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There's a new wedge issue playing out in Senate Dem primaries

Democrats in competitive primaries keep fighting about corporate PAC money. It has opened up a muddy and sometimes performative debate.The issue has played out in contested Senate primaries, where ...

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Hegseth, attacking press, declares victory is near amid ongoing Iran conflict

The new Iranian leader is “wounded and likely disfigured,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday, describing the ongoing war as a sure and decisive victory.Speaking hours after four America...

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Democrats are trouncing Republicans in state elections since Trump took office

A blue wave may already be cresting.Democrats have flipped 28 Republican-held seats in state legislatures across the country over the past 14 months, a sign that the GOP is indeed at risk of losing...

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US military plane crashes in Iraq amid war with Iran

A U.S. military refueling plane crashed in western Iraq and efforts were underway to rescue those on board, Central Command said Thursday.The crash of the Boeing KC-135 jet, which comes in the seco...

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A historic Senate opening meets a divided Illinois Democratic Party

CHICAGO — Illinois Democrats have a rare opportunity to help send a Black woman to the Senate this year — though it’s an opportunity that may be blocked by a splintering electorate and competing po...

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Getting Congress to pay for the Iran war won't be an easy sell

The war in Iran is tearing through the Pentagon’s budget at nearly $1 billion a day, but lawmakers are in no rush to approve more money for the Trump administration’s expanding Middle East conflict...

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Vance was ‘skeptical’ voice in White House on Iran strikes

Vice President JD Vance was skeptical of the U.S. striking Iran in the leadup to President Donald Trump’s decision to launch the war, two senior Trump officials told POLITICO.Vance, who has long qu...

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How The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Found Itself in the Battle Over Big Tech

On Nov. 5, in a harshly lit conference room at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ main administrative hub in Salt Lake City, Elder Gerrit Gong delivered an impassioned speech about th...

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Pentagon: First week of Iran war cost about $11B

The U.S. spent about $11 billion last week on the Iran war, a Pentagon official said Thursday, offering the first public estimate of the conflict’s cost — and one Democratic lawmakers insist is muc...

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Why high oil prices may outlast Trump’s Iran war

President Donald Trump may be pledging a quick end to his war on Iran — but the political fallout will persist long after the fighting stops.Trump administration officials are downplaying the spike...

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51 Bizarre And Confusing Things People Have Experienced

People like it when the world makes sense. Sure, some mysteries are interesting, but not the kind that keeps you up at night out of horror. Reading about weird things happening to others is always ...

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Poll: California Democrats want to disband ICE

California Democrats overwhelmingly want to dismantle Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid backlash to Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, according to a new poll by POLITICO and its part...

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DHS signs off on World Cup security funding a day after Trump-Infantino meeting

U.S. host cities for the 2026 FIFA World Cup learned Wednesday that a major bureaucratic hurdle, which was holding up hundreds of millions of dollars in federal security funding, had been cleared.T...

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Tax the Rich All You Want. It Won't Fix the Deficit.

Wherever you look in American politics right now, you'll find legislators saying the government still doesn't tax enough—especially when it ...

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Judges say Trump’s attacks are fueling threats to their safety

SAN DIEGO — A trio of federal judges on Thursday offered a blistering assessment of the Trump administration’s attacks on the judiciary, with one comparing them to the behavior of authoritarian reg...

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Colombia’s President on Why Trump’s War on Drugs Is Failing

In May, Colombians will choose a successor to President Gustavo Petro, the first leftist leader in the country’s modern history. The results of that election will cement — or erase — Petro’s legacy...

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Iran war is the largest oil supply disruption in history, report finds

The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has triggered the largest supply disruption in global oil market history, according to a Thursday report from the International Energy Agency, as tensions escalate al...

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Who threatens the Arab world: Iran or the US and Israel?

Who threatens the Arab world: Iran or the US and Israel? Submitted by Joseph Massad on Thu, 03/12/2026 - 11:11 ...

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Trump’s silence leaves housing affordability bill in limbo

A Senate bill aimed at making housing more affordable should be a slam-dunk for Republicans’ affordability message. Instead, it’s exposing GOP disarray on the very cost-of-living issues voters care...

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Trump says it is not ‘appropriate’ for Iran soccer team to be at World Cup

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Iran should not compete in the upcoming World Cup hosted in North America, despite assuring the FIFA president days earlier that they would be welcome amid...

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On T Cooper’s Early Meditations on Being a Trans Man, Real Man Adventures

The pop culture of five years ago is barely gone, still too recent for assessment, let alone retrospective; the pop culture of twenty years ago is history, distant enough from the present day that ...

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