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Health insurers ask GOP to fix their fraud problem — and extend Obamacare subsidies

Health insurers are admitting they have a fraud problem. It’s part of a last-ditch attempt to convince Republicans to extend expiring Obamacare subsidies that have juiced profits the last four year...

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How the wind industry misread Trump

The day after President Donald Trump halted construction of a $5 billion wind project off the New York coast, the nation’s top offshore wind developers gathered for a regularly scheduled strategy s...

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MORNING GLORY: A President Donald Trump-branded energy drink?

First: President Trump should roll out an energy drink. I want whatever he’s been drinking because the man doesn’t stop. This must be a bit like the Teddy Roosevelt years.Second, that paragraph was...

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Remember the Torture Memos? The Boat Strike Memos May Be Worse.

Perhaps not surprisingly, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and senior military leaders have faced the worst of the political uproar from the Trump administration’s boat strikes off the coasts of Cent...

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‘A gentleman’s C’: Some conservative economists quibble with Trump’s ‘A+++++’ grade of economy

President Donald Trump gives his economy an “A+++++.”Some conservative economists — and Trump allies — aren’t as bullish.The president gave himself those top marks earlier this week at the White Ho...

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Mamdani attempted behind-the-scenes role in NYC Council speaker race

NEW YORK — Days after his November win, mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made a quiet attempt to slow the internal race for New York City Council speaker. It set into motion one of the first tests of his...

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DSCC struggles to reign in messy Democratic primaries

No matter what the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is doing in crowded primaries, one thing is certain: It's angering other Democrats.The organization did little to stop the brewing primar...

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Why Indiana Republicans Are Standing Up to Trump

The Indiana legislature does not keep its constituents at a great distance. As lawmakers convened in Indianapolis on Monday to consider a bill backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state’s...

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AI-generated political videos are more about memes and money than persuading and deceiving

Politicians are posting AI-generated videos of themselves and their opponents. Screenshots by The ConversationZohran Mamdani as a creepy trick-or-treater, Gavin Newsom body-slamming Donald Trump an...

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House passes defense bill, forcing Pentagon's hand on boat strike videos

The House passed an annual defense policy bill on Wednesday that takes surprising aim at the Pentagon’s boat strike campaign in Latin America and the Trump administration's dismissal of longstandin...

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‘He’s going to be next’: Trump threatens Colombian president

President Donald Trump ratcheted up his threats against Colombia on Wednesday, telling reporters Colombian President Gustavo Petro is “next” in the White House’s regional campaign against drug traf...

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Henry Cuellar faces opposition as he seeks to regain powerful spending post

Some Democrats are uneasy about a push to restore Rep. Henry Cuellar to a powerful committee role following a pardon from President Donald Trump, potentially complicating his bid to regain influenc...

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Why Trump Is Waging a Culture War on Europe

President Donald Trump’s latest round of Europe-bashing has the U.S.’s allies across the Atlantic revisiting a perennial question: Why does Trump hate Europe so much?Trump’s disdain for America’s o...

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All that glitters: Trump touts 'Gold Card'

President Donald Trump on Wednesday officially opened a new pathway for foreigners to gain lawful permanent resident status in the U.S. by giving money directly to the federal government.“Our Great...

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‘Never going to be pitch perfect’: Trump loyalists see an imperfect messenger

The MAGA faithful are thrilled President Donald Trump is back on the road.But some concede he is an imperfect messenger more apt to voice bullishness on his stewardship of the U.S. economy than he ...

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Johnson bullish on Indiana’s upcoming nailbiter of a redistricting vote

House Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Indiana Senate Republicans would “do the right thing” Thursday when they convene to render a final decision on a state House-passed map that President Donald Tr...

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Trump threatens to primary Indiana Republicans ahead of key redistricting vote

President Donald Trump threatened electoral consequences for Indiana Republicans who defy his demand that the state redraw its congressional map to secure more seats for the GOP — singling out a st...

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The Republicans fighting Trump’s latest redistricting plan

A display of the 2025 draft congressional map at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis on December 8, 2025. | Kaiti Sullivan/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Trump administration is wa...

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Bellwether suburban county’s red shift is now at the center of both parties’ future identities in New York

ALBANY, New York — The statewide blue wave in which New York Democrats made big gains in nearly every corner of the state this November had one glaring exception: Nassau County.While Empire State D...

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A split Fed cuts interest rates but signals it's likely to pause

A divided Federal Reserve voted to lower interest rates again on Wednesday, but officials signaled that another cut won't be immediate, ratcheting up tensions with President Donald Trump.The decisi...

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Andy Kim seeks to take down the Democratic machines in 2027

Sen. Andy Kim is declaring war on New Jersey’s Democratic bosses, announcing in a video Wednesday that he plans to recruit challengers to elected officials who protect “machine politics.”Kim, a Dem...

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