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Full transcript: POLITICO's interview with Mark Carney

This is a full, unedited transcript of POLITICO’s interview with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney conducted on Oct. 30 in Montreal. Nick Taylor-Vaisey: Prime Minister, thanks for speaking with ...

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As midterms loom, anxiety rises about what Trump does next

Republicans are shaking in their boots about the upcoming midterm elections, according to numerous reports. In a Wednesday episode of his podcast, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said his home state “is ex...

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'A wave can hide a lot of weaknesses': Dems question if they'll learn anything

Democrats are poised for a good night next Tuesday. That doesn’t mean they’ve figured out how to win.More than a dozen lawmakers, campaign operatives, strategists and pollsters warned in interviews...

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GOP gambles on cruelty as a campaign strategy

“There’s a decency we should expect out of our public officials,” said former President Barack Obama at a recent campaign rally condemning Republican Ohio gubernat...

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Ohio ‘brothers’ look to disrupt data center blitz one town at a time

Nick Owens and Austin Baurichter couldn't be further apart politically. But they've found not just common ground but a common purpose on data centers that's changed the game in Ohio.Owens, 42, is a...

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Redistricting Isn’t Going as Republicans Planned

Don Davis was born in Snow Hill, a small town on the coastal plains of North Carolina. Growing up, he spent Sundays worshipping at the local Presbyterian church and summers working in the surroundi...

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From 18th-century false ballots to the second JFK and double Dan Sullivans, a brief history of spoiler candidates and the unsuccessful legal challenges to them

The campaign of U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola of Alaska, a Democrat, has been rocked by accusations it recruited a spoiler candidate for the ballot. AP/Mark ThiessenLess than a week before Ele...

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Josh Shapiro aims for a strong finish in a campaign with 2028 implications

POCONO RACEWAY, Pennsylvania — High up in the starting stand of a famed race track, Josh Shapiro waves a black-and-white checkered flag with an unmistakeable meaning: It’s over.The metaphor isn’t e...

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Democrats demand answers from State about taking in Bolsonaro

House Democrats are probing the State Department’s role in facilitating former Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro’s escape from Brazil to the U.S. amid ongoing criminal investigation...

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The right is rehabbing…Richard Nixon?

Former President Richard Nixon puts his hand to his head during an interview with journalist David Frost in April 1977. | John Bryson/Getty Images President Donald Trump is approachin...

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The Real Threat of Election Interference

In a speech to the nation in July, Donald Trump said that reports from intelligence agencies showed that American elections were profoundly vulnerable to foreign interference. China had “bought, st...

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Republicans start weighing life after an 80-year-old lame-duck Trump as progressive Democrats push for ‘transformative change’

The nation’s major political parties are at a crossroads. A decade after he began to remake the Republican Party in his image, President Donald Trump is facing the prospect of a voter rebell...

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A Cynical Ploy to Block California’s Wealth Tax

The most important decision facing California voters this year is not which candidates to support for higher office, but whether to approve a wealth tax on the state’s approximately 250 billionaire...

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Newsom races to lock in his water legacy

SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom has been working hard to wrap up his pet water projects before he leaves office in early January, but he’s facing some stubborn obstacles. How things shak...

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A Midterm Rout Will Hurt the GOP, but Trumpism Will Endure

Observers across the spectrum expect Democrats to make significant gains in the upcoming midterms, in House and Senate races and beyond. There are good reasons to trust in their predictions. Nonpre...

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Inside Trump’s midterm ‘dog fight’ and the scramble for his attention

Republicans are competing for President Donald Trump’s time and attention in the final days of the midterms as they shore up red seats they never expected to defend.They're jockeying for his suppor...

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Justice Department subpoenas California election workers in probe of noncitizen voting

SACRAMENTO, California — Los Angeles County election officials have received subpoenas directing them to appear before a grand jury immediately after Election Day as part of the Trump administratio...

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Trump fast-tracks Florida disaster aid days before tight elections

President Donald Trump approved disaster aid Thursday afternoon for Florida residents hit by a recent hurricane, acting in near-record speed for his administration, days before two tight statewide ...

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‘Look what I brought home for you’: GOP embraces earmark revival as Election Day looms

With voters sour on Republican governance, GOP candidates in the most competitive House and Senate races are reaching for a time-tested message that has grown out of fashion in their party: bringin...

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GOP lawmakers start contemplating a diminished Donald Trump

Donald Trump will have his ironclad grip on congressional Republicans tested like never before if the party loses one or both chambers Tuesday.Trump already appears to be gearing up to blame others...

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Housing was bipartisan this year. November could change that.

Democrats want a strong housing affordability message ahead of the 2028 presidential election. But they can’t agree on what it should be.Moderates and Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill are focused...

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