Politics

Marco Rubio left the Senate. But he’s still part of the club.

As senators woke up Saturday with questions on President Donald Trump’s audacious decision to order the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, one of their old colleagues was ready with answe...

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‘He Feels Personally Jilted’: Gavin Newsom’s Grudge

How Trumpian does Gavin Newsom want to get? The California Democratic governor has achieved social media success and 2028 buzz by taking a page out of President Donald Trump’s all-caps social media...

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Shapiro launches reelection bid in Pennsylvania as 2028 looms

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has officially launched his reelection bid, kicking off a campaign that could serve as a springboard — or a blockade — to a presidential run in 2028.Shapiro highlight...

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The Supreme Court may leave alone the Voting Rights Act just long enough to keep the GOP from House control in 2026

Republicans want a big Supreme Court redistricting win. They’re losing hope it will help them in the 2026 midterms.The Supreme Court’s decision in Louisiana v. Callais could weaken the Voting Right...

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MORNING GLORY: The United States is now 'running' Venezuela after Maduro ouster

"We’re in charge of everything. We’re in charge of everything… We’re going to run it. We’re going to fix it…. Well, we're gonna run everything. We're gonna run it, fix it. We'll have elections at t...

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Hochul to unveil child care expansion plan alongside Mamdani

NEW YORK — A sweeping plan to provide free child care for children under the age of five throughout New York state will be unveiled by Gov. Kathy Hochul today — a significant step toward enacting a...

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US could run Venezuela for years, Trump says

The U.S. government may head up Venezuela for years, President Donald Trump told The New York Times in an Oval Office interview Wednesday, as the White House works to sell its plans for the future ...

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‘People would attempt to flee’: Concern grows over possible Cuba collapse

An economic collapse in Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida’s shores, could bring with it stark consequences for the United States, given the high risk of human suffering over lack of food, energy and...

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How Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign Crafted a Winning Message

We spoke to Zohran Mamdani’s campaign communications director, Andrew Epstein, about how a disciplined and creative message, mass canvassing, viral videos, and an end run around mainstream media he...

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Trump calls for record $1.5 trillion defense budget, a 50 percent jump

President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared he would ask Congress for a $1.5 trillion defense budget in fiscal 2027, a massive $500 billion increase from this year's roughly $1 trillion Pentagon b...

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Trump-linked crypto company applies for federal banking charter

World Liberty Financial, the crypto firm affiliated with President Donald Trump’s family, announced Wednesday that it has applied for a banking charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Cur...

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Who was in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago war room for Maduro’s ouster

Photos of major U.S. military operations, like the famous image of then-President Barack Obama receiving a briefing on the mission against Osama bin Laden, offer a rare glimpse into the rooms where...

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Trump quits pivotal 1992 climate treaty, in massive blow to global warming effort

President Donald Trump is withdrawing the United States from the world’s overarching treaty on climate change in a move that escalates his attempts to reverse years of global negotiations toward ad...

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Trump team drafting executive order on affordability

The White House is drafting an executive order broadly targeted at addressing Americans’ frustration with the cost of living, including a push to allow people to dip into their retirement and colle...

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Does Congress Even Exist Anymore?

Representative Seth Moulton is a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee, but he learned about the U.S. military’s middle-of-the-night capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro the...

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Steny Hoyer set to announce retirement from Congress

Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer is set to announce his retirement from the House as soon as Thursday, capping off a decades-long career in Congress, according to two people who were granted anonymity to ...

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On anniversary of Los Angeles wildfires, Bass and Newsom lay low

On the anniversary of the Los Angeles wildfires — and with many here still directing their anger at Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass — the governor and LA mayor stayed out of the spotlight.Neither atten...

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Deadly Force on a Frozen Street

Aidan Perzana woke up to honking vehicles and looked out his window just as ICE officers surrounded an SUV. The 31-year-old data engineer told me he saw the officers moving to the side of the vehic...

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The AI Doomsday Machine Is Closer to Reality Than You Think

Jacquelyn Schneider saw a disturbing pattern, and she didn’t know what to make of it.Last year Schneider, director of the Hoover Wargaming and Crisis Simulation Initiative at Stanford University, b...

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From Halle Berry to Rachael Ray and Arnold Schwarzenegger: How celebrity lobbyists won and lost in Sacramento in 2025

SACRAMENTO, California — Halle Berry blistering Gavin Newsom over his lack of support for menopause resources in New York last month served as the punctuation mark on a year of celebrities using th...

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GOP earmark angst rears ahead of spending package votes

A conservative rebellion against earmarks is threatening to tank a key procedural vote Wednesday afternoon on a three-bill spending package as House GOP leaders scramble to avoid another intraparty...

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