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The Trump administration is taking stakes in more companies — and progressives are taking notes

The Trump administration is shaking up federal involvement in the mining, tech, energy and defense sectors by making the government part-owner of dozens of U.S. companies -- and sparking a conversa...

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Americans love AI. They don’t want the data centers that power it.

They’re ugly. They’re noisy. They sprawl across the landscape. They gobble up energy and water.Americans hate data centers and don’t trust the Big Tech companies that need them. But they love using...

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White House pushes companies to ditch Macron’s space summit

The White House pressured U.S. space companies to skip French President Emmanuel Macron’s space summit in Paris next week — a surprise move that left company executives confused about what they sho...

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Another ActBlue Official Pleads Fifth In House Probe of Alleged Foreign Donations

Another ActBlue Official Pleads Fifth In House Probe of Alleged Foreign Donations Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, Another senior figure at Democratic fundraising...

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Will AI save or ruin democracy? It depends on whether we allow computers to stand in for people

We seem to be caught in a loop that AI will either save or ruin democracy. At one extreme, politics scholar David Altman worries that artificial intelligence is leading the world toward an “AI-d...

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This time it’s URGENT: Inside battleground candidates’ email strategy

Democrats running for the most competitive Senate seats are betting that folks are more likely to open up their wallets to defeat President Donald Trump and Elon Musk than their in-state rivals.Tak...

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How Trump Lost Asia

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTubeIn this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with a discussion of how Donald Trump has enriched himself and his family d...

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Trump's Venezuela Oil Deal Sells Out Democracy and Free Markets

Just days after the U.S. military captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro in early January, Secretary of State Marco Rubio outlined the ...

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Trump's seen the data center polling – and he still supports them

Donald Trump knows the polling on data centers is bad. He’s making the case for them anyway.“He looks at the polling. He looks at what people are saying,” a senior White House official told POLITIC...

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Florida Republicans worry they won’t capture big redistricting gains

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Republicans expected Florida to stand as a crucial pillar of their national mid-decade redistricting push. But with roughly two months until Election Day, the chances of the ...

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Republicans struggle for footing on data center response ahead of midterms

Vulnerable House Republicans returned to Washington this week pushing for action before the midterms on reining in data centers, only to find their leadership still undecided on the volatile issue....

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Abdul El-Sayed answered 9/11 question honestly. CBS attacked him

There are few consensus opinions left in American politics. The ones that remain, now that Dolly Parton has passed away, fall neatly into two camps. The first are policies that the United States h...

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Inside a Conservative Operation to Hijack Your Social-Media Feed

If you’re short on cash, there is someone in Riga, Latvia, who can help. “You can literally make 100k a month with this campaign,” a young man with blond curls and a thick accent says into a camera...

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The Air Marshals Keeping Watch On Eric Swalwell

On August 8, former Representative Eric Swalwell boarded a United Airlines flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to Washington, D.C. He didn’t know it, but federal agents were watching him throughout the...

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NYC school system to ban AI for elementary, middle school students

NEW YORK — The nation’s largest school system is set to ban student-facing artificial intelligence for students in 2K through eighth grade, according to two individuals familiar with the matter.Und...

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Trump invites battleground Republicans to Rose Garden dinner

President Donald Trump has invited a group of GOP lawmakers including Republicans in competitive races to dine with him Wednesday night at the White House as many in the party press the president t...

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Trump’s oil deal could scuttle Venezuelan democracy, opposition fears

President Donald Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela may eventually help tackle America’s energy needs, but many in the Venezuelan political opposition fear it could cost the country its shot at restor...

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Hegseth is winning the battle over the Pentagon’s future

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll wanted to transform the service into a modern, tech-oriented force. Pete Hegseth made that almost impossible.Driscoll resigned from one of the Pentagon’s top jobs this w...

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House formally shames Chuck Edwards for sexual harassment of female aides

The House moved Tuesday to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards for sexually harassing young female staffers in his office.The 413-2 vote was an overwhelming rebuke to the North Carolina Republican, who chos...

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JD Vance courts Jewish Republicans. Tucker Carlson still looms.

LAS VEGAS — Vice President JD Vance tried to make inroads with Jewish Republicans. Not everyone is sold.Vance’s closed-door speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership summit Mond...

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Dems push back on Sanders’ comments that ‘a few’ want El-Sayed to lose

Sen. Bernie Sanders is infuriating leaders in the Democratic Party — again.The independent senator’s suggestion to Playbook that “a few” establishment members of the Democratic Party would prefer t...

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