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Florida takes its anti-DEI fight to the NFL

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The NFL draft may dominate sports headlines this week, but another matter has the league ready to play defense: Florida’s move to pressure the league’s minority hiring practi...

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The Posting Will Continue Until Morale Improves

On Monday morning, CNN reported that the United States and Iran had been on the verge of striking a deal to end the war when Donald Trump made a series of comments to reporters and on social media ...

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No quick rebound from Hormuz disruption, oil execs tell Dallas Fed

U.S. oil and gas executives expect traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to be constrained through August — with little change in U.S. crude output to offset the drop in Middle East oil, according t...

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Senate Republicans clear go-it-alone path for ICE funding

Senate Republicans green-lit their party-line plan early Thursday morning to send tens of billions of dollars to immigration enforcement agencies in the coming years.Senators voted 50-48 to adopt a...

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'All eyes are on Ron DeSantis’: Florida could make or break the GOP’s redistricting edge

President Donald Trump's redistricting war now rests on Florida — and his onetime primary rival Gov. Ron DeSantis.The Sunshine State is the GOP’s likely best remaining chance to claw back an edge t...

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Mamdani administration has continued to quietly purge Eric Adams’ allies from NYC government

NEW YORK — Several loyal aides to former Mayor Eric Adams were shifted into high-paying jobs in obscure corners of New York City’s government at the very tail end of his term, a POLITICO review of ...

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Mamdani’s affordability agenda hits a fiscal wall

NEW YORK — On the campaign trail last year, Zohran Mamdani slammed then-Mayor Eric Adams for refusing to expand rental subsidies for the city’s lowest-income residents. Less than a year later, he’s...

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MORNING GLORY: End the filibuster, pack the Court, kiss the Constitution goodbye

The Democratic Party wants to break the United States Senate’s legislative filibuster in order to pack the Supreme Court with jurisprudential clones of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who has quickl...

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Democrats are winning the redistricting war — for now, anyway

"Vote Yes" signage is seen during a Virginians For Fair Elections canvassing event in Woodbridge, Virginia. | Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images This story appeared in Today, Exp...

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Trump Voters Like Marco Rubio More and More

President Trump reportedly likes to go around asking aides about who his successor should be: J. D. Vance or Marco Rubio. If Trump were to ask his own voters the same question, he would, at least b...

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Trump pushes to speed up Iranian minesweeping effort amid uncertain peace talks

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the U.S. Navy to "shoot and kill" Iranian boats still placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz, as American warships embark on the time-consuming task of loc...

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Mexican national convicted of illegally voting in US after false citizenship claims faces removal: DHS

FIRST ON FOX: A Mexican national who voted illegally in U.S. elections and falsely claimed to be a citizen has been convicted and could face removal under federal immigration law.The Department of ...

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‘Not under attack’: NRC chair dismisses claims of Trump interference

The chair of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told lawmakers that his agency is not under attack from the Trump administration, pushing back on claims from Democrats and nuclear safety advocates t...

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GOP senators hope for a quick Cabinet shakeup

If you’re a Cabinet official thinking of pursuing a new professional opportunity, Senate Republicans have a request: Now’s the time to call it quits.The departure this week of Labor Secretary Lori ...

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‘F–k this coin’: Crypto traders fall out of love with Trump’s digital ventures

President Donald Trump’s memecoin was once the talk of Washington. No more.Eleven months ago, a gala dinner for major investors in the cryptocurrency token set off a buying frenzy from MAGA-loving ...

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The MAHA Moms Are Falling in Line

Earlier this month, MAHA moms went to the White House. Several key figures in the “Make America Healthy Again” movement gathered around a table in the Roosevelt Room to speak with Health Secretary ...

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Trump’s pick to lead CISA withdraws nomination after months of political impasse

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the government’s civilian cyber defense agency is withdrawing from consideration after his candidacy languished in the Senate.Sean Plankey informed Homeland Se...

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‘I think the conflict will end’: Trump officials temper gas-price predictions

President Donald Trump’s team is no longer making predictions about energy prices.That much was clear Wednesday when administration officials facing lawmakers declined to put a timetable when the w...

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Hakeem Jeffries finally gets a signature win

In the more than three years since he became the top House Democratic leader, Hakeem Jeffries has sometimes struggled to escape the shadow of his esteemed predecessor.He stood alone in the limeligh...

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Navy secretary is out

Navy Secretary John Phelan is leaving the service's top civilian post immediately, the Pentagon announced Wednesday, a surprise departure that comes just over a year into his tenure.Undersecretary ...

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Trump upended health care. Lobbyists are raking it in.

The biggest players in the health care industry are pouring record sums into K Street, Washington’s lobbying corridor, as the Trump administration intensifies scrutiny of their business practices a...

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