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5h ago

Trump says โ€˜clock is tickingโ€™ for Iran to make a deal โ€” or else

The president spoke by phone Sunday to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and made his threat on the heels of a strike on the U.A.E.

9h ago

Bill Cassidy held Trump accountable. Voters responded by humiliating him.

Louisianaโ€™s Cassidy is the first elected U.S. senator to lose a primary in more than a decade.

14h ago

250 years in, and Christian nationalism is attacking the Constitution on the National Mall

The Rededicate 250 rally on Sunday at the National Mall offers a preview of what American theocracy would look like.

14h ago

If the Pentagon can shut down a sitting senator, it can shut down all of us

Defense Secretary Pete Hegsethโ€™s new attempt to mute his nemesis Sen. Mark Kelly is part of the Pentagonโ€™s larger effort to muzzle all of us military retirees, especially those with legislative power.

14h ago

My father insisted I know this one thing about the South. Republicans are proving him right.

Iโ€™ve never lived in a South without a Voting Rights Act that restricted white officialsโ€™ worst impulses. And now that I do, home is feeling a lot less so.

14h ago

WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda

Though the virus is highly contagious, the outbreak does not meet the criteria of a pandemic emergency like COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization.

20h ago

The Louisiana primaries test MAHAโ€™s political power

RFK Jr. and a host of conservative fundraisers pooled their resources in a bid to unseat Sen. Bill Cassidy โ€” and the result will likely enhance their political power.

20h ago

โ€˜Clobberedโ€™: Trump vowed Cassidy would lose Louisianaโ€™s Senate GOP primary. And he did.

Trump urged the stateโ€™s Republicans Saturday to oust Cassidy for his vote to โ€œIMPEACH me for something that has now proven to be total โ€˜bullshit!โ€™โ€

20h ago

Sen. Bill Cassidy defeated in Louisiana Senate primary in a victory for Trump

Rep. Julia Letlow and ex-Rep. John Fleming will face off on June 27 ahead of the general election in November, when Republicans are heavily favored to win.

1d ago

Tillis slams Hegseth for โ€˜impulsive decisions not grounded in realityโ€™

The North Carolina GOP senator excoriated Hegseth for what he called disrespecting โ€œour greatest allies and some of our best military professionals.โ€

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