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Portugal holds a third general election in 3 years. But the vote might not end the political turmoil

Voters in Portugal returned to the polls on Sunday for a third general election in three years, as the country's increasingly fragmented political landscape defies efforts to unite behind policies on pressing national issues such as immigration, housing and the cost of living.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Qatar luxury jet is ‘gift to the American government’

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed Sunday the criticism President Trump has received over his plan to accept a $400 million luxury jet from the Qatari royal family.

On the White House website under Trump, there’s a sporadic commitment to documentation

A look at some of what's missing from the Trump White House's website:

Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers

Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court's greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings.

Pope Leo is going to oversee a revival of traditional Catholicism in America

On June 7, the Catholic Diocese of Arlington, on the border of Washington, D.C., will ordain 12 men to the priesthood. That may not sound like a lot, but in a diocese with fewer than 500,000 Catholics, it is a remarkable number, especially at a time when young people have largely rejected organized religion, let […]

Netanyahu is not America’s ally — and Trump finally knows it

Netanyahu's manipulation of American aid and his pursuit of power through war, rather than a genuine desire to ally with the U.S., is what needs to be condemned.

Virginia Dem: GOP tax cuts would be on ‘backs of millions of Americans’

Rep. Jennifer McClellan warned that the proposed tax cuts in GOP budget proposals would hurt millions of Americans who rely on Medicaid and food stamps, while Republicans argue that the potential savings from Medicaid work requirements and SNAP funding would help cover tax cuts.

Hitchhiker’s Guide to where the ‘big, beautiful bill’ stands, and what happens Sunday in the Budget Committee

House Republicans are negotiating bill agreements on green energy tax credits, Medicaid work requirements and more, with a Budget Committee meeting set for Sunday night.

Johnson pushes ‘aggressive’ timetable for House to pass Trump’s budget bill after GOP mutiny: ‘We cannot fail’

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he believes House Republicans can reach a deal on Medicaid work requirements and pass President Donald Trump's tax bill by Memorial Day.

Biden’s woes converge: Last-minute pardons under fire, calls for prosecution mount following Hur tape release

The release of special counsel Robert Hur's interview of President Joe Biden opened the floodgates for calls to investigate the autopen and Biden's pardons ahead of leaving office.

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