Politics

Diesel prices hit all-time high as Trump administration brandishes energy policies

U.S. diesel fuel prices hit a record high Thursday afternoon, according to a fuel price monitoring service, surpassing the previous peak set in 2022 as surging crude oil and refining bottlenecks se...

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Trump’s White House adjusts to life without Karoline Leavitt

Vice President JD Vance ended a more than 40-day drought in the White House briefing room Thursday, fielding reporters’ questions from a podium that had sat unused for weeks.And the White House doe...

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Republicans once hoped the Iran war would end before the elections. They’ve given up that dream.

Republican campaigns and operatives have reached the fifth stage of grief over President Donald Trump’s Iran war: acceptance.With two months until Election Day, diesel prices at record highs and th...

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The Hasan Piker Question

Like late-summer humidity, Hasan Piker hangs heavy over the discourse.At a rally on Monday, Vice President Vance brought up the hard-left streamer in an attempt to paint the Democratic Senate candi...

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House Democrats watch closely as Hakeem Jeffries vows to rein in rogue members

Democrats have spent the better part of two years looking on in glee as House Republicans have struggled to wrangle their narrow majority and enact a consensus agenda.Now, eyeing a potentially smal...

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Trump’s Lake Ontario push forces tech to pick a side

President Donald Trump’s geography wars keep getting worse for the tech industry — forcing online mapping platforms to choose between crossing a vengeful White House or angering the Democrats who m...

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Trump keeps attacking Silicon Valley's giants in court — and they keep dodging

President Donald Trump’s antitrust enforcers have repeatedly tried to break up tech giants, even after their CEOs bent the knee to him. But the courts keep saying no.Wednesday’s decision by a feder...

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Democrats’ new data center attack line

Voters are in an uproar over data centers — and Democrats are trying to direct anger toward Republicans by pointing to a tax provision buried in the GOP’s “big, beautiful bill.”Of the myriad talkin...

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Ken Paxton went after gambling in Texas — but stays hands off on Kalshi

As Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton has pushed for strict enforcement of Texas gambling laws, especially for fantasy sports sites and gaming machines. But after Paxton and his PAC took thousands ...

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Stephen A. Smith has some words for Democrats as he makes his 2028 plans clear

Sports broadcaster Stephen A. Smith has been bouncing around cable TV but insists he’s staying out of one arena: the political one.The outspoken ESPN personality isn’t staying away from talking pol...

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‘Markets’ or ‘gambling’: The brewing Supreme Court fight over prediction markets

A nationwide brawl between dozens of states and the prediction markets championed by President Donald Trump has landed at the Supreme Court.The clash, if taken up, would mark a blockbuster showdown...

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The Trump administration is taking stakes in more companies — and progressives are taking notes

The Trump administration is shaking up federal involvement in the mining, tech, energy and defense sectors by making the government part-owner of dozens of U.S. companies -- and sparking a conversa...

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