Politics

Trump’s health plan puts the blame on industry for high costs

Republicans finally have a health care plan.Conservatives who sought free-market solutions to America’s exorbitant medical bills in an era before President Donald Trump, and struggled to come up wi...

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‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations

A federal judge handling a lawsuit over the deportation of pro-Palestinian activists excoriated top administration officials, including President Donald Trump, for trampling on the First Amendment ...

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Most Americans oppose Trump’s push on Greenland, poll shows

Americans broadly oppose President Donald Trump’s latest foreign policy ambitions in Greenland, according to a new poll released Thursday, and are skeptical about U.S. incursions abroad.In a CNN po...

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On Renee Good, ICE, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Domination vs. Vulnerability

“That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.” Gun shots. “Fuckin’ bitch.” By now, you have likely heard Renee Good’s last words, said with great vulnerability to ICE agent Jonathan Ross, right befor...

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Tesla dealership arsonist learns prison sentence after pleading guilty in Cybertruck torching

The individual who pleaded guilty to Tesla-related arson has been slapped with a five-year prison sentence, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona.Ian William Moses, wh...

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How right-wing influencers are bending reality in Minneapolis

Residents protest a federal agent-involved shooting during an immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis on January 14, 2026. | Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images In the hou...

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Congress clears first funding bills since government shutdown ended

The Senate cleared a three-bill spending package Thursday for President Donald Trump’s signature, completing a fraction of government funding measures necessary to avert another shutdown ahead of t...

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The wild card group that could scramble America’s political alliances

Donald Trump’s second administration has been a reckoning for America, and perhaps especially for America’s Christians. From the deployment of masked paramilitary thugs to enforce im...

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Democrats make pitch to keep no-premium Obamacare plans

Abortion restrictions may be the top sticking point in negotiations between Democrats and Republicans over a bill that would give enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies – which expired Dec. 31 – new ...

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Congressional Black Caucus endorses former rival Rep. Adriano Espaillat over Black primary challenger

NEW YORK — The Congressional Black Caucus’ political arm is endorsing Rep. Adriano Espaillat over a democratic socialist, Afro-Latina primary challenger — about a decade after the group rejected Es...

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As prosecutors prepare to take on Maduro, complex legal issues await

Federal prosecutors face a long, fraught road to convict deposed Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife.It’ll likely be years before a jury even begins to weigh whether Maduro is guilty of t...

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Abortion opponents warn Trump: Hold the line or risk midterms ‘devastation’

The anti-abortion movement's embrace of President Donald Trump paid them major dividends in his first term: The Supreme Court justices he appointed overturned Roe v. Wade, and state abortion bans s...

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Could Catholics be the key to Trump’s opposition?

Donald Trump’s second administration has been a reckoning for America, and perhaps especially for America’s Christians. From the deployment of masked paramilitary thugs to enforce im...

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You Might Not Like What Comes Next in Iran

Iran’s repressive, clerical regime is fighting for its life. There are lots of reasons to hope that it collapses. The Islamic Republic is violent, corrupt and theocratic. It systematically discrimi...

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Karoline Leavitt, MAHA mom, on whole milk, vaccines and Food Babe

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill allowing public schools to offer whole milk and 2 percent milk, a reversal of an Obama-era initiative to encourage skim milk.The move was cheered b...

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‘Why is Sherrill DOGE-ing New Jersey?’: Resignation letters to longtime government workers cause confusion

TRENTON, New Jersey — Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill sent written requests for resignations to career public servants in New Jersey, according to multiple people familiar with the matter and a letter vi...

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Amazingly, the Democrats Have a Shot at a Senate Majority

Democrats can’t ever seem to win federal races in North Carolina, but former Governor Roy Cooper is the strongest U.S. Senate candidate that the party has run there in a long time. The party also h...

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Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota after protests

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to send the military into Minneapolis over widespread demonstrations after federal agents shot and wounded a man, and in the aftermath of the fatal sho...

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Elizabeth Warren’s Abundant Mistakes

The Democratic Party has two competing plans to “pick up the broken pieces from the 2024 election,” claimed Elizabeth Warren, in a widely touted speech she delivered Monday at the National Press Cl...

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Democratic Bosses Are Launching a Remake of the 2028 Calendar

The caucus gyms of first-in-the-nation Iowa transformed Barack Obama from curiosity to contender in 2008. Black-church networks in South Carolina handed Joe Biden the Democratic nomination in 2020....

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Embarrassing floor meltdown has House Republicans questioning their leaders

Frustrations are growing among House Republicans as their majority dwindles and agenda sputters — and it’s not just Speaker Mike Johnson who is feeling the heat.Members were aghast after a stunning...

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