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News, analysis and opinion from the dayโ€™s top stories.


28min ago

Tuesdayโ€™s Campaign Round-Up, 4.21.26: Trump, Johnson make eleventh-hour pitch in Virginia

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

1h ago

GOPโ€™s Mills faces expulsion effort launched by one of his Republican colleagues

Amid growing GOP anxieties about the midterm elections, thereโ€™s fresh evidence that the House Republican conference is both divided and unraveling.

2h ago

11 years later, the Senate Republicansโ€™ open letter to Iran is relevant anew

Remember in 2015, when Sen. Tom Cotton and 46 of his GOP colleagues wrote to Iran in order to undermine their own countryโ€™s negotiating position?

3h ago

Resigning labor secretary falsely claims there was a โ€˜deep stateโ€™ conspiracy against her

On her way out the door, Lori Chavez-DeRemer wants to be seen as a victim, which is absurd given the nature of the allegations that forced her to quit.

4h ago

Rogan-inspired psychedelics directive reflects influencersโ€™ power in the White House

Itโ€™s a problem that there are so many amateurs on Team Trump. Itโ€™s also a problem when they take direction from other amateurs with media megaphones.

7h ago

Trumpโ€™s 2024 assassination attempt at center of revealing new conspiracy trend

Trump has become vulnerable to his own weapon as his followers grow disenchanted.

7h ago

Virginia Democrats missed an opportunity to show voters they know how to fight

If the party wants to move past the Trump era, itโ€™s going to need to learn to throw a punch.

7h ago

Pakistan presses ahead with preparations for Iran-U.S. talks even with Tehran’s participation unclear

Both sides remain dug in rhetorically, with U.S. President Donald Trump warning that โ€œlots of bombsโ€ will โ€œstart going offโ€ if thereโ€™s no agreement before the ceasefire deadline.

8h ago

Trump believes gas prices will plummet once war with Iran ends. His aides and experts disagree.

The psychological and sentiment โ€œdamage may be done even before prices come back down,โ€ an economist tells MS NOW.

8h ago

Trump purges his Cabinet as his presidency faces mounting pressure

The ousting of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is the latest sign of a president whose second term has not gone as planned โ€” and who is starting to make his Cabinet pay for it.

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3 minutes ago

Trump believes gas prices will plummet once war ends. His aides and experts disagree.

14 minutes ago

Pentagon revises Operation Epic Fury data to 400 wounded

31 minutes ago

Pakistan’s deputy PM urges U.S. diplomat to extend the ceasefire in meeting



CITIES UNDER SIEGE

A red town deals with an inevitable consequence of mass deportation

They may not suddenly vote for Democrats, but the 10,000-bed ICE facility planned next door has them rethinking their support for Republicans.

A water problem is threatening DHS plans to warehouse detainees

An MS NOW review finds a lack of DHS planning for drinking water and wastewater that could scuttle the next phase of mass deportation.



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