Politics

‘I don't want to freak people out’

CANBERRA — Independent MP for the Perth electorate of Curtin, Kate Chaney, has emerged as a leading voice in parliament on the development of AI, and is a crossbench representative on a joint-selec...

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Google’s biggest AI problem is the power grid

Google is wrestling with its new role as an energy power player — one that’s thrust the tech giant into the world of arcane electric grid policy while it tries to defray the white-hot backlash agai...

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Tech platforms face a ‘no-win’ choice with livestreamed execution

Social media platforms have spent years restricting graphic violence. Now the Trump administration’s plan to livestream a public execution could test how far they’re willing to enforce those rules....

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The biggest GOP lie isn’t about elections — it’s the economy

Donald Trump lies. Telling untruths is not merely second nature to him; it is of the first order, automatic. He lies as naturally as he breathes. From his claim to being a great businessman and de...

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Florida Democrats test 2 different comeback strategies

MIAMI — Democrats at the top of the ticket in Florida are running a real-time experiment on how to claw their way back to competitiveness in a state where Republicans consolidated power under Gov. ...

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Transcript: Right Now With Michael Paarlberg

Perry Bacon: Good morning. I’m Perry Bacon. I’m the host of Right Now on The New Republic. I’m joined by Michael Paarlberg. He’s a political scientist at Virginia Commonwealth University. He’s an e...

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As Progressives Prosper, Centrist Democrats Are Moving the Goalposts

Center-left Democrats used to claim that progressives couldn’t win in swing states and districts. Now, with numerous candidates aligned with Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ahead in the...

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AMB GORDON SONDLAND: Threading the needle on Ukraine, Russia and China

Let’s get the preliminaries out of the way. Ukraine has corruption problems and political dysfunction of its own. But in this war, Ukraine is unequivocally the good guy. Russia’s invasion was unpro...

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Minnesota worries it’s not getting back $259 million Trump froze

Minnesota is bracing for the Trump administration to cut more of its Medicaid funding — permanently.The state’s top Medicaid official is concerned Minnesota could lose hundreds of millions of dolla...

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Judge halts USDA’s reorganization

A federal court temporarily halted the Trump administration’s sweeping reorganization of the Agriculture Department late Tuesday, dealing a blow to Secretary Brooke Rollins.The order from the U.S. ...

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Trump emerges as the main character in New York governor debate

NEW YORK — Gov. Kathy Hochul and her Republican foe Bruce Blakeman were on the debate stage Tuesday night, but it was President Donald Trump who loomed large.Hochul spent much of the hour-long foru...

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In private, top Republicans believe the House is a lost cause

Some top congressional Republicans have privately concluded that it is likely impossible for them to keep control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, and they are now focused ...

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Democrats face clash over Maxine Waters

House Democrats are poised to face a polarizing choice on the other side of the midterm elections: Shove aside one of the most prominent Black progressives in their party in favor of a middle-aged ...

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Administration delays release of IRS data showing impact of GOP tax cuts

The Trump administration is delaying the release of detailed data showing how Republicans’ 2025 tax cuts affected millions of Americans’ taxes, even as it tries to sell voters on the law ahead of t...

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With no October surprise in sight, Republicans try to save themselves

Republicans have lost hope for a last-minute surprise that will substantially change midterm math that’s increasingly adding up against them.Instead, they’re doing what they can to save themselves....

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Universal childcare is set to be a 2028 presidential test

In late September, Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California introduced the Free Child Care for America Act, an $80 billion-a-year proposal to make childcare free for nearly every fami...

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