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US ambassador softens accusations of Canadian interference in midterms

The U.S. apparently isn’t accusing Canada of interfering in its elections after all — at least not yet.U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said in an interview released Friday that the embassy ...

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Australia’s wish for a kinder, gentler politics seems doomed to disappointment

CANBERRA — In one of the saddest and most horrific weeks in Australian politics I can remember, let’s start with the good news and the points of consensus.Helen Haines, the independent MP targeted ...

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DOJ charges 2 former FBI officials with lying to Congress over Hunter Biden probe

The Department of Justice charged two former FBI officials this week, alleging they lied to Congress in 2023 about the bureau’s probe into Hunter Biden, including its handling of his laptop in the ...

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‘I’m the one’: Trump says he ordered Alaska elections lawsuit

President Donald Trump on Friday said he personally directed the Department of Justice to file a lawsuit seeking to prevent Alaska from certifying its Senate election results if Republicans lose.“I...

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Trump to lower Canada tariffs for certain agricultural goods, Collins says

President Donald Trump will soften his Canadian tariffs that are hurting Maine’s agriculture industry, Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced on Friday, a last-minute boost for the incumbent as she...

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Exit of RFK Jr. ally widens rift in GOP tent

Calley Means brought President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. together. The Kennedy adviser’s resignation Thursday shows it wasn’t a match made in heaven, at least as far as many Kennedy su...

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Mamdani on Trump, Floods, and the Fight Over Data Centers

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani joins Garrison Hayes on Stress Test to discuss his relationship with Donald Trump, the climate crisis, and the political fight over AI data centers. His name...

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House battleground map tightens as GOP scrambles to shore up red seats

Senior Democrats are tempering their expectations about how big of a House majority they might win, as both parties see a tightening battlefield.The latest rounds of internal polling from both part...

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‘Should fail on the merits’: DOJ’s Alaska gambit is likely to go nowhere

The Justice Department’s lawsuit to block Alaska’s Senate election results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses is likely a legal nonstarter.“This lawsuit is abusive in intent and nearly friv...

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Robert De Niro ad urges voters to vote early to avoid what Trump might 'pull on Election Day'

Actor Robert De Niro appeared in a new political ad Thursday encouraging early voting to ensure liberal votes count no matter what "they" pull on Election Day.The ad, shared by the progressive poli...

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Democrats plan to throw the gauntlet at Mullin in the next Congress

A top priority for Democrats if they get more power in Congress in November: Forcing the Trump administration’s controversial and unpopular immigration crackdown back in the headlines.And one of th...

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Ramaswamy's Ohio attack ad prompts debate over what's fair game in politics

President Donald Trump's brand of brash, sometimes offensive, politics has consumed the Republican Party for a decade. But bipartisan outrage over Vivek Ramaswamy's ad featuring his opponent's estr...

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Trump says Canada 'working very hard' to make a trade deal with U.S.

OTTAWA – U.S. President Donald Trump said Canada is “working very hard” to make a trade deal with the U.S., despite talks remaining at a standstill since August. “Canada is working very hard to m...

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‘Bumper sticker bill’: AI kill switch rides the midterm elections wave

An artificial intelligence “kill switch” is an easy sell on the campaign trail: a simple promise to require tech companies to build an emergency off switch that can power down AI models gone rogue....

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The Party That Must Not Be Named

For most of the past two decades, Ohio Democrats have hobbled home in defeat on Election Day, beaten and battered in a state that used to be a national bellwether. In 2024, Donald Trump ran up an 1...

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Transcript: The Most Important Divide in American Politics

This is a lightly edited transcript of the October 22 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. Perry Bacon: Good morning...

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The Most Important Divide in America Isn’t Republican vs. Democratic

You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following this show on YouTube or Substack. You can read a transcript here. Woke versus MAGA, Democrat versus Republican, libera...

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The interim docket remains active

The interim docket dominated court news this week. Among other developments, the court declined to allow the Trump administration to implement its new transgender inmate policy and then received a ...

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‘Just the beginning’: New Mexico AG warns AI industry after $25B Meta ruling

Fresh off landing a $25 billion judgment against Meta for misleading the public about its privacy protections, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is putting artificial intelligence and Silicon...

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The cracks are showing in California’s Big Oil block

SACRAMENTO, California — Big Oil wields immense power in California politics, and has been a thorn in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s side for years.Now, there’s a crack in the coalition’s unified front. That ...

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US accuses Canada of election meddling

Washington has warned Ottawa against attempts to influence the upcoming midterms, citing anti-Trump advertising and meetings with Democrats The ...

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