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Trump stands by claim that Iran could have struck girls’ school

President Donald Trump is standing by his claim that Iran could be responsible for a deadly missile strike on a girls’ school even as U.S. authorities say they are still trying to determine who is ...

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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the 'talking filibuster' and the SAVE Act

Passage of the SAVE Act is of paramount importance to President Trump and many congressional Republicans.In his State of the Union speech, the president implored lawmakers "to approve the SAVE Amer...

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Judge rejects NJ US Attorney 'triumvirate’ in latest blow to Trump prosecutors

A federal judge has ejected the leaders of the U.S. attorney’s office in New Jersey, concluding that Attorney General Pam Bondi illegally appointed an unusual “triumvirate,” at President Donald Tru...

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53 Times A Mystery Or An Unexplained Phenomenon Made People Question Reality

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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Karan Mahajan on Literary Tradition, Trump, and Writing Multiple Points of View

In March 2016, Karan Mahajan made a splash with his second novel, The Association of Small Bombs. By telling the story of a Delhi car bombing, Mahajan earned high praise—including a spot on the Nat...

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Talks Trump and the GOP — Over a Plate of Ribs

The texts, emails and calls come regularly. At least once a week. Sometimes more.“Jmart, I’m going to [fill-in-the-blank city], where should I eat?” friends, colleagues and sometimes folks I barel...

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How Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff see the world

The failed attempt to secure a peaceful resolution with Iran has not shaken the president’s faith in the two men he put in charge of making peace around the world.Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Ja...

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MORNING GLORY: The military needs money from Congress to finish off Iran

On "One Nation with Brian Kilmeade," Brian posed a key question to me: Would Congress pass a supplemental appropriation to cover the costs of the battle with Iran?It should, but that doesn’t mean i...

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Rising energy prices threaten cornerstone of GOP midterm pitch

DORAL, Florida — The economic fallout from President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran is imperiling the GOP’s legislative sales pitch ahead of the midterms, with energy price spikes t...

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The Justice Department Is Lowering Its Ethical Guardrails

Ed. note: We don’t normally publish op-eds like this, but given the gravity of the ethical issues coming out of the Justice Department, we are lucky to present this timely report and analysis from ...

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Bipartisan group of states refuse to sign settlement between Justice Department and Live Nation

More than two dozen states are refusing to sign the Department of Justice’s new settlement with Live Nation, which owns Ticketmaster, in a high-profile antitrust lawsuit challenging the entertainme...

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A slew of indie candidates are running for Senate in deep-red states. Democrats aren’t all thrilled.

Deep in Trump country, left-leaning independents are sparring with Democrats over who is more electable in longshot Senate races this fall, setting them up to split votes — and relinquish any hope ...

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How Profits Took Over American Politics

On Feb. 27, around the time he was giving the order to launch military strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump gathered at Mar-a-Lago with super PAC donors paying $1 million per plate...

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Gavin Newsom’s Closely Curated Vulnerability Isn’t Convincing

In Young Man in a Hurry, Gavin Newsom tries to get in front of the critiques he knows are coming. But reading the book, you can’t escape what he himself establishes: Newsom is a product of one of t...

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Trump administration subpoenaing Arizona 2020 voting records, as Trump pushes to consolidate election power

The Trump administration has subpoenaed records related to the 2020 election in Arizona’s largest county, the state Senate president said Monday, the latest in a series of steps taken by the presid...

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Democrats should go all-in on Texas — and Talarico

If faith is indeed “the substance of things hoped for,” as St. Paul wrote in his letter to the Hebrews, then James Talarico’s win on Tuesday in the Texas Senate primary was surely, at least for the...

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Newsom railed against Medicaid work requirements — until he didn't

SACRAMENTO, California — On health care – as with most issues – Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as Donald Trump’s chief antagonist, expanding access to insurance and deriding the red tape the p...

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Kamala Harris Is Buying Time — But Democrats Are Looking Ahead

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Kamala Harris’s book about her abbreviated presidential campaign is entitled 107 Days. Harris has now been selling her memoir for far longer — 166 days to be exact.She has not be...

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Mayor Mamdani’s budget gamble

NEW YORK — The New York City budget team has a reputation as staid, inscrutable stewards of the municipal purse. Mayor Zohran Mamdani is changing that.Faced with a challenging fiscal landscape, the...

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Live Nation reaches settlement with DOJ in antitrust fight

Live Nation has reached a settlement with the Department of Justice in its high-stakes antitrust case less than a week after the trial began, according to three people familiar with the matter.The ...

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Americans Should Stop Using the Term Christian Nationalism

In 1932, a group of religious leaders gathered in Indianapolis to advance their long-standing project, a plan to fundamentally “Christianize” American society. The meeting had been convened by the ...

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