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Trump ties spy powers extension to controversial voter ID bill
President Donald Trump said he is opposed to having Congress renew now-expired spy powers for U.S. intelligence agencies ... Read More
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Ronald Brownstein: This race is testing whether Democrats can face their problems
Representative Seth Moulton’s primary challenge to Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey hasn’t attracted as much national attention as the Democratic firefights over Senate nominations in Maine and Michigan. But the ...Read more
Leonard Greene: A Juneteenth snub shows nation's 250th anniversary celebration is not for everyone
NEW YORK -- Question for America: Why should Black people make a big fuss about the nation’s 250th anniversary when places like Nassau County, New York, won’t even recognize our history?
In 2020, Juneteenth became a ...Read more
LA County judge loses reelection bid in dramatic race
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Judge Robert Draper, who faces misconduct allegations and health concerns, lost his bid for reelection in a rare defeat for an incumbent.
Deputy District Attorney Tal Khan Valbuena ...Read more
Beth Kowitt: Corporate America is no meritocracy. Just ask women
Back in 2008, there were 12 women running Fortune 500 companies. Even though that equaled a measly 2.4%, it was still progress. A decade earlier, that number was 0.4%, or just two women (Jill Barad at Mattel Inc. and ...Read more
Commentary: AI will rip off consumers unless they fight back
My great uncle Fred, a former World War II prisoner living in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, had little to his name but a four-wheel-drive truck. When the treacherous winter storms came, he would drive around, offering ...Read more
US wants to avoid congressional vote on trade deal, Canada's Carney Says
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Trump administration officials have been clear that they don’t want to trigger a vote in Congress by changing the “fundamental architecture” of the North American free trade ...Read more
5 takeaways from Nevada's primary election
LAS VEGAS — Nevada’s November electoral matchups are set after this week’s primaries.
Nevada raised its voter participation rate during the state’s primary elections by about 5 percentage points compared with June...Read more
Trump taps lawyer who helped defend him as Wall Street's top cop
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump tapped an experienced white-collar lawyer who helped defend him in a hush money case to be U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, the federal prosecutor whose office ...Read more
Trump to meet Mideast partners on sidelines of G7 in France
President Donald Trump will meet with U.S. partners in the Middle East at the Group of Seven leaders’ summit in France next week, underscoring the outsized role the war in Iran continues to play as European allies ...Read more
Trump at 80 works to project strength as political woes mount
President Donald Trump is trying to project brute strength as he turns 80, but mounting political problems at home and abroad are tarnishing his self-styled image as an all-powerful leader.
Trump will celebrate becoming ...Read more
Commentary: A tale of two Republicans who crossed Trump
For those of us struggling to understand today’s Republican Party, this past week’s primary elections in South Carolina offered a useful case study.
The key developments were these: Rep. Nancy Mace — a former ...Read more
Editorial: No more free passes for Pam Bondi
The most subversive aspect of Donald Trump’s tyrannical designs and paranoia is his corruption of the Department of Justice.
He has made it into a personal weapon against any perceived foe whom he wants to destroy. This...Read more
Hal Brands: Ukraine is winning -- for now at least
In a moment of gloomy geopolitical news, Ukraine has become a bright spot. Kyiv is faring better on the battlefield than at any time in years. Russia’s costs are surging even as its military gains shrink. If Ukraine can ...Read more
Rep. Harold Rogers earmarks money for nonprofits he helped launch
WASHINGTON — Old habits die hard for Republican Rep. Harold Rogers — at least when it comes to earmarks.
Known by his critics as the “Prince of Pork,” the longtime appropriator over the years earned a reputation ...Read more
Lisa Jarvis: Trump's war on science is being waged in the fine print
A fresh attack on the U.S. scientific infrastructure could be the most damaging yet.
The Trump administration is pushing alarming changes to rules that govern how federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health ...Read more
Commentary: Six years after George Floyd's murder, a hard-won shift in public safety is under threat
Six years ago, in the midst of a national reckoning over race, policing and public safety ignited by the murder of George Floyd, few people would have predicted where the country would find itself today.
Following sharp ...Read more
Commentary: Hegseth's meddling with promotions tarnishes leadership and endangers the country
When the Navy’s one-star admiral promotion list was publicly released last month, one thing stood out immediately: There were no women on it.
Anyone familiar with the normal results of the service’s promotion boards ...Read more
Putting 'Professionals' in Charge
I'm not one to generally quote Senate Majority Leader John Thune as my authority on Cabinet appointees, but when it came to Bill Pulte -- the housing chief with no national security experience who was President Donald ...Read more
DCCC backs progressive Randy Villegas for Congress following Bains' defeat
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Until the June primary for California’s 22nd Congressional District, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee seemed to place little faith in Randy Villegas’ ability to mobilize voters.
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Bernie Sanders to headline Mamdani rally with his congressional picks
NEW YORK — Sen. Bernie Sanders plans to headline a Brooklyn rally with Mayor Zohran Mamdani next week to boost his slate of progressive NYC congressional candidates during early voting in the Democratic primaries.
The ...Read more
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