Politics

With Canada trade on the rocks, Lutnick heads to Mexico

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is traveling to Mexico for trade talks with President Claudia Sheinbaum and other top Mexican officials, as the tariff stalemate with the United States’ other Nort...

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Supreme Court rejects bid to revive Missouri’s pro-GOP redistricting before midterms

A ruling from the Supreme Court on Tuesday means Missouri voters will likely go to the polls this fall under the same congressional map used two years ago, not one Republican state lawmakers adopte...

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Trump hits back at Canadian tariffs with government procurement threat

President Donald Trump continued to threaten Canada with additional trade retaliation Tuesday, warning in a social media post that Canadian products could soon be removed from U.S. government purch...

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Musk Review

This review is based on a screening from the Venice Film Festival. Musk will be released in theaters on October 16.I like a long movie. Give me five hours of Russian journalists talking and I’ll gl...

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Behind the GOP convention: An immigration fight

When President Donald Trump takes the stage in Dallas at the GOP midterm convention, he’s expected to tout record immigration arrests by immigration agents and a border that’s been hardened — all o...

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Newsom admits democratic socialist ideas ‘mainstream’ in Democrat party: ‘Pretty aligned’

In an interview discussing his rumored 2028 presidential run, California Gov. Gavin Newsom asserted that the Democratic Party is "pretty aligned" with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), es...

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American truckers are benefiting from AI data center boom, and that’s exactly why they don’t share the same opinion of the majority of Americans

AI data centers are creating a much needed boom for the American trucking industryBut the boom might not last for long as the requirements for truckers fall signif...

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Carney vs. Trump: Where the Trade War Goes Next

Canada’s hefty new counter-tariffs on U.S. goods came into effect early Tuesday morning, pushing the ongoing trade war with the United States into uncharted territory. Talks broke down late last mo...

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Republicans are hoping ‘Trump-a-palooza’ isn’t only about Trump

President Donald Trump will be at the center of this week’s GOP midterm convention. Many of his fellow Republicans are hoping he doesn’t make it all about him.The parade of lawmakers, candidates, d...

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The House Democrat who's making AI regulation her No. 1 priority

Rep. Lori Trahan’s decision last week to forgo a leadership bid to instead focus on developing artificial intelligence policy surprised some of her colleagues. It also left some of them wondering w...

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Will the House of Shaheen survive Tuesday in New Hampshire?

Stefany Shaheen says she isn’t running on her renowned surname. But her mother, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, still looms over her open House primary in New Hampshire.Nearly $740,000 raised by her campaign ...

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Ex-DSA member rips Abdul El-Sayed and warns far-left adopting politics of foreign terror org

A former member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) who lives in Michigan issued a dire warning against extremism in American politics, and ripped far-left, progressive Democratic Senate ...

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The insurgent Democrat taking on David Valadao

BAKERSFIELD, California — The campaign camera was rolling as Randy Villegas changed the oil in his car at his family's Bakersfield auto shop.Growing up, said Villegas, the young progressive backed ...

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Pritzker launches $20M pre-midterms PAC

CHICAGO — A new political action committee chaired by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker plans to invest at least $20 million aimed at boosting Democratic House candidates for the midterms while also expand...

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Kathy Hochul is trying to hold the center in a disruptive political age

ALBANY, New York — In a time of massive political upheaval, Gov. Kathy Hochul is selling herself as a conventional politician.Thrust into the job five years ago, Hochul is running for a second full...

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American Logic: 81 Times People Were Completely Confident And Wrong

The U.S. and Americans don’t have the best image in the world right now. While a lot of ridicule is directed at their politicians, regular folks get their fair share of attention as well, especiall...

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California lawmakers split on how to spend $2.1B Meta payout

SACRAMENTO, California — California just won a tentative $2.1 billion payout from tech giant Meta’s settlement in a child safety lawsuit — the largest share any U.S. state or territory is receiving...

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DSA’s Problem Isn’t ‘Media Training’

American socialists are convinced that they have a media-training problem.In the past year, members of the Democratic Socialists of America, the country’s largest leftist organization, have won ele...

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The Charges Were Dropped, but the Damage Was Already Done

David Huerta sat on a steel bed too small for his burly frame in a Los Angeles jail last summer and looked out a small rectangular window at Dodger Stadium, where he’d once spent evenings with his ...

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Mamdani creates office to help private-sector workers organize

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has created an office to assist organizing efforts among private-sector workers.The new outfit, the Mayor’s Office of Worker Power, puts another democr...

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Senate aide’s lobbying side gig raises ethics questions

A senior staffer for Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) has quietly worked as a lobbyist for Meta and other high-profile clients — an unusual agreement that experts say raises questions about ethics and pos...

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