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Markey defies age concerns, defeats Moulton in Massachusetts

Massachusetts Democrats just put progressive ideals ahead of age concerns.Octogenarian Sen. Ed Markey, 80, defeated 47-year-old Rep. Seth Moulton on Tuesday in a bruising Senate primary that put De...

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Donalds and DeSantis signal détente ahead of November election

TAMPA, Florida — Florida Republicans gathered Tuesday night to herald the party’s statewide candidates and project unity ahead of the November election. But the event quickly turned into a Gov. Ron...

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The Guard That Won’t Be Changing

Many Democrats of a certain age took the same message from the party’s 2024 debacle: Voters are sick of the old guard and craving younger, more aggressive leaders. Better to retire on your own term...

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Trump calls data center opponents ‘backwards and poor’ as the industry props up the economy—but his own party wants nothing to do with it

President Trump took to Truth Social this week to warn any town still weighing whether to fight a data center. Communities that turn them away, he wrote, are choosing to be “backwards and poor.” Th...

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Progressives notched 1 more big primary win. Now comes November.

Progressives powered through the primaries. Their next target: November.Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey’s sweeping victory over Rep. Seth Moulton on Tuesday served as a capstone to the left’s primary-...

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Congress warms to Trump’s Hollywood tax credit effort

Donald Trump picked up fresh bipartisan support for a federal film tax credit Tuesday, while an adviser to one of his Hollywood ambassadors told POLITICO that legislation could come within weeks.“S...

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Republicans aren’t exactly flocking to Trump’s midterm convention

President Donald Trump has a vision for next week’s GOP convention in Dallas: a televised spectacle putting Republican candidates in front of midterm voters and top party donors just two months bef...

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Can Susan Collins Survive Trump’s America?

SURRY, Maine — “On the Road” has brought me to the tables of some of the most charming, and tasty, eateries in America. Yet nowhere has been as idyllic as Perry's Lobster Shack.Set on a harbor, wh...

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Hospitals say coming Trump administration rules are worse than GOP's Medicaid cuts

Hospitals thought losing hundreds of billions in Medicaid funding through GOP-led cuts last year was bad. But coming regulations from the Trump administration could slash their funding even deeper ...

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How Silicon Valley lost its war against state AI laws

The tech industry’s effort to stop states from regulating artificial intelligence is on the verge of collapse, as legislators from across the country lose their fear of Silicon Valley.Interviews wi...

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Mamma mia! How a panic over pasta prices prompted a Trump tariff retreat.

A monthslong crackdown within the Trump administration to soften its trade rules all started with a flap over pasta.In the aftermath, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and other top Commerce Depart...

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Bessent sees growth in bond yield surge. Voters see pain.

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — Long-term interest rates are higher than at any point since President George W. Bush was in the White House. To Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, that’s a reflection of ...

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The Iranian Regime’s Dynamics Are Fooling Trump

One strange aspect of the U.S. faceoff with Iran is that, in this modern age of advanced warfare, some basics have been forgotten.Stuff like: Make sure you have enough weapons. Keep your friends on...

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Paid actors, AI writing: How a new kind of video business cashed in on America’s divided politics

The Scoop“William,” a middle-aged man in a blue short-sleeved button-down shirt whose YouTube videos have more than 14 million views, looked straight into the camera at his kitchen table in August ...

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How to make friends by lying to them

Sometimes the best way to make friends is to lie. Around the world, people are gathering together to try to figure out if the person next to them is on their side — or is trying to d...

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CBS staff accuse network of ‘overt racism’ over Abdul El-Sayed 9/11 story

CBS staff accuse network of ‘overt racism’ over Abdul El-Sayed 9/11 story Submitted by MEE staff on Tue, 09/01/202...

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1 in 3 Australians doubt US would defend them if China attacks

CANBERRA — Australian support for the U.S. alliance is strong despite concern over its durability under President Donald Trump, new data suggests.A survey for the United States Studies Centre, cond...

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White House prepares for Democratic investigations

President Donald Trump, his family and officials in his orbit are preparing for a Democratic takeover next year — even though the president remains publicly optimistic that his party will retain co...

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‘Who knows if it will survive’: Experts question how long Trump’s Venezuela oil deal will last

Oil company executives and Venezuela experts are looking skeptically at the Trump administration’s $100 billion plan to boost Venezuelan oil production, raising questions about whether the deal wil...

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2 House Democrats vote to salvage GOP agenda

A pair of House Democrats voted to rescue the Republican legislative agenda Tuesday as GOP leaders faced an internal revolt, an extremely rare crossing of party lines that pushed a key procedural v...

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Mamdani, Hochul accuse Trump of defunding the police

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani blasted President Donald Trump on Tuesday for failing to make good on a promise to fully fund New York’s counterterrorism efforts...

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