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Democrats bet on a ‘Trump slump’ to take back Nevada

LAS VEGAS — Democrats looking to win back Nevada's gubernatorial mansion want to tie incumbent GOP Gov. Joe Lombardo to Donald Trump’s agenda — but the first-term governor is not making it easy.Des...

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How Gettysburg Became a Refuge for Conservatives Battered by Trump-Era Strife

It’s already hotter than 90 degrees here at the 161st annual reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg in July and it’s not even 10 a.m. Cannons boom in the distance. From the parking lot outside the...

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The next big battleground test: A Wisconsin race that has tortured Republicans

Republicans looking to recover after bruising electoral losses in November are sharply divided over one of the next big electoral tests: a statewide judicial race in battleground Wisconsin.Wisconsi...

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Pipeline deal is not a ‘baked cake,’ Canada's energy minister says

OTTAWA — One day after a pipeline plan for Alberta sparked backlash and a Cabinet defection, Canada's energy minister emphasized the project is far from a done deal.“We're baking the cake,” Tim Hod...

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A conservative media war erupts. Both sides hope Trump is in their corner.

Brendan Carr, President Donald Trump’s top TV regulator, has landed in the center of another media fight — this time between two powerful groups of Trump-friendly news executives, each pushing him ...

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The MAGA voter split that could spell trouble for 2028 Republicans

President Donald Trump has held his coalition together throughout much of the first year of his second term in office like few other figures could — albeit at times with bailing twine and a red MAG...

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This Viral Reddit Post Reveals What These 10 People From The 1700s Really Looked Like In Photographs

The 18th century often feels like a distant world of powdered wigs, candlelit salons, and horse-drawn carriages. But a recent Reddit post that went viral with more than 111 thousand upvotes and 2.9...

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More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy

The Trump administration’s bid to systematically lock up nearly all immigrants facing deportation proceedings has led to a fierce — and mounting — rejection by courts across the country.That effort...

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Bari Weiss’s Big Secret Is That She’s Boring

Over the course of her decade-long career in media, Bari Weiss has really only told one story. Sure, she and The Free Press, the website she founded after publicly resigning from The New York Times...

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The real political shift in New York wasn’t Mamdani — it was everywhere else

ALBANY, New York — Zohran Mamdani’s decisive win in New York City — along with key victories in New Jersey and Virginia — suggested Democrats are headed into the midterms from a position of strengt...

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Carney loses Cabinet minister over pipeline push

OTTAWA — A prominent member of Mark Carney’s Cabinet quit Thursday in protest of the Liberal government's decision to roll back Canada’s environmental policies and clear the way for a new oil pipel...

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Pipeline pledge anchors Carney’s sweeping deal with Alberta

Construction on a new pipeline to a British Columbia port could start as early as 2029 — with or without B.C.’s blessing — under a new plan negotiated by Ottawa and Alberta.While the long-awaited m...

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‘I never want to hear again that the Democratic Party has a problem with young men’

Democrats overperformed with young men in the off-year elections. Now comes the hard part: Replicating those results in the midterms amid an ideological divide in the party.While Democrats across t...

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‘People believe this stuff’: AI is a new headache for air disaster investigators

About 11 hours after the nation’s worst airline disaster in more than two decades, an X user posted a dramatic image of rescuers climbing atop the wreckage in the Potomac River, emergency lights il...

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AI gives coal plants a lifeline as Trump makes them dirtier

The Trump administration is allowing coal plants to release more pollution at a time when utilities across the country are opting to save their aging coal facilities from retirement so they can pow...

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Mike Johnson set to huddle with Indiana Republicans amid redistricting fight

Speaker Mike Johnson is expected to huddle via conference call with Indiana House Republicans this weekend ahead of their upcoming state House session to redraw congressional maps, according to two...

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National Guard shooter faces assault charges as CIA ties emerge

The man who shot two National Guard members in Washington will be charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence — as new informati...

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Longform links: human nuances

TechnologyWhy do roboticists love kicking robots so much? (harpers.org)How ASML ($ASML) came to dominate semiconductor lithography. (construction-physics.com)A look at the Xbox 20 years in. (hooksh...

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21 states sue Trump admin over changes to immigrants’ SNAP eligibility

Democratic attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia sued the Trump administration Wednesday over guidance that they say unlawfully blocks certain groups of legal immigrants fro...

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Americans are buckling under medical bills. It could get worse.

Charities that help people cover their medical bills say they’re seeing an alarming increase in requests for help.Worse yet, they say, it’s coming even before cuts to Medicaid in President Donald T...

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How Trump targeting these Democrats could backfire

Donald Trump is going to war with Democrats over the military. It could backfire on him.The president’s attacks on six Democrats who recorded a video encouraging military members to buck unlawful o...

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