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'We love you!’: The MAGA base gives RFK Jr. a rousing welcome

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sought to woo the MAGA base Saturday evening at the Conservative Political Action Conference, an annual base-rallying gathering that only a few years ago migh...

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Why some Democrats want to shut off Hasan Piker’s ‘megaphone’

Hasan Piker’s new role as a midterm surrogate and potential influence on the 2028 presidential race is driving a wedge in the Democratic Party.After POLITICO reported that Piker, the far left polit...

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‘Something we have to endure’: Florida fights its spring break party image

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida’s vital tourism industry has outgrown its rowdy spring break image amid an increase of post-pandemic visitors who just want to relax without nearby all-night ragers.N...

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Trump’s putting his name on everything — now it’s in your wallet

President Donald Trump is about to achieve something no modern U.S. president has: putting his name directly into Americans’ wallets. The Treasury Department announced that Trump’s signature will ...

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Nexstar-Tegna deal on ice after judge issues temporary restraining order

A judge late on Friday temporarily paused a planned merger between media companies Nexstar and Tegna, throwing a wrench into plans blessed by President Donald Trump to establish the country’s large...

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The war in Iran is driving a generational divide between MAGA men at CPAC

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Joseph Bolick feels betrayed by President Donald Trump. And it’s because of the war in Iran.The 30-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran voted for Trump in 2024. But at the a...

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Why Every High School Student in Latvia Is Learning to Shoot a Gun

RIGA, Latvia — Sindija Brakovska is 18 years old and dreams of becoming a hairstylist or a dance teacher. She studies at the Riga Technical School of Tourism and Creative Industry, a vocational sch...

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Chicago’s ICE playbook spreads as cities challenge Trump’s crackdown

CHICAGO — When federal immigration agents flooded Chicago last fall, firing tear gas, launching “pepper balls” and stopping residents in the streets, the city became ground zero for President Donal...

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We Can’t Income-Tax Ultra-Elites. We Must Tax Their Wealth.

To tax the richest Americans, we need to go after their wealth, not just their income. Two proposals — one in California, one in Congress — could finally do it. The alternative is an ever-more-powe...

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CISA drops probe into failed polygraph test opened by former chief

The Department of Homeland Security has closed an investigation into seven career staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who arranged a counterintelligence polygraph exam ...

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‘The alarm bells are going off’: Air travel hits new lows

A few weeks before his second term began, President Donald Trump promised a “golden age of travel.”More than a year later, however, it is far from that.This week’s deadly crash in New York and the ...

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Silicon Valley House candidate, fending off criticism, says he ‘downloaded some porn’

SACRAMENTO, California — A startup engineer challenging Rep. Ro Khanna for his Silicon Valley House seat acknowledged Friday on social media that he "downloaded some porn," as he moved to fend off ...

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'Meltdown': DHS shutdown set to drag on after House GOP rejects Senate deal

House Republicans moved Friday to further extend the six-week shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security by rejecting a Senate bill that would fund the vast majority of DHS agencies through Se...

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Pro-Ukraine lawmakers call out Russian delegation’s visit to Washington

A Russian delegation’s tour of the U.S. Capitol, organized by the office of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), is drawing fierce criticism from pro-Ukraine lawmakers, as the conflict with Iran threat...

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Mamdani supports self-determination for the Irish. What about Staten Islanders?

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently expressed support for letting the Irish determine whether their island should be unified — but the Emerald Isle is hardly the only one whose residents ha...

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Former Trump Iran adviser says war is headed for escalation

Nate Swanson spent nearly two decades in the U.S. government, including most recently as the National Security Council’s director for Iran. Days before the U.S. bombed Iran, Swanson published a pie...

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‘Premature’: Anthropic still in trouble despite court win, lawyers and lobbyists say

Anthropic's business remains at serious risk despite a Thursday ruling from a federal judge in California that temporarily blocked the Pentagon from declaring the AI startup a risk to national secu...

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DHS confirms that Lewandowski left the department along with Noem

Corey Lewandowski, the Trump 2016 campaign manager who served as an unpaid adviser to former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for the past year, is no longer working at DHS, the department s...

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Florida Democrat found guilty of House Ethics violations

Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick illicitly funneled millions of dollars to her campaign and committed various campaign finance infractions, a bipartisan House Ethics subcommittee determined Friday —...

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San Francisco’s establishment moves to sink a progressive House candidate

SAN FRANCISCO — Establishment Democrats in San Francisco are scrambling to bury Saikat Chakrabarti in the race to succeed Nancy Pelosi, suddenly viewing the progressive organizer as a credible comp...

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US officials tell allies Iran war could delay Ukraine weapons shipments

Trump administration officials have begun warning countries that U.S. weapons supplies to Ukraine may be interrupted in the coming months as the Pentagon prioritizes their use for the war in Iran.T...

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