Politics

Gavin Newsom’s first 2028 test: This fall, in Nevada

LAS VEGAS — If California Gov. Gavin Newsom runs for president in 2028, next-door Nevada will be a crucial test. This fall’s governor’s race is offering a preview.As GOP Gov. Joe Lombardo runs for ...

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Everyone knows Susan Collins. Troy Jackson is still introducing himself.

WINDSOR, Maine — Susan Collins needs no introduction here.The five-term Republican senator received a bit of celebrity treatment on Saturday at the Windsor Fair, a 10-day spectacle that includes li...

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Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton ‘lunged at’ by armed person, campaign says

Ohio Democratic nominee for governor Dr. Amy Acton was “lunged at” Sunday by an “armed individual” while attending a fair in her home state, according to a campaign spokesperson.“Dr. Acton and Eric...

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Republicans might still lose half the seats they gerrymandered to flip

Republicans' are growing increasingly worried their mid-decade gerrymandering push isn’t going to save their House majority.The norm-breaking plan hatched by the White House last summer to draw new...

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Trump again turns to SCOTUS to revive mail-in ballot restrictions

The Trump administration is renewing its plea to the Supreme Court to revive President Donald Trump’s plan to revamp mail-in voting in advance of the looming midterms.The Justice Department on Sund...

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What Happens to Bernie Sanders’ Movement Without Bernie Sanders?

David Sirota has a way of thinking about Bernie Sanders’ career that he’s been kicking around for years.Sirota worked for Sanders in the House in the late 1990s and again on his 2020 presidential c...

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View from Russia: Experts on why Kushner and Witkoff came to Moscow

Experts say the latest US contacts with Moscow look more symbolic than substantive, with peace talk overshadowed by wider rivalry The latest vis...

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‘Costs and corruption’: Democrats hone midterm attacks on data centers

Democrats want voters to see data centers as giant outposts of megacorporations that enjoy undue tax breaks and ill-begotten monstrosities that suck up precious water and hog electricity.After mont...

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The Norwegian gas plant that could safeguard Europe from Trump

STAVANGER, Norway — Europe was supposed to leave gas facilities like Kårstø behind.Instead, the giant processing plant is at the center of a wider continental shift. Emission reductions are out. En...

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Trump’s MAGA Inc. sends $10M to Texas in first general election spend of the year

President Donald Trump’s super PAC is shelling out $10 million for Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign, its first general election contribution ahead of the November midterms, according to a filing made p...

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An unconventional solution to Trump’s loan caps

Republicans put limits on federal student loans hoping colleges would lower tuition, only to find that a few schools are leaning into a workaround: lending to their students directly.Trump administ...

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Arizona voter-law fight reaches SCOTUS as election groups warn ‘absurd’ consequence could ensue

Election experts are warning the Supreme Court that affirming a lower court's ruling could mean that noncitizens, minors, or factitious people listed on state voter rolls could be impossible to rem...

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Missouri AG asks the Supreme Court to stop map ruling that would likely stop Republicans from gaining a seat

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway on Friday night asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a Missouri high court ruling that found the state cannot use new, heavily gerrymand...

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CENTCOM announces strikes on three Iranian oil tankers

The U.S. military said it struck three Iranian crude oil tankers in the Gulf region on Saturday in response to Iranian attacks on U.S. naval ships.The U.S. aircraft carrier and guided-missile destr...

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Canada turns its critical minerals into leverage against Trump

OTTAWA — Canada is no longer talking about critical minerals as an asset to share with the United States, as it slaps back at the Trump administration in its bitterly escalating trade war.“I don’t ...

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How to survive a national debt scare

An electronic billboard on a bus stop in Washington, DC, displays the current US national debt on August 30, 2026. | Jemal Countess/Getty Images for the Peter G. Peterson Foundation T...

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NATO races to guard against Russian nuclear subs without the US

KEFLAVIK, Iceland — Donald Trump’s turn away from NATO came to fruition last month in the waters off Iceland.Allied forces gathered here to practice hunting for Russian submarines, drawing German s...

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Gen Z’s politics aren’t what people think

An attendee during a debate watch party with the Miami-Dade Young Democrats in Miami, Florida, on September 10, 2024. | Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images After 12 years o...

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Everyman Economics: Why Growth Requires Measuring More than GDP

In its 250th year, America finds itself confronting an age-old question with new urgency: what, exactly, counts as progress? 1776 was a hinge year for the modern world. Adam Smith published The Wea...

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Trump brushes off accusations of Russian sabotage against NATO allies

President Donald Trump dodged a chance Friday to condemn President Vladimir Putin over allegations that Russia has conducted espionage attacks on NATO nations.Trump, speaking to reporters at the Wh...

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‘Really Alarming for Some Republicans in Competitive Seats’

The midterms are just two months away, and Republicans are growing more nervous.Polls show President Donald Trump is deeply unpopular with voters, and the battle for control of Congress continues t...

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