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OTTAWA — Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly plans to welcome her G7 counterparts to Charlevoix, Quebec, with a warning: “If the U.S. can do this to us, their closest friend, then nobody is safe.”On the ...
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Steve Bannon isn’t taking 2028 off the table.In an profanity-laced interview on Wednesday with POLITICO, the MAGA firebrand repeatedly refused to rule out a presidential bid, as GOP sources close t...
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Billionaire business mogul Mark Cuban is aiming to clean up after the Department of Government Efficiency.The longtime critic of Donald Trump is fielding business pitches from former and current fe...
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President Donald Trump has given Vice President JD Vance some of the toughest assignments in the White House. His allies say it’s a sign of trust, but the political risk is high for the young fireb...
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Unlike traditional Washington power players, Elon Musk doesn’t have a deep bench of policy wonks, think tank researchers or Hill veterans feeding him white papers to bone up on policy — not unlike ...
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President Donald Trump’s retaliation against a prominent Democratic-linked law firm is likely unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell blocked the Trump ad...
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We have a president who calls himself a king, TikTok fashion creators are teaching their followers how to DIY chainmail bonnets, actors are stepping onto red carpets adorned in silver motifs remini...
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Let’s stipulate something before we dive into this post so that there is no misunderstanding: the rise of the anti-vax movement did not begin with Donald Trump’s foray into American politics. It’s ...
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Will Katie Porter run for governor as the face of a resurgent Democratic resistance to President Donald Trump? Or as a pragmatic consensus candidate who will cross ideological lines to find the bes...
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On December 26, 2004, the geological plates beneath Sumatra unleashed the third-most-powerful earthquake ever recorded. A gargantuan column of water raced toward Sri Lanka, India, Thailand, and Ind...
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CHICAGO — The St. James Community Church, a traditionally Black congregation on this city’s South Side, holds a family brunch on the first Sunday of each month that has attracted immigrants struggl...
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Democrats still have a Gaza problem four months after Kamala Harris' loss.A quartet of progressive advocacy groups are asking the Demcocratic National Committee in a new letter to better engage wit...
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Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire is the latest Democrat in the Senate to announce her retirement rather than seek re-election in the 2026 midterms.The Wednesday announcement by the f...
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Greenland voters sent a strong signal Tuesday that they support leaders who will support the Arctic island's sovereignty, even as President Trump pushes to annex the territory. ...
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Consumer prices eased in February, offering welcome news for President Donald Trump as markets reckon with new tariffs that economists warn could stoke inflation.The Consumer Price Index rose at an...
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Former President Reagan's daughter says her father "would be heartbroken" by actions under President Trump that have signaled America's shift toward isolation from longstanding allies. "I th...
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Hello, shutdown, my old friend ... Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesBrinkmanship, a political scramble to keep the lights on in Washington and finger-pointing over who is to the blame –...
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Holding hands with other prominent Black leaders, the Rev. Jesse Jackson crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 9, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday....
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and others in House Democratic leadership wanted a “solemn” response to President Donald Trump’s address to Congress from their caucus last week. What they got...
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Queen Victoria once warned her son, the future Edward VII, that public figures should never wear anything “extravagant or slang,” lest they invite unwanted scrutiny. Current and former members of C...
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Rahm Wants to Run.Yes, that Rahm. And, yes, for that office — the presidency.“I’ve only been back two months, I have no idea what I’m doing,” Rahm I. Emanuel, operative-turned-politician-turned-dip...