Politics

Meet the Trump-appointed judge who could cost Republicans the House

In the summer of 2023, U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Brown had a decision to make.For days, he had presided over a case challenging a Galveston County, Texas, plan to redraw voting precincts on the g...

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‘They just don’t understand’: Trump defends his position on legal immigration to his MAGA base

President Donald Trump has a message for his MAGA base on immigration. And he knows they don’t want to hear it.The president on Wednesday again offered a defense of visas for high-skilled workers, ...

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Witkoff’s back-channel push on Ukraine alarms allies

American allies and Ukrainian officials were scrambling on Wednesday to understand the terms of a Trump administration peace proposal for Ukraine, with many worrying it meant the U.S. could cave to...

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Trump signs Epstein bill he once labored to kill

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill to force the Department of Justice to release more information related to its case against the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in a stu...

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Florida Democrat indicted on federal fraud charges

Florida Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has been charged in a federal indictment with stealing federal disaster relief funds and using the money to support her campaign for Congress.The ...

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Judge Boasberg to resume contempt proceedings over Alien Enemies Act deportations

A federal judge said Wednesday he plans to revive long-stalled criminal contempt proceedings against Trump administration officials who authorized deportation flights to land in El Salvador in Marc...

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School's out for Summers

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is stepping back from his duties at Harvard University amid renewed scrutiny of his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. Summers will take a leave from his role ...

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The Trump Steamroller Is Broken

President Donald Trump’s administration has been embroiled in scandal and sloppiness. His own party has defied his political pressure. His senior staff has been beset by infighting. He has sparred ...

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‘I Never Heard of Her’: Liz Truss Hits the MAGA Speaking Trail

Liz Truss looks out of place. In her neat pink jacket and white blouse, the former U.K. prime minister, who served a brief but eventful 49 days in the role back in 2022, strikes a contrast to the h...

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Epstein saga exposes Israel's iron grip on US power

Epstein saga exposes Israel's iron grip on US power Submitted by Soumaya Ghannoushi on Wed, 11/19/2025 - 16:14 ...

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Fed increasingly divided over December rate cut despite Trump pressure

The Federal Reserve might not cut interest rates in December, defying the hopes of President Donald Trump and much of Wall Street, with many officials believing the central bank should keep borrowi...

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Supreme Court set to wade into a case that could tip the scales for the midterms

Control of Congress — and the fate of President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda — could come down to a single, urgent decision that landed this week at the Supreme Court’s doorstep.A lower court ...

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The growing paranoia of British politics

Conspiratorial narratives have always swirled around the corridors of Number 10. Studies of the British style of government have, for decades, explored the role of unofficial briefings and the leak...

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Congress Votes To Open Up the Epstein Files

Jeffrey Epstein continues to haunt American politics from beyond the grave. The financial manager and convicted pedophile died in 2019 while...

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The White House has tried to draw a red line on tariffs. It’s getting blurry.

President Donald Trump has eliminated tariffs on a wide swath of food imports, raising expectations he will reverse more trade policies in a bid to combat high prices.The response from the White Ho...

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Comey case hanging by a thread as judge squeezes DOJ over Halligan’s handling

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia — The Trump administration’s criminal prosecution of former FBI Director James Comey appeared to be in serious jeopardy Wednesday as the federal judge overseeing the case repea...

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Trump’s Capitol Hill dreams are at odds with GOP reality

The White House’s dream of clinching major new Republican victories on Capitol Hill before the midterms is crashing into the reality of a bitterly divided Congress.Tackling major GOP priorities on ...

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Who is the Democrat talking with Trump on health policy?

President Donald Trump said he’s talking to Democrats on health care. No Democrat will cop to it.POLITICO reached out to two dozen House and Senate offices and none would acknowledge they are in co...

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Can Ted Cruz Podcast His Way to the Presidency?

Three times a week, late in the evening, a middle-aged man pulls a microphone out of a Pelican briefcase, unscrews a bottle of Bai flavored antioxidant water and opens a window into the future of A...

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'Democrats are going to come to regret this': After Epstein vote, Trump ready to attack

The Trump administration, on its back foot following brutal election results and its failed effort to quash a House vote to release the Epstein files, is now planning to go on the attack.“The Democ...

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The Populist Insurgency Against Political Parties Everywhere

One paradox of American politics is that voters are both extremely polarized about politics and extremely disdainful of political parties. A record share, 43 percent, self-identify as political ind...

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