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


2h ago

A Texas-sized warning to the GOP: Donโ€™t mess with Trump

In backing Ken Paxton over four-term incumbent John Cornyn, the president is putting every Senate Republican on notice.

2h ago

Democrats are already preparing Trump investigations if they retake the House

Democrats have big plans for Trump if they take back the House โ€” and regain subpoena power.

10h ago

U.S. military says it carried out โ€˜self-defenseโ€™ strikes in Iran as Trump touts negotiations

The strikes reportedly hit missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trumpย said peace talks were โ€œproceeding nicely.โ€

16h ago

Trump finally pushed Republicans too far. But this โ€˜revoltโ€™ is less principled than it appears.

Trumpโ€™s controversial IRS settlement sparked chaos in the Capitol. Heโ€™s probably loving it.

19h ago

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

Yes, itโ€™s quite likely Prattโ€™s not up for the job. But the cityโ€™s political class hardly inspires confidence.

21h ago

Pope Leo XIV apologizes for Vaticanโ€™s role in legitimizing slavery

No pope had ever publicly acknowledged the Vaticanโ€™s role in giving European sovereigns explicit authority to subjugate and enslave โ€œinfidels.โ€

24h ago

What Elon Muskโ€™s latest culture war ranting shows about his waning relevanceย 

Muskโ€™s one-man battle against โ€œThe Odysseyโ€ is another symptom of his waning influence on the world outside the hothouse of X.

1d ago

Admiral Cooperโ€™s testimony highlights the wrong way to honor our military this Memorial Day

Our military has strived mightily since its Vietnam War nadir to ensure that the American way of fighting comports with the law of war and American values.

1d ago

Charlie Sykes slams Trumpโ€™s arch as a monument to his โ€˜massive egoโ€™

โ€œAt least the ballroom, they tried to put some lipstick on it by saying, โ€˜We need it for security,โ€™โ€ Sykes said. โ€œWhat the hell do you do with an arch?โ€

1d ago

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

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner told MS NOW that any agent who intimidates voters โ€œbetter get ready for the handcuffs.โ€

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