Politics

Top Mamdani aide takes progressive project to the UK

NEW YORK — Morris Katz, a top adviser to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, quietly traveled to the United Kingdom last month to meet with local progressive politicians hoping to learn tools of th...

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With Iran, confusion is the point

If you find world events and American politics confusing, then welcome to 2026. Confusion is the brand, and its chief salesman lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the heart of Washington, D.C. Do...

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GOP restrainers say Trump abandoned them

First, conservatives opposed to military intervention overseas put their trust in President Donald Trump as he swept back into power.Then, the faction in his inner circle that backed the administra...

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Why Trump Changed His Mind on Kristi Noem

Kristi Noem played “Hot Mama” as the walk-up song for her formal introduction at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in January 2025. President Trump had put her in charge of his signa...

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Justice Department publishes documents with sexual assault allegations against Trump

The Justice Department posted a trio ofFBI interviews with a woman who alleged President Donald Trump sexually assaulted her when she was a young teenager after she was introduced to him by Jeffrey...

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From Big Gulp To Big Gasp: Massachusetts Governor Fights For High-Sugar Beverages

From Big Gulp To Big Gasp: Massachusetts Governor Fights For High-Sugar Beverages Authored by Jonathan Turley, Much of politics today seems to be driven by the source of policies....

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Lindsey Halligan faces ethics probe in Florida

The Florida Bar has launched an ethics probe into Lindsey Halligan, a former personal attorney for President Donald Trump whom he attempted to install as a powerful federal prosecutor in a bid to p...

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Tony Gonzales drops reelection bid among pressure from GOP

Scandal-plagued Rep. Tony Gonzales announced late Thursday night he will not seek re-election, ending a runoff between him and gun influencer Brandon Herrera.“After deep reflection and with the sup...

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Noem out, Trump picks Mullin as DHS secretary

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would name Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to be the next Homeland Security secretary, moving current DHS chief Kristi Noem to a special envoy role around...

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24 states sue over Trump's latest tariffs

A coalition of 24 Democratic state attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit Thursday asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to block implementation of President Donald Trump’s new glob...

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Kristi Noem’s ouster isn’t moving Democrats off their Homeland Security funding demands

Kristi Noem, the face of the administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda, has been ousted as secretary of Homeland Security — but it’s not changing the calculus for Democrats when it...

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'Bitterly ironic': Trump is wrecking his AI agenda with Anthropic spat, lobbyists and ex-officials say

The Trump administration’s push to punish the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is undercutting the United States’ plan to boost American technology and dominate its spread worldwide, accor...

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Is James Talarico’s Texas win a sign of a rising religious left?

When State Rep. James Talarico took the microphone to deliver his victory speech after winning Texas’ Democratic Senate primary this week, he noted that his Republ...

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'Good riddance': Dems cheer Noem’s ouster — and call for more departures

Democrats celebrated Kristi Noem’s firing as the Homeland Security secretary on Thursday, while calling for more heads to roll among President Donald Trump’s more controversial aides and advisers.“...

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Warren Davidson is a rare hard-line Republican questioning the Middle East war

As most congressional Republicans fall in line behind President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran, Rep. Warren Davidson is among the few choosing to speak out.The six-term Ohio lawmaker — a fo...

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Congress declines to halt Iran war

The House rebuffed an effort to halt war with Iran on Thursday, as Republicans teamed with a handful of Democrats to grant President Donald Trump free rein to conduct the vast military campaign.Hou...

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Markwayne Mullin faces a straightforward path to confirmation as DHS secretary

In replacing ousted Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Donald Trump is opting for one of the more reliable strategies to guarantee a quick Senate confirmation — nominating a senator.Trump’s c...

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The president 'wants to help': White House to tackle likeness rights concerns with athletes, executives

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is working the ultimate referee.The former Auburn University football coach turned Alabama senator is quietly pressing President Donald Trump to wade into the increas...

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Florida Dems look to catch Texas’ midterm energy

MIAMI — Florida and Texas often duke it out for conservative supremacy. President Donald Trump won both states by nearly identical margins in 2024. Both have large Latino populations that have tren...

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Obama joins push for new congressional maps in Virginia

The Democratic effort to redraw Virginia’s congressional districts just gained a high-profile supporter: former President Barack Obama.Obama is backing a proposed Virginia constitutional amendment ...

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Can private lenders fill the student loan gap? College presidents say no.

The Republican strategy for reining in the ever-climbing cost of college rests on a simple concept: Tuition keeps increasing because it’s too easy for people to take on more and more federal studen...

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