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‘He is kryptonite’: Republicans start breaking with Trump

In late January, when President Donald Trump endorsed his close ally Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin’s gubernatorial race, Tiffany said he was "especially honored” and promised to "make Wisconsin gre...

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Danielle Wood wants to make productivity cool again

CANBERRA — Can we do more with less? As Australians digest the Seventh Intergenerational Report, which predicts slower population growth and budget pressure from an aging population, politicians an...

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We Need to Talk About the Apocalypse

“I thank you, Lord, for regime change in Iran. Yes, Lord, we cry out to you!” Cindy Jacobs’s Texan drawl arcs into an otherworldly howl as she begins to pace across the stage. “We pray for the pres...

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The Company Trump Can’t Ignore

On the evening of April 6, an unusual request began making its way from Washington to some of Wall Street’s most powerful executives. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wanted to see them first thing...

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Abdul El-Sayed Won’t Back Down

Abdul El-Sayed certainly enjoys an argument. Our first interview, in a kebab restaurant in Dearborn, Michigan, spun out into a wide-ranging discussion of America’s Middle East policy, and ended wit...

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The Pinball President

In 1946, the year that Donald Trump was born, the pinball machine offered everything but control. The bumpers were propulsive, the lights flashed, but the player’s only honest move was to pull a sp...

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‘He needed to be more empathetic’: GOP donors say Trump missed the mark with latest AI comments.

President Donald Trump dismissed concerns over artificial intelligence this week. Republican donors wish he hadn’t.Some donors, all of whom were granted anonymity to speak candidly without reprisal...

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Rising mortgages are muddling the GOP’s housing message

Inflation is throwing a wrench into Republican messaging on housing affordability.GOP lawmakers went to great lengths this summer to draw bipartisan support for sweeping legislation to make housing...

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Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control

President Donald Trump is moving to put political appointees in charge of billions of dollars in federal health research grants in another attempt to cut Harvard’s funding.In an Oval Office meeting...

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We have to talk about the Jon Ossoff thirst edits

This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia is running one of the mos...

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Trump seemingly concedes there’s some ‘BAD’ in the industry with announcement of ‘AI Force’

President Donald Trump announced plans to create an “AI Force” on social media Saturday, an apparent concession to critics of the emerging technology that the president has defended in recent weeks...

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Tech industry scratches its head over Trump 'AI Force' proposal

The tech industry is struggling to make sense of President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement that he is creating an artificial intelligence task force and appointing a czar to oversee the admini...

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Investigation into NJ's lieutenant governor grounds Mikie Sherrill

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill was just starting to use her multimillion-dollar war chest to bring her moderate brand of Democratic politics national, campaigning for candidates in other states and...

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Inside the White House media ban

Donald Trump reupped his battle with the “FAKE NEWS” media on Truth Social Friday, banning CNN, MSNOW and POLITICO for reporting “LIES when they’re covering the President of the United States,” wit...

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Farm-state Republicans are having a cow over Trump's beef imports as Election Day approaches

Farm-state Republicans don’t support President Donald Trump’s move to import cheap beef — but they’re still getting grilled for it.Trump’s plan to combat sky-high beef prices by introducing discoun...

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Trump’s pressure campaign looms over the Smithsonian’s search for next leader

President Donald Trump’s culture war has entirely remade American politics. Now, the next big fight could be over who leads America’s premiere public museum system.The Smithsonian Institution is em...

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ICE’s mass detention has been routed in court. The Supreme Court could reverse the tide.

Federal judges across the country have overwhelmingly rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to detain tens of thousands of immigrants while they await the outcome of deportation proceedings. ...

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The Content Creators Turned Democratic Operatives

Gina Hinojosa, the Democrat trying to win the governor's mansion in Texas, confessed her love for the Wicked musical whilemixing a strawberry milk latte witheli.rallo (an influencer with 1.2 millio...

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Why Trump’s Latino voters are fleeing him

Early voting signs on the doors of the Miami Beach North Shore Branch Public Library in Miami Beach, Florida, on December 7, 2025. | Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Ima...

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MS NOW, CNN journalists denied access to White House after Trump media ban

The Trump administration denied MS NOW and CNN journalists entry to the White House grounds Saturday morning, the networks said in statements, a day after President Donald Trump announced he was ba...

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