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There are many fair questions following Zohran Mamdani’s decisive victory. Will his campaign be a template for others? Will he be able or allowed to follow through on his campaign promises? Will th...
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In a profile of Dick Cheney published on April 30, 2001, the journalist Nicholas Lemann asked the new vice president to identify the “main organizing event in the world today,” something serving th...
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Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House, bringing to a close her storied career as not only the first woman in the speaker’s office but arguably the most powerful in...
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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has been bucking the Republican party line with increasing frequency—standing with Democrats to demand that the Justice Department release the Epstein files, d...
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Zohran Mamdani’s grin was as magnetic as ever, his rhetoric soaring, as he began his victory speech Tuesday night by summoning the spirit of an American socialist who died 99 years ago. “The sun ma...
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California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday that he will endorse Scott Wiener, a prominent state lawmaker, to succeed Nancy Pelosi as San Francisco’s representative in the House."He takes o...
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Lawmakers and advocates characterized the government shutdown and the partisan politics fueling it as “disastrous” for retired and active-duty service members, who they said rely on food ...
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is hated both by Republicans and his own fellow Democrats because he wants to bring change. But can he? This week the...
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Nancy Pelosi will go down in history as one of the most consequential speakers in American history — the first woman to lead the House, a two-time speaker, and a skilled political brawler and legis...
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California’s top law enforcement official warned Thursday that President Donald Trump could wield federal power to manipulate the 2026 midterm elections, describing a “disturbing pattern” of effort...
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President Donald Trump on Thursday did not appear chastened by Tuesday’s election results, dismissing the cost-of-living concerns that appear to have animated voters across the country.“We just los...
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A federal judge in Rhode Island ordered the Trump administration to release full funding for November food stamps by Friday.The oral order Thursday comes as nearly 42 million Americans have lost ac...
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ALBANY, New York – Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik, an ardent ally of President Donald Trump, will launch her long-expected bid for governor Friday, four people with direct knowledge of her plans to...
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Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi will not seek re-election to Congress and will retire when her term concludes in early 2027, the San Francisco Representative announced on Thu...
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New York City has elected a democratic socialist as its next mayor. Across the internet, progressive internet users are hopescrolling for the first time in years and proudly declaring: “woke is bac...
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President Donald Trump is no longer content to stand aloof from the global alliance trying to combat climate change. His new goal is to demolish it — and replace it with a new coalition reliant on ...
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SACRAMENTO, California — Gavin Newsom called his redistricting win and the rest of Tuesday’s Democratic sweep evidence the beleaguered party is “in its ascendancy.”He could have been talking about ...
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In the lead-up to Tuesday’s gubernatorial election in New Jersey, some Democrats wondered if Mikie Sherrill could pull off the improbable: winning three consecutive terms for the party for the fir...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington D.C. National Guard will be deployed to the nation’s capital through the end of February, according to formal orders reviewed by The Associated Press. The form...
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On Monday, in a letter to shareholders announcing $476 million of profit in the third quarter of the year, Palantir CEO Alex Karp quoted the Irish poet W.B. Yeats: “Things fall apart; the center ca...
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President Trump’s call to resume nuclear tests was muddied this week when Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the United States would not resume explosive testing, which was last conducted...