Politics

Mamdani says he and Trump share commitment to 'the affordability agenda'

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he and President Donald Trump were able to find common ground on their commitment to “working together for the affordability agenda” during a Friday me...

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X’s messy About This Account rollout has caused utter chaos

Yesterday X started rolling out a new About This Account feature, which included what country the account was created from and what country the account is “based” in (which is differ...

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10 Sunday Reads

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetence, corruption, and policy failures: • I looked into CoreWeave and the abyss gazed back: Meet the company Nvidia is propping up. (The Verge) •...

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‘We’re basically pushers’: Court filing alleges staff at social media giants compared their platforms to drugs

SACRAMENTO, California — Top Meta staff allegedly compared Instagram to a drug and worked for years to obscure the social media platform’s potential dangers from parents and children, even as they ...

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Republicans left the Obamacare cliff to the last minute. Some are regretting it.

Republicans have said for months they had plenty of time to figure out what to do about Obamacare subsidies expiring at year’s end. During a six-week government shutdown that ended last week, they ...

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The truth about Trump is sinking in for his MAGA followers

One of the truisms of American politics over the past few decades has been that voters want their presidents to be someone you’d like to have a beer with, a regular guy — yes, it’s only guys — you...

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Tilting the Playing Field

Not long ago, ActBlue was a normal player in American politics. Its website served as a major fundraising platform for Democratic candidates and affiliated PACs, allowing them to reach known party ...

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Why Marjorie Taylor Greene Needed Donald Trump

A junior member of Congress from Georgia announced her resignation last night, ending a brief tenure in the House that produced, well, not a whole lot.Marjorie Taylor Greene is no legislative power...

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Ukraine's allies consider how to fill intelligence gaps if US backs out

HALIFAX — Ukraine’s allies are still trying to figure out how seriously to take the U.S. threat to halt intelligence-sharing with Kyiv if it does not agree to a proposed peace plan — but some said ...

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Lawmakers say Rubio distanced US from peace plan

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — U.S. lawmakers attempted Saturday to reverse days of confusion around a leaked peace plan for Ukraine, saying Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured them the document does no...

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Senate GOP’s Russia hawks push back on Trump’s Ukraine ultimatum

Some of the Senate GOP’s top Russia hawks are up in arms over a peace plan President Donald Trump hopes will end Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.The plan — which would see Ukraine ceding Crimea, Do...

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Inside Greenpeace USA's fight for its life

Greenpeace USA, one of the nation’s most iconic environmental groups, is threatened with extinction.The green group is struggling after nearly a decade of losing court battles against a Texas-based...

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US and Russia to meet about Ukraine as Europe races to influence deal

American and Russian officials will meet in the coming days to hammer out the details of a peace agreement, after U.S. advisers huddle this weekend with top Ukrainian aides.Army Secretary Dan Drisc...

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The world is fractured. The climate talks reflected that.

BELÉM, Brazil — The U.S. snubbed the talks. Petro-states and fossil-fuel-hungry emerging economies got most of what they wanted. And Europeans struggled to show they were prepared to lead the effor...

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Amid GOP grumbling, White House makes course corrections

After almost a year of near-complete dominance over his party, President Donald Trump has responded to growing ripples of resistance with his usual angry outbursts — at long-time ally Marjorie Tayl...

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The Right Can’t Figure Out What to Do With Zohran Mamdani

Between President Trump heaping praise on Zohran Mamdani and the GOP-led Congress denouncing socialism, yesterday revealed a capitalist opposition throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks...

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Climate summit proposal dodges call to accelerate move from fossil fuels

BELÉM, Brazil — A final, yet-to-be-agreed-on text for the U.N. climate summit would call on nations to take marginal steps toward combating climate change — but fails to substantially commit to new...

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A Test Drive Through Brazil in Donald Trump’s Worst Nightmare

BELÉM, Brazil — Grip the gear switch, twist, then silently glide into the potholed street. This fully electric, Caipirinha-colored car embodies the hope and confidence that large, developing econom...

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Trump takes a victory lap after Greene bows out

President Donald Trump on Saturday celebrated the resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), continuing to expose the public break with a once staunch ally he now terms a ”traitor.”“Marjor...

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Veteran-owned businesses are feeling burned by Trump’s contract cutting

A nine-year Navy veteran started walking dogs when he lost his translation business. One 10-year veteran of the Army furloughed half of their staff while another considered selling their car to mak...

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Eric Holder to tear into Supreme Court as major redistricting decision looms

Former Attorney General Eric Holder will assail the Supreme Court in a speech Saturday as the high court prepares to weigh in on a number of key redistricting cases that could dramatically reshape ...

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