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50 percent say US strikes on Iran make Americans less safe: Survey

Half of registered voters say they think U.S. military strikes on Iran’s nuclear program would make Americans less safe, according to a new Quinnipiac University survey conducted in the d...

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Trump: Deal with Iran not necessary following US strikes

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that a nuclear agreement with Iran isn’t needed because of the extent of damage U.S. and Israeli strikes have done to Tehran’s nuclear facilities.Speaking to r...

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Vought pitches reluctant senators on $9.4B in clawbacks to NPR, PBS, foreign aid

White House budget director Russ Vought pressed senators on Wednesday to clear President Donald Trump’s request to scrap $9.4 billion, amid GOP resistance to slashing funding for global health prog...

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The Slow, Painful Death of the American Political Dynasty

So many of Andrew Cuomo’s flaws were distinctive to him: The grievance and paranoia, the imperial sense of entitlement, the brazen dishonesty about his mismanagement of the Covid crisis and his his...

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Trump embraces NATO allies — except for Spain

THE HAGUE — President Donald Trump lashed out at Spain on Wednesday, saying it would have to pay “twice as much” in tariffs after Madrid refused to meet NATO’s 5 percent spending target.It was uncl...

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The Trump judge wars are back

President Donald Trump’s first term was marked by a contentious and ultimately wildly successful campaign to overhaul the federal judiciary — one that dominated the Senate floor calendar for nearly...

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Questions around success of Iran strikes spark fears on Capitol Hill

Questions swirling around the success of U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites are raising fears on Capitol Hill that more could be coming. President Trump is insisting Saturday’s ...

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Unpacking the conflicting assessments on Iran strikes

As the dust settles on Iranian sites hit by U.S. bombs and missiles over the weekend, there's growing tension over how much the military operation set back Tehran's nuclear program. ...

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What the New York Mayoral Primary Means for Democrats

After its demoralizing defeat in November, the Democratic Party has undertaken an agonizing, months-long self-autopsy to determine how it lost some of its core voters and how to move past an entren...

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Trump lays into Spain over NATO defense spending

President Trump on Wednesday laid into Spain for expressing reservations about an increase in NATO defense spending, drawing his ire during his press conference at the alliance's summit o...

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Hegseth lays into media over 'preliminary' Iran damage assessment

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday unloaded on the press amid reports that an internal U.S. assessment found American strikes set back Iran's nuclear program by months, not years...

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Trump denies Iranians moved nuclear materials before US strikes

President Trump on Wednesday maintained that nuclear materials were not moved prior to U.S. strikes on Iranian facilities, despite an internal preliminary assessment that indicated otherw...

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Zohran Mamdani Reminds Me of Someone. His Name Was Mario Cuomo.

Which candidate, running as an underdog in New York’s Democratic primary election, said the following?“Once the middle class goes over to the right with the rich, they bludgeon the poor. The whole ...

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Can a New Think Tank Fix What’s Wrong With The Democratic Party?

Shortly into Ronald Reagan’s presidency, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation in which she described America’s foreign policy before Reagan as “lose a c...

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NATO declaration leaves wiggle room for 5 percent spending target

NATO leaders on Wednesday agreed to a major defense spending increase while leaving room for some alliance countries, including Spain, Belgium and Slovakia, to not hit the new spending goals thanks...

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The South African apartheid movement’s close relationship with the American right – then and now

The allegations of a “white genocide” against Afrikaner farmers that emerged during the tense Oval Office meeting between the US president, Donald Trump, and South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramapho...

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MAGA right attacks Zohran Mamdani’s religion following his win

Prominent MAGA-aligned commentators launched xenophobic attacks on Zohran Mamdani over the 33-year-old state lawmaker’s Muslim religion following his apparent Democratic primary win in the New York...

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Mother of Naval Station Norfolk sailor killed seeks Navy accountability

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAVY) — The mother of a sailor who disappeared from Naval Station Norfolk and was found dead in a Norfolk neighborhood is in Washington D.C. Wednesday demanding transpar...

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Lawmakers press Trump administration on nuclear sub deal with Australia, UK

A group of bipartisan lawmakers sent a Monday letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth expressing support for the trilateral security partnership known as "AUKUS" amid a 30 day review from the Depa...

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NATO chief calls Trump ‘Daddy’

THE HAGUE — NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte surprised reporters Wednesday by calling President Donald Trump “Daddy,” a moment of levity in a serious NATO summit.As the two leaders greeted each ot...

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Republicans are racing to make Zohran Mamdani the face of the Democratic Party

Just hours after Zohran Mamdani’s apparent victory in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, Republicans are already homing in on the 33-year-old democratic socialist as their new boogeyma...

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