Politics

‘Daddy’ Trump and Western Europe’s oath of allegiance

The EU’s performance of obedience for the US president will haunt future generations American politics has always been part performance, part ...

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Poll: Kamala Harris supporters flocked to Katie Porter in California governor’s race

SACRAMENTO, California — Katie Porter was the biggest beneficiary of Kamala Harris passing on a run for California governor, according to a new poll from POLITICO and its partners, with the former ...

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NYC indictments allege corruption in Adams’ City Hall

The former top aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams has been charged in four separate bribery schemes, according to indictments released this morning by the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.F...

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Obama backs California effort to redraw districts in response to Texas

Former President Barack Obama is supporting California’s mid-cycle redistricting effort as a “responsible approach” to Republicans drawing new maps in Texas.Obama praised California Gov. Gavin News...

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Pentagon says US will play a minimal role in Ukraine’s security guarantee

The Pentagon's top policy official told a small group of allies Tuesday night that the U.S. plans to play a minimal role in any Ukraine security guarantees, one of the clearest signs yet that Europ...

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Trump, Netanyahu: War Heroes?

Trump, Netanyahu: War Heroes? Should they be getting military medals pinned on them? ...Not quite (imagined 'battlefields' and self-delusions notwithstanding), but President Trump in...

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$50K bonuses, reduced age minimums and Superman: How ICE will fill its ranks

Wartime-like recruitment posters. Sign-on bonuses of up to $50,000. Massive hiring events. Reduced age requirements. Superman.It’s all been part of the Trump administration’s campaign to attract ne...

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‘This cannot be normalized’: Blue cities and states rebuff White House over immigration enforcement

NEW YORK — Attorney General Pam Bondi’s fresh threats to Democrat-led cities and states demanding they drop their “sanctuary” policies is being met this week with a collective nope.Leaders ranging ...

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Trump staffers cash in after 7-month stints in the White House

Donald Trump was emphatic on the campaign trail in 2016: If he made it into office, he would “drain the swamp” with an expansive ethics package cracking down on lobbying. Most of those proposals qu...

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Texas’ Republican-controlled House approves new maps to create more winnable GOP congressional seats

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House on Wednesday approved redrawn congressional maps that would give Republicans a bigger edge in 2026, muscling through a partisan gerrymander that launched weeks of pr...

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Appeals court panel clears way for Trump admin to end TPS for Hondurans, Nepalis and Nicaraguans

A federal appeals court has given the Trump administration the go-ahead to end deportation protections and revoke work permits for more than 63,000 immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras and Nepal, de...

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MORNING GLORY: Churchill then and now

Some books not only never grow old, they instead grow more relevant to the present day and indeed, even more pressing. One such book is The Gathering Storm, the first volume of Winston Churchill’s ...

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DOJ goes 0-3 in requests to unseal Jeffrey Epstein grand jury materials

NEW YORK — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected the Justice Department’s effort to unseal grand jury transcripts and exhibits in the Jeffrey Epstein case, writing that the government itself is the...

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National Guard vehicle, car collide in DC

A National Guard vehicle collided with a civilian car early Wednesday morning approximately a mile away from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The D.C. Fire and Emergency Medica...

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Vance’s trip for burgers crashes into Trump’s DC takeover

A vice president, defense secretary and top White House aide walk into a burger joint.Let the chaos ensue.Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of sta...

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Poll shows California policy influencers want harsher social media laws than voters

SACRAMENTO, California — California policy influencers are more eager to impose new controls on social media than Golden State voters, according to an exclusive POLITICO-Citrin Center-Possibility L...

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Most Americans oppose Russia seizing Ukrainian land: Poll

Most Americans are opposed to Russia receiving Ukrainian territory at the end of the war, according to a new poll that comes as President Trump has suggested "land swaps" could be part of...

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‘Heartbreaking’ transportation cuts hit home in GOP districts

A city in southwestern Utah was poised to benefit from an $87.6 million federal grant to help reconnect neighborhoods split by an increasingly congested Interstate 15.But the money intended for the...

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US destroyers head toward waters off Venezuela as Trump aims to pressure drug cartels

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is deploying three Aegis guided-missile destroyers to the waters off Venezuela as part of President Donald Trump's effort to combat threats from Latin American d...

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Supermajority of Washington residents oppose Trump’s police takeover, poll finds

The vast majority of Washington residents oppose President Donald Trump’s efforts to federalize the city’s police department and deploy the National Guard, according to a new poll released Wednesda...

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Pentagon attacks Washington Post over report on Hegseth's security costs

The Pentagon is lashing out at The Washington Post over a report that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s unusually large personal security requirements are overburdening the Army agency tha...

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