayton, President Donald Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, acknowledged at his Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday that Joe Biden prevailed in the 2020 election, but dec...

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Biden to release memoir on his presidency and reelection campaign — after the midterms

Former President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he is releasing a book detailing his presidency and his decision to run for reelection and eventually step aside, which will publish shortly after this ...

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The military benefits bill that’s tearing the veterans community apart

A sweeping veterans benefits measure pitched by Republicans as a boon for tens of thousands of veterans has instead become a divisive wedge for the normally tight-knit military advocacy community —...

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Maine Democrats grapple with who is best to take over Graham Platner’s movement

Maine Democrats want to hold onto Graham Platner’s progressive base — but they can’t agree on who is best positioned to carry the torch.That indecision is creating a fractured field heading into an...

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You Don’t Need to Vote for Socialists to Get Universal Health Care

The Trump administration is implementing the most sweeping rollback of social spending in American history. Millions of Americans are being thrown off Medicaid. The president and his Republican all...

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‘It’s constant work’: Mexico’s new ambassador navigates a high-stakes moment with Washington

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has not spoken to President Donald Trump about the criminal complaints her government filed Monday over the deaths of its citizens in ICE custody or during enfor...

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Newsom’s populist turn on tech

When Gavin Newsom recently proposed giving Americans equity shares in artificial intelligence companies, he was doing more than floating an economic policy. He was staking out what advisers and all...

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Trump-promoted Freedom Fuel stations linked to Ravens coach and commodities trader

A pair of New Jersey businessmen — including an NFL assistant coach — with connections to Republican politics were involved in forming a mysterious network of Philadelphia-area gas stations offerin...

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In November 1957, a stray dog from Moscow’s streets was strapped into Sputnik 2 and launched into orbit in a capsule never designed to come home — and Soviet officials claimed for 45 years that Laika had died painlessly after several days, until a scientist admitted in 2002 she had died within hours

On 3 November 1957, a small mongrel dog named Laika lay strapped inside a pressurised capsule roughly the size of a washing machine, riding a modified R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile into or...

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Ron Paul: Trump’s New Policy Is ‘As Dangerous to Liberty and Prosperity’ as Mamdani’s

The post Ron Paul: Trump’s New Policy Is ‘As Dangerous to Liberty and Prosperity’ as Mamdani’s appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. ...

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Merz to MAGA: Butt out of Europe’s elections

BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday pushed back against a new, million-dollar funding scheme from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to support “free speech and religio...

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GOP governors, utilities join Trump data center pledge

President Donald Trump is expanding his data center pledge to include some Republican governors and several large utilities, according to state officials and industry executives.Montana Gov. Greg G...

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What's in store for Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing

The GOP-led Senate Judiciary Committee should be a friendly place for President Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, but Todd Blanche may be about to enter a minefield.Democrats are promising ...

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Open Borders Are A Death Sentence To Western Nations

Open Borders Are A Death Sentence To Western Nations Authored by J.B.Shurk via AmericanThinker.com, As simmering conflicts between Western citizens and Western governments boil ov...

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Inside Anthropic’s state-by-state plan to ratchet up AI rules

SAN FRANCISCO — Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic is pursuing a strategy of one-upmanship that encourages states to impose increasingly tougher AI guardrails, rather than align around a singl...

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‘I’m staying out of Maine’: Chuck Schumer sidelines himself with the Senate majority on the line

The fate of the Senate majority could lie in the hands of 601 yet-to-be-chosen Maine Democrats. And Chuck Schumer, known for working every possible angle to give his party’s campaigns an edge, is l...

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He sued the oil industry for $51B. Now he faces Republicans in a private grilling.

It’s a rare occurrence for a private lawyer to be hauled before a congressional committee and be deposed. But in the sharply political world of climate and energy litigation, Roger Worthington is n...

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Questions about spy agency loom over Jay Clayton hearing

At Jay Clayton’s confirmation hearing to be director of national intelligence on Wednesday, senators are likely to grill the office as much as the man.Democrats, Republicans and former intelligence...

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‘The innocent are paying for it’: Fraud investigations put Minnesota’s care economy in crisis

BARNUM, Minnesota — Looking across her farm in rural Minnesota, Heather Wright takes stock of what she’s lost. Six months ago, she had a herd of 60 cattle and a full staff on her farm providing the...

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'I wouldn't call it panic': Industry quails at Hochul's data center pause

New York’s moratorium on data centers could serve as an opening salvo for leaders in other states looking to rein in tech infrastructure — as well as congressional Democrats hoping to seize on the ...

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