Politics

Congress waits on Trump as December health sprint begins

Congress returns to session Monday and kicks off a December sprint to address expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies and prevent health insurance premium hikes for millions of Americans.Members of ...

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Record-setting personnel issues are marring Trump’s second term

On the surface, President Donald Trump’s second-term personnel operation has been a smoothly running machine. The Senate has confirmed more than 300 civilian nominees since January, even changing t...

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Democrats’ path back to power is littered with primaries

Democrats are charting a path back to power in the House as Republicans falter heading into the midterms. But first they have to contend with more than a dozen primaries across the country that are...

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The Bubble-Wrapped President

For a decade, Donald Trump’s rallies were intertwined with his political identity. His big crowds were how he first got the media and the Republican Party to take him seriously, and they provided r...

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Trump Has Never Been More Isolated

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How is progress measured? | The Gray Area

We’ve never had more wealth, more data, or more ways to be entertained. So why doesn’t it feel like progress? Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Sean’s guest today is Brad DeLong...

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What is the first house rebuilt after the wildfires in Los Angeles? It’s complicated.

On the Friday before Thanksgiving, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced “a major milestone” in the recovery from January’s wildfires that razed 13,000 homes across the region: A four-bedroom hous...

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Appeals court upholds disqualification of Alina Habba as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor

A panel of appeals court judges on Monday upheld the disqualification of Alina Habba, the top federal prosecutor in New Jersey, rejecting President Donald Trump’s use of unconventional methods to i...

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Jersey City runoff tests Democratic machine politics vs. rebel progressives

JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — A disgraced former governor is trying to claw his way back to power — only to be blocked by a younger progressive with momentum.No, it’s not Andrew Cuomo’s failed New York...

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White House bullish on economic growth as Thanksgiving spending rises

White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett said Sunday that record Black Friday sales underscore the administration’s optimism on economic growth despite concerns around tariffs and inflation.Hasse...

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Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities

ONAWAY, Michigan — A recent decision by President Donald Trump to deny disaster aid to two electric utilities in rural northern Michigan could cost residents tens of millions of dollars.The Oct. 22...

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Lawmakers warn Hegseth may have committed war crimes following second-strike report

Lawmakers from both parties raised alarms Sunday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth may have committed a war crime following a report that he ordered a follow-on attack to kill survivors of a boat...

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License plate trackers promise to root out local crime. Amid ICE crackdowns, local governments say they can’t be trusted.

A nationwide license plate recognition system tasked with reducing crime is being ousted from communities across the country — forcing local officials to reckon with mounting fears of federal surve...

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Motive behind National Guard shootings remains unknown, Noem says

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Sunday said the motive behind the shooting of two National Guard members remains unknown but that the alleged shooter was “radicalized” upon coming to the...

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Trump’s most original idea? Redefining antisemitism

Rooting out terrorism and antisemitism was the supposed reason that plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk on a street in Somerville, Massa...

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From power brokers to protesters: NYC landlords prepare for battle under Mamdani

NEW YORK — After Zohran Mamdani’s resounding victory in New York City’s mayoral race, Brooklyn landlord Humberto Lopes took to TikTok to blast out a warning: “The storm is here.”He’d been preparing...

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Texas lawmaker to retire

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas), a longtime ally of President Donald Trump, announced plans to leave Congress after the legislative session in a Saturday post on X.His relationship with the president, wh...

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Trump’s pick to replace DeSantis faces a Republican pile-on in Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — President Donald Trump’s endorsement was supposed to clear the field for Rep. Byron Donalds. Instead, the GOP governor’s race in Florida is veering toward a bitter and unpred...

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Why the Gulf Monarchs Shower Trump With Gifts

When Benjamin Franklin left Paris in 1785, after nearly nine years as the American emissary to France, King Louis XVI presented him with a parting gift. The token exuded the rococo extravagance of ...

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Advocates push for Education Department to keep programs for children with disabilities

Advocates for children with disabilities — and even some Republican lawmakers — are warning that the federal government needs to preserve its special education programs as the Trump administration ...

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Wall Street strategist explains today’s political rage with a poverty line that should be $140,000 and the ‘Valley of Death’ trapping people below it

The affordability crisis rippling through American politics saw voters dump Democrats for another Donald Trump presidency last year, while this year saw a democratic socialist elected as mayor of N...

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