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The Mafia Style in American Politics

The Sunday before the New York City mayoral race, President Donald Trump told New Yorkers he might withhold federal funding if Zohran Mamdani won.“It’s gonna be hard for me as the president to give...

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From hope and hunger strikes to City Hall: The rise of Zohran Mamdani

From hope and hunger strikes to City Hall: The rise of Zohran Mamdani Submitted by Azad Essa on Fri, 11/07/2025 - ...

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Hegseth unveils ‘agile’ weapons acquisition reform in speech to defense industry leaders

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday unveiled a sweeping overhaul to how the Pentagon buys weapons, a restructuring aimed at having the U.S. military more quickly acquire new technolo...

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Trump directs DOJ to investigate meatpackers amid beef price pressure

President Donald Trump said Friday that he asked the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into meatpacking companies, which he accused of illegally manipulating beef prices at the expen...

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Trump says he brought down gas prices. The reality is more complicated.

Gasoline prices are down at the pump across the country — and President Donald Trump wants America to know he’s responsible for it.“Every price is down. The biggest price is energy. We’re at almost...

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Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block full SNAP payments

The Trump administration rushed to the Supreme Court late Friday to request a stay of a lower court’s order to pay full food stamp benefits in November.The move came before the 1st Circuit Court of...

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Todd Blanche on defending Trump policies: ‘It’s a war, man’

The Justice Department’s No. 2 official, Todd Blanche, let loose Friday, railing against judges blocking administration policies and denying that prosecutions of President Donald Trump’s enemies co...

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The Senate hopes for a weekend shutdown miracle

After 38 days of stalemate, the Senate is finally turning to its tactic of last resort to solve the government shutdown: a working weekend.For the first time since the start of the nearly six-week ...

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Jackson lets Trump hold back full SNAP funding for now

The Trump administration scored a temporary victory at the Supreme Court Friday as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson agreed to lift a deadline for the federal government to fully fund SNAP payments tha...

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USDA says it's working to comply with judge’s order to pay full SNAP benefits

The Trump administration told states Friday it working to comply with a federal court order to pay full November food stamp benefits during the government shutdown, according to a memo obtained by ...

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‘We are at risk’: Governors, local officials call for shutdown end

The National Governors Association and other local governmental organizations urged congressional leaders to end the government shutdown Friday, writing in a letter that the shutdown is placing und...

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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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