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Republicans are blaming third-party candidates for costing them a bigger House majority — potentially cutting their slim margin of control in half or more.An...
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Politicians have always been defined, at least in part, by their favorite movies. Woodrow Wilson had Birth of a Nation. Richard Nixon had Patton. Donald Trum...
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday that Ukraine is not in a strong enough position to begin negotiating an end to the war with...
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Republican lawmakers are racing to embrace Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s push to chop up the federal government — even if their actual authority is still m...
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A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect early Wednesday morning, after the Israeli and Lebanese governments approved a U.S. proposal to halt the...
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Ariana Grande as Glinda in Wicked. | Giles Keyte/Universal Pictures Wicked, the movie musical based on the beloved Broadway show of the same name,...
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BOSTON — Rep. Seth Moulton drew swift condemnation from local Democratic leaders and LGBTQ+ advocates for comments he made about transgender youth in sports ...
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Donald Trump's victory promised an electoral realignment as he made heavy gains among Latinos and peeled off some Black men. His Cabinet, however, ultimately...
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The Biden administration has brokered the release of three Americans by trading them for unidentified Chinese citizens in U.S. custody, according to a person...
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My earlier posts on my book Constitutional Symmetry explained the basic idea of favoring symmetry and summarized the practical and theoretical reasons for t...
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Before this month’s elections, when Democratic candidates were being attacked for letting transgender athletes compete in girls’ sports, trans-rights activis...
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An aggressive Republican campaign to pump hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars into private education is continuing across the country, even after voters...
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A progressive advocacy group is asking Democratic leadership to remove Rep. Richard Neal as the top Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee over “what...
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Alabama's congressional lawmakers are sounding optimistic about winning back the U.S. Space Command headquarters after a Biden-era tug-of-war with Colorado. ...
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President-elect Trump plans to nominate businessman John Phelan as the next head of the Navy.  “John will be a tremendous force for our Naval Servicem...
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LOS ANGELES — Outgoing Rep. Katie Porter is seeking a temporary restraining order against an ex-boyfriend, telling the court that his “persistent abuse and h...
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President-elect Donald Trump is expected to picked Jamieson Greer to be U.S. trade representative, elevating a figure little known outside of Washington to w...
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Sharon Stone, a vocal supporter of 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, blasted American politics while attending the Torino Film Festival i...
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President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University physician and economist known for his controversial views during the Covid-19...
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The Pentagon is “actively” watching for drones over U.S. Air Force locations in the United Kingdom, following a series of unexplained sightings...
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U.S. forces on Tuesday struck Iranian-aligned militia groups in Syria in retaliation for the fighters attacking American bases. U.S. Cen...