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12h 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.

16h 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.

21h 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.

21h 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.

21h 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.

21h 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.

1d 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.

1d 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€

1d 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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