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FEMA lays groundwork to shift disaster burden to states

The Trump administration plans to reduce state and local dependency on federal disaster aid and could move Federal Emergency Management Agency workers out of Washington, D.C., according to an inter...

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Susie Wiles helped set up Fox interview ahead of press secretary’s exit

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles helped set up Katie Zacharia’s appearance on Fox News Thursday night, when the embattled new press secretary struggled to answer questions about her rocky fir...

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Trump issues order to bypass Russian sanctions in bill named for late Lindsey Graham

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving key sanctions outlined in the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act, significantly dulling the tool Congress handed him to pres...

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Scaramucci has some advice for Zacharia

Anthony Scaramucci knows what it’s like to lose a job just days after getting it.Scaramucci, a former White House communications director during President Donald Trump’s first term, lasted about 10...

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Canadians living in the United States charged with voting in U.S. federal elections

Two Canadian citizens living in New York have been charged with voter fraud after voting in United States federal elections, authorities and court documents allege. Paula Stitt, 57, has been livi...

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Panic Attack: Inside Musk’s Midterm Disinformation Blitz

Watch: Elon Musk is trying to bail out Republicans while flooding X with lies. Election Day is less than three weeks away, and panic is setting in for the GOP. “We see Republican gro...

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House Democrat introduces bipartisan bill to block Trump’s Russian diesel deal

A House Democrat introduced legislation Friday to block President Donald Trump’s proposed deal to buy Russian diesel after a week of bipartisan pushback. The Prohibit Corrupt Russia Oil Deals Act f...

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Anthropic quietly pitches its own AI safety bill to lawmakers

Representatives for the artificial intelligence giant Anthropic have quietly pitched Capitol Hill lawmakers on a draft bill to regulate frontier AI safety and security, according to three people wi...

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Negative Political Ads: Voters Despise Them, But Campaigns Keep Using Them

Negative Political Ads: Voters Despise Them, But Campaigns Keep Using Them Authored by Russ Jones via The Epoch Times, Campaign season has arrived with its usual barrage of attack...

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Cheating, Lying, Dividing: Can You Guess Who I’m Talking About?

We’re two-plus weeks out from Election Day. Republicans are in a dead panic and taking the wildest of swings. Maryland Representative Andy Harris, who is as close as we have in the United States Co...

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Carney's comment irks Smith, and a jab at sensitive Americans: 6 key moments from PM's Calgary visit

Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Calgary on Thursday, where he visited Cinnamon Indian Cuisine and Bar to enjoy some pakoras, met with volunteers from Public Interest Alberta and gave a speech at...

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A vulnerable Republican takes on both parties over immigration

NEW YORK — One of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House is running on immigration — and taking on both parties over it.Rep. Mike Lawler is hammering Democrats over “sanctuary” policies while...

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Katie Zacharia out as press secretary after five days

Katie Zacharia is no longer the White House press secretary after five days in the role, bringing an abrupt end to a tumultuous tenure, according to two White House officials and a third person fam...

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Washington Isn’t Ready for Abdul El-Sayed

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. — Washington isn’t ready for Hurricane Abdul.The midterms are still a few weeks away, but the biggest individual story of 2026 may turn out to be the election of the country’s...

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Haley Stevens is everywhere — except on the trail for El-Sayed

Haley Stevens is highly visible in the wake of her Senate primary loss: meeting with the Dalai Lama, crashing “TMZ Live” with her new fiancee, getting spoofed on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon....

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RFK Jr. and his allies are standing by Russell Brand as the comedian’s rape trial begins

Actor Russell Brand appeared at a Make America Healthy Again Summit in Washington two weeks ago, standing onstage with Mehmet Oz and snapping a photo with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.This...

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Senate Republicans are getting smoked in fundraising

Republican Senate candidates are hurting for cash.Nearly every Democratic candidate in battleground Senate races outraised their GOP opponent from July through September. And in some cases, the dis...

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Megadonors are powering Republicans’ spending advantage

A handful of megadonors are giving big to try and keep Republicans’ midterm hopes alive.Elon Musk gave at least $276 million to boost Republicans in the third quarter, making him by far the largest...

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How Big Business Lost Its Big Bet on Trump

In the run-up to this second Trump term, there were a lot of predictions, assumptions, extrapolations, and truisms that turned out to be very wrong. One of the most significant (and arguably amo...

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Will Democrats Learn the Wrong Lesson From a Blue Wave?

The Democrats are poised to win big in next month’s elections. That’s great news because it will give the party enough congressional seats to rein in President Trump in Washington and enough gubern...

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Watching for a Blue Wave in South Carolina

Nancy Lacore found out she was fired as the chief of the Navy Reserve almost a year to the day after she got the job. On a Friday morning in August 2025, Admiral James Kilby, then the acting chief ...

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