Politics

The college sports dispute fracturing conservatives

The coalition that built a motto around “protect women’s sports” is splintering as some conservatives argue that a decades-old policy boosting female athletes is a threat to men.Republicans found y...

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Why the Paramount deal might not hurt Bonta

LOS ANGELES — Progressive antitrust advocates hammered Rob Bonta for settling the fight over Paramount Skydance’s purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery. But the California attorney general may not pay...

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Partisan gap over confidence in elections shrinks as midterms near, new poll finds

Democratic and Republican voters now have similar levels of trust in elections, according to a new poll from the Pew Research Center released Tuesday.The poll, which asked registered voters their e...

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Alberta delivers decisive vote to stay in Canada

OTTAWA — Alberta voters have overwhelmingly rejected separation, though pro-independence leaders are vowing to keep up their fight.Early results show 76% voted to stay in Canada, while 24% backed h...

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Democrats target Oklahoma’s deep-red governor’s race

The Democratic Governors Association announced Tuesday it is investing half a million dollars to flip the governor’s mansion in Oklahoma — a state the president won by 34 points in 2024.The race be...

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Talarico skips Bernie Sanders rally in Texas, campaigns separately as Senate race heats up

Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico skipped a Monday night rally headlined by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in El Paso, instead holding campaign events hundreds of miles away in North Te...

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Are partisan politics even changing up our accents? They just might be, y’all

Increasingly, this is what conservatism looks – and sounds – like to many Americans. BrianAJackson, iStock/Getty Images PlusWith the midterms fast approaching, communicating just the right message ...

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Inside the ‘bad will’ for Nithya Raman at LA City Hall

LOS ANGELES — If Nithya Raman wins the Los Angeles mayor’s race next month, she'll face another challenge: getting anyone on the City Council to work with her.Since Raman’s last-minute entry into t...

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Two Dans, four choices, one big headache for GOP in Alaska Senate race

ANCHORAGE — Alaska Republicans have railed for years against ranked-choice voting. Now some worry it could cost them in a critical Senate race.GOP Sen. Dan S. Sullivan is facing not only well-known...

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JD Vance declines to endorse Israeli PM Netanyahu for reelection

Vice President JD Vance declined to follow President Donald Trump and endorse Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's fiercely contested upcoming bid for reelection.The vice president, in an in...

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Matthew McConaughey divides fans over independent voting plea ahead of midterms

Matthew McConaughey's call to rethink America's two-party political system has sparked a heated debate on social media, with some critics accusing the Oscar-winning actor of promoting a "privileged...

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Elon Musk is in Democrats’ oversight crosshairs

Democrats are eyeing many targets as they make plans to probe corruption in and around President Donald Trump’s administration should they win control of the House next month.Few loom larger than E...

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OpenAI once pushed to keep AI chips from China. Now it's staying quiet.

OpenAI has changed its tune on China. Nvidia is a big winner.OpenAI for much of last year advocated for strict limits on the ability of U.S. chipmakers such as Nvidia to sell advanced processors to...

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The ‘Congress addict’ serving as Trump's fixer on Capitol Hill

President Donald Trump's pick for top emissary to Capitol Hill is a longtime former congressional aide with wide-ranging experience in oversight and investigations — a telling choice at a time when...

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‘A Train Wreck in November’: Thom Tillis on Trump, His Advisers and the GOP’s Fate

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Most members of Congress who aren't running again leave with a final floor speech and perhaps a little party with current and former staff. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) isn't the ty...

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Maduro betting case could supercharge prediction market prosecutions

The first criminal case centered on prediction-market bets is proceeding toward trial — and white-collar lawyers say it could result in an uptick of prosecutions involving an industry that’s enjoyi...

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Pritzker’s big spending for Black and Hispanic candidates is drawing notice

CHICAGO — JB Pritzker is pouring tens of millions of dollars of his own money into boosting Black and Hispanic candidates this cycle. That could help him win over critical voters in 2028.The billio...

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'They’ve awakened him’: How a wealth tax fight made Brin a political force

Sergey Brin once called government a “giant bonfire of partisanship” and spent years on the political sidelines. But in recent months, the Google co-founder has emerged as a political force in Cali...

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MORNING GLORY: Minnesota's massive fraud scandal could deliver a stunning Senate upset

"This historic fraud happened under her watch, and suddenly, she’s looking out for Medicaid and SNAP? Sell it to someone else, Peggy."With this debate response to Minnesota Democratic Senate nomine...

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Trump’s Voter Raids Have Begun

On Monday, federal authorities announced the arrest in California of at least 11 people, and charges against 28, alleging they registered to vote as noncitizens. Months of fears around the ...

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Trump bets Alaska promises can save GOP Senate seat

President Donald Trump and some in his Cabinet in the last few weeks have rained promises down on Alaska: investments in a long-desired pipeline, millions for rural broadband and data center develo...

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