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Secretive super PAC funding is skyrocketing in primaries

A record number of groups are exploiting a gap in campaign finance law to flood this year's primary elections with money — without disclosing their donors until long after...

The government officials who can’t wait to clean out stadium toilets

INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Those in charge of SoFi Stadium have two days to clean...

These 11 upcoming Supreme Court decisions could make or break Trump’s second term agenda

The Supreme Court faces 23 unresolved cases this term, including challenges to Trump's immigration orders, presidential firing power, and gun rights.

The man who runs the town between the stadiums

ARLINGTON, Texas – In the run-up to the 2026 World Cup, politicians around the...

A king with 3 teams

The Dutch king, Willem-Alexander, is in luck this World Cup: He has not one,...

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other...

The small-town voters deciding the UK’s future are demanding change, our focus group found

ASHTON-IN-MAKERFIELD, England — Voters in perhaps the most consequential special election ever held in Britain are angry, and they really want someone to feel...

Lee Zeldin on rising gas prices, energy dominance and AI data centers

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Alaska election official threatens to disqualify Republican who shares name with Dan Sullivan

A top Alaska elections official has threatened to disqualify from the state's August primary a U.S. Senate candidate who shares the same name and party affiliation as incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan.

Senate intelligence chairman seeks federal probe of Chinese AI-related influence operation

China is engaged in a covert influence campaign to prevent the development of U.S. data centers needed for artificial-intelligence capabilities, according to the chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Foreign surveillance law set to expire as Congress leaves town after rejecting extensions

Congress left Washington this week without renewing a foreign surveillance law that expires Friday, ensuring America's spy network will lose some of its powers used to thwart terrorist plots.

U.S. slaps sanctions against Cuban oil and gas company as tensions rise

The U.S. government on Thursday announced sanctions against Cuba's state-owned oil and gas company in a move some experts say will only deepen the island's crises and hit vulnerable Cubans the hardest.

Markwayne Mullin says he has ‘zero respect’ for Mamdani amid ICE surge threat

HOMELAND SECURITY CHIEF on Mamdani's NYC: "Mamdani is a socialist communist that I have zero respect for. He's running a great city by allowing lawless activity to continue to run rampant on the streets."

Republicans ask EPA to consider abortion drug as contaminant in public water systems

A group of Republican lawmakers from the House and Senate are asking Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin to add a chemical abortion drug to the list of contaminants in public water systems.

Trump: Feds will take over D.C. if Democratic socialist wins mayoral election

President Trump said Thursday the federal government will take over Washington if Democratic socialist Janeese Lewis George is elected mayor.

Political blame game follows as screwworm parasite threatens cattle in Texas

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins watched sterile flies being released to fight the New World screwworm on Thursday and visited the Texas ranch where one of the first cases of the pest was detected. The screwworm could devastate the nation's cattle industry.

Platner campaign rocked with damning allegations from another ex-lover as Senate race heats up: report

A woman claiming to be a former partner of U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner alleges infidelity and says his Nazi tattoo story changed over time.

The Knicks are the (only) talk of the town

VERY SUPERSTITIOUS: For the first three quarters, it looked like the San Antonio Spurs were going to cream the Knicks in last night’s Game...

Downsizing and the Ozempic Economy

The positive impacts of GLP-1s are a reminder of the difficulty of forecasting the countless consequences of some event, innovation, or other development.

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