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The Unbearable Lightness of Signalgate

The Uniform Code of Military Justice serves as the criminal-justice framework for America’s armed forces. It covers offenses recognized by civilian law as well as crimes and infractions unique to t...

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Eight Democrats and no frontrunner: California’s governor race is a mess

SACRAMENTO, California — Top Democrats passing on their state’s preeminent job. New candidates streaming in late. And a Republican upset threat so serious that the state Democratic Party pleaded wi...

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Oil climbs down from precipice as US crude reserve release ‘on the table’

Oil prices retreated from the four-year highs hit overnight, but the grim outlook in the energy markets has put the White House in a tough spot on whether to approve the release of U.S. strategic o...

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‘I share your outrage’: Democrats woo MAHA moms ahead of the midterms

The MAHA base is furious with the Trump administration over its promotion of a controversial pesticide. Democrats up for election this fall see a prime political opportunity in the infighting.Presi...

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House Republicans face internal and external headwinds as they gather to map out 2026

DORAL, Florida — House Republicans head to their annual policy retreat Monday in south Florida. Their outlook for the remainder of 2026 is anything but sunny.GOP lawmakers were already under pressu...

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Bobby Rush’s voice gets AI boost in Jesse Jackson Jr. campaign ad

CHICAGO — An AI-enhanced former congressman is hitting the Chicago airwaves.As he campaigns to reclaim the South Side congressional seat he once held, Jesse Jackson Jr. is launching a new TV and di...

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Mojtaba Khamenei, son of slain ayatollah, named Iran’s supreme leader

Iran has named Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the former Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as its supreme leader — a move that suggests a push for stability as the Islamic Republic navigates the most significa...

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China’s foreign minister touts 'big year' in US-China ties

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday signaled Beijing’s ambition for a successful summit between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this month — regardless of ongoing ...

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The next races where Latino voters will be decisive

Democrats watched with mouths agape this week as Latino voters, many of whom have sat out previous primary seasons, turned out in droves for James Talarico in Texas.But the push to win back the elu...

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Why Washington is hamstrung on protecting workers from AI

President Donald Trump’s steadfast support for artificial intelligence is butting up against rising voter fears that the technology will take their jobs amid a weakening labor market and constant h...

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A World Cup for a continent that’s coming apart

When U.S., Mexican and Canadian soccer officials fanned out across the globe nearly a decade ago to sell the 2026 World Cup, they traveled in threes — one representative from each country — to unde...

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Kurdish leader links potential Iran ground push to US-enforced no-fly zone

A senior figure in Iran’s Kurdish opposition has tied any potential ground incursion into Iran to a major U.S. military decision: the establishment of a no-fly zone over Kurdish areas in western Ir...

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How the Rapture Explains the Rupture Over Israel on the Right

It’s no secret that Israel is losing ground in American public opinion on both the left and the right, even as many American Jews feel newly besieged by rising antisemitism. On much of the left, ac...

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How Georgia supercharged sleepy utility board elections

Leila Meadows had never heard of Georgia’s Public Service Commission.But when climate organizers came to her apartment complex in Milledgeville, Georgia, last November and said two Democrats runnin...

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Iranian foreign minister pushes back on demand for 'unconditional surrender'

Iran’s foreign minister Sunday said Iran has no intention of meeting President Donald Trump's demand for "unconditonal surrender," warning that his country is prepared to “continue fighting” amid g...

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Senator mocked ‘green energy crap.’ His house runs on it.

While running for Senate, former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy criticized "goofy, subsidized green energy crap" and said after taking office last year that military "readiness doesn’t include green solar po...

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How Dan Crenshaw Rose Higher and Higher — and Then Collapsed

When Dan Crenshaw joined Congress in 2019, he was instantly a star.The then-34-year-old GOP lawmaker was young, had combat experience, and was great on TV; the eyepatch from an injury in the Afghan...

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Alysa Liu speaks out on Eileen Gu's decision to compete for China over US and political backlash

U.S. Olympic figure skating sensation weighed in on the controversy surrounding American-born Team China skier Eileen Gu for choosing to represent China instead of the U.S. Liu gave her thoughts an...

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Trump says Iran at fault for strike on girls school

President Donald Trump on Saturday denied U.S. involvement in a strike that killed more than 165 people at a girls’ elementary school in Southern Iran, instead placing the blame on Iran.When asked ...

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Judge says Kari Lake’s tenure atop US media agency was improper, voids actions as ‘acting CEO’

Kari Lake was illegally empowered to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media — the federal agency that oversees Voice of America — and her actions in that role were illegitimate, a federal judge ruled...

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Leaders gather to honor the life and legacy of Jesse Jackson

Thousands gathered Friday in Chicago to honor the life and legacy of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, with prominent political leaders, activists and public figures remembering him as a transform...

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