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The convergence of Republican President Donald Trump with, of all people, New York’s Incumbent Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani in recent weeks is the kind of head-scratching...
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MIAMI — Republicans may not have to wait long for their next opportunity for soul-searching and midterm panic, thanks to next week’s Miami mayoral runoff.The GOP is bracing for a possible loss in o...
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The first classified briefings of a deadly U.S. strike in the Caribbean produced a striking split screen on Capitol Hill, with a top Republican saying the unedited video showed nothing illegal whil...
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ALBANY, New York — A federal judge suggested Thursday that she may disqualify a Trump loyalist as the top federal prosecutor in the Albany region, a move that would extend a string of losses in the...
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The Justice Department’s No. 2 official suggested Thursday that lawyers might have a harder time winning lenient treatment for corporate clients if they’ve publicly accused the Trump administration...
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The arrival of federal law enforcement in New Orleans this week further strains a city on the verge of welcoming a new leader — and sets up the latest clash between local Democrats and Republican o...
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When Donald Trump issued a sweeping pardon for allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election, he stretched the boundaries of the pardon power in unprecedented ways.The pardon’s language is so vagu...
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A panel of government vaccine advisers delayed a vote Thursday on whether to change guidance that everyone receive the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. Members of the panel complained t...
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If you like both electric vehicles and emotional roller coasters, 2025 was an excellent year. However, for those of us whose nerves are already sufficiently frazzled, the highs and lows of the last...
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The Lone Star State is used to having a Texas-sized impact on the House Republican Conference. And, by the numbers, its influence should be larger than ever.If a bold redistricting plan pushed by P...
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The White House is providing congressional Republicans with few specific demands on what kind of health care legislation President Donald Trump might support, giving some Republicans heartburn abou...
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Democrats are vowing to expand the midterm map into redder territory next year after strong showing Tuesday night in Tennessee, but prominent moderates warn the party must still overcome its tarnis...
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Be prepared to be surprised and maybe shocked and/or embarrassed.Anyone who follows me or listens to or watches my program knows I have regular guests whom I trust to be fair and accurate. The audi...
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At least since the Republican Party suffered a comprehensive defeat in last month’s off-year elections, Donald Trump’s public support has been spiraling downward even faster than before. A new YouG...
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Sometimes, in journalism, the metaphors come easy. This is one of those times.One day before Tennessee voters went to the polls this week for a special election in a House seat Donald Trump carried...
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Zohran Mamdani will soon face a massive financial challenge that could imperil the democratic socialist’s ability to implement his costly and ambitious plans to remake New York City’s social safety...
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ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul spent months saying she wouldn't raise taxes. Then Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayor's race — transforming the political universe overnight.Mamdani’s v...
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New polling shows many Americans have begun to blame President Donald Trump for the high costs they’re feeling across virtually every part of their lives — and it’s shifting politics.Almost half — ...
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Pete Hegseth has given Washington a roadmap for how to succeed in the Trump administration: Attack your enemies, revamp your story and never say you got it wrong.When a Democrat ran an ad urging so...
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Republicans and Democrats are quietly pouring millions of dollars into a fight trying to block Missouri’s new gerrymandered congressional map, as each party scrambles for any advantage they can fin...
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A man has been arrested in the Jan. 6, 2021, pipe bomb case, and is expected to appear in court later Thursday, according to a person familiar with the development who was granted anonymity to disc...