Politics

What’s in the Epstein files? And when will you see them?

Get ready to read the Epstein files.President Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law this week, starting the 30-day clock for the administration to publicly release informa...

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New Jersey may stop paying federal taxes under new governor

Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey is floating the possibility that the state withholds federal tax dollars in protest of the Trump administration.The comments from Sherrill — made on comedian...

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Death in the Time of Trump

Here’s yet another indication that Washington has been turned upside down in recent years: I saw Rachel Maddow at Dick Cheney’s funeral and didn’t give it a second thought. She was sitting with Ant...

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The Strange and Totally Real Plan to Blot Out the Sun and Reverse Global Warming

Janos Pasztor was conflicted. Sitting in his home office in a village just outside Geneva, he stared into the screen of his computer, where a bizarre Zoom call was taking place. It was Jan. 31, 202...

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Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind

On a Thursday afternoon in early June, 12 staffers from the Department of Government Efficiency packed up their clothes and bedding from the sixth-floor of the Government Services Administration he...

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Are Sports the Most Valuable Commodity in the World?

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Are sports the most valuable commodity in the world? On this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel is joined by Pablo Torre for an examination...

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This House GOP centrist is plotting a new health care bill aimed at winning over Trump

A key House Republican moderate is drafting a new bill that would extend soon-to-expire Obamacare subsidies and offer a carrot to try to win over more-conservative GOP colleagues and President Dona...

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Mamdani’s meeting with Trump comes with a power disadvantage

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump has all the power in his Oval Office sit down Friday with New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. And his advantage over the incoming mayor is vast.The temperame...

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Robert Reich Thinks Democrats Are On the Brink of a New Era

The Labor Department reported September jobs numbers on Thursday, showing employers added 119,000 jobs to the economy but also an increase in unemployment to 4.4 percent. “The Sep...

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MIKE PENCE: No place for antisemitism in America today, tomorrow or ever

The conservative movement has found itself in a season of confusion in recent weeks. Former friends quarrel, familiar institutions are in turmoil, and some voices, both new and old, on the right ha...

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Indiana's Chief Trump Resister Breaks His Silence

INDIANAPOLIS — The Republican leading Indiana’s resistance to President Donald Trump’s big-ask redistricting pressure campaign is finishing a surreal, dystopian week.On Sunday, hours after Trump po...

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In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards

In Cypress, Texas, a Houston-area suburb that lures families with its high-quality education, Republicans used their two years of control on the school board to ban textbook chapters on climate cha...

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Poll: Voters support partisan gerrymandering to win the midterms

Voters in both parties want to go on offense in the redistricting fight.A new POLITICO Poll shows both Democrats and Republicans support redrawing congressional districts to give their side a boost...

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A Vance ally rises at the Pentagon — with Trump's blessing

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s high-stakes visit to Ukraine this week to deliver the Trump’s administration’s latest peace plan has placed the service leader into the role of major international neg...

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The Growing Fissures in MAGA World

The reality that Donald Trump’s presidency will end in January 2029 is already making Republicans restless. Normally, Trump angers, exhausts, and eventually prevails over elected Republicans—not vi...

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John Fetterman is an unusual politician – but his rise from borough mayor to US senator reflects a recent trend

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman arrives on Capitol Hill on Nov. 10, 2025, to vote to open the government. Andrew Harnik via Getty ImagesPennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman – among the eight Democrats who v...

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RFK Jr.’s supporters lay the groundwork for another run for office

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s supporters are relaunching the political party he formed last year — potentially creating a pathway for him to run for president again in 2028 and offering a home for disaff...

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Unearthed FEC records expose vulnerable Dem senator's hypocrisy on taking cash from billionaires

Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., has said the Democratic Party needs to "focus on" corruption in American politics and that the "vast sums of corporate and billionaire money in our political system" is the ...

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Cash-strapped DNC takes on $15 million in loans

The Democratic National Committee took out $15 million in loans in October, according to a new filing with the Federal Election Commission submitted on Thursday.The national party committee framed ...

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Trump strikes tariffs on Brazilian coffee, beef and other foods

President Donald Trump on Thursday eliminated tariffs on a large swath of Brazilian agricultural goods, including beef and coffee, dropping steep tariffs he imposed this summer as he feuded with Br...

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Mourning Dick Cheney — and the US House

It was just another Thursday in Washington.Donald Trump was threatening to execute congressional Democrats, House members were mounting gangland-style political reprisals on one another and the fol...

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