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Trump says tariffs to yield dividends 'of at least $2,000 a person'

President Donald Trump on Sunday posted on Truth Social that tariffs on foreign goods will lead to "a dividend" of $2,000 per person or even more."A dividend of at least $2,000 a person (not includ...

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Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown

Senators have reached a deal to end the government shutdown.The broad framework for agreement, which was negotiated in part by Sens. Angus King, Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan as well as GOP sena...

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The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown

Eight members of the Senate Democratic Caucus broke ranks Sunday and voted to advance a deal to reopen the federal government. That’s fewer than the 10 Democrats who broke ranks in March to advance...

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Senate Democrats Just Made a Huge Mistake

The conventional wisdom about government shutdowns is that they always fail. Senate Democrats probably assumed as much when they shut down the government. Perhaps they thought they were giving part...

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How California just rewrote the national tech playbook

A sudden thaw between Big Tech and California politicians is poised to change how the industry deploys its lobbying muscle in state capitals and Washington, particularly as it tries to fend off hos...

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World Health Organization leader isn’t giving up on US

President Donald Trump’s deep cuts to foreign aid and plans to quit the UN body that coordinates efforts to combat disease are already splintering a global approach to public health strained by a o...

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Virginia Republicans turn on each other after crushing losses

In Virginia, it’s Republicans’ turn to be lost in the wilderness, and they’re spreading blame for their drubbing.Many say lackluster gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears was deeply flawed an...

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Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits

The Trump administration is telling states not to pay full November food stamp benefits, revising its previous guidance after winning a temporary victory at the Supreme Court on Friday.USDA’s lates...

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Sean Duffy claps back at Schumer criticism: 'This is strictly safety'

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Sunday pushed back on criticisms from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as concerns around air safety rise during the government shutdown.Speaking with Jak...

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The Real Mastermind of McCarthyism Wasn’t Who You Think

Democrats and Republicans remain miles apart on nearly everything these days, but there is one point on which both parties are in complete agreement: McCarthyism is back.Under Trump 2.0, Americans ...

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Duffy: Hegseth offered air traffic controllers from reserves amid shutdown shortage

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Sunday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered air traffic controllers from reserves amid a shortage during the government shutdown. “I had a tex...

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Nancy Pelosi knew and used her power. So should Democrats

It’s fashionable now to criticize Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic gerontocracy. The party, after all, has a yawning generation gap that has stymied younger politicians from attainin...

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How an Adam Schiff indictment could shake the Senate

President Donald Trump’s retribution campaign against his political adversaries could soon hit the Senate — and lawmakers are already bracing for impact.After securing the indictments of former FBI...

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What I Learned About Dick Cheney

In his final days at the White House, Dick Cheney proposed an epitaph. His, he suggested, had been “a consequential vice presidency.” It was an understatement, and characteristically oblique. Conse...

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What Hasan Piker Told His Millions of Followers After Charlie Kirk Was Shot

For all the obvious reasons, hearing that Charlie Kirk had been shot was shocking for Hasan Piker, the progressive influencer and Twitch streamer with a massive following. But there was another exp...

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Why Charlie Kirk Had No Counterpart on the Left

Charlie Kirk understood — perhaps more so than anyone except Donald Trump himself — how power really operates within the MAGA movement.As the myriad tributes to Kirk in the day since his death have...

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Ted Cruz accuses GOP senators of being ‘frightened’ to call out Tucker Carlson

Sen. Ted Cruz blasted fellow Republicans for failing to criticize Tucker Carlson, saying the conservative pundit has “spread a poison that is profoundly dangerous.”“My colleagues, almost to a perso...

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The Deportees Whose Stories We’ll Never Know

One morning in March, as ICE was building momentum in carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign, dozens of people who had recently been detained throughout Virginia were being...

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The Limits of the Democrats’ Big Tent

The Democrats finally have their groove back—or at least a semblance of a groove.For the first time since Donald Trump was elected a year ago, the Democratic Party’s general vibe is one of tentativ...

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Baby boomers have turned into Generation Can't-Let-Go

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BIWe're well past the peak of "OK, boomer," the meme, but we're still in the midst of "OK, boomer," the sentiment, as in "OK, maybe it's time for you to give up some of the r...

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A defection, a resignation and a budget fight: Inside Carney’s pivotal week

OTTAWA — Mark Carney is one step closer to cementing his control of Canada’s government — potentially strengthening his hand in a trade war with the United States.The Canadian prime minister has be...

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