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The Freedom Caucus is having a brutal primary run

The hard-right Freedom Caucus is having a rough primary season. Candidates with backing from the caucus and its allies flopped in primaries from Florida to Wyoming on Tuesday, adding...

El-Sayed reveals he would go ‘step further’ than Sanders on socialist plan for major US industry

Abdul El-Sayed says he wants to go beyond Bernie Sanders' public ownership model for a major American industry, calling for "some system of public control."

Fast Takes: Hollywood parents’ child sacrifices, a Swedish child-care lesson and more

“So many child stars come to such miserable ends,” yet “most children offered up...

‘Woefully underprepared’: Graham critics seize on her foreign policy misstep

South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham has given opponents fresh ammunition to attack her on...

Democrats Choose Socialism in the Sunshine State

Angie Nixon is an odd choice to run for Senate in a deeply conservative...

Maher on USS Abraham Lincoln conditions: ‘It just makes my blood boil’

Comedian Bill Maher condemned the reported harsh conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Friday, saying accounts of food shortages and broken toilets the sailors onboard have worked under made his “blood boil.” Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao announced on Friday that the aircraft carrier would be returning to the U.S. from deployment after spending...

Past and present WNBA players defend league amid intense scrutiny during its Hall of Fame weekend

Active and retired WNBA players and coaches are speaking out during Hall of Fame weekend about the widespread debate the league is facing over issues relating to gender, race and equity. Decorated basketball player and coach Dawn Staley, who was inducted for the second time in the Hall of Fame, said she believed this kind...

DNC gives final approval of 2028 primary calendar starting in South Carolina

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has voted to approve the 2028 presidential primary calendar, starting with South Carolina. The party okayed a plan that has the Palmetto State kicking off the cycle on Jan. 22, 2028, followed by Nevada on Feb. 1. New Hampshire, long a first-in-the-nation contest, will hold its primary third, on Feb....

Iran attacks third UAE tanker within a week

The United Arab Emirates accused Iran on Saturday of attacking another vessel belonging to its state oil company while it transited through the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, the third such incident in less than a week. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) vessel was struck Friday while traveling through the strait, Reuters reported,...

Kalshi accuses Nevada investigators of violating federal law in geofencing complaint

Kalshi is pushing back against the state of Nevada’s claims that the prediction market operator failed to comply with geofencing requirements, accusing the state’s gaming regulator of violating federal law. In a motion filed in state court on Friday evening, state prosecutors argued that the firm failed to implement a geofencing solution by Aug. 12...

Here is our way forward on immigration

Jennie Murray, president and CEO of The Forum, calls for lawmakers to implement firm, fair, and compassionate immigration reforms to stabilize the nation's broken system.

Why Americans now hate each other more than ever

Recent polling and sociological analysis suggest that the United States is experiencing a severe generational decline in trust and a rise in mutual contempt driven by economic and political incentives.

Trump family crypto company receives approval for conditional banking charter

A crypto firm partially owned by President Trump’s family received preliminary conditional approval for a bank charter on Friday. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted conditional approval for an application from World Liberty Trust Co. for a national trust bank, according to a letter posted on the OCC’s website. The OCC...

ICE purchase of electric shock gloves prompts Democratic outrage

Outrage is building among congressional Democrats who are alarmed by new plans from the Trump administration to buy gloves that will allow immigration agents to deliver a painful electric shock as they carry out deportations. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Monday published a notice of its plans to spend as much as $20...

Trump targets El-Sayed, WWII Memorial vandalism in string of Truth Social posts

President Trump targeted several Democratic politicians in a series of Truth Social posts while also calling attention to vandalism at the World War II Memorial on Friday evening. Several of the posts focused on Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive labeled as “crazy” in the past by members of the Trump administration. One...

Ben Shapiro says Rubio’s potential 2028 White House bid against Vance could backfire

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro is warning that a widely speculated 2028 presidential contest between Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance could backfire on the secretary.  In a podcast interview with host Patrick Bet-David released on Wednesday, Shapiro cast doubt that Rubio would launch a presidential bid, citing the secretary’s history as...

The science behind justice is easy to ignore, until we need it

We simply cannot wait until the next tragedy to invest in the science that makes justice possible.

Peltola distances herself from Kamala Harris endorsement ahead of Alaska primary

Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) is distancing herself from an endorsement from former Vice President Kamala Harris as she looks to win the Alaska Senate race. Harris threw her support behind Peltola in a fundraising email on Wednesday from her Fight for the People PAC, urging supporters to donate to Peltola’s campaign as Democrats seek...

AIPAC takes center stage in last stretch of Democratic contests before November

A major pro-Israel group is zeroing in on one of their last contests before November: The special election for former Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) seat. The super PAC of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), United Democracy Project (UDP), has poured roughly $2.5 million into the race to attack frontrunner state Sen. Aisha Wahab...

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