Politics

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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Pelosi had two announcement videos ready. Only one saw daylight.

SAN FRANCISCO — Nancy Pelosi’s decision to retire was such a closely-held secret that she filmed two versions of the video she released on Thursday — one to tee up a reelection campaign and the oth...

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Looming air travel cuts get Congress’ attention but don’t break the stalemate

The prospect of flight cancellations disrupting travel at dozens of major airports Friday is jolting lawmakers — but not enough to get either party out of the trenches they’ve dug during the five-w...

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Free mofongo? Mamdani dazzles Democratic insiders in San Juan

SAN JUAN — Zohran Mamdani wants to be a new kind of leader for New York. But in his second day as mayor-elect, he embraced an old political tradition: partying in Puerto Rico.New York’s Democrats —...

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Democrats ready to reject latest GOP shutdown offer

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is dangling another carrot for Democrats. They still aren’t ready to bite.In his latest pressure tactic, the South Dakota Republican is teeing up yet another vote ...

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FAA releases details on flight cuts that start at 6 a.m. Friday

The Federal Aviation Administration released an emergency order late Thursday that directs airlines to phase in a 10 percent reduction in domestic flights at dozens of major airports nationwide, st...

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Just When It Looked Like the Shutdown Might End

In the hours before Democrats’ electoral victories Tuesday night, the end of the government shutdown seemed near. Several Democratic senators had spent the day quietly discussing a potential bipart...

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These Are The Most Viewed Wikipedia Pages Of 2025 (So Far)

These Are The Most Viewed Wikipedia Pages Of 2025 (So Far) The most visited Wikipedia pages of 2025 reveal a mix of politics, entertainment, and timeless curiosities. As Visual Ca...

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Hegseth says military struck alleged drug boat in Caribbean, killing 3 ‘narco-terrorists’

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said late Thursday that the U.S. military took out another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, killing three “narco-terrorists.” Hegseth...

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Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh to conservative law students: Don’t give up

Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh had a message Thursday for conservative law students: Keep up the fight.Speaking at an annual Federalist Society gala in Washington, Bar...

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Newsom will rally Democrats in Texas on heels of redistricting win

SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom will headline a rally in Texas on Saturday alongside Lone Star state House members and dignitaries — an event designed as an aggressive show of force in the wa...

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