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Republicans start raising concerns about Minneapolis shooting

A small but growing number of Republicans are raising public concerns about the killing Saturday of a 37-year-old Minnesota man by federal agents.Hours after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on a ...

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Car prices didn’t rise as much as expected last year. Trump is claiming victory.

The White House is eagerly highlighting the auto industry this winter as evidence that its trade policies haven’t made goods more expensive.But industry analysts and even some Republicans are cauti...

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Hochul is poised to welcome Waymo. Mamdani may be a different story.

NEW YORK — Waymo has grown from a small, tightly controlled experiment in autonomous driving into the country’s most extensive robotaxi operation, ferrying riders in urban centers from Los Angeles ...

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The rift over generational change roils the Congressional Black Caucus

A new generation of Black Democrats is running in the midterms, aiming to inject a younger vision into an aging Congressional Black Caucus. And in some cases, that means primarying incumbents.The w...

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The Logical End Point of Trump Saying He Could Shoot Somebody on Fifth Avenue

On January 23, 2016, Donald Trump notoriously declared, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters.” That statement was understood at the time a...

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Democrats are shying away from climate messaging. One of their own is fighting back.

One of Congress’ loudest climate hawks is trying to fend off a push within his party to abandon calls to combat climate change as left-leaning agenda-setters are plotting to reclaim both chambers o...

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Trump’s return supercharges lobbying revenues

President Donald Trump’s second term is already delivering a massive payday for Washington’s top lobbying shops — especially those with close ties to the administration.According to disclosures fil...

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Trump and Democrats harden their stances after Minneapolis shooting

Just hours after federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, Trump administration officials called the deceased a “would-be assassin” and blamed Democrats for siding with “terr...

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The Truth About ICE’s Recruiting Push

In the second Trump administration, immigration policy is made with big round numbers. There’s a formula: First the White House sets an ambitious goal—1 million deportations a year, 3,000 immigrati...

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Shutdown risk grows as Democrats revolt after Minneapolis shooting

The odds of a partial government shutdown next week are growing after federal immigration agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Saturday.Several Democratic senators who voted to...

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‘Fundamental reset’: Scott Bessent has a plan to free the nation’s banks

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to rewrite the post-financial crisis rulebook for the nation’s banks. And he’s using government regulators themselves to loosen many of the rules they put in ...

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Appeals court rejects DOJ’s emergency bid to arrest Don Lemon, church demonstrators

A federal appeals court brushed back a secretive, emergency effort by the Justice Department to revive rejected arrest warrants for Don Lemon and four other people prosecutors say committed crimes ...

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Trump’s Greenland gambit exposes Canada’s Arctic vulnerability

OTTAWA — Just when Canada thought it was getting its military house in order by finally meeting NATO spending targets, President Donald Trump’s designs on Greenland have exposed the vulnerability o...

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The Problem With Greg Bovino’s Overcoat Isn’t What You Think

This past week, images of Greg Bovino, the chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, spread rapidly across social media as he appeared in Minneapolis flanked by federal agents and shouting orders at protest...

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Poll: Trump’s ICE crackdown rattles Republicans as midterms loom

President Donald Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign is starting to make some Republicans uneasy.As midterms approach, GOP lawmakers, candidates, strategists and people close to the White House...

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The ‘Unsustainable’ Clash Between Local Police and ICE

In 2023, the Department of Justice released a blistering report on the patterns and practices of the Minneapolis Police Department. The police force responsible for George Floyd’s death three years...

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Trump threatens 100 percent tariffs on Canadian imports in response to new trade deal with China

President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would impose a 100 percent tariff on all Canadian imports coming into the U.S. if Canada follows through on a trade deal with China.“If Governor Carney th...

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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz confirms another federal law enforcement shooting in Minneapolis

Minnesota Democrats are once again calling on federal law enforcement to leave Minneapolis after reports of yet another shooting made the rounds Saturday.“Minnesota has had it. This is sickening,” ...

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The Rise of the Tech Hamiltonians

As the Information Revolution accelerates around the world, upending everything from the international balance of power to the future of work, American culture and American politics are undergoing ...

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Trump’s Poll Numbers Are Sinking Among Key Groups. Here’s Why.

It’s been a bad stretch of polling for President Donald Trump.In recent weeks, a string of new polls has found Trump losing ground with key constituencies, especially the young, non-white and low-p...

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This Year’s First Big Stupid Idea: “Retrain ICE”

One of the consequences of covering American politics is that it forces you to have frequent close encounters with some of the dumbest people alive and their terrible ideas. Cutting taxes on wealth...

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