Politics

Fresh off redistricting win, Newsom to head to climate talks in Brazil

SACRAMENTO, California — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday confirmed he plans to attend the United Nations climate conference in Brazil next week, on the heels of a resounding political vic...

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‘We completely changed the electorate of this city’

NEW YORK — Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani made it through the hard part. But the real struggle starts now.Aside from providing and improving services in the largest, most complex city in America, the 3...

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Donald Trump enters his lame duck era

Hours after witnessing his party's worst electoral drubbing in at least six years, President Donald Trump hosted Senate Republicans at the White House and demanded they ditch their chamber's superm...

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How a flock of Canadian ostriches became a favorite MAHA cause

OTTAWA — It all started with an avian flu outbreak last winter on a small British Columbia ostrich farm. The beleaguered flock’s brush with disaster has now spiraled into a national standoff over s...

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Bolstered by big wins, Dems eye out-of-reach Senate races

The leader of a Democratic donor network fielded excited calls Tuesday night from donors looking to help expand the party’s chances of winning seats in Texas and Florida. Progressive candidate recr...

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Rising energy bills are rewiring American politics

It has been a big week in energy news, with several resounding wins for efficiency advocates. On Tuesday, voters in Georgia flipped two seats on the state’s Public Service Commission, which...

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MORNING GLORY: The GOP gets knocked out in the first round

After Tuesday night’s "thumping" — the term President George W. Bush used to describe the GOP’s election night after the Republicans got hammered by Democrats in the 2006 elections — President Dona...

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10 Thursday AM Reads

My morning train WFH reads: • The Old Order Is Dead. Do Not Resuscitate. Few things are more disconcerting than feeling the ground shift beneath you, as anyone who has experienced a serious earthq...

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Mamdani’s Real Fight Has Just Begun

A little more than a year ago, before launching his campaign, Zohran Mamdani and some of his supporters gathered to hash out their top three issues. They had: 1) rent freezes, and 2) fast and free ...

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Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 85, will not seek reelection

SAN FRANCISCO — Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House and one of the most powerful women in modern American politics, will retire from Congress next year. The San Francisco...

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Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection

SAN FRANCISCO — Nancy Pelosi, the first female speaker of the House and one of the most powerful women in modern American politics, will retire from Congress next year.The San Francisco Democrat, w...

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Republicans take stock of Newsom, a ‘Tier 1 Democrat’ after Prop 50

Republicans insist Gov. Gavin Newsom of California isn’t a threat to the Trump presidency. White House allies argue privately that he’s too liberal, too manicured and just too California to win a n...

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FAA to cut 10 percent of flights at ‘high-traffic’ airports amid shutdown

The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it will cut the scheduled capacity for flights by 10 percent in busy parts of the national airspace starting Friday morning. The dramatic action is...

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With slim majority, Mamdani takes over a divided city

NEW YORK — Zohran Mamdani’s narrow but historic win for New York City mayor gives him both a mandate and an immediate test: whether he can govern a divided city that has never elected someone like ...

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America on the Brink of War With Venezuela

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Pocket CastsOn this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum opens with a warning about the coming Supreme Court battle over Pr...

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California’s new map puts GOP on the run

SACRAMENTO, California — California’s Democratic gerrymander just forced most of the state's GOP House members into a fight for their political lives.Five incumbent Republicans targeted by the new ...

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National Democrats ramp up pressure on blue states to redistrict after big wins

The Democrats' thumping victories Tuesday are piling new pressure on blue states to redraw their congressional maps to strengthen the party's position ahead of the 2026 elections.Already, several s...

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Democratic Rep. Ritchie Torres faces primary challenge over his fierce Israel support

NEW YORK — Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) is getting a primary challenge from a rival homing in on his fierce support for Israel and the donations he’s collected as a result.Former Democratic Nationa...

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It could all come down to the word ‘tax’ — and other takeaways from the tariff arguments

President Donald Trump’s signature tariff policy faced some serious static at the Supreme Court Wednesday as both conservative and liberal justices expressed doubts about whether Congress meant to ...

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Rubio, Hegseth boat strike briefing doesn’t quell Democrats’ concerns

The latest briefing on the U.S. military’s strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegs...

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Why Silicon Valley’s right flank wasn’t watching California on election night

SAN FRANCISCO — Silicon Valley’s “tech right” could be found on election night railing against Zohran Mamdani, cheering the renomination of Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, or both.Few, however, spent ...

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