Politics

JONATHAN TURLEY: Shapiro could've been a contender, but he caved to the loons

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has finally reached his Terry Malloy moment. In the classic movie "On the Waterfront," the character tells his brother of losing it all; his shot to be a champion and...

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Burgum doubles down on blaming vandals for reflecting pool woes

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Sunday aired his frustrations with the continued attention that the botched renovation of the reflecting pool has received and doubled down on the Trump administra...

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The Alabamafication of National Politics

On Juneteenth, I watched Doug Jones, the Democratic nominee for Alabama governor, deliver a speech at the Scottsboro Boys Museum, in the northeastern corner of the state. I found myself thinking of...

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RFK Jr.’s latest overhaul aims to boost preventive care. It could get expensive.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s about to remake another government panel with power over Americans’ access to health care.This time around, unlike his push to downsize the vaccine schedule, the health secr...

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How Rebecca Bennett is threading the needle on Tom Kean Jr.'s depression

While Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. was missing for four months, his Democratic opponent, Rebecca Bennett, only occasionally talked about his absence.And when she did, she didn’t have to say much.Ke...

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Expert who fled Cuba warns of ‘vicious cycle’ that will lead to ‘communists in double digits’ in Congress

A national security expert who fled to the U.S. from Cuba is warning that one "vicious cycle" currently dominating American politics could lead to "communists in double digits" serving in Congress....

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How Trump is turning NATO into a cash machine

President Donald Trump has recast a generations-old transatlantic alliance built on shared democratic values into a framework he’s more comfortable dealing with — a business.He’s persuaded NATO mem...

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Russia Threatens. Are NATO’s New Borders Ready?

NORTH KARELIA, Finland — Bears, wolves and moose still cross the frontier freely, but for the border guards patrolling this stretch of fields and forest, this is where NATO ends.A line of wooden po...

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Paul Pelosi investigated in hit-and-run in Napa County

Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is suspected of crashing into a parked car and leaving the scene over the Fourth of July weekend, law enforcement officials said Saturday....

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Demonstrators in white supremacist attire protest on Capitol Hill

Demonstrators donning the logo and insignia of Patriot Front, a white supremacist group, were seen protesting in the Eastern Market neighborhood and on Capitol Hill on the 250th anniversary of U.S....

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A Jolly campaign in Florida amid an angry Democratic summer

MIAMI — Progressives in New York rode anti-establishment anger to a string of primary victories last week. In Maine, political newcomer Graham Platner’s controversial past hasn’t prevented him from...

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Conservatives rage over re-funding of Planned Parenthood

Planned Parenthood’s beleaguered network of clinics will regain access to hundreds of millions in Medicaid funding this weekend — the fallout of Republicans’ failure to pass an extension of the one...

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Should celebrities and athletes shut up about politics? It’s complicated.

Americans are fed up with politics invading every aspect of their lives. But many can’t kick the habit.Roughly 60 percent of Americans say it feels like politics are everywhere these days where it ...

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AI security questions loom over NATO summit

President Donald Trump enters the annual NATO leaders' summit in Ankara next week with powerful leverage over the military alliance: The U.S. has the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence t...

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In Defense of the Fourth of July

“I like the Fourth of July, it breathes a spirit of revolution,” said Eugene V. Debs in a 1901 Independence Day speech. The socialist firebrand was far from blindly patriotic (“I am not of those wh...

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A hot, fractured birthday weekend: America at 250

As Americans marked the 250th anniversary of independence, the nation’s largest planned celebration unfolded less like a unified commemoration and more like a stress test — of weather, logistics an...

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Trump’s Remarkable Losing Streak

Earlier this year, President Trump claimed a new area of expertise: election law. “I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated or vetted on this subject,” Trump wrote on socia...

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Will America Survive Another 250 Years? We Asked 11 Historians.

From a fledgling republic to a global superpower, the United States has constantly reinvented itself over the last 250 years.Americans have expanded democracy and driven innovation. They’ve also co...

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A Bipartisan Prescription for American Democracy

It’s easy to lament the curdled state of American democracy. Political polarization, the decline in legislating and the warped incentive structure that pervades public life are all alarming. And th...

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69% of Americans think the founders would be disappointed in democracy today. A French philosopher predicted why

As the 250th anniversary of American independence approaches, many people in the U.S. are deeply concerned about the country’s future. A recent poll by Elon University found that 69% of resp...

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DOGE self-deletes on July 4th. The grand experiment fell apart long before that.

President Donald Trump’s cost-cutting commission that once plunged the government into chaos is nearing its destiny — becoming a former federal initiative. Up for debate: how and when the end will ...

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