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Gavin Newsom will attend Davos as counterweight to Trump

Gavin Newsom is taking his Donald Trump-bashing and California boosterism international, with plans to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland next week.Newsom, a likely presidential ...

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Trump embraces military as all-purpose tool

President Donald Trump threatened to unleash a familiar tool this week when he sought to stop protests against immigration agents in Minnesota: the military.His warning to send federal troops into ...

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Education Department pauses wage seizures for unpaid student loans

The Education Department has paused its efforts to seize wages and tax refunds from borrowers in default on their student loans. Education Secretary Linda McMahon told local reporters in Rhode Isla...

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Europeans befuddled by Trump’s Russian rationale for taking Greenland

President Donald Trump says controlling Greenland is essential to prevent Russia and China from gaining more of a foothold in the Arctic.But a number of concerned European officials and a growing, ...

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Trump suggests new hesitance over Hassett for Fed chair

President Donald Trump on Friday signaled hesitance about tapping his top economic adviser Kevin Hassett as Federal Reserve chair, shaking up the the contest over who will lead the central bank. At...

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Trump launches bid to tame electricity prices in the Northeast

President Donald Trump mounted a dramatic intervention into the nation’s largest power market Friday, aiming to quell political headaches over rising electricity prices fueled by new data centers a...

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Virginia inches closer to gutting GOP seats through redistricting

Virginia Democrats on Friday paved the way to aggressively gerrymander in the state — the latest step in a process they hope will hand them as many as four more congressional seats in this fall’s m...

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Exiled crown prince implores Trump to follow through on Iran strikes

Iran’s exiled former Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi pleaded Friday with President Donald Trump to follow through on his promise to strike the Islamic Republic.The U.S. should conduct “a surgical strike”...

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Republicans are scrambling to counter Trump on Greenland

President Donald Trump is talking about taking over Greenland by any means necessary. Republicans in Congress are trying to scare him back to reality.As Trump continually threatens to bring the Dan...

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Civil War at the Anti-Woke University Backed by Bari Weiss

The inaugural year of the University of Austin, or UATX as it’s known, had been marked by the frenzy and occasional chaos that one might expect from a start-up aimed at disrupting American higher e...

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States jockey to get to the front of the line of Democrats’ 2028 primary

At least a half-dozen states applied to be in the early nominating window for 2028’s Democratic presidential campaign, kicking off a contentious battle for securing an influential perch inside the ...

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Watchdog group urges Blanche to step aside as Trump’s records gatekeeper

Before Donald Trump made him second in command at the Justice Department, Todd Blanche was the president’s most prominent defense attorney, shielding him from an avalanche of criminal cases that th...

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Andy Beshear Is Already Making His Case for 2028

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Andy Beshear has heard the chatter.Yes, he’s great on paper. Here’s a mainstream Southern Democrat who has won in deep red America — a white guy, if we want to be unsubtle about it...

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Carney opens Canada to Chinese EVs, China cuts canola tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney is opening the door to more imports of electric vehicles from China with expectations the olive branch will lead to “considerable” Chinese investment in Canada’s auto sec...

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The World Cup’s most dreaded gatecrasher isn’t a fan but a drone

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado — Leaders from the military, law enforcement and local governments gathered this week for tabletop exercises overwhelmingly focused on one violent threat to this summer’s...

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How Crypto Is Used for Political Corruption

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsBrandon LaRoque kept his life savings in a cryptocurrency account. One morning, as he went to check his balance, he disco...

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Transcript: Trump Is Running a “Global Mafia”

This is a lightly edited transcript of the January 16 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: I’m Perry Bac...

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Billionaire tax sparks intraparty war in California

SACRAMENTO, California — A proposed tax on billionaires is driving a wedge between Democrats in California, upending politics in this deep-blue state.Gavin Newsom in recent days tore into the propo...

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Venezuelan opposition leader says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented President Donald Trump with her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize at their White House meeting Thursday.Machado, who spoke to reporters fol...

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‘Look, You Can’t Cancel the Election’

Could the Trump administration really cancel an election? President Trump once again mused about the possibility, telling Reuters recently that he’s accomplished so much that “we shouldn’t even hav...

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Push for greater ICE training grows on some Republicans

A handful of GOP lawmakers are showing an openness to Democrats’ demand that immigration officers should get more training in the wake of the shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good in Minneapolis.These...

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