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The Trump loyalist at the center of the Senate’s Obamacare talks

If the Senate is going to strike a deal to revive a signature Democratic policy, it will be in part because of an unlikely broker: a freshman Republican from the party’s MAGA wing.Sen. Bernie Moren...

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The fiction at the heart of America’s political divide

America’s most impassioned Democrats and Republicans don’t agree on much. Ask the inhabitants of Bluesky and Truth Social whether a fetus is a person, or undocumented immigrants are ...

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‘Brace for impact’: Trump turns fraud into new weapon against blue states

SACRAMENTO, California — Donald Trump has found a new way to bludgeon blue states: accuse them of fraud, then move to cut off their money.The attacks ramping up across the map — from Albany and Spr...

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Nearly 15,000 nurses go on strike at top New York City hospitals

NEW YORK — Nearly 15,000 nurses are walking out of their hospital jobs early Monday morning and onto the picket line, in what their union says is the largest nursing strike in New York City history...

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Why America can’t build anything | The Gray Area

Why is it so hard for America to build things? Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (????) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Bridges take years to construct. Ho...

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Trump’s Shrinking Coalition

Tulsi Gabbard, a combat veteran who detests military intervention, joined the MAGA coalition full of hope that Donald Trump shared her beliefs. Gabbard especially despises—or at least despised—the ...

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Tom Steyer rails against plutocrats. His firm has Cayman Islands-based funds.

Tom Steyer is running for California governor as an enemy of tax-avoiding plutocrats. "Tax me more," the billionaire environmentalist said recently on X. "I've been saying it for a long time."It's ...

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DOJ opens probe into Fed's Powell, drawing backlash from lawmakers

The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's statements to Congress regarding renovations of the Fed’s headquarters in Washington, according...

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Fed Subpoenaed As DOJ Launches Criminal Probe Into Jerome Powell, Who Vows To "Stand Firm"

Fed Subpoenaed As DOJ Launches Criminal Probe Into Jerome Powell, Who Vows To "Stand Firm" Not content with launching a dizzying cascade of international conflicts, Trump just lobbed...

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Florida’s Legislature gets ready for more GOP sniping, tough choices and DeSantis’ swansong

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A final “State of the State” speech. A closing legislative session. And a last chance to mold a legacy before an uncertain political future with no anointed heir. Thus begins...

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As Minneapolis ICE shooting draws national attention, local and federal leaders dig in their heels

Local and federal officials have failed to find common ground as the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman became a flashpoint in the national battle over immigration enforcement, instead accusing ...

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Trump to be briefed on range of options in Iran

President Donald Trump will be briefed on Tuesday on “some kinetic and many non-kinetic” options in Iran, two administration officials told POLITICO on Sunday. All eyes are on the president’s next ...

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The Purged

Photographs by Dina LitovskyThe purge began late Friday night, four days after Donald Trump returned to the White House. Seventeen inspectors general—internal watchdogs embedded throughout the fede...

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“Is It a Coup?”: A Week in Venezuela, After the Attacks

CARACAS, Venezuela — I woke up sometime after 2:30 a.m. Standing in front of me was my brother-in-law — who had shaken me awake as I dozed on a pull-out sofa. It was dark. Through the windows I cou...

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The diseases RFK Jr. says children don’t need to be routinely vaccinated for

America is about to get a real-world test of how well vaccines keep us healthy.Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s move Monday to drop recommendations that all children get shots for four diseases is likely to...

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Richard Codey, ex-governor who was New Jersey's longest-serving lawmaker, dies at 79

Richard Codey, who served as acting governor of New Jersey and was the state's longest-serving lawmaker, died Sunday. He was 79.His family announced his death, “after a brief illness,” on his Faceb...

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Will Buffalo Bills fan Kathy Hochul body-slam a folding table?

ALBANY, New York — The Buffalo Bills are characterizing the playoff run that starts Sunday as the close of an era. It’s the team’s last season in the stadium it’s called home since 1973 — a new $2....

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Helena Moreno and the New Orleans Comeback Everyone Is Watching

NEW ORLEANS — The first crisis of Helena Moreno’s mayoralty came before it officially began.With New Orleans at risk of missing payroll and the state eyeing receivership, the city’s mayor-elect lat...

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Minneapolis has ‘deep mistrust’ of federal agents after ICE shooting, mayor says

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Sunday said a “deep mistrust” now exists between his state and federal law enforcement following the fatal ICE-involved shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good.In an inte...

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'It’s Going to Take ICE a Long Time to Dig Out of This'

As federal immigration agents flood the country’s streets, back-to-back shootings have reignited major concerns about the administration’s aggressive crackdown.In Minneapolis, a U.S. Immigration an...

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Pulte backs away from 50-year mortgage

Federal Housing Director Bill Pulte on Friday signaled that the Trump administration is moving past his widely criticized idea for 50-year mortgages in its broader effort to address housing afforda...

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