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Jeffries lays out more targets for gerrymanders in response to GOP’s renewed push

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is eyeing at least four states for potential new congressional maps ahead of the 2028 elections to counter an expected round of new Republican gerrymanders aft...

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Trump’s call to reduce US troops in Germany shocks Pentagon

President Donald Trump’s announcement Wednesday that he was considering pulling some U.S. troops out of Germany stunned defense officials, who scrambled to figure out if the president was serious a...

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Israel’s center wants Democrats back. It may not have the cards.

TEL AVIV, Israel — Parties representing Israel’s center are trying to win back U.S. Democrats with a promise: We’ve got a path to unseat Benjamin Netanyahu and change Israel for the better.But the ...

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Joe Lombardo is walking the Trump tightrope. It may be a roadmap for the GOP.

LAS VEGAS — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo is trying to run a reelection campaign befitting the neon-drenched, sagebrush-pocked desert he has for five decades called home.President Donald Trump is making...

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Brendan Carr’s fight with Disney revives GOP fissures

Brendan Carr’s newest fight with Disney is starting to raise alarms among some members of the GOP and on K Street — though many Republicans appear ready to give him a pass.The criticism highlights ...

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Pay More, Get Less: The Hard Choices for Social Security

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses the different alternatives to improve the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund with the American Enterprise Institute's Andrew Biggs, P...

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The ‘Great Man’ Presidency

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsThis week, the State Department released a mock-up of a new limited-edition passport designed to commemorate America’s 25...

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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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