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Poll shows Platner’s oyster-farmer image failing to win over working-class Maine voters

A new poll shows Graham Platner trailing Susan Collins by 21 points with non-college-educated voters despite his oyster farmer campaign pitch.

Gorsuch suggests Supreme Court’s Trump ruling is opening move against administrative state

Justice Neil Gorsuch's concurrence suggests the Supreme Court's FTC ruling could lead to sweeping challenges against independent federal agencies' power.

Movies have shown our country — and the world — the American story

America’s entertainment industry benefited from something few other national cinemas could claim: It was...

New fashioned: From the very beginning, American style has been democratic

Fashion isn’t mentioned in the Declaration of Independence or the Bill of Rights, but...

Civil war tore this country apart. But two men’s words still unite us, more than 160 years later

The words of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln remind us: The joy of being...

WATCH: Soros prosecutor’s hearing devolves into angry chaos over illegal immigrant rape case: ‘Be quiet!’

A House hearing turned chaotic as lawmakers reamed Fairfax County prosecutor Stephen Descano over alleged charge reductions in a child rape case.

Murkowski vs Trump: Senator sides with Democrats on Iran after series of breaks with president

Sen. Lisa Murkowski helped Democrats challenge Trump's Iran war powers, highlighting her independent streak in the Republican-led Senate.

Bishop Barron slams ‘borderline communists’ Sanders, Mamdani ahead of Trump prayer event: ‘Economy that kills’

Bishop Robert Barron slams borderline communists in the Democratic Party, warning that the extreme leftward shift poses a danger to American society.

‘Taking a Chance on You’: Judge Had Admitted Risk of Letting Boston Parkway Shooter Off with Light Sentence

Police and probation officers recommended a harsher sentence, but Judge Sanders defied them, citing Brown’s difficult upbringing.

House set to vote on amended housing bill next week

The House is moving forward with a vote on amended housing legislation next week amid White House pressure to pass the Senate version as is.

Trump declares diplomatic win in China, better relationship with Xi but few concrete deals

President Trump wrapped up his historic visit to Beijing on Friday, saying he's made important progress to stabilize U.S.-China relations, which only a few years ago were at the lowest level in decades.

Democrats test a new red state strategy: Back independents over their own nominees

Democratic leaders, desperate to compete in red states where their party brand is toxic, are embracing something new this midterm season: not backing Democrats.

Progressive challenger complicates Democrat path in House fight to unseat GOP incumbent Rep Mike Flood

Intercept journalist Austin Ahlman enters Nebraska's first Congressional district race as an independent, calling both candidates establishment.

Longtime Democratic Rep Steve Cohen announces end to re-election bid

Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee announced on Friday that he signed a document requesting not to be included on the ballot in Tennessee's 9th Congressional District.

The congressman described the district determined by "new lines" as "nothing like the 9th district that I've represented."

The Democratic primary in the district is scheduled to take place in August. Cohen's ending his re-election bid after 19 years in Congress.

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Iowa Dem admits being ‘uncomfortable’ with whiteness as she seeks to flip competitive House seat

Democrat Sarah Trone Garriot, running for Congress in Iowa, recalled feeling uncomfortable by how many white people were in her Minnesota hometown.

Obama remains Dem headliner while president with most votes ever fades into background: ‘It was all a dream’

Barack Obama leads Democrats' redistricting push and campaigns in Texas while Joe Biden remains notably absent from the party's visible battles.

Another One

If Trump cannot be convinced to observe civic propriety for its own sake, maybe he can be persuaded against setting fire to the GOP’s...

A Professor Extols Diversity — but Not the Engineered Kind

Instead of focusing on group membership, Bejan argues that we should focus on merit.

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 15

2008—The California supreme court, by a vote of 4 to 3, invents a right to same-sex marriage under the state constitution. Chief justice Ronald...

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