Politics

‘Him? Really?’: Becerra’s rise baffles former Biden colleagues

Democrats wanted a frontrunner in California’s gubernatorial race. What they did not envision was Xavier Becerra, whose abrupt rise from afterthought to favorite has left former Biden administratio...

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Rebuking Trump, New York set to approve package of sweeping immigrant protections

ALBANY, New York — Empire State Democrats will approve a package of sanctuary-like measures meant to protect undocumented immigrants from President Donald Trump’s deportation campaign — a direct bl...

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FEMA said it answered the phone during the Texas floods. Most callers didn’t get through.

Two weeks after 139 people died in raging Texas floods last summer, the leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ridiculed reporting that said the agency had missed thousands of calls to i...

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Hochul cinches budget deal to address costs, confront Trump

ALBANY, New York — Voters’ abiding concerns over the cost of living form the backbone of a $268 billion New York state budget deal announced Thursday by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.The fiscal pack...

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Understanding the legacy of Ted Turner and the creation of the 24-hour news cycle: ‘there is no hyperbole here’

When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, Beth Knobel, a future TV news correspondent, was in graduate school. Emerging from class, she saw TV sets had been set up in the lobby. They were...

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Judge releases note purportedly left in cell by Jeffrey Epstein

NEW YORK – A judge on Wednesday unsealed a suicide note purportedly written by Jeffrey Epstein from the New York jail where he was held while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.The note, whi...

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John Roberts decries heated criticism of the Supreme Court

HERSHEY, Pennsylvania — As the Supreme Court weathers another intense round of criticism for a Voting Rights Act decision that is roiling Congressional elections in several states, Chief Justice Jo...

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Crypto cash could threaten Sherrod Brown's Ohio comeback. He’s softening his tune.

Sherrod Brown was among the cryptocurrency industry’s leading foes in the run-up to his 2024 election loss. Now, as a dark cloud of crypto industry campaign cash looms over his Senate comeback bid ...

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Poll: SAVE America Act meets voter skepticism

President Donald Trump has made the SAVE America Act a central GOP priority ahead of the midterms. Voters still don't know how to feel about it.New results from The POLITICO Poll show that while ma...

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Meet 4 of the people who could be the next ICE director

Successors to retiring Immigration and Customs Enforcement chief Todd Lyons are already being floated within the Department of Homeland Security, as the Trump administration seeks steady leadership...

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Tom Homan's ICE surge threat isn't stopping sanctuary bills in New York

ALBANY, New York — White House border czar Tom Homan's threat of an ICE surge into New York if a package of sanctuary measures are approved isn't deterring Democratic state lawmakers. "If anything,...

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As 2028 looms, Jennifer Siebel Newsom faces increased conservative attacks

Conservatives are unloading a barrage of attacks on Jennifer Siebel Newsom, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife — signaling an early start to a contentious and deeply personal race for president in...

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DC mayoral candidates contend with Trump’s shadow

President Donald Trump’s shadow looms large over the upcoming Washington, D.C., mayoral election, as the two leading contenders insist that their relationship with the White House will be less chum...

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Lutnick admits to having prolonged ties to Epstein in closed-door interview

For reasons he said were “inexplicable,” Howard Lutnick acknowledged visiting Jeffrey Epstein’s island seven years after he claimed to have severed his relationship with the convicted sex offender,...

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Trump counterterrorism strategy targets ‘violent left-wing extremists’ with ‘transgender ideology’

“Violent left-wing extremists" and “extremist transgender ideology” are among the most concerning threats facing the country, according to the Trump administration counterterrorism strategy release...

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The biggest obstacle to an Iran deal may be Trump’s ego

President Donald Trump’s constant belittling of Iranian leaders is alarming some Arab and U.S. officials familiar with the Middle East who worry that such insults could prove a major obstacle to tr...

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Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash

One of J. Edgar Hoover’s greatest reforms at the FBI was his embrace of fingerprinting. During the 1930s, visitors to the FBI offices in Washington, D.C., received souvenir fingerprint cards featur...

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‘This is a very clear warning’: After Indiana, redistricting pressure mounts in the South

President Donald Trump’s successful Indiana revenge campaign is already scaring other state lawmakers into falling in line on redistricting.After Trump unseated a majority of the Indiana Republican...

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Tennessee unveils new congressional map poised to erase Dem seat

Tennessee Republicans on Wednesday unveiled a proposed congressional map that slices into the state’s majority-Black district and will likely secure them an all-GOP federal delegation.The redraw co...

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The FBI Is Reportedly Investigating a Leak to an Atlantic Writer

Nearly three weeks after The Atlantic reported that some government officials were alarmed by FBI Director Kash Patel’s behavior, including conspicuous inebriation and unexplained absences, MS NOW ...

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DOJ seeks to take on Trump’s E. Jean Carroll case

The Justice Department will ask the Supreme Court to allow it to step in on President Donald Trump’s appeal of the $83.3 million jury verdict in a defamation lawsuit brought by the writer E. Jean C...

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