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‘You lose your credibility’: Democrats warn against turning a blind eye to a colleague’s misconduct

House Democrats will soon have to choose between protecting an embattled colleague or insulating themselves from politically damaging accusations of hypocrisy.The House Ethics Committee will begin ...

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Abigail Spanberger faces a national test with Virginia redistricting

Virginia Democrats are putting pressure on Gov. Abigail Spanberger to get their redistricting campaign across the finish line as they grow increasingly worried about losing their April special elec...

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DAVID MARCUS: Why are we letting foreign foes use X payouts to wage war against us?

Imagine if, during World War II, the Germans had been able to pay millions of dollars to minor American celebrities to run pro-Nazi short films in U.S. movie theaters. It sounds absurd, but it is a...

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Post Mar-a-Lago flip, Florida and national Democrats dream big for midterms

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — There are certain rituals in Florida after an election, and the state’s Democrats hoping they can work their way out of their recent doldrums is among the most frequently see...

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Special election shocker has Florida Republicans nervous about redistricting

Florida has been viewed for months as the potential capstone of a GOP redistricting campaign, but now Sunshine State Republicans are growing wary after the dramatic flip of two legislative seats in...

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Allies and Congress are about to lose a key window into US military plans

The Pentagon, for the first time in decades, has no plans to release a much-anticipated review of its troop placement abroad — a move that snubs lawmakers and U.S. allies, who use the analysis to d...

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Elon Musk's X had a plan to stop feeding the trolls. Then Musk stepped in.

Elon Musk bought Twitter on a whim in 2022. Now he calls it X, but his approach to the platform remains erratic.Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty ImagesNikita Bier, the man Elon Musk hired to head up p...

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Biden-era DOJ memo: Trump hoarded classified documents relevant his businesses

President Donald Trump maintained government documents relevant to his business interests after he left office, according to an internal memo from former special counsel Jack Smith’s office.The mem...

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Trump administration being ‘pragmatic’ on tariff refunds, former officials say

Veterans of the Biden and first Trump administration are giving the White House relatively high marks for its handling of the tariff refund process — so far.The Trump administration made some init...

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Republican states are pushing through their own versions of the SAVE America Act

As the Senate continues to stall on the SAVE America Act, Republicans in a number of states are moving forward with plans to add citizenship requirements to their voting laws.Six states are likely ...

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Governors forgo past response to high gasoline prices

Governors from both parties are offering the same response to soaring gasoline prices: Don’t look at me.As war in the Middle East continues to destroy vital energy infrastructure and batter the glo...

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Top Republican attacks Pentagon for not providing details on Iran

A top Republican denounced the Pentagon Wednesday for failing to give lawmakers enough information about U.S. military operations during a classified briefing on Iran — including plans for troops.H...

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How to Make Better Decisions

As president, George W. Bush got ridiculed for calling himself “the decider.” It seemed so pompous and self-important. But in reality, we are all deciders. The quality of our lives is determined by...

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Trump cuts exacerbate budget fights in red states

Republican-led states facing major budget shortfalls in 2026 are facing an awkward reality: President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending bill is making their problems worse.Federal tax cuts ...

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GOP’s reconciliation hopes are easier dreamt than done

Republicans are hitting the gas on a new party-line policy bill. They are fully aware it might end up in the ditch.The renewed push for budget reconciliation — spawned out of a Monday meeting betwe...

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The labor leader behind California’s billionaire tax showdown

OAKLAND, California — When Gavin Newsom stood before a room of economic elites in New York last December and derided a “single labor leader” pushing a tax on California billionaires, he never said ...

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4 years after Zeldin’s near win, New York GOP still can’t break through

ALBANY, New York — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman wants to build on former Rep. Lee Zeldin’s Empire State success, but turning New York red is proving to be a steep climb.Republi...

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Where Do Conservative Supreme Court Justices Get Their Information?

Thirteen years ago, Justice Antonin Scalia gave an unusually candid interview with New York magazine’s Jennifer Senior. (Candid by the standards of Supreme Court justices, that is, not by Scalia’s ...

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Navarro: Trump will still raise tariffs to 15 percent

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said Wednesday that President Donald Trump still intends to raise his current set of global tariffs to 15 percent, more than a month after the president ple...

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Meta hit with $375M verdict in New Mexico child safety case

A jury found Meta liable for endangering children and misleading the public about the safety of its platforms on Tuesday in a watershed New Mexico trial.According to the New Mexico Department of Ju...

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Burgum: Iran energy price shock a matter of weeks, not months

HOUSTON — The massive energy shock emanating from President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran and the war that followed will last weeks, not months, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Tuesday at the ...

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