Politics

We Don’t Need to End Citizens United to Rein in Super PACs

—Douglas Rissing—Getty ImagesThe business model of American politics is clear, and it is clearly corrupt. The strategy of this corruption was perfected in 2024 by crypto super PACs: take out a cou...

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Calling Trump a Tyrant Is Not a Call to Violence

To describe Donald Trump as a corrupt aspiring authoritarian is not to conclude that he should be murdered.This ought to be a simple point to understand. Yet it is lost on a large swath of the Amer...

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MORNING GLORY: Trump saw the truth legacy media missed — sick minds are fueling violence

"He was probably a pretty sick guy," President Trump correctly concluded about his would-be assassin in a Sunday night "60 Minutes" interview on CBS about the Saturday night attack on the White Hou...

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Dem pollster says party should do more to sell health care message

Battleground-state voters across the political spectrum say the cost of their health care has skyrocketed this year. They’re avoiding the doctor because they can’t afford the out-of-pocket expenses...

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Trump and Kentucky Republicans are uniting against Massie. He could still win.

FORT THOMAS, Kentucky — Thomas Massie took the microphone and cut right to the point. President Donald Trump was against him. But Massie had battled for gun owners and had the support of the Nation...

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Todd Blanche’s bid to join elite private Washington club hits resistance

Some members of one of Washington’s most exclusive clubs have a message for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche: We don’t want you.Around February last year, Blanche started the rigorous process t...

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Pressure over AI regulations mounts for Florida lawmakers

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The only thing standing between the Sunshine State and new artificial intelligence safeguards that are a top political priority for Gov. Ron DeSantis is Florida’s House.And S...

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Lit Hub Daily: April 28, 2026

TODAY: In 1953, Roberto Bolaño is born. Meet Scott Meredith, the literary agent who invented the book auction. | Lit Hub History Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville, and the American prose and poetr...

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RFK Jr. is holding up $600 million in vaccines for poor countries

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to remake the U.S. vaccination schedule is on hold following a federal judge’s decision last month, but the health secretary is still using his power to affect which sh...

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I asked a psychiatrist why Americans are becoming ‘numb’ to violence

The latest instance of violence in US politics has left Americans feeling numb (Picture: Getty/Reuters/AP/Metro) When I heard there had been another shooting near Donald Trump th...

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Mamdani, Menin to announce delay of New York City budget amid Albany inaction

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin are set to announce an agreement Tuesday to extend the city’s executive budget deadline while jointly calling for ...

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WHCD shooting fuels new efforts in Congress to get Trump his ballroom

President Donald Trump's allies in Congress want to quickly authorize completion of the White House ballroom after the Saturday shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. But it’s not goin...

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Trump keeps trying to reassure the oil markets. Some analysts think he may be making it worse.

Energy experts say another oil price spike is coming — and it may be made worse by the president’s social media posts.President Donald Trump has repeatedly spurred temporary dips in oil prices by c...

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How Bernie Sanders convinced Democrats against arming Israel

When Bernie Sanders moved last April to block a U.S. arms sale to Israel, only 14 Democratic senators joined the Vermont independent.What a difference a year makes: When Sanders objected to another...

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Jeffries says AI data centers will be Dem priority

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries signaled Monday that shielding consumers from rising electricity costs associated with the data center boom would be a priority on Democrats’ artificial intell...

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What We Learn About Trump in His Rare Moments of Self-Reflection

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.For a guy who had just been rushed out of a ballroom at the sound of gunfire, he seemed remarkably calm. For...

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Melania Trump calls for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired after ‘expectant widow’ joke in WHCD skit

First lady Melania Trump on Monday called on ABC to take action against late-night host Jimmy Kimmel over jokes he made during a parody skit of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that aired day...

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The Self-Defeating Both-Sidesism of the US Press

Greg Sargent writing for The New Republic: There’s no clean way to hive off terms like fascism or authoritarianism from Trump’s policies. Even if you disagree that the words apply, their use is b...

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In the wake of Saturday’s shooting, the White House blames the left — and the media

President Donald Trump, standing at the White House briefing room podium in his tuxedo hours after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting Saturday night, called for peace.By Monday, the to...

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White House convenes meeting to discuss 'protocol' after WHCD shooting

Chief of staff Susie Wiles will convene a meeting with the White House operations team, U.S. Secret Service and Department of Homeland Security leadership early this week to discuss “protocol and p...

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WHCD shooting suspect set to appear in court

Washington awoke again Monday in the aftermath of a barely averted tragedy and another would-be assassin set to face criminal charges for a threat to President Donald Trump’s life.Cole Allen, the s...

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