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DHS signs off on World Cup security funding a day after Trump-Infantino meeting

U.S. host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup learned Wednesday that a major bureaucratic hurdle, which was holding up hundreds of millions of dollars in federal security funding, had been cleared.T...

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Tax the Rich All You Want. It Won't Fix the Deficit.

Wherever you look in American politics right now, you'll find legislators saying the government still doesn't tax enough—especially when it ...

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Judges say Trump’s attacks are fueling threats to their safety

SAN DIEGO — A trio of federal judges on Thursday offered a blistering assessment of the Trump administration’s attacks on the judiciary, with one comparing them to the behavior of authoritarian reg...

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Colombia’s President on Why Trump’s War on Drugs Is Failing

In May, Colombians will choose a successor to President Gustavo Petro, the first leftist leader in the country’s modern history. The results of that election will cement — or erase — Petro’s legacy...

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Iran war is the largest oil supply disruption in history, report finds

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has triggered the largest supply disruption in global oil market history, according to a Thursday report from the International Energy Agency, as tensions escalate al...

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Who threatens the Arab world: Iran or the US and Israel?

Who threatens the Arab world: Iran or the US and Israel? Submitted by Joseph Massad on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 11:11 ...

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Trump’s silence leaves housing affordability bill in limbo

A Senate bill aimed at making housing more affordable should be a slam-dunk for Republicans’ affordability message. Instead, it’s exposing GOP disarray on the very cost-of-living issues voters care...

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Trump says it is not ‘appropriate’ for Iran soccer team to be at World Cup

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran should not compete in the upcoming World Cup hosted in North America, despite assuring the FIFA president days earlier that they would be welcome amid...

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On T Cooper’s Early Meditations on Being a Trans Man, Real Man Adventures

The pop culture of five years ago is barely gone, still too recent for assessment, let alone retrospective; the pop culture of twenty years ago is history, distant enough from the present day that ...

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Right-wing media’s Mamdani outrage fuels GOP anti-Muslim rhetoric

During Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims around the world fast from dawn to sunset and gather with family and neighbors each evening to break that fast, the American right is manufacturin...

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Newsom opens commanding lead over Harris in 2028 California primary poll

SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom is trouncing Kamala Harris in their home state in a new presidential primary poll by POLITICO and its partners.The California governor leads Harris, the former...

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Kristi Noem sidelined Tom Homan. He’s working to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Tensions between border czar Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ran so high over the last year that they barely spoke. Homan is determined to avoid a repeat.Homan is making a con...

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Morris Katz backed Cuomo, criticized Sanders before political career

NEW YORK — Morris Katz is celebrated as the 26-year-old savant and strategist behind Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to become New York City mayor.But before he was a blip on anyone’s radar, Katz spent h...

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Canada’s Conservative leader needs to make inroads with Trump. Is it too late?

OTTAWA — In the fall of 2024, Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada's Conservative Party, held a commanding lead in the polls and looked set to be the next prime minister. After Donald Trump's ele...

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Americans’ opinions of Canada, Great Britain are lower than ever

Americans’ views of two of its closest allies, Canada and Great Britain, have decreased significantly in the past year following President Donald Trump’s increasing hostility toward the nations, a ...

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The Republican Party Continues Eating Its Own

In a sea of congressional bloviators, Kevin Kiley has always stood out. The two-term California lawmaker, unlike most of his colleagues, does not reflexively defend the president and, at least rece...

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When presidents attack the Supreme Court

During a roundtable at the White House on Friday, March 6, President Donald Trump returned to what has become a familiar refrain in the weeks since the Supreme Court struck down his signature tarif...

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America’s Asian allies scramble to address oil crisis with little guidance from Trump

President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran has Washington’s Asian allies scrambling to address an energy crisis that could destabilize many of their economies within weeks.And so far t...

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The Republican Who Wants to Banish His Own Constituents

The Islamic Center of Columbia, Tennessee—a small city about 45 miles south of Nashville—had been around for only a few years when white supremacists burned it down. On a Saturday in early 2008, th...

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A Police Report About a House Candidate Surprised the White House

Three days after President Trump announced his “Complete and Total Endorsement” of the Louisiana congressional candidate Blake Miguez, the Republican contender posted a video from outside the West ...

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AI Won't Fix America's Looming Debt Crisis

AI Won't Fix America's Looming Debt Crisis Authored by David Youngberg via TheDailyEconomy.org, Last month, Congress sparred with the president over a partial budget, but with few...

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