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The Supreme Court Lands Its Fatal Blow on the Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court achieved one of the principal goals of the conservative legal movement by destroying the last remaining pillar of Voting Rights Act of 1965. In Wednesday’s decision in Louisiana v...

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What Alex Padilla says Democrats should do about the Voting Rights Act ruling

Sen. Alex Padilla was in the Library of Congress with several dozen other senators when their phones all buzzed with the news of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act. He was dismayed...

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Mills drops out of Maine Senate race, setting up Platner to face Collins

Maine Democratic Gov. Janet Mills suspended her campaign for Senate on Thursday, as her progressive challenger, oyster farmer Graham Platner, continued to lead in the polls and in fundraising.It’s ...

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Republicans unlock filibuster-skirting power to pump billions of dollars to ICE

House Republicans succeeded late Wednesday in harnessing the special budget power to advance up to $75 billion for the immigration enforcement agencies Democrats refuse to fund without new guardrai...

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US mounts new bid to block shipping carbon tax

The United States is continuing its efforts to scupper a global carbon tax on shipping by lobbying other countries over the costs that measure would impose.The Trump administration has been circula...

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Thom Tillis isn’t done yet with Donald Trump’s nominees

Thom Tillis took on President Donald Trump’s administration in a monthslong battle to quash the criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell — and won.Now he’s urging those aroun...

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A bolder Mikie Sherrill tests a new playbook in Trenton

While running for governor of New Jersey, Mikie Sherrill was criticized as “too careful” on the trail and equivocating on issues with “word salad” answers.Few Democrats have said that about Sherril...

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MORNING GLORY: GOP's only path in November -- defend Trump and defeat radicals in Iran

Many predictions about the midterm elections in the United States are dire for the GOP: a wipeout in the House and perhaps losing the Senate majority as well. The GOP could weather the electoral st...

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Fed officials poised to dissent on rates with Warsh on verge of getting chair

A group of Federal Reserve policymakers sent Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh a clear warning on Wednesday: They're not sold on cutting interest rates.The central bank's rate-setting committee voted t...

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Florida Legislature passes DeSantis’ redrawn congressional map

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature on Wednesday passed a new congressional map that could help the GOP pick up four more seats in the state, just hours after the U.S...

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As Iran war drags on, Hegseth labels Dems obstacle to peace

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered no clear vision to lawmakers Wednesday for when or how the Iran war would conclude. But he did identify a central obstacle in completing the mission: unpatrio...

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NJ governor put his children on state board just before leaving office

Shortly before leaving office, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy made permanent a little-known but influential office that would be the linchpin for all things tech in state government.His administration...

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Trump, Putin talk about each other’s wars in Wednesday phone call

President Donald Trump projected confidence that a resolution to the Russia-Ukraine war would come “relatively quickly” after a phone call with President Vladimir Putin Wednesday in which the two l...

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The King’s Admirer in Chief

Cannons fired. Fifes and drums played “Yankee Doodle.” A quartet of F-35s flew overhead, and dozens of military service members held American and British flags. It was about as much pomp as the Uni...

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Republicans rush to redraw maps after Supreme Court deals blow to VRA

The Supreme Court just triggered a second wave of the redistricting wars — and Republicans are on the march.The court blew a hole in the Voting Rights Act on Wednesday, triggering immediate calls f...

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Immigrants with temporary legal status could score slim win at Supreme Court

The Supreme Court may block the Trump administration's efforts to strip temporary legal status from more than a million immigrants.After about two hours of oral arguments Wednesday, it appeared pos...

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ICE Watchers Worry Democrats Are Trying to Co-Opt Their Movements For Votes

A seventeen-second video shows a dark-haired man rapping his pale knuckles gently below the tinted windows of a silver minivan. He stands back, shoving his hands into the pockets of his puffer coat...

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The Voting Rights Act is now a ‘dead letter’ after latest Supreme Court decision

A long-held goal of the conservative legal movement came to fruition on Wednesday: The gutting of the Voting Rights Act.The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais, a case challenging ...

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The ‘Fight Club’ Rule on Gerrymandering

Florida Republicans have approved a new congressional map that could hand them as many as four House seats that Democrats currently hold. Their goal is straightforward and universally understood: T...

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Mamdani would ask King Charles to return crown jewel to India

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday he would urge King Charles III to return a massive crown jewel to India if the two were to speak privately — a comment marking the first...

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Who Is the Real Base of the Democratic Party?

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeIn this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with his thoughts about the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. David exami...

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