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Is this Trump’s last ‘last chance’? Ceaseless string of broken ceasefires fuels doubt over Iran deal

Trump calls diplomacy Iran's "last chance" after halting what he described as the biggest planned U.S. attack since World War II amid disputed talks.

Reporter’s Notebook: Inside the Senate showdown over Trump’s push to scrap August recess

Trump wants the Senate to skip August recess until it passes the SAVE America Act requiring proof of citizenship to vote, but John Thune says no.

Pete Buttigieg, Constitutional Arsonist

Don’t let the bland management-consultant affect fool you.

Bye-Bye, BP

The pioneer in offshore oil production has decided to sell its North Sea assets.

The Semi-Retired President and the GOP Congress

The president might believe that his work is done, but major national and international...

Nexstar to host South Carolina Senate debate

Nexstar Media Group is slated to host a live debate on Aug. 4 featuring the GOP Senate candidates running for the South Carolina seat vacated by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R). The debate, which will air on all of Nexstar's stations in the state, will take place Tuesday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m....

Live updates: Trump, Cabinet meet at Camp David

President Trump and his Cabinet are gathered at Camp David for their 13th Cabinet meeting of his second term. The meeting at the Maryland presidential retreat comes amid several thorny foreign policy issues: The Iran conflict shows no clear path to resolution and threatens to expand; Ukraine and Russia remain locked in a war and...

How Democrats can tackle affordability without breaking the budget

The goal should be to keep inflation near the Fed’s 2 percent target and to pursue policies that support growth of household income.

New York alleges Kalshi running illegal gambling operation

The state of New York sued Kalshi on Friday, accusing the prediction market of running an illegal gambling operation. The lawsuit alleges the company is operating a gambling business in "flagrant disregard" of Empire State laws, failing to get a license from the state gaming commission and skirting related taxes. It also argues the platform...

Real estate has no place in US synagogues — especially when it’s Palestinian land

What is a synagogue when it's not serving as a place of worship, a house of study, or a community center?  One answer comes from American supporters of the Israeli government’s expansionist policies. For them, a synagogue is a legitimate shell, a shield and an implicit shill for profit-making companies selling disputed land on the Occupied West Bank and Arab...

Ricketts apologizes after trying to use Capitol Police to block questions

Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) on Friday issued an apology for trying to utilize Capitol Police to shield him from a reporter's questions on Sen. Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) health a day earlier. Ricketts, in a post online, said he “reacted poorly” and he appreciated TMZ DC’s Charlie Cotton for “taking his call” to apologize. TMZ launched...

Trump, Miller use migrant crisis in Spain as midterm warning

President Trump and White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller are warning that Spain’s Ceuta migrant crisis could be a reality for Americans if Democrats win in future elections. Some 60,000 migrants have entered Ceuta, an autonomous city of Spain on the North African coast, Ceutan President Juan Jesús Vivas said, according...

Iran’s informal alliances seem stronger than America’s formal ones

Iran and Russia, neither of which have formal alliances, continue both to receive support from their partners and, despite suffering major economic damage, to provide military aid to those in need.

Democrats could flip Texas Senate seat because Paxton ‘is so awful’: Sabato

A high-profile election analyst said Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) may give Democrats a real shot at finally winning a statewide race in Texas given the electoral weakness of his opponent, state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). “Since 1994, I’ve gotten call after call virtually every day from Texans in politics on the Democratic...

El-Sayed, Hong test hard-left Democrats’ momentum in Michigan, Wisconsin: Live discussion

Are hard-left Democrats poised for more big wins ahead of November? All eyes are on progressive Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and Wisconsin gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist. Plus, a dive into Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diaries and the fiery hearing on Capitol Hill earlier this week, President Trump’s impact on the midterms and...

Don’t panic over data centers — support a better path forward

Activists may block data centers, but they can’t ban the future.

Trump: Cornyn didn’t object to ‘anti-weaponization’ fund before challenger endorsement

President Trump lashed out early Friday over Sen. John Cornyn's (R-Texas) move to withhold his support for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s nomination due to Trump’s proposed "anti-weaponization" fund, writing that the senator did not object to it prior to the president's endorsement of Cornyn’s primary opponent.  “John Cornyn never had a problem with the...

Stephen A. Smith on Fauci: ‘You can’t show up on Capitol Hill and plead the fifth 111 times’

Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith said Thursday that former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci should have answered lawmakers’ questions during the hostile Senate hearing earlier this week, instead of invoking his Fifth Amendment rights. Smith argued that Fauci owed the public an explanation after serving as the face of the nation’s COVID-19 response....

In disgracing himself, Fauci finally gets the attention he craved

Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times in order to avoid answering questions before a Senate hearing.

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