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Olympian charged in Reflecting Pool vandalism tied to Dem fundraising giant

Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, charged in Reflecting Pool vandalism, has ties to ActBlue and donated to Barack Obama's campaigns, records show.

Obama-era inspection flaws in Iran could persist as experts warn of nuclear blind spots

Vice President JD Vance said Iran has agreed to let nuclear inspectors back into the country, as experts warn Trump’s new Iran framework must avoid Obama-era inspection flaws.

Tim Walz’s jab at Trump over Reflecting Pool draws fraud scandal backlash: ‘Sit this one out’

Gov. Tim Walz's viral jab at Trump over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool cleanup drew conservative blowback pointing to Minnesota's fraud scandal.

Sixth suspect charged in alleged plot to turn White House UFC event into mass-casualty attack

The FBI identified a sixth suspect in the alleged plot targeting UFC Freedom 250 in D.C. involving explosive drones and a planned White House assault.

Far from a millionaire, Ilhan Omar now claims a potentially negative net worth

Rep. Ilhan Omar drastically revised her financial disclosures, reducing claimed assets from up to $30 million to at most $125,000 amid fraud allegations.

Wealth correlation with soccer ability?

POLITICO has been crunching the numbers to see how all 48 of this year’s World Cup participants rank in several other off-field categories, which...

In Canberra, disappointment

CANBERRA — It was disappointment from start to finish around the USA vs. Australia match in the Bush Capital, won comfortably by the American...

The UK’s World Cup diplomatic mullet

While Boston and Dallas have been taken over by marauding Scotland and England fans, Washington, D.C., this week welcomed a (slightly) more sedate British...

Campaigns get in the game

You don't have to rely on The Discourse to know whether soccer is finally being embraced by America. Political ad spending targeted to catch...

Obama’s Irrelevance

‘He has taken a complete back seat in an era that his own co-partisans define as a hinge point on the future of the...

The Senate and Majority Rule

The president is quintupling down on his demands that the Senate pass the SAVE America Act.

The Fantastical Abstract World of the Democratic Socialists

When you ask Darializa Avila Chevalier to make concrete sense of her worldview for anyone who doesn’t subscribe to her outlook, she can’t do...

A Unanimous Court Draws the Line on Disarming Drug Users

This case inspired strange bedfellows, with pro-drug organizations allying with gun-rights groups, so perhaps it’s fitting that it’s also a case where Justices Thomas...

Boston College historian compares White House UFC event to 19th-century lynching

Boston College historian compares White House UFC event to 19th-century lynching: "It's not really a stretch to say that the same impulse that created the UFC fight on the White House lawn is the impulse that really pushed lynching in the late 19th century..."

Trump shows off newly refurbished Qatar-donated Air Force One jet

President Trump on Friday introduced the newly refurbished aircraft donated by Qatar that will serve as Air Force One, calling it a "flying White House with a level of luxury no one has ever seen before."

Tax the rich? California voters will decide in November; other states could follow

The anti-billionaire movement has taken hold in California, where voters provided enough signatures to force a landmark ballot initiative that would levy a one-time, 5% tax on the state's richest residents.

The frustrated filmmaker who changed political advertising overnight

Before the dust even settles in the Los Angeles mayor's race, the unlikely breakout star may be Charles Curran.

Tulsi Gabbard: Fauci lied to Congress, directed Wuhan research funding

TULSI GABBARD says FAUCI lied: "The COVID pandemic caused tremendous hardship and pain for millions of our fellow Americans and countless people around the world. Now, after years of lies and censorship and cover-ups, the American people deserve transparency, truth and accountability."

Rep. Thomas Kean set to return to Congress June 30 after three-month illness

The House's missing lawmaker, Rep. Thomas Kean Jr., will be returning to Washington by the end of the month after leaving Capitol Hill more than 100 days ago.

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