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Right-wing media’s Mamdani outrage fuels GOP anti-Muslim rhetoric

During Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims around the world fast from dawn to sunset and gather with family and neighbors each evening to break that fast, the American right is manufacturin...

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Newsom opens commanding lead over Harris in 2028 California primary poll

SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom is trouncing Kamala Harris in their home state in a new presidential primary poll by POLITICO and its partners.The California governor leads Harris, the former...

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Kristi Noem sidelined Tom Homan. He’s working to make sure it doesn’t happen again.

Tensions between border czar Tom Homan and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ran so high over the last year that they barely spoke. Homan is determined to avoid a repeat.Homan is making a con...

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Morris Katz backed Cuomo, criticized Sanders before political career

NEW YORK — Morris Katz is celebrated as the 26-year-old savant and strategist behind Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to become New York City mayor.But before he was a blip on anyone’s radar, Katz spent h...

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Canada’s Conservative leader needs to make inroads with Trump. Is it too late?

OTTAWA — In the fall of 2024, Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada's Conservative Party, held a commanding lead in the polls and looked set to be the next prime minister. After Donald Trump's ele...

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Americans’ opinions of Canada, Great Britain are lower than ever

Americans’ views of two of its closest allies, Canada and Great Britain, have decreased significantly in the past year following President Donald Trump’s increasing hostility toward the nations, a ...

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The Republican Party Continues Eating Its Own

In a sea of congressional bloviators, Kevin Kiley has always stood out. The two-term California lawmaker, unlike most of his colleagues, does not reflexively defend the president and, at least rece...

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When presidents attack the Supreme Court

During a roundtable at the White House on Friday, March 6, President Donald Trump returned to what has become a familiar refrain in the weeks since the Supreme Court struck down his signature tarif...

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America’s Asian allies scramble to address oil crisis with little guidance from Trump

President Donald Trump’s military campaign against Iran has Washington’s Asian allies scrambling to address an energy crisis that could destabilize many of their economies within weeks.And so far t...

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The Republican Who Wants to Banish His Own Constituents

The Islamic Center of Columbia, Tennessee—a small city about 45 miles south of Nashville—had been around for only a few years when white supremacists burned it down. On a Saturday in early 2008, th...

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A Police Report About a House Candidate Surprised the White House

Three days after President Trump announced his “Complete and Total Endorsement” of the Louisiana congressional candidate Blake Miguez, the Republican contender posted a video from outside the West ...

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AI Won't Fix America's Looming Debt Crisis

AI Won't Fix America's Looming Debt Crisis Authored by David Youngberg via TheDailyEconomy.org, Last month, Congress sparred with the president over a partial budget, but with few...

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US to release 172 million barrels of oil from strategic reserve to combat energy price hike

The Trump administration said Wednesday the U.S. will release 172 million barrels of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, its boldest attempt yet to bring down oil prices that have spike...

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Furious allies lobby Trump to keep deporting migrants

Top allies of President Donald Trump are furious at the White House's new rhetorical emphasis on deporting violent criminals over all unauthorized immigrants — and they're launching a lobbying effo...

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Immigration detention cases decline amid Trump admin pullback from hardline tactics

As the Trump administration has scaled back its most aggressive immigration enforcement efforts, the torrent of emergency lawsuits mounted by ICE detainees has also begun to slow.Courts have been f...

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MORNING GLORY: President Trump and the US are waging a righteous battle — and winning

The United States and Israel are winning this battle with the Islamic Republic of Iran — decisively. Our Gulf allies are standing strong. The cost has already been high with seven U.S. service memb...

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Trump’s War Lacks a Marketing Plan

A year ago yesterday, President Trump turned the White House lawn into a Tesla showroom to try to boost the slumping sales of his then-pal Elon Musk’s electric-car company. A few months ago, Trump ...

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You Can Just Do Things

What is the United States doing in (or, really, to) Iran? Critic Patrick Blanchfield situates the bombardment of the country within the long legacy of an American empire that doesn’t care about n...

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Kathy Hochul sees ‘deep bench’ of governors in 2028 election

ALBANY, New York — Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday touted what she called the Democratic Party’s “deep bench” of governors who could run for president in 2028 — singling out leaders like...

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Tax fight will test Mamdani’s influence in Albany against Hochul

ALBANY, New York — A state budget fight over raising taxes on rich people and corporations is becoming a litmus test for how power is wielded in the Empire State’s capital — and pitting Gov. Kathy ...

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RFK Jr.’s department is revealing its thoughts about women's health

Republicans are hoping Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the moms who find his Make America Healthy Again message appealing will narrow the Democrats’ edge among women voters in this year’s midterm electio...

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