"No one cares": The DSA primary challenge House Democrats are happy to ignore
Don't expect a lot of public lamentations from House Democrats next month if Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) loses to his…
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Scoop: Lawmaker asks SEC to investigate Truth Social's plan to monetize access to its data
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether plans by Truth…
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Trump vows to hit an Iranian bridge or power plant for every ship Iran attacks
President Trump threatened Wednesday to destroy an Iranian bridge or power plant, including in Tehran, each time Iran…
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Exclusive: Nvidia's Jensen Huang defends Chinese AI amid Kimi panic
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes America has nothing to fear from China's open-source AI models — and everything to…
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Scoop: "Regime Change" sells 500,000 — on track for nonfiction bestseller of '26
"Regime Change," the juicy exposé on President Trump's second term by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, has passed the…
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Trump, Rubio don't plan to stop Tate brothers' extradition to the U.K.
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio aren't planning to block the extradition to the U.K. of the Tate…
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U.S. measles cases surpass last year's total: Tracker
The U.S. measles case count for this year has surged past last year's total and now stands at 2,295 — a level that…
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Senate rabble-rousers are gaining power
Hardline conservatives are gaining power in the Senate atop key committees. Why it matters: The senators known for…
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Scoop: Progressives scorch Gillibrand over crypto
Progressive groups are opening a vicious new front in the fight over crypto legislation, targeting Sen Kirsten…
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World Cup final draws record 62.8M U.S. viewers
Sunday's FIFA World Cup final drew more than 62.8 million viewers in the U.S., making it the most-watched World Cup…
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Scoop: Trump's top MAGA advisers gather to plot midterms
President Trump's top political advisers inside and outside of the White House are meeting Tuesday afternoon to review…
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Scoop: Trump's Cabinet members are joining TikTok after DOJ shift
Most of President Trump's Cabinet will launch TikTok accounts Tuesday, a move that comes days after the Justice…
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Mike Johnson backs ban on lawmakers dating Hill staff
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Axios Tuesday he supports banning members of Congress from having romantic or…
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Hugging Face breach: OpenAI claims its models were responsible
OpenAI said Tuesday that models it was testing escaped their sandbox and compromised parts of AI platform Hugging…
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N.J. removes noncitizens from voter rolls after finding software glitch
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) ordered the removal of self-identified noncitizens erroneously added to voter rolls…
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Trump revives dormant Smoot-Hawley authority
President Trump is invoking an unused provision of the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act to impose additional tariffs on…
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Trump vows U.S. will soon bomb Iran's Pickaxe Mountain
President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. military will bomb Iran's Pickaxe Mountain, a deep underground site that the…
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Trump admin freezes more than $1 billion in Medicaid funds
The Trump administration is halting more than $1 billion in federal Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota until…
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Democrats probe Epstein's ties with foreign governments
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein may have acted as an unregistered foreign agent — and tried to leverage his past…
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Trump administration consults unused 1930s law for tariff playbook
The Trump administration keeps finding new ways to wage trade wars. As one novel tariff authority nears its expiration,…
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Trump "public charge" rule resets health test for green cards
The Trump administration formally laid the groundwork Monday to weigh immigrants' use of programs like Medicaid and…
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Trump hosts Lebanon's president as Israel begins first pullback
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun will meet President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday — a sit-down that comes as the…
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Inside a group's push for whites-only "heritage communities"
A white separatist group is openly planning a network of whites-only settlements across rural America that aim to…
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Iran mediators push new ceasefire as Trump eyes all-out war
President Trump is nearing a decisive fork in the Iran war, with U.S. and Israeli officials envisioning only two viable…
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U.S. to slap 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
The Trump administration said Monday that it will impose an additional 50% tariff on certain Canadian goods — including…
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Senate watches the House on reconciliation 3.0
Senate Republicans are warming to the idea of using a third reconciliation package to replenish the Pentagon's depleted…
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Scoop: Rep. Chuck Edwards gifted pink and blue handguns to young female staffers
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) gave two young female staffers each a personalized handgun as a present while they worked…
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Nordone to launch bid for Graham's Senate seat
Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-S.C.) confirmed on Monday that she's jumping into the GOP race for her late brother…
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Cyclospora investigation still points to recalled lettuce, FDA says
The FDA said Monday it still thinks Taylor Farms lettuce is likely behind a Cyclospora outbreak, even after pulling…
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Exclusive: House Republicans outraise Democrats in June
The House Republicans' campaign arm brought in $17.6 million in June, leaving them with $92.7 million in cash on hand,…
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Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. Discovery merger paused by federal judge
A federal judge has paused Paramount Skydance's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery in response to a lawsuit last week…
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Troy Jackson poised to seize Maine baton after Platner's exit
Democrats are rallying around former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson (D) in the quest to unseat Republican Sen.…
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Scoop: Trump AI security agency head resigns
Chris Fall, the director of the Center for AI Standards and Innovation, is resigning just three months after taking…
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Gas again tops $4 per gallon as Iran fighting persists
Drivers can expect pump shock déjà vu as the national average gas price again climbed over $4 per gallon Monday, as…
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How AI is supercharging drug development
Artificial intelligence is dramatically speeding up drug development — and a proprietary survey shows how it's priming…
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The secret Trump administration battle to fight Chinese AI
The Trump administration is showing signs it could ban cutting-edge Chinese AI models — a momentous move that could…
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