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Trump, Hegseth defend troop cutback as Romania seeks reversal

President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the U.S. government’s decision to withdraw some troops from Romania as Bucharest seeks a reversal of the move, warning of conti...

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‘He’s going to push the limits’: Tariff skeptics don’t see Trump taking the off-ramp

Republicans got a series of warnings this week about President Donald Trump’s trade policies. But even the party’s biggest tariff skeptics doubt it will convince the White House to change course.De...

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Stefanik hit by GOP rival after launching NY governor bid

NEW YORK — Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik’s Friday morning campaign launch for governor came just days after one of her fiercest GOP rivals claimed victory in Long Island’s purple Nassau County.Now...

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How Gavin Newsom built an online influencer machine

When Gavin Newsom needed to hype his redistricting ballot measure, he did it not through MSNBC hits, but livestreamed sit-downs with Substack sensation Heather Cox Richardson, YouTube star Brian Ty...

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No hospitalizations after multiple people fall ill at Joint Base Andrews

No one was hospitalized following multiple people falling ill at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland after an individual opened a “suspicious package” at the military base on Thursday. ...

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Democrats, Mamdani Doesn’t Point the Way Forward

Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political story: a generational political talent, an out-of-nowhere success, and—measured by the number of citizens he will soon govern—the most powerful elected ...

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Hegseth jokes with Waltz about Signalgate: 'Too soon?'

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday night poked fun at Signalgate, the scandal earlier this year in which he shared sensitive military planning around U.S. strikes on Houthi target...

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Obamacare subsidy negotiations are heating up. But trust is breaking down.

A deal to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies is looking more uncertain as Senate Republicans push to make headway Friday on ending the longest-ever government shutdown.Senate Majority Leader John...

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We polled Dems on who their leader is. They had no idea.

Democrats still don’t have a leader to guide them out of the wilderness.Seismic victories in a series of off-cycle elections on Tuesday showed the power of an energized liberal base all across the ...

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Rubio privately expects Vance to be the 2028 GOP nominee

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is privately telling confidants that JD Vance is the frontrunner for the 2028 Republican nomination and that he’d support the vice president if he chose to run, accor...

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Pod Save America podcasters host CPAC ‘for the left’

Democratic officials, strategists and activists are gathering in Washington on Friday for the first “Crooked Con,” hosted by the podcast juggernaut “Pod Save America,” which they are billing as the...

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‘Your Country Is Becoming More Arab’

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Like Donald Trump, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman understands the power of personal branding. So you can’t go anywhere in the Saudi capital without seeing the face of the m...

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‘Blowout Is the Word’

It’s easy to find fractures in the Democratic Party, particularly as the center and left battle for dominance. But what’s to be gleaned from an Election Day when both factions win?Mikie Sherrill, a...

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Mamdani's Win Suggests a Socialist Future for Democrats and a Rocky One for American Politics

After this week's election, many Americans cling to the hope that the victories of a couple of moderate-ish Democrats in blue states signal ...

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Democrats Haven’t Solved Their Electoral Problem

Tuesday night could hardly have gone better for Democrats. They easily held the governor’s mansion in New Jersey, flipped it in Virginia, and won voter approval to gerrymander California aggressive...

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Orban’s chummy relationship with Trump could help his oil sanctions pitch

President Donald Trump sees Hungary’s Viktor Orban as something of a kindred spirit, a model for the sweeping reforms of his own second term. That’s exactly why Europeans are nervous ahead of the p...

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GOP senators sink resolution to block potential strikes on Venezuela

Republican senators sunk a war powers resolution Thursday that would have blocked President Trump’s administration from potentially conducting military strikes inside Venezuela without th...

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Inside Hochul’s Emergency Plan to Keep Trump Out of New York

New York is quietly preparing for a Donald Trump takeover of the country’s largest city.A wide range of New York’s most prominent civic leaders have for weeks been meeting behind the scenes to plan...

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Dick Cheney Didn’t Care What You Thought

Back when he was a House member from Wyoming, Dick Cheney was part of a congressional delegation that visited the Soviet Union in the 1980s. During a lull in the schedule, Cheney and his colleagues...

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Democrats see Spanberger's victory as a blueprint to win rural voters

Helping propel Abigail Spanberger’s dominant win in the Virginia governor’s race Tuesday are dissatisfied rural voters who have supported Donald Trump.Spanberger’s victory was largely driven by mas...

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Desperate airlines plead with Congress to end shutdown

With flights across the country being canceled by the hundreds at understaffed airports, the airline industry is ratcheting up efforts to persuade lawmakers to end the government shutdown.Widesprea...

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