Politics
Coverage of local, national, and international political developments and analysis.
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Team Trump leans into semantics to downplay Signal group chat scandal
The basic details of the scandal are almost impossible to defend. The White House’s national security team chatted in a…
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Trump nominates Georgia state Sen. Brandon Beach for US treasurer
President Donald Trump late Wednesday took to Truth Social to announce Georgia state Sen. Brandon Beach as the next U.S.…
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As U.S. foreign aid grants get slashed, Greenland gets money for a dog race : NPR
A musher walks with his Greenlandic sled dogs after completing a dog sled race to determine which contestant attends the…
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Opinion | Trump and Musk Are Suffering From Soros Derangement Syndrome
During the 2020 protests over the killing of George Floyd, a major refrain from the political right was that this…
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Spy chiefs to testify before House Intelligence Committee amid Signal texts fallout
Washington — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe will return to Capitol Hill to testify…
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Paul Atkins, Trump’s SEC Nominee, Consulted for Wall Street, Crypto
As he courted cryptocurrency investors last year, Donald Trump promised to fire Gary Gensler, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
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Gabbard and Ratcliffe spin Trump administration’s Signal chat scandal
On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director Michael Ratcliffe were evasive during a Senate hearing that…
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‘Mad House’ exposes disfunction in the 118th Congress : NPR
The 118th body of Congress was elected in 2022 and served from 2023 until 2025. Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/AFP via…
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Progressive Democrat slammed for ‘unhinged’ threat against prominent senator
Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is being slammed online as “unhinged” for using violent rhetoric implying that Sen. Ted Cruz,…
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Opinion | Bernie Sanders, A.O.C. and the Surging Politics of Anger
They gathered early in North Las Vegas, waiting under the hot sun in a snaking line in the middle of…
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