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Economic Populism Is Powerful, but Democrats’ Brand Is Toxic

Populist economic policies grounded in the value of work and commonsense notions of fairness may be able to win over constituencies that have abandoned Democrats in recent decades. There’s a proble...

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Republicans should love Obamacare. Their voters rely on it.

Republicans are waging war on health care—but the people they’re hurting most are their own voters. That’s not hyperbole. “More Than Half of [Affordable Care Act] Marketplace Enrollees Live i...

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Government economic data was in trouble. Then came the shutdown.

The federal shutdown is on the verge of ripping a hole in the government’s ability to deliver market-moving reports on inflation and employment.The longer Congress is stuck in a stalemate over gove...

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Hegseth championed diversity in Harvard masters policy brief

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth previously championed diversity in a 2013 policy brief for Havard’s Kennedy School before knocking it as a crutch for minorities during his current stint in...

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Trump promises cuts to programs favored by Democrats

President Donald Trump said Thursday the administration will begin cutting programs backed by Democrats as the government shutdown stretches into its ninth day."We're only cutting Democrat programs...

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“Too risky”: Scholars who study America say they won’t visit

VIENNA — It can be a maddening experience, living in America and not supporting Donald J. Trump. In what has been billed as the greatest country on Earth, democracy is being unraveled because a ma...

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The Nightmare of Despotism

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. Shays’s Rebellion filled Alexander Hamilton with dread. In 1786, armed ...

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National Democrats invest $5M in Virginia’s state legislative races

A national group focused on electing Democrats to state legislatures is pouring more than $5 million into Virginia House races this November, according to plans shared first with POLITICO.The extra...

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Canada’s Man on the Front Lines of Global Disorder

In the five years that Bob Rae has served as Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, he’s seen the global order face immense disruption. Yet he’s found himself drawn back repeatedly to a book wr...

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The Moral Foundation of America

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. For thousands of years, the view that only rulers conferred rights or p...

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Whose Independence?

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. When Thomas Jefferson was chosen to draft the Declaration of Independen...

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Secrets of a Radical Duke

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. In the summer of 2016, my family flew ahead of me to England for a vaca...

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Most support bringing US troops home from Iraq, Syria: Survey

Most Americans support bringing U.S. servicemembers home from Iraq and Syria, saying that the military should generally have less involvement in the Middle East, according to a new survey...

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Newsom caught between Big Tech and Hollywood over online age checks

SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom is caught between two of California's crown jewel industries: tech and Hollywood. And his deep ties to both sectors are complicating what was supposed to be an...

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States left in the dark on food aid despite Trump's promise of tariff funds

The federal government shutdown is already impacting delivery of nutrition aid to low-income moms and babies, with states and organizations pausing benefits even as the White House vows to use tari...

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Jewish, Palestinian advocacy groups applaud peace deal but warn of 'immense work' ahead

Several Jewish and Palestinian advocacy groups welcomed the prospect of bringing the two-year Gaza war to an end while pointing to the work that remains, following President Donald Trump’s announce...

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Trump announces first phase of Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza

President Trump announced Wednesday a ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hamas, paving the way for the release of 20 living hostages and relief for nearly 2 million Palestinian...

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Trump says Israel and Hamas finalize Gaza peace deal

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have “signed off on the first phase” of a deal to end the war in Gaza, a significant diplomatic accomplishment that, if it holds, would h...

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CDC, its advisers quietly expand access to Covid-19 shot for pregnant women

The CDC and its independent panel of vaccine advisers have quietly opened the door to wider access to Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, softening an earlier decision by Health Secretary Robert...

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Katie Porter’s viral videos plunge campaign into ‘disaster’

Katie Porter’s “unhappy experience” in a viral interview has become the news cycle from hell.The bipartisan pile-on following the widely-circulated clip of her contentious sit-down with a local CBS...

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Pope Leo will ‘stand with’ Catholic leaders in protecting immigrants’ rights, advocates say

Pope Leo XIV said he will stand with Catholic leaders in protecting immigrants facing mass deportations in the U.S., according to a group of American Catholic leaders and advocacy groups he met wit...

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