Politics

'Pick an office, any office’: For California Democrats, any job will do

SACRAMENTO, California — California Democrats are chasing power wherever they can find it.Longshot contenders in this fortress of Democratic politics — launching pad of the likes of Gavin Newsom, K...

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Republicans narrowly fend off bid to limit Trump on Venezuela

House Republicans on Thursday barely defeated a bid to block renewed military action against Venezuela without congressional approval.The GOP pulled out all the stops to back President Donald Trump...

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Vance strikes a softer tone amid growing unease over ICE tactics

Vice President JD Vance on Thursday sought to reframe the national conversation around the Trump administration’s controversial immigration enforcement actions in Minnesota.Appearing at a building ...

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'Old wine in a new bottle': Greenland negotiations resemble an earlier deal

The negotiations over Greenland’s future center around building up a larger NATO presence, thwarting adversaries and giving the United States sovereign claim to bits of the island —- a deal remarka...

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Greenland looms over latest bid to end Russia-Ukraine war

The U.S. is pressing ahead on long-running talks between Russia and Ukraine with a flurry of meetings lasting into the weekend in an effort to regain momentum after the crisis over Greenland appear...

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Your Phone Is a Slot Machine

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here.Even before the legendary gunslinger Wild Bill Hickok was shot dead...

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TikTok closes deal for US ownership, company says

TikTok has closed a $14 billion deal establishing a U.S. subsidiary of the platform to avoid a ban, the company said Thursday.The new owners will include the U.S. private equity firm Silver Lake, A...

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House Dems rally against ICE funding just one year after dozens broke ranks on immigration

House Democrats voted overwhelmingly Thursday to block additional funding for ICE, a remarkable shift from when dozens of them voted to expand the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement aut...

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5 things to know about the TikTok deal

American investors have closed a $14 billion deal giving them control of the U.S. version of TikTok, raising a host of questions about what’s next for the social media app and its tens of millions ...

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Bessent: China’s Xi, Trump could meet four times this year

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview Thursday that the U.S. relationship with China has reached a “very good equilibrium” where disagreements are less likely to turn into full-scal...

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US and China sign off on TikTok deal, sources say

The U.S. and Chinese governments have signed off on a deal that would hand control of TikTok’s U.S. arm to a group of investors led by tech giant Oracle and investment firm Silver Lake, according t...

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Judge rejects criminal charge against journalist Don Lemon over church protest

Federal prosecutors sought to charge former CNN journalist Don Lemon in connection with an anti-immigration-enforcement protest that disrupted services at a Minnesota church Sunday, but a magistrat...

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Republicans tried to snag Jack Smith on technicalities. But they didn’t engage with the facts.

Republicans finally had their moment to take on the man who tried to put President Donald Trump in jail. But they didn’t land any significant blows.During Thursday’s House Judiciary Committee heari...

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House approves DHS funding, other final spending bills amid ICE uproar

The House passed funding for the Department of Homeland Security Thursday by a narrow margin amid a Democratic uproar over President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda.The 220...

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Iraq’s oil fund had UN oversight. Who will monitor Venezuela is TBD.

Iraq’s reconstruction effort had a United Nations mandate, a special inspector general and international monitors overseeing its oil fund — and it still lost track of $8.7 billion.Venezuela’s oil f...

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Trump’s latest tariff walk back sparks relief — and warnings

President Donald Trump is still using tariffs to try and force allies and foes alike to bend to his will. But unlike earlier in his term, he isn’t following through.In the last three months, Trump ...

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Taylor Swift’s political polarization Rorschach Test: why young women love her and young men really don’t

Taylor Swift’s latest album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” generated a cultural whirlwind: chart-topping success, social media saturation and frenzied debate over her artistic evolution. Nonethe...

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EPA pokes Musk over using unpermitted turbines for AI

A provision tucked inside an Environmental Protection Agency regulation finalized last week could complicate Elon Musk’s efforts to rapidly expand his artificial intelligence company.The tech billi...

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After Alina Habba's exit, more drama in New Jersey prosecutor's office

A federal judge will hear arguments Friday that the Trump administration is illegally running the New Jersey federal prosecutor’s office — the latest challenge to the administration’s attempts to c...

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House oversight probe puts Minnesota elections under scrutiny over noncitizen voting concerns

EXCLUSIVE: House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil sent oversight letters to election officials in 10 states, including Minnesota, seeking details on voter roll maintenance and safeguards against...

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Jack Smith, who quietly worked to convict Trump, is ready for his close-up

For years, Jack Smith — the prosecutor with the best chance of putting President Donald Trump in prison — was an elusive figure. His work was cloaked in secrecy and his voice was seldom heard aloud...

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