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Hegseth ignored military officials when he slashed offices that limit risk to civilians

Top military officials warned the Pentagon unsuccessfully last year not to gut oversight offices that limit risk to civilian casualties and investigate responsibility for their deaths, such as the ...

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How a top DC strategist courted Jeffrey Epstein

Leading Washington strategist Juleanna Glover publicly argued for a third-party presidential candidate halfway through Donald Trump’s first term, calling for a “morally lucid” leader akin to abolit...

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One month later, the DHS shutdown shows no signs of ending

Top Democrats and White House officials are nowhere near close to a breakthrough in negotiations to end the Homeland Security shutdown as the funding lapse is due to hit its one-month mark Saturday...

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Oscars walks political tightrope as poll shows Californians wary of Hollywood’s influence

LOS ANGELES — If ever there were a year for the Academy Awards to make a political statement, it’s this one.The show will unfurl Sunday amid a litany of domestic and international crises, including...

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The local special election sparking intrigue in Donald Trump’s backyard

Florida Democrats are trying to flip the Palm Beach state House district that includes Mar-a-Lago this month, in a race that could test President Donald Trump’s Sunshine State influence and symboli...

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The Trillion Dollar War Machine That Barreled Toward Iran

Donald Trump campaigned against “endless wars.” Yet in late February, he launched a war against Iran that has already killed over one thousand people, including at least 175 in a strike on a girls’...

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Gavin Newsom wants to hand Donald Trump his gasoline price problem

Republicans have spent years hammering Gavin Newsom for California's high gas prices. Now, the Democratic governor is seizing a sudden opening to shift the blame to Donald Trump as the war in Iran ...

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‘Oh, boy’: Oil industry frets over Trump's profit-minded Iran post

President Donald Trump may think his war in Iran is a boon for the oil industry — but his way of putting it is causing consternation.“The United States is the largest Oil Producer in the World, by ...

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Legislators reject Flock’s first political donations in California

A top provider of AI-powered license plate readers, Flock, made its first political contributions in California this month. But the checks are already being rebuffed.The controversial company gave ...

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There's a new wedge issue playing out in Senate Dem primaries

Democrats in competitive primaries keep fighting about corporate PAC money. It has opened up a muddy and sometimes performative debate.The issue has played out in contested Senate primaries, where ...

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Hegseth, attacking press, declares victory is near amid ongoing Iran conflict

The new Iranian leader is “wounded and likely disfigured,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, describing the ongoing war as a sure and decisive victory.Speaking hours after four America...

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Democrats are trouncing Republicans in state elections since Trump took office

A blue wave may already be cresting.Democrats have flipped 28 Republican-held seats in state legislatures across the country over the past 14 months, a sign that the GOP is indeed at risk of losing...

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US military plane crashes in Iraq amid war with Iran

A U.S. military refueling plane crashed in western Iraq and efforts were underway to rescue those on board, Central Command said Thursday.The crash of the Boeing KC-135 jet, which comes in the seco...

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A historic Senate opening meets a divided Illinois Democratic Party

CHICAGO — Illinois Democrats have a rare opportunity to help send a Black woman to the Senate this year — though it’s an opportunity that may be blocked by a splintering electorate and competing po...

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Getting Congress to pay for the Iran war won't be an easy sell

The war in Iran is tearing through the Pentagon’s budget at nearly $1 billion a day, but lawmakers are in no rush to approve more money for the Trump administration’s expanding Middle East conflict...

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Vance was ‘skeptical’ voice in White House on Iran strikes

Vice President JD Vance was skeptical of the U.S. striking Iran in the leadup to President Donald Trump’s decision to launch the war, two senior Trump officials told POLITICO.Vance, who has long qu...

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How The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Found Itself in the Battle Over Big Tech

On Nov. 5, in a harshly lit conference room at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ main administrative hub in Salt Lake City, Elder Gerrit Gong delivered an impassioned speech about th...

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Pentagon: First week of Iran war cost about $11B

The U.S. spent about $11 billion last week on the Iran war, a Pentagon official said Thursday, offering the first public estimate of the conflict’s cost — and one Democratic lawmakers insist is muc...

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Why high oil prices may outlast Trump’s Iran war

President Donald Trump may be pledging a quick end to his war on Iran — but the political fallout will persist long after the fighting stops.Trump administration officials are downplaying the spike...

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51 Bizarre And Confusing Things People Have Experienced

People like it when the world makes sense. Sure, some mysteries are interesting, but not the kind that keeps you up at night out of horror. Reading about weird things happening to others is always ...

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Poll: California Democrats want to disband ICE

California Democrats overwhelmingly want to dismantle Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid backlash to Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, according to a new poll by POLITICO and its part...

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