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Susan Del Percio is a Republican strategist and a political analyst for MS NOW.

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Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general and Republican US Senate candidate

Texas GOP runoff suddenly looks like a potential wipeout — according to prediction markets

Nora McKee

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L.A. liberals were getting lazy. This Trumpian mayoral longshot is doing them a favor.

Helaine R. Olen

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Polls show many Republicans don’t believe these three facts. That’s bad for America — and the GOP.

Ryan Teague Beckwith

Elon Musk at the U.S. District Court in Oakland, Calif.

What Elon Musk’s latest culture war ranting shows about his waning relevance 

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Ari Melber on Musk’s recent court clash and the growing AI backlash

Donald Trump points from behind a podium.

Trump finally pushed Republicans too far. But this ‘revolt’ is less principled than it appears.

Susan Del Percio

Soldiers in camouflage salute. The sky is black, and their backs are toward the camera.

Admiral Cooper’s testimony highlights the wrong way to honor our military this Memorial Day

Lt. Col. Rachel E. VanLandingham (ret.)

Karoline Leavitt holds a rendering of the planned Triumphal Arch in the Brady Briefing Room.

Charlie Sykes slams Trump’s arch as a monument to his ‘massive ego’

Allison Detzel

President Donald Trump speaks at Rockland Community College in New York

Trump’s Iran deal up in the air amid GOP blowback

Jake Traylor

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What decreased NIH research spending means for cancer patients

Jenney Bitner

A sign on a building says "VOTE AQUI HERE."

Local DAs warn federal agents against showing up at polling places, threaten prosecution

Allison Detzel

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Pope Leo XIV apologizes for Vatican’s role in legitimizing slavery

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The reason Trump may not care about his plummeting popularity

Paul Waldman

Donald Trump, seen from a low angle, with his hands up.

Trump’s loyalists face a reconciliation mess of his own making

Hayes Brown

Donald Trump and Todd Blanche speaks to the media at his criminal trial in New York City.

Trump’s ‘slush fund’ scandal has an easy solution: impeachment

Jordan Rubin

President Donald Trump

Trump announces ‘largely negotiated’ agreement with Iran

Jake Traylor & Emily Hung

Trump and Fox News are trapped in a doom loop on Iran

Matt Gertz

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This omission in Todd Blanche’s testimony says so much about the Trump Justice Department

Duncan Levin

Candace Owens, left, and Hunter Biden speak into microphones while sitting in lounge chairs.

Candace Owens and Joe Biden’s son deserve each other now, apparently

Anthony L. Fisher

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Black athletes are central to the southern political economy. Republicans are about to find that out.

Symone D. Sanders Townsend

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British Royal Navy prepares to clear mines in Strait of Hormuz

Ian Sherwood, Rav Vadgama & David Rohde

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How to keep the onslaught of political news from wrecking your mental health

Zeeshan Aleem

Tulsi Gabbard partially obscured by out-of-focus lights.

Tulsi Gabbard just learned loyalty’s a one-way street with Trump

Ben Burgis

Fred Kerley, blurred in motion, sprints at the Khalifa Stadium.

The MAGA-backed ‘Enhanced Games’ are an ethical nightmare

Ja'han Jones

Pope Leo pushes AI regulation in first teaching document

‘I feel trapped and… really scared’: Damage being done as data centers pop up nationwide

‘It’s critical’: John Kirby hopes Gabbard’s replacement can ‘keep politics out of intelligence’ 

As Ebola outbreak hits Africa, Dr. Gupta says U.S. will ‘bear the brunt’ of international aid cuts

Candace Owens interviews Hunter Biden in unexpected move

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    Here’s a remedy for Trump’s self-dealing that no pardon can touch

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