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Trump keeps defending Noem. Allies see a warning sign.

Publicly, the Trump administration is standing behind Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, casting her as an effective secretary with a big job.Inside Trump’s orbit, President Donald Trump’s de...

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Newsom urges California law enforcement to investigate possible federal agent crimes

SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom called on California law enforcement agencies on Tuesday to exercise their “full authority” in investigating possible crimes involving federal agents amid a na...

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Trump in Iowa tries to shift the conversation back to the economy

President Donald Trump returned to Iowa on Tuesday to deliver the kind of speech his advisers have been pressing him to give — a sweeping economic victory lap, tailored to a farm-state audience and...

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Susan Collins’ spending bill — and her reelection — are under siege

Susan Collins is stuck in the middle of an ICE storm.The Maine Republican and Senate Appropriations Committee chair is working overtime to salvage a package of six funding bills hanging by a thread...

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RNC pushed Bovino’s false claims as talking points hours before his removal

The RNC distributed talking points highlighting Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino’s false statements about the killing of Alex Pretti just hours before he was sidelined by President Donald Trump ...

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Even Stephen Miller is jumping on CBP for the killing of Alex Pretti

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is distancing himself from the Department of Homeland Security amid widespread outrage over the killing of Alex Pretti by immigration agents in Minn...

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‘Systemic failures’ caused Washington midair crash, says NTSB chair

The fatal midair collision in Washington last year was the result of “deep, underlying, systemic failures” that aligned to cause the worst aviation disaster in more than two decades, the nation’s t...

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Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT

The interim head of the country’s cyber defense agency uploaded sensitive contracting documents into a public version of ChatGPT last summer, triggering multiple automated security warnings that ar...

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Virginia state court blocks Democrats’ redistricting push

A Virginia state court blocked Democrats’ plans to redistrict this year, a blow to the party’s hopes of redrawing the state’s congressional lines ahead of the midterms.Jack Hurley Jr., a judge on t...

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Minnesota’s chief judge, a veteran in conservative legal circles, takes on ICE

When Patrick Schiltz became chief of the federal district court in Minnesota, his plan was to be nearly invisible, a hidden guiding hand for a low-key courthouse."My hope is to be the Benjamin Harr...

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The dollar is sinking. Trump thinks it’s great.

President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has no problem with the sharp decline in the dollar that’s been triggered by convulsions in global bond markets and growing skepticism about the U.S.’s rel...

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How a Democratic heavyweight is using AI in the midterms

A Democratic opposition research powerhouse is putting massive troves of its work product online ahead of the midterms. And it’s using artificial intelligence to help everyone from campaigns to pod...

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So long, Paris: US officially leaves landmark climate pact

The United States is officially out of the Paris Agreement, making it the only country to quit the historic climate pact — twice. The move to leave the agreement, set in motion by President Donald ...

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Work on Gateway tunnel project linking New York and New Jersey to pause next month without federal dollars

Construction on the nation’s largest public works project will pause in early February unless the Trump administration releases money it has held up since last fall, according to a person close to ...

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Carney pushes back on Trump team over Davos speech

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is standing by his Davos speech, which has irked President Donald Trump and rattled Canada–U.S. trade talks.Carney rejected the Trump administration’s claim that...

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Trump impeachment whistleblower Alexander Vindman launches Democratic Senate campaign in Florida

MIAMI — Democrat Alexander Vindman, the former National Security Council aide who helped trigger President Donald Trump’s first impeachment, announced his Senate campaign in Florida on Tuesday to c...

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Trump moves to take over Los Angeles wildfire recovery from local and state authorities

LOS ANGELES — President Trump is pushing to take over wildfire recovery in Los Angeles.Trump signed an executive order Friday, clearing the way for the federal government to strip authority from th...

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Gun rights groups blast Trump over Minnesota response

The killing of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minnesota has led to a rare rebuke of top Trump administration officials by leading 2nd Amendment advocates.Multiple national gun-rights ...

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17 Experts on How the World Moves on From America

Greenland is safe, for now. But it’s no overstatement to say the rest of the world has come to see the United States in a new light, even after President Donald Trump backed down from his threats t...

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MORNING GLORY: Canada is a small power biting the hand that protects it

Our very nice neighbor and ally to our north, Canada, has 42 million people and a GDP of 2.4 trillion, but doesn’t even spend 2% of that GDP on defense. Its new prime minister, Mark Carney, promise...

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Republicans think RFK Jr. can help them in the midterms. Democrats worry that’s true.

Republicans have embraced HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s healthy food crusade, hoping it will boost their prospects in the midterms.Some Democrats fear it might work.The health secretary was...

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