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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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‘Democratic Leadership Is Way Out of Touch’: Bernie Sanders on Zohran Mamdani’s Win

Without Bernie Sanders, there might not be a Zohran Mamdani.The 33-year-old democratic socialist who triggered a political earthquake by moving toward a decisive win in New York’s Democratic mayora...

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Kari Lake heads to Capitol Hill after gutting an agency Trump hates

Kari Lake, the staunch Trump ally and senior adviser at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, will tout massive cuts to an agency that's been a target of Republican hostility for years on Capitol Hill ...

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GOP megabill takes aim at universities — except for this conservative Christian college

President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are angling to use their megabill to turn the screws on elite liberal colleges that take millions in taxpayer funds while sitting on endowments wo...

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Trump isn't ready for a ceasefire with Massie

Just as President Donald Trump appears to have hit pause on a major conflict in the Middle East, he is intensifying one at home.Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is the chief target of the president's pow...

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McIver heads to court as watchdog group files complaint against Alina Habba

Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is expected to appear in federal court for the first time Wednesday morning on a trio of charges following a May scuffle outside a federal immigration facility.At her ...

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The Federalist Society isn’t going anywhere

President Donald Trump said the Federalist Society gave him “bad advice” on judicial nominations. He’s still appointing their members to the federal bench anyway.On Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary ...

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The Self-Deportation Psyop

The other night, while watching a baseball game, I saw my first ad for self-deportation. One minute Shohei Ohtani was at the plate and then suddenly there was Kristi Noem, the Department of Homelan...

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Trump, Hegseth scoff at Iran damage assessment; leak probe underway

President Trump and his top national security brass aggressively pushed back on reporting that Iran’s nuclear program was only set back a matter of months – a determination made by the ad...

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Nancy Mace Is the Future of the Republican Party

Before she became the most prominent transphobe in American politics, Nancy Mace presented herself as a different type of Republican. Taking congressional office in 2021, the South Carolina represe...

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Witkoff bashes 'treasonous' leak of US intel assessment of Iran strikes

Steve Witkoff, President Trump's top envoy to the Middle East, blasted what he called "treasonous" leaking of information after multiple media outlets reported that the administration's s...

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RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort

The United States won’t contribute anymore to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, until the global health organization has “re-earned the public trust,” U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wed...

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Planned Parenthood turns to states for a lifeline

Planned Parenthood is pushing governors and legislators in California, New York and other blue states to cobble together emergency funding that will allow them to keep the lights on should the spig...

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White House pushes Israeli assessment of damage to Iran’s nuclear sites

The White House on Wednesday pushed the Israeli assessment of the U.S. military strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, as part of its ongoing effort to argue that the hits destroyed Iran’...

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Most disapprove of Trump strikes on Iran: Survey

Most Americans say they disapprove of U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend, according to a new survey. In the CBS News/YouGov poll, conducted in the th...

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