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Somali daycare owner tied to fraud wins Minnesota House race sparking online fury: ‘Lost state’

Abdi Daisane's Blooming Kids Child Care Center in St. Cloud received millions in state and federal funding and has faced multiple violations.

Vance, Cruz and DeSantis diagnose GOP’s midterm disaster as battle over party’s future begins

JD Vance's 600-word postmortem blamed the Iran war for GOP midterm losses, putting striking daylight between himself and Trump on foreign policy.

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their...

The midterms blew open the 2028 map. Republicans are panicking.

Brutal red-state losses are raising alarm among Republicans about the 2028 presidential battlefield.Democrats’ midterm...

Unity tested: Democrats face off over Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, dark money in politics, during DNC summer meeting

Democratic Party officials and committee members, in Minnesota for their annual meeting, are debating competing Gaza war positions and campaign finance reforms.

Trump battles John Bolton, Chris Christie and threatens to pull funds from Wes Moore’s Maryland

Trump's second term features conflicts with Chris Christie, John Bolton, and Governor Wes Moore as he pursues what he calls payback against political opponents

Utah judge strikes down Republicans’ congressional maps in gerrymandering case

Judge Dianna Gibson rules Utah legislature gerrymandered congressional districts to benefit Republicans, requiring new maps for 2026 midterm elections.

Trump says he is removing Lisa Cook from the Fed board

President Trump said Monday he is removing Lisa Cook from her position as a governor on the Federal Reserve board, saying there is "sufficient reason" to believe she made false statements on personal mortgage documents.

Keeping the Blue Slip

While the blue slip may be frustrating in specific instances, it’s a tool Republicans have used effectively over the last decade.

The Netherlands Already Allows Infant Euthanasia

In a more righteous world, allowing infanticide would make the Netherlands a pariah nation, but we have become morally stunted in the West.

Trump signs proclamation honoring service members slain in Abbey Gate attack in Afghanistan

President Trump Monday honored U.S. military members killed in the Abbey Gate disaster in Kabul, Afghanistan four years ago.

Trump says 15% tariffs on South Korea won’t change after meeting with President Lee Jae-myung

President Trump said the U.S. trade deal with South Korea will remain in place, with 15% tariffs on South Korean goods, after meeting Monday at the White House with President Lee Jae-myung in talks that also covered a shipbuilding deal, a potential summit with North Korea and the cost of U.S. troops stationed on the peninsula.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia re-arrested by ICE, judge blocks immediate deportation

ICE re-arrested Kilmar Abrego Garcia early Monday morning in preparation for a potential deportation to Uganda, but a federal judge ordered the government not to remove him -- for now.

Trump expands federal anti-crime agenda, enlists more agencies for the effort

President Trump on Monday ordered the National Guard to prepare for rapid deployment to fight crime across the country and enlisted more federal agencies to join his crime-fighting effort.

Trump is ready to replace Department of Defense with Department of War

President Trump said Monday he is ready to rename the Department of Defense to the Department of War, restoring a designation not used since 1947.

WATCH: DNC opens summer meeting with land acknowledgment, claims that US suppresses indigenous history

At the DNC's summer meeting, leaders began with a "land acknowledgment," including a claim that the U.S. fosters a system of suppression against Indigenous folks.

Trump opens door to 600,000 Chinese students amid Beijing trade talks

Trump signaled a thaw in US-China relations by proposing 600,000 student visas while maintaining tariffs and discussing potential meeting with Xi Jinping.

Chicago doesn’t need or want federal troops, Gov. Pritzker says

CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker pushed back Monday on a threat by President Donald Trump to deploy federal troops in Chicago to fight...

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