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Trump admin acknowledges another ‘inadvertent’ deportation despite court order

The Trump administration has acknowledged that officials improperly deported a transgender woman to Mexico last week in violation of an immigration judge’s order in March concluding she was likely ...

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Harris returns to the campaign trail for Tennessee Democrat

Former Vice President Kamala Harris returned to the trail for the first time since her presidential election defeat, campaigning in a hard-fought Tennessee special election where Democrats are hopi...

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The Inevitable Collapse of Larry Summers

“The first rule of holes is to stop digging,” Larry Summers said a few months ago in an interview with the New York Times about why, in his opinion, the Trump administration should stop levying tar...

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‘Why don't you know?’ Scandal singes Becerra in California governor’s race

Xavier Becerra was struggling to break out in the California governor’s race. Now, he’s found himself at the center of the biggest scandal to hit Sacramento in years.Becerra, the former Health secr...

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China strides into US-sized gap at climate talks

BELÉM, Brazil — The Trump administration slammed the door on clean energy. China is sending the message it’s open for business.The signs are not hard to find in the sweltering, dimly lit convention...

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Republicans Prove Irony Is Dead With Vote on Condemning Fascism

American politics has come a long way since World War II.More than 250,000 Americans lost their lives fighting fascism in the European theater between 1942 and 1945, but decades later, that fervor ...

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AI politics breaks into a New York congressional race — and signals more fights to come

Welcome to Eye on AI, with AI reporter Sharon Goldman in for Jeremy Kahn, who is traveling. In this edition…AI politics in a New York congressional race…Microsoft, NVIDIA and Anthropic announce str...

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The mad dash to shape 'Trump accounts'

A Trump administration initiative to set up investment accounts for every child has the financial services industry salivating.Even as the plan gets mixed reviews from tax experts, asset managers a...

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Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department

The Trump administration is implementing its widely-telegraphed plan to shutter the Education Department by transferring critical responsibilities to other federal agencies. Six department offices ...

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Judge rules Meta doesn't have a social media monopoly

Meta’s acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp did not create an illegal social media monopoly, a federal judge ruled, a decision that solidifies the future of the $1.5 trillion tech giant.Judge Jame...

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‘I don’t want to get jammed by the Senate’: House Republicans race to develop a health care plan

Republicans in the House are just starting to have serious discussions about how to address skyrocketing health insurance premiums. They’ll have to move fast to catch up with their Senate counterpa...

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How the shutdown broke America’s food chain — and what happens next

In a dramatic twist of political defections and contentious concessions, the longest-ever federal shutdown came to a close late last Wednesday as Congress finally managed to agree upon a deal to re...

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MORNING GLORY: Israel is America’s most important ally

If you love America and want it to flourish — and most Americans do — it is necessary to understand that America’s most important ally is Israel. Period. Full stop. In early October, Pew Research f...

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Trump’s Nearly $2 Billion Postelection Windfall

On the morning after he won a second term as president, Donald Trump placed an unexpected call to his top fundraiser, Meredith O’Rourke. The night before, he’d told a ballroom of supporters in West...

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Why Democrats can’t stay united — even in victory

On Nov. 3, Democrats rolled over Republicans in off-year elections across the country. But their celebration did not even last a week. Five days later, the party’s unity in the government shutdown ...

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Battle for Florida CFO heats up after GOP legislator backed by Scott jumps in

TALLAHASSEE, Fla — A Republican legislator is challenging Gov. Ron DeSantis’ handpicked candidate for Florida's chief financial officer, creating the likelihood of a bitterly contested GOP primary ...

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7 signs Trump is losing his groove

President Donald Trump’s iron-fisted grip on his party appears to be slipping in ways unseen since the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Back then, he quickly reassert...

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Transcript: Anti-Corruption Politics Are The Way to Crush Trumpism

This is a lightly edited transcript of the November 17 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: This is our ...

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UN Security Council backs Trump’s peace plan in key vote

The U.N. Security Council adopted a U.S. resolution to authorize an international stabilization force for Gaza and back the Trump administration’s peace plan on Monday, a significant early step tow...

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House set to denounce Illinois Democrat's succession scheme

The House is on track to rebuke a veteran Illinois lawmaker over a hardball political tactic — a move that has stirred intraparty anger at the fellow Democrat who prompted it.The formal admonishmen...

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Larry Summers steps back from public commitments, ‘deeply ashamed’ by Epstein revelations

Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers in a statement Monday said he would be stepping back from public life and expressed deep regret for past messages with the late convicted sex offender Jeffre...

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