Politics

Simmering tax hike debate thickens between Hochul and Mamdani

ALBANY, New York — Gov. Kathy Hochul is pitching an election-year budget that delivers popular new programs without raising taxes. But it’s still exposing friction with the party’s left flank — inc...

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Mikie Sherrill becomes New Jersey governor with eye on affordability and Trump

NEWARK, New Jersey — Mikie Sherrill became New Jersey’s 57th governor on Tuesday, coming out of the gate with executive orders to address skyrocketing utility costs — and a vow to position New Jers...

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New Jersey's outgoing governor vetoes anti-ICE bill, saying it could undermine existing protections

In one of his last actions in office, Gov. Phil Murphy of New Jersey on Tuesday vetoed a bill that would write into state law permanent restrictions between state and local law enforcement and fede...

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Elon Musk is spending big money on politics again

Elon Musk's $10 million investment in a Kentucky Senate race would be his largest single political contribution since the 2024 election.Win McNamee/Getty ImagesElon Musk became the GOP's largest do...

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VC 3: Investing Philosophy for 2026: What Founders Should Know

The GTM Podcast is available on any major directory, including: Apple Podcasts Spotify YouTube Mark Goldberg is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder at Chemistry,...

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Why Doesn't Regime Change Ever Seem To Work?

Regime change are dirty words in American politics. Even politicians who are defending wars abroad insist that "regime change" isn't the goa...

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Trump's trade rep says Greenland tariff threat could 'set the scene' for negotiation

U.S Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday suggested that President Donald Trump’s tariff threats against eight European countries could be an attempt to “set the scene” for negotiations in...

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The first pope from the US is pressing Trump — and getting little in return

The White House’s top ranks are filled with Catholics, and President Donald Trump has courted the Catholic vote. But repeated, pointed criticisms from the first American to lead the Catholic Church...

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Republicans will be hard-pressed to pass Trump’s ‘Great Healthcare Plan’

President Donald Trump announced his “Great Healthcare Plan” to little fanfare on Capitol Hill last week.The question now is how willing and able congressional Republicans will be to actually pass ...

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President Trump Will Get a Third Term Even Without Defying the Constitution

One year after Donald Trump began his second term with an inaugural address assertion that he was “saved by God to make America great again,” one way to measure his influence is to cast the mind fo...

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MORNING GLORY: President Donald Trump has become the 'punisher-in-chief'

The first year of the second term of President Trump concludes today. Only extreme partisans will deny that 45-47 hung a lot of wins on the wall this past year — the closed border, "eight-and-a-qua...

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A very simple explanation for why politics is broken

A new study presents evidence that cable news causes voters — and thus, politicians — to put a greater premium on social issues. | William West/AFP via Getty Images In today’s America...

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MORNING GLORY: President Donald Trump has become the 'punisher in chief'

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Kamala in La La Land

When Kamala Harris landed in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2025, after flying from Washington across a country that had so recently rejected her, she said she would remain a vocal leader for a nation tha...

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Congress clinches $1.2T funding deal for DHS, Pentagon, domestic agencies

Congressional leaders released bill text Tuesday of a bipartisan compromise to fund the vast majority of the federal government ahead of the Jan. 30 shutdown deadline.The bicameral breakthrough on ...

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The Attorney General Who Won’t Say No

By the time she faced her first oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Pam Bondi had become a person she never really wanted to be. She had told a reporter once that in college sh...

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Trump Exhaustion Syndrome

Among the greatest tricks Donald Trump ever pulled is convincing significant portions of the population that the slow erosion of their rights is not, actually, that big of a deal.After all, do undo...

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The revival of Moms for Liberty

It’s easy to chuckle at the failures of Moms for Liberty. The far-right “parental rights” group — founded in Florida during the Covid-19 pandemic to encourage re-opening schools without mask mandat...

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The Presidential Powers Trump Is Neglecting

A year into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of activity. Whether you think his administration has achieved great things or worry that it has...

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The Tech CEO ‘Making No Apologies for the Work With ICE’

On Monday, in a letter to shareholders announcing $476 million of profit in the third quarter of the year, Palantir CEO Alex Karp quoted the Irish poet W.B. Yeats: “Things fall apart; the center ca...

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Trump’s Economy Is Looking More and More Like Saudi Arabia’s

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Like Donald Trump, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman understands the power of personal branding. So you can’t go anywhere in the Saudi capital without seeing the face of the m...

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