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40min ago

Professor warns of โ€˜growing normalization of political violenceโ€™ in wake of correspondentsโ€™ dinner shooting

University of Chicagoโ€™s Robert Pape urged leaders on both sides of the aisle to unite to condemn the troubling rise of political violence in the U.S.

58min ago

The Tea, Spilled by Morning Joe: โ€˜Turns out all he needed was a room keyโ€™

In todayโ€™s newsletter: The shooting at the White House Correspondentsโ€™ Dinner, King Charles visit and more.

2h ago

Pentagon ousts Stars and Stripes ombudsman, gutting its editorial independence

Hegsethโ€™s Pentagon fired Jacqueline Smith because she did her job in ways the administration found inconvenient.

2h ago

I was a young volunteer at the correspondents’ dinner. Here’s what I hope we learn.

Saturday night, many of the country’s most powerful individuals felt the same fear that too many young Americans experience daily.

2h ago

Mondayโ€™s Campaign Round-Up, 4.27.26: DeSantis unveils gerrymandered Florida map

Todayโ€™s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

3h ago

Justice Department advocates firing squads as a method of federal execution

Team Trump is apparently comfortable rolling back the clock, not because firing squads have become more sanitary, but because it just doesnโ€™t seem to care.

4h ago

Collapse of Jerome Powell case adds to Jeanine Pirroโ€™s embarrassing losing streak

As the dust settles on the debacle, itโ€™s worth sparing a thought for the top federal prosecutor in the nationโ€™s capital, whose record keeps getting worse.

5h ago

Pressed on latest Putin interactions, Trump prefers secrecy to transparency

The president wouldnโ€™t disclose his latest chat with the Russian leader. If that sounds familiar, itโ€™s because it happens with some regularity.

5h ago

Trumpโ€™s Justice Department joins ballroom lobbying campaign in an unusual way

Itโ€™s really not the DOJโ€™s job to tell private litigants โ€œenough is enoughโ€ because the president doesnโ€™t want to be inconvenienced by the legal process.

6h ago

Following correspondentsโ€™ dinner shooting, Trump denounces dissent (again)

When Trump wasnโ€™t talking about his ballroom, he was criticizing those who dare to disagree with him.

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WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER SHOOTING


33 minutes ago

Trump met with his national security team on Iran’s proposal

40 minutes ago

Rubio: Iran is trying to ‘buy themselves more time’

1 hour ago

Iran’s FM thanks Putin for ‘strategic partnership’




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