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Critics of ballot-marking devices have claimed that hackers could manipulate digital codes on ballots. Election experts say the systems are safe to use.
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Trump appears to be picking up interest rate fight again with new Fed chief after long-running feud with previous incumbent Sign up for US Breaking News emails President Trump threatened in a social media post on Friday to stop trade with some countries unless the US Federal Reserve moves to cut interest rates. Trump…
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A spoof of the G.O.P. convention site tricked people for weeks, before redirecting them to the Justice Department’s library of Epstein files.
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President Trump responded on Friday to a judge’s decision to declare a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, weighing in for the first time on the legal battle that has captured national attention. “It’s a shame. It’s a horrible tragedy,” the president said when asked about Clancy's case during an executive…
Read at The HillShortly after the judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy's murder case declared a mistrial, President Trump called it a "terrible situation" and a "horrible tragedy."
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The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.
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Trump's lawyers accuse New York Attorney General Letitia James of concealing key Steve Cohen communications in the $450 million civil fraud case.
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The Missouri Supreme Court delivered a last-minute twist in the midterm’s redistricting saga this week when the predominantly Republican governor-appointed court ruled that new maps passed by state lawmakers to give their party an extra seat couldn’t immediately go into effect. Instead, the high court said, the…
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A D.C. judge peppered federal prosecutors with questions on Friday about President Trump’s recent remarks about a former Olympian accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the prosecutors sought to convince him that the possibility of future charges should be left open. Superior Court Judge Todd…
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The president intends to travel to Ireland on the plane, the first time he will have used it overseas since questions were raised about its defensive capabilities.
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As general election voting officially begins, a new push is underway for Democrats to combat potential election disruption. NBC News reporters Natasha Korecki, Jane Timm and Lawrence Hurley discuss the NBC News exclusive. The Missouri state Supreme Court rules a new GOP-drawn map can’t be used in the midterm elections.
Read at NBC PoliticsTrump calls Iran conflict 'small potatoes' and says he agrees with Vance that it's not a 'war' The Washington Post
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Adam Telle will take over as acting secretary of the Army after President Donald Trump announced Thursday that Telle will temporarily replace the recently departed Dan Driscoll.
Read at RealClearPoliticsAfter a bruising primary, Democrats in Michigan are working to unify their coalition ahead of what is expected to be a razor-thin Senate race this fall for a seat they need to hold if they hope to retake the Senate majority.
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During a tense vote on a data center being built in her drought-stricken Arizona district last summer, Tucson City Councilmember Nikki Lee made an unlikely pitch: "We're going to get a little out-of-this-world for a second, so just bear with me."
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Democrats haven't won a statewide office in Texas since 1994. So this year, the Democrat at the top of the ticket is seeking to topple Republican Gov. Greg Abbott - by pretending to be a conservative.
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The closely watched rematch in Virginia's 2nd congressional district between former Democratic Representative Elaine Luria and the Republican who defeated her in 2022 is shaping up to be a doozy.
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During the 2016 presidential campaign, Gloria Steinem was asked about the young women supporting Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Her answer created a brief hullabaloo.
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The former aides started a social media account they said would publicize Senator John Fetterman’s communications, following a report detailing the Democrat’s disdain for doing his job.
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With Argentina's President Milei promising "winds of change" over the Falklands, will Donald Trump shift his stance on British rule?
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President Trump took aim at data center opponents again Friday, suggesting they want to “go through poverty, crime and squalor.” It marks the second time this week that Trump has gone after critics of AI infrastructure, which has become increasingly unpopular among Americans in recent months. “If you want to get rich…
Read at The HillLive updates: First mail ballots being sent amid challenge to Trump’s restrictions NBC News
Read at NBC NewsThe Supreme Court left in place guidance from the Federal Communications Commission that allows political parties and committees access to cheaper rates for political ads.
Read at CBS PoliticsRepublicans have fretted over his war chest sitting on the sidelines. The president says he plans to hold onto some of the money for 2028.
Read at Washington Post PoliticsTrump signs orders to allow ranchers to protect herds from wolves, expand meat processing Reuters
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At a rally on Monday, Vice President Vance brought up the hard-left streamer in an attempt to paint the Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as anti-American. Last week, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called Piker's recent statements about Jewish Americans "dangerous and anti-Semitic." Senators Jon…
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American medicine spends like the Yankees when it's really the A's. The VA proved eConsults cut specialist waits from months to hours. The $50B RHTP can too.
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US president suggests he might support his Argentinian acolyte’s drive to reclaim sovereignty of disputed islands Donald Trump has long embraced vengeance. “I am your retribution,” he declared to an admiring audience at the 2023 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) as he commenced his march back to the…
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Thursday, September 3rd on RealClearPolitics - Joined by Washington Post columnist Henry Olsen
Read at RealClearPoliticsThe Trump administration dropped plans for a fund to compensate people who say they were unfairly prosecuted, but several lawsuits are ongoing.
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A conversation with Michigan's Democratic Senate nominee about public health, outside money, and a new kind of politics.
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Republican groups had asked the court to clear the way for political parties to pay the same low-cost ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.
Read at NYT PoliticsInterior Secretary Doug Burgum says "excavation work" will begin in the next two weeks, without approval from a key federal body. Veterans who sued over the arch want a judge to intervene before then.
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The U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs last month, a stronger-than-expected showing. And now President Trump wants to see interest rates dropped, threatening to cut off trade with several countries if the Federal Reserve doesn’t budge at its September meeting. “Without the United States agreeing to allow them their big…
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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have led President Donald Trump's efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war - but talks have stalled.
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The Supreme Court on Friday lifted a ruling that prevented party committees from accessing cheaper advertising rates in the lead-up to November’s elections, siding with Republicans, for now, in an emergency case that drew staunch Democratic opposition. Federal law mandates that broadcast stations offer their lowest…
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President Trump said Friday that tariff-free imported beef will be coming from Brazil and Argentina, among other places, as his administration works to alleviate stubbornly high prices. “It’s coming from Argentina. It's coming from Brazil,” Trump said at an Oval Office event surrounded by ranchers and farmers. “It's…
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The request comes as the government has escalated efforts to prove President Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud.
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Republicans asked the high court to allow party committees to receive the same ad discounts that candidates themselves benefit from.
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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.) said Thursday that the FBI and Justice Department (DOJ) informed him they had wiretapped his past phone conversations with a Virginia state lawmaker. Subramanyam’s office shared photos of two letters he said he received from the agencies, dated from July and August, notifying him they…
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Four House Democrats are headed to Dallas next week as the Republican National Committee holds a first-of-its-kind midterm convention, House leadership announced Friday. Democratic Reps. Robert Garcia (Calif.), Jason Crow (Colo.), Madeleine Dean (Pa.) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Calif.) make up the delegation, which…
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Read at PoliticoThe September trip will be the first time the new plane is flown overseas since Mr. Trump traveled to Turkey for a NATO summit.
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Read at PoliticoScheduled for the middle of next week in Dallas, the event designed to project party unity will be missing a well-known figure.
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Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) slammed his fellow Pennsylvania Democratic colleague Sen. John Fetterman on Thursday, calling him a “lazy trust fund baby" following reports that Fetterman has been neglecting his duties as a senator. “John Fetterman is a disgrace,” the congressman said in a post on social platform X. “Our…
Read at The HillBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy. Ranchers play a vital role in our Nation’s food supply chain and cultural heritage. These hardworking Americans ensure that our country has a reliable domestic source…
Read at White HouseSecuring American Greatness, a nonprofit with ties to Mr. Trump's super PAC, MAGA Inc., unveiled its first ads to air nationwide.
Read at CBS PoliticsBy the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. American ranchers want to be able to butcher, process, package, and sell their meat to consumers across State lines while maintaining the highest standards of food…
Read at White HouseThe administration is seeking to render the project a “fait accompli” by moving quickly, the veterans’ lawyers argued Friday.
Read at Washington Post PoliticsDEFENDING AND STRENGTHENING OUR NATION’S VITAL RANCHING INDUSTRY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order launching a whole-of-government effort to protect and fully support America’s ranchers. EQUIPPING RANCHERS IN MODERN CHALLENGES: President Trump is honoring our hardworking ranchers who feed…
Read at White HouseADVANCING COMPETITION AND ACCOUNTABILITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to support American producers’ ability to butcher, process, package, and sell their meat to consumers across state lines while maintaining the highest standards of food safety while avoiding being overcharged by…
Read at White House2026 midterms begin: Voting underway in NC as officials make last-minute changes WRAL
Read at WRALSupreme Court lets White House continue construction on Trump’s $400 million ballroom AP News
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Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) was arrested Thursday at a movie set over an outstanding warrant in his divorce and child support case. Bevin was booked into a Louisville jail that evening after the Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office arrested Bevin in Paris, Ky., during the filming of a Christmas movie. The former…
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called it "ludicrous" that Congress is focused on Twitch streamer Hasan Piker as Democrats debate his political influence.
Read at Fox NewsThe Texas Democrat acknowledges criticism that Democrats haven’t been doing enough to court Black voters.
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Abdul El-Sayed's campaign scheduled county fair and Fiesta Mexicana events on 9/11's 25th anniversary, raising questions about the Michigan Senate race.
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Rep. James Comer indicated that he has spoken with McConnell staffers who indicated they are aiming for the senator will return later this month.
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The New York City mayor will sign two executive orders honoring those impacted by the attacks, as he faces campaign to exclude him from the 25th anniversary commemoration New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to designate September 11 as a Day of Remembrance and Service ahead of the 25th anniversary of the…
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President Trump signed an executive order Friday afternoon related to the beef industry, according to the White House. Trump announced last month that the U.S. would pause higher tariffs on ground beef imports for 90 days, allowing up to 300,000 metric tons to enter the country without the higher “out-of-quota”…
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Two top U.S. envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, will travel to Russia and Ukraine this weekend in an effort to restart peace negotiations between the two countries, according to multiple reports. Witkoff and Kushner — President Trump's special envoy and son-in-law, respectively — will first meet with Russian…
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While the Trump administration's bid to overhaul mail-in voting remains blocked by the lower courts, North Carolina will be the first state to send ballots on Friday.
Read at PoliticoMissouri court blocks Trump-backed U.S. House map and orders it to be put to a vote PBS
Read at PBSMissouri court refuses to delay congressional map ruling, setting up US Supreme Court appeal Missouri Independent
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Labor department report alleges Lori Chavez-DeRemer also made a staffer attend a strip club while on a personal trip Donald Trump’s former secretary of labor, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, drank during working hours, kept alcohol on federal property and made a staffer attend a strip club while on a personal trip, according to…
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Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi and Ilhan Omar back Donald Trump's federal film tax incentive to bring movie production back to California and America.
Read at Fox News PoliticsPelosi, Omar join Trump and Schiff as unlikely alliance pushes to onshore key industry Fox News
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The president's remarks came as stronger-than-expected jobs figures added to growing expectations that rates could be increased.
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Nigel Farage has been addressing Reform UK members at the party's conference in Birmingham.
Read at BBC PoliticsThe president is winning the battle to build his ballroom and has his face on a $1 gold coin.
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Josh Turek is trying to turn deep-red Iowa blue as he runs for the U.S. Senate.
Read at NYT PoliticsCanadian fan disses Trump's Lake America renaming at FIBA Women's World Cup with sign | OutKick Fox News
Read at Fox NewsMaria Bartiromo’s exit reveals the limits of Fox’s loyalty to Trump CNN
Read at CNNWho will win the 2026 midterm elections? Polls and predictions The Times
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Such is the US president’s narcissism that he would see a Democratic victory as proof that he’s indispensable – meanwhile, his every decision spells calamity for voters What is Donald Trump playing at? If it’s true that the best way of understanding the behaviour of an organisation is to assume it’s controlled by a…
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President Javier Milei has dialed up Argentina’s claim over the British territory, while President Trump has raised questions about longstanding U.S. neutrality on the dispute.
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Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.
Read at NYT Politics“America added 162,000 jobs in August — triple economists’ expectations. The private sector has now created over one million jobs under President Trump, whose reindustrialization agenda continues to drive manufacturing and factory construction job growth. America is in the middle of a historic investment boom, and…
Read at White HouseThomas Christopher Ross is running for Missouri’s House District 161 after narrowly winning the Republican primary against Louise Secker.
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Postal Service rule that could impede millions of mail voters. The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to weigh in.
Read at NYT PoliticsWhite House arcade games invite players to block border 'siege', fill Trump Accounts Reuters
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A private oil company has struck a deal with the Trump administration to develop 17 areas in Venezuela, an effort that experts say will take years and billions of dollars.
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State decides to proceed hours after Trump administration asks supreme court to let it carry out proposed crackdown North Carolina became the first state to start sending out mail-in ballots for November’s US midterm elections on Friday, as Donald Trump’s administration fights to impose sweeping restrictions on the…
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Former union official John Dougherty's lawyer George Bochetto confirmed to Fox News Digital that President Donald Trump commuted Dougherty's sentence.
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The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to green-light a new Postal Service rule that would exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the midterm elections. NBC News' Lawrence Hurley explains the request and what's at stake.
Read at NBC PoliticsOne official in California said that scanning individual ballots for every voter in the state would take roughly 43 years based on the Postal Service's estimates.
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Lori Chavez-DeRemer allegedly ordered a security agent to throw cash at a stripper during an Oregon trip, a Department of Labor OIG report says.
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Video shows James Talarico at a climate forum calling capitalism an
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The situation in Iran is improving, but there seems little reason to think an end to the war would be a boost for the GOP in a difficult midterm contest.
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Trump apparently assumed that Canada would quickly surrender because it had more to lose.
Read at RealClearPoliticsThe planned 250-foot-tall structure near Arlington National Cemetery is one of the president’s top construction priorities.
Read at Washington Post PoliticsTrump is dismantling Iran’s war machine, but America still needs an endgame Fox News
Read at Fox NewsGavin Newsom fires back at Trump after judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over trans athletes in girls' sports Fox News
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James Percival compared the 128 former judges' Florida Bar complaint to the Hunter Biden laptop controversy, calling the filing frivolous "Bar-fare."
Read at Fox News PoliticsPresident Donald Trump plans to fly to Ireland next week aboard the Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar. Plans to take the plane out of service to upgrade its security have slipped to later this fall.
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President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle, a civilian leader in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The move is surprising because it bypasses the Army’s second most…
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Sen. Ted Cruz claims Chuck Schumer is "truly terrified" of the extreme left, warning that progressive momentum is paralyzing bipartisan work.
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A New Jersey school district faces a lawsuit over its transgender policy allowing students to socially transition without ever notifying their parents.
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Read at New York Magazine‘We've told them he cannot come’: Republicans grapple with how to handle Trump on the trail Politico
Read at PoliticoThe Trump administration wants to end tax-exempt status for universities with certain race-based programs. Wesleyan President Michael Roth says the plan could frighten schools.
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The Trump administration proposed new regulations to strip the tax-exempt status of private schools if they offer targeted programs supporting specific racial groups.
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Statewide mail voting for this year’s midterm elections is kicking off amid a churning legal battle over President Donald Trump’s attempts to limit the practice
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