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Burnham and Trump – what the new prime minister should remember about UK-US ties

Michael Tubi/ShutterstockThe hard work of government has begun for Andy Burnham. The new prime minister will be forced to confront a multitude of thorny issues, among which is the question of the ...

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‘No amnesty!’: Migrant farmworker bill opens major rift within GOP

Conservatives are savaging Republican-led legislation as a “betrayal” of the party’s immigration agenda, and mobilizing President Donald Trump’s base to tank a yearslong effort aimed at helping far...

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Trump’s Canada tariff leaves Maine Republicans scrambling for distance

President Donald Trump’s threat to lob a whopping 50 percent tariff on many Canadian goods has sent Maine Republicans scrambling to distance themselves while putting Democrats on the attack.On Tues...

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Trump says he will impose tariffs on generic drugs starting in August 2028

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a plan to impose a 100 percent tariff on generic drugs starting in August 2028 as part of a bid to push pharmaceutical production back to the United Stat...

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Mamdani reverses on pledge to arrest Netanyahu

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani walked back his promise to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after months of doubling down on a campaign pledge to enforce an International Crimina...

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Rep. Andy Biggs wins GOP primary for Arizona governor

Trump-endorsed Rep. Andy Biggs has won the GOP primary to face Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs in November, setting up a marquee governor’s race in one of America’s most competitive states.Biggs, a for...

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Darline Graham’s challenge: Carry her brother’s legacy while charting her own

Darline Graham was appointed to her late brother’s Senate seat to carry on his legacy — but Republicans don’t expect her to follow his exact same trajectory.In the handful of statements, interviews...

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‘Ceiling on our opportunity’: Democrats worry GOP outside cash edge could blunt midterm momentum

Democrats are apprehensive that Republicans’ massive outside spending advantage could erase the prospects of a blue wave heading into the midterms.The three main GOP party committees and their two ...

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Staff warned of major security risks from giving UAE new tech access. The White House went ahead anyway.

The Trump administration ignored warnings from career staff at the Commerce Department when it granted the United Arab Emirates sweeping access to advanced American semiconductors and other technol...

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America bashed as 'disgusting' fascist regime during progressive call with Abdul El-Sayed, Cori Bush

Several prominent Democrats were caught on camera participating in a progressive political video call which began with one speaker comparing America to a Nazi regime ruled by "dead-eye psychopaths"...

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Democrat New Jersey governor says thousands of noncitizens discovered on voter rolls, purged

New Jersey's Governor announced Tuesday afternoon that thousands of noncitizens were registered to vote in her state — and some cast ballots in past elections.Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill said th...

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South Carolina Senate poll shows surprising frontrunner: Trey Gowdy

Former Rep. Trey Gowdy insists he’s not interested in running in the South Carolina special election. But a new poll suggests Gowdy would be formidable if he changed his mind.Gowdy holds a massive ...

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Trump says midterms won’t impact his Iran war plan

President Donald Trump dismissed the idea that the upcoming midterm election could influence how he goes about fighting Iran, following over a week of escalating strikes and three U.S. soldiers bei...

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Fired federal prosecutor in Seattle sues Trump

A federal prosecutor in Washington State who was axed by President Donald Trump filed a lawsuit Tuesday that challenges not just his own firing, but a core tenet of the Trump administration’s appro...

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Hegseth says Iran is weakened, but won’t give timeline for war’s end

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insisted on Tuesday that Iran was on the defensive, even as he declined to offer a timeline for when the war might end — and acknowledged that Tehran still poses a th...

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Dem frontrunner in Florida governor race pushes for data center moratorium

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — David Jolly, the Democratic front-runner in the Florida governor’s race, on Tuesday reiterated his push to pause data center construction statewide as the facilities’ impacts...

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MAGA Inc reaches $400M with no spending to boost candidates

President Donald Trump’s war chest reached $400 million by the end of June. It still isn’t spending to boost GOP candidates for the midterms.The MAGA Inc. super PAC added $18 million in cash on han...

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Thousands of non-citizens registered to vote in NJ due to software error, governor says

TRENTON, New Jersey — More than 6,000 non-citizens were accidentally added to New Jersey’s voter rolls due to a software error at the state Motor Vehicles Commission, Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced ...

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OpenAI backs watered-down Massachusetts AI safety bill

OpenAI on Tuesday threw its weight behind legislation in Massachusetts that would set new safety rules on artificial intelligence development, but which falls short of a stricter Massachusetts Hous...

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MORNING GLORY: America is winning its battle with Iran. It’s only a matter of time

In the four months and three weeks since combat began with Iran, the United States has lost 17 or 18 of its warriors (with three or four killed over last weekend), with more than 420 others wounded...

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The primaries to watch today in Arizona

Arizona’s primary elections Tuesday will put the spotlight on all the major themes currently roiling American politics — from the future of the Democratic Party and its anti-establishment streak, t...

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