Politics

Canceled contracts, a failed polygraph and personal disputes: Inside the turbulent tenure of Noem’s former cyber czar

The interim chief of the nation’s top cyber defense agency had convinced many people he was not up to the task long before his sudden reassignment late Thursday. But the one person who mattered mos...

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A duo of the willing: US and Israel have few allies in initial Iran strikes

The U.S. and Israel are so far going it alone in their military campaign against Iran, in a notable absence of the allies who participated in previous regional conflicts with air defenses and strik...

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Congressional Iran votes take on new weight after Trump strikes

Congress is set to vote next week on ending the U.S. military campaign in Iran in what will be an effective referendum on President Donald Trump's decision to launch a new war in the Middle East.Bi...

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What we know — and still don’t — about the Iran strikes

The U.S. and Israel’s joint military operation against Iran could lead to extraordinary power shifts in the Middle East, especially if the strikes help force Tehran’s Islamist regime from power. Th...

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'Economic relief, not more war’: Iran strikes test Trump coalition ahead of midterms

President Donald Trump’s decision to launch joint strikes with Israel against Iran is jolting a Republican Party already anxious about holding its coalition together ahead of the midterms.Republica...

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Mamdani blasts Trump administration’s 'catastrophic’ and ‘illegal’ strikes in Iran

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the U.S. military strikes on Iran Saturday, stress-testing his increasingly productive working relationship with President Donald Trump.“Toda...

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What Can the Texas Primary Tell Us About Democrats?

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsThis week, the Atlantic staff writer Elaine Godfrey was covering a campaign rally in Texas when she was ushered out. Elai...

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‘Let him think he won': Inside Minnesota Dems' effort to fend off Trump's immigration surge

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz finally got President Donald Trump on the phone seven weeks into the administration’s crackdown on Minneapolis — and the president had a complaint.Trump told the Democratic ...

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U.S.-funded international broadcaster sends new round of resignation offers to employees

U.S. Agency for Global Media, which runs broadcasts including Voice of America, on Thursday offered employees a “deferred resignation program,” pushing them to resign as involuntary reductions in f...

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Trump teases a ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba

President Donald Trump suggested on Friday a possible “friendly takeover” of Cuba, adding that the country is in a “big deal of trouble” economically.“They have no money. They have no anything righ...

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‘Acts of war unauthorized by Congress’: Trump’s congressional critics denounce Iran strikes

Some of President Donald Trump’s Capitol Hill critics were quick to condemn his administration’s military action against Iran early Saturday, criticizing what they described as an unjustified act o...

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Dems vow to force votes on Iran war powers next week

Democrats in the House and Senate pledged Thursday to force votes next week on legislation to restrict President Donald Trump from attacking Iran without congressional approval — and the White Hous...

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Mamdani did Trump a solid by keeping their White House meeting under wraps

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s second Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump brought their unusual alliance to new heights, cementing a bond that’s testing each of their b...

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‘Elaine From Atlantic … She Needs to Leave’

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.I was not expecting Representative Jasmine Crockett’s team to call me a “top-notch hater”; kick me out of he...

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Judges question Pam Bondi’s social media posts on Minnesota arrests

Two federal judges have raised concerns about Attorney General Pam Bondi’s use of social media to publicize a wave of arrests last month of people charged with interfering with federal officers dur...

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DHS funding impasse here to stay as administration ratches up pressure

The Trump administration is taking actions to increase the sense of urgency to fund the Department of Homeland Security. But lawmakers calling for reforms to the agency are feeling little urgency t...

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Serious investigation or ‘clown show’? Clintons’ closed testimonies on Epstein leave room for disagreement

CHAPPAQUA, New York — As House Republicans and Democrats embarked on two days of depositions with Bill and Hillary Clinton, both sides professed a seriousness of purpose to find answers that could ...

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Labor secretary weathers the political storm swirling around her agency

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer and her team are fighting hard to project an image of business as usual in the face of a sprawling investigation by the department’s internal watchdog that is hi...

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‘Attempted corporate murder’: Trump’s threats against Anthropic chill AI industry

The high-stakes standoff between the Trump administration and artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is sparking fears in Silicon Valley, on Capitol Hill and across K Street of a fundamental shi...

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Columbia student detention underscores limits of campus protections

The recent detainment of a Columbia University student is showing just how much harder it is getting for colleges to protect their students from President Donald Trump's immigration raids.Universit...

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Trump says US conducted ‘major combat operations’ in Iran

President Donald Trump early Saturday announced the U.S. began “major combat operations” in Iran, saying the Middle Eastern nation rejected American calls to halt its nuclear weapons production.Ins...

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