Politics

Tilting the Playing Field

Not long ago, ActBlue was a normal player in American politics. Its website served as a major fundraising platform for Democratic candidates and affiliated PACs, allowing them to reach known party ...

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Why Marjorie Taylor Greene Needed Donald Trump

A junior member of Congress from Georgia announced her resignation last night, ending a brief tenure in the House that produced, well, not a whole lot.Marjorie Taylor Greene is no legislative power...

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Ukraine's allies consider how to fill intelligence gaps if US backs out

HALIFAX — Ukraine’s allies are still trying to figure out how seriously to take the U.S. threat to halt intelligence-sharing with Kyiv if it does not agree to a proposed peace plan — but some said ...

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Lawmakers say Rubio distanced US from peace plan

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — U.S. lawmakers attempted Saturday to reverse days of confusion around a leaked peace plan for Ukraine, saying Secretary of State Marco Rubio assured them the document does no...

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Senate GOP’s Russia hawks push back on Trump’s Ukraine ultimatum

Some of the Senate GOP’s top Russia hawks are up in arms over a peace plan President Donald Trump hopes will end Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.The plan — which would see Ukraine ceding Crimea, Do...

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Inside Greenpeace USA's fight for its life

Greenpeace USA, one of the nation’s most iconic environmental groups, is threatened with extinction.The green group is struggling after nearly a decade of losing court battles against a Texas-based...

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US and Russia to meet about Ukraine as Europe races to influence deal

American and Russian officials will meet in the coming days to hammer out the details of a peace agreement, after U.S. advisers huddle this weekend with top Ukrainian aides.Army Secretary Dan Drisc...

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The world is fractured. The climate talks reflected that.

BELÉM, Brazil — The U.S. snubbed the talks. Petro-states and fossil-fuel-hungry emerging economies got most of what they wanted. And Europeans struggled to show they were prepared to lead the effor...

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Amid GOP grumbling, White House makes course corrections

After almost a year of near-complete dominance over his party, President Donald Trump has responded to growing ripples of resistance with his usual angry outbursts — at long-time ally Marjorie Tayl...

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The Right Can’t Figure Out What to Do With Zohran Mamdani

Between President Trump heaping praise on Zohran Mamdani and the GOP-led Congress denouncing socialism, yesterday revealed a capitalist opposition throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks...

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Climate summit proposal dodges call to accelerate move from fossil fuels

BELÉM, Brazil — A final, yet-to-be-agreed-on text for the U.N. climate summit would call on nations to take marginal steps toward combating climate change — but fails to substantially commit to new...

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A Test Drive Through Brazil in Donald Trump’s Worst Nightmare

BELÉM, Brazil — Grip the gear switch, twist, then silently glide into the potholed street. This fully electric, Caipirinha-colored car embodies the hope and confidence that large, developing econom...

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Trump takes a victory lap after Greene bows out

President Donald Trump on Saturday celebrated the resignation of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), continuing to expose the public break with a once staunch ally he now terms a ”traitor.”“Marjor...

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Veteran-owned businesses are feeling burned by Trump’s contract cutting

A nine-year Navy veteran started walking dogs when he lost his translation business. One 10-year veteran of the Army furloughed half of their staff while another considered selling their car to mak...

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Eric Holder to tear into Supreme Court as major redistricting decision looms

Former Attorney General Eric Holder will assail the Supreme Court in a speech Saturday as the high court prepares to weigh in on a number of key redistricting cases that could dramatically reshape ...

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Deal or ‘meh’ deal? Climate summit ends on a deflating note

BELÉM, Brazil — Almost 200 countries gathered in Brazil acknowledged Saturday that their efforts to stop calamitous global warming were off pace — but geopolitical headwinds and fossil-fuel-produci...

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‘A world turned upside down’: MAGA faithful grapple with Trump’s Mamdani lovefest, MTG’s downfall

Donald Trump has long claimed that he — and he alone — dictates the future of the MAGA movement. And a topsy-turvey Friday will put that to the test.A weekend wellness check on the MAGA coalition: ...

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Manhattan US attorney gets first big test ahead of Epstein files drop

The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan is facing his first major test: how to handle a baldly political directive to investigate President Donald Trump’s foes in a case that has dogged his adminis...

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Rubio’s political future could hinge on Venezuela campaign

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is hoping the Trump administration's pressure campaign against Venezuela breaks strongman Nicolás Maduro's will to stay in power.But if the effort goes sideways, it c...

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The analyst who once predicted the ‘end of capitalism’ sees Zohran Mamdani as a ‘day of reckoning coming in’—and corporates only have themselves to blame

Albert Edwards, the long-standing strategist at Société Générale known for offering the “alternative view” within the institution, believes the recent political successes of figures like Zohran Mam...

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The Shutdown Is Over, but Its Damage Is Not

The longest-ever government shutdown ended on November 12, but Deairra Tracey is still scared.The disabled mother of three from Perth Amboy, New Jersey, had to visit food banks and skip meals so th...

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