Politics

Trump wants you to know this RFK Jr. aide’s name

President Donald Trump calls Chris Klomp “a real star.” Democrats say he’s Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s babysitter.A health tech entrepreneur, Medicare director and Trump drug-price negotiator, Klomp ha...

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Trump’s coal vision lifts MAGA organizer with scant energy track record

A man the Trump administration picked to be a key player at the fore of a U.S. coal renaissance is likely more familiar to QAnon circles than energy ones.TerraSpark’s project carries big promises. ...

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Gavin Newsom’s race to block a billionaire tax

Gavin Newsom and powerful Democratic-aligned groups are racing to kill a proposed wealth tax on California billionaires, including going to extraordinary lengths to isolate the union leader champio...

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Trump's missile diplomacy fizzles

Donald Trump tried a new strategy this week for ending the war in Iran — bombing while negotiating peace. But he seems to have quickly abandoned that missile diplomacy.Four months into the war — wi...

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Inside America’s Ugly Birthday Battle

Years before Poison’s Bret Michaels, Young MC, and the Commodores dropped out of this summer’s concert series on the National Mall celebrating America’s 250th birthday, planners envisioned a Smiths...

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Trump's ambassador names one thing America needs from Canada

TORONTO — One day after President Donald Trump declared the United States doesn't need anything from Canada, his ambassador in Ottawa offered a notable exception: potash.Canada is the world’s top e...

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Biden’s Mexico ambassador was so frustrated, he almost ran for president himself

For nearly four years, Ken Salazar — the U.S. ambassador to Mexico under former President Joe Biden — grew increasingly frustrated with the White House’s border plan.Salazar says he begged for a “b...

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Grok’s sexualized deepfakes violate Canada’s privacy law, watchdog rules

OTTAWA — Users of Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot generated more than 1.8 million sexualized deepfake images worldwide in just 10 days earlier this year, according to Canada’s privacy commissioner, who...

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Trump to nominate Jay Clayton for director of national intelligence

President Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate Jay Clayton, the Manhattan U.S attorney, to be the next director of national intelligence.In a post to social media, Trump urged Congress to co...

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How Senate Democrats are planning to push back on potential election interference

Senate Democrats are war-gaming legal maneuvers and messaging strategies to thwart potential efforts by President Donald Trump or foreign actors to influence the results of the midterms.Minority Le...

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When Both Parties Try to Out-Macho Each Other

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsA couple of weeks ago, Democrats posted a photo of James Talarico, the U.S. Senate candidate in Texas, captioned “Novembe...

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Trump Once Played Soccer

By the time Donald Trump was in his senior year at New York Military Academy, he had quit playing football and decided to join the varsity soccer team. Most of his teammates were from South or Cent...

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The End of the Yuppie Dream

A buff, working-class white man wearing a plaid button-down shirt and large black shades pokes around a convenience store. He hears a dry, monotonous voice emanating from a television set perched o...

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Sacramento’s AI question: protect jobs or soften the blow?

Rampant automation. Soaring unemployment. Extreme wealth concentration at the top.The prospect of that grim AI-driven future is reshaping the political debate across the country, as the technology ...

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Hunter Biden’s Life After Shame

How much grace should we extend to people who screw up—like, really screw up? After many years as an addict and a general failson, Hunter Biden’s history includes felony gun convictions, tax evasio...

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Trump threatens to take Iran oil infrastructure, hit country ‘VERY HARD TONIGHT’

President Donald Trump escalated his threats against Iran, announcing that the U.S. intends to strike the country Thursday night and take control of Kharg Island, a strip of land home to Iran’s mos...

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Conspiracy theories that emerged from a civil rights shooting 60 years ago resonate today

James Meredith looks at Aubrey Norvell, partially hidden behind foliage, after Norvell shot him in Hernando, Miss., on June 6, 1966. AP Photo/Jack ThornellOn June 6, 1966, on a stretch of Highway 5...

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Trump Isn’t Giving Up on His Slush Fund

When Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared before Congress last Tuesday, senior administration officials hoped that his testimony would be enough to quell the uproar over a $1.776 billion p...

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Trump’s Bet on Stablecoins Puts the Financial System at Risk

A new form of cryptocurrency called “stablecoins” has exploded onto the global financial scene. Created just over ten years ago, the industry’s expected growth sets it on a path to rival some of th...

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Spy law on track to lapse after House rejects extension

The House failed to extend a key surveillance law Thursday, effectively ensuring it will expire Friday night over warnings from Republican lawmakers and national security officials.The proposal, re...

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Democrats Are Starting to Worry About California

When it comes to counting votes, there’s no rushing California. America’s most populous state is also home to the nation’s most frustrating political tradition—a lengthy wait to find out the winner...

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