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Trump’s ‘incredibly complex’ tariffs suck up CEO time and company resources

Businesses from Wall Street to main street are struggling to comply with President Donald Trump’s byzantine tariff regime, driving up costs and counteracting, for some, the benefits of the corporat...

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Congress’ Obamacare subsidy vote could set off state scramble

The nation’s 20 state Obamacare exchanges appear poised to quickly update premiums if Congress passes a straightforward extension of enhanced subsidies when it votes on the matter next month.But th...

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Former Fed official resigned following ethics probe, document shows

Former Federal Reserve board member Adriana Kugler stepped down from the central bank in August amid scrutiny of her financial holdings, which appeared to violate the central bank’s ethics rules, a...

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Food stamps are back, but millions will soon lose benefits permanently

Millions of Americans greeted the end of the government shutdown — and the resumption of food stamp benefits — with relief. But others are learning they could soon lose federal food aid permanently...

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Protests return to climate summit with calls for Indigenous rights (and a dash of Trump mockery)

BELÉM, Brazil — Thousands of Indigenous people and environmental activists marched through the streets Saturday carrying flags, banners and one unflattering statue of U.S. President Donald Trump in...

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Trump breaks with ‘wacky’ Marjorie Taylor Greene

President Donald Trump has broken with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a staunch long-time ally and prominent MAGA figure who has been at sharp odds with the White House on economic issues, foreign af...

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Trump re-pardons a Jan. 6 defendant to erase unrelated gun conviction

President Donald Trump has — for the second time — pardoned Dan Wilson, a militia member who joined the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 and was also convicted of illegally possessing firearms in his K...

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Admit It. Gavin Newsom Is the 2028 Front-runner.

SAN FRANCISCO — No Democrat has had a better two years than Gavin Newsom and because of it, the California governor — a national figure since he was a 36-year-old boy mayor — has claimed a new titl...

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Trump’s Don’t-Call-it-a-‘Day-After’ Plan for Venezuela

Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and his closest aides should consider reading up on Turkey. Some Trump administration officials are talking about exiling them there.Unless they agree to go to Ru...

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Trump stews and Dems gloat over feud with Marjorie Taylor Greene

President Donald Trump escalated his feud with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Saturday, as Democrats delighted over the latest relationship to turn sour in MAGA world.“Lightweight Congressw...

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‘You can't eat if you're dead’: Democrats wrestle with how to go after RFK Jr.

Republicans see Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as an asset for the midterms. Democrats are trying to make him a liability.Top aides of President Donald Trump believe the firebrand health secretary has a uni...

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The man in Rubio’s ear

The Trump administration has remade the Republican Party in countless ways. Few behind-the-scenes players exemplify the transformation quite like Michael Needham.A decade ago, Needham was an insurg...

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These Reagan-appointed judges have had it with Trump

When Donald Trump moved on his first day back in office to strip birthright citizenship from children born in the U.S. to some immigrant parents, U.S. District Judge John Coughenour called the newl...

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House plans to vote Tuesday on releasing Epstein files

House Republican leaders are planning to hold a vote Tuesday on legislation to force the release of federal files related to Jeffrey Epstein, according to three people granted anonymity to discuss ...

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How the left’s dark money behemoth spent its millions

The left’s preeminent dark money hub dished out nearly $311 million in 2024 backing progressive causes like abortion and voting rights, climate change and more, according to new tax filing shared f...

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How California’s ultimate power broker went down

Soon after Dana Williamson re-entered the inner echelons of California’s Democratic power structure in early 2023 — taking over as Gavin Newsom’s chief of staff — she was discussing directing a sen...

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Halligan and Bondi push back on judge’s suggestion that Comey grand jury materials were ‘missing’

Attorney General Pam Bondi and the prosecutor overseeing the criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey pushed back Friday against a judge’s suggestion that records of grand jury proceed...

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House Republicans float bill mirroring Trump's health care demands

Republicans on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee are circulating a bill that would mimic President Donald Trump’s proposal to redirect health insurance subsidies directly to individual...

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Indiana likely will not push forward with redistricting despite pressure from White House

INDIANAPOLIS — President Donald Trump’s effort to force mid-decade redistricting suffered a major setback Friday, after Indiana’s GOP state Senate leader declared the chamber will not convene in De...

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Mamdani is building a universal child care team, but faces daunting financial and logistical challenges

NEW YORK — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is assembling a team of savvy government veterans to execute his ambitious plan to institute free child care in New York City — a push Gov. Kathy Hochul suppor...

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts Trump’s Epstein focus

Donald Trump says Marjorie Taylor Greene has lost her way.Greene disagrees.The Republican firebrand, once one of the president's strongest Capitol Hill allies, says it’s the president who is off co...

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