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Trump vs. the racists, an Obama-esque Iran play and other commentary

“The political Right has come to accept that if there must be a civil-rights regime, it should be one of its own making,” observes...

The mad world vision inside Zohran Mamdani’s head

The mayor of New York City is a figure of national importance, even though no one in the past century has risen from City...

Sen. Van Hollen travels to El Salvador to demand return of deported MS-13 suspect

Sen. Chris Van Hollen made a pilgrimage to El Salvador Wednesday to demand the country release Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whom the U.S. deported last month, saying he was "illegally abducted" from Maryland and must be sent back.

Block of House Republicans warn they won’t support deep cuts to Medicaid

A group of House Republicans warned Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team that they would not help pass President Trump's agenda if it includes deep cuts to Medicaid.

Cuts to NASA science budget sees bipartisan opposition

The bipartisan chairs of the congressional planetary science caucus have come out against the White House's proposed NASA budget cuts in the first instance of across-the-aisle opposition to the plan.

Fiscal conservatives, small businesses warn against raising top tax rate

Conservative activists and small businesses pushed back on the White House and Congressional Republicans considering raising taxes on the country's highest earners.

Democrats defend wife-beaters and Hamas fans to #Resist Trump’s greatest success

Nine months before Rosa Parks became an American heroine over her refusal to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus, another black woman was arrested for the exact same defiance. Claudette Colvin was far from the first black American to be arrested under the tyranny of Jim Crow. But by 1955, the NAACP […]

Takeaways from the early midterm election fundraising numbers

As campaigns gear up for the midterm elections next year, both Democrats and Republicans are claiming fundraising victories. In the open Senate seats in Michigan, Minnesota, and New Hampshire, all currently under Democratic control, Democrats are off to a hot start. Much of the advantage is due to the fact that, while the seats are […]

Did Gavin Newsom just do something useful?

Democrats like Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) may have called the Supreme Court “evil” after it held that the Clean Air Act didn’t empower the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate coal plants out of existence, but now Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is citing that very precedent in his new suit challenging President Donald Trump’s tariff regime. […]

London mayor says US trade war would be ‘bad for all of us’

London Mayor Sadiq Khan said in a Wednesday interview that a trade war between the United States and any country would be “bad for all of us.” In an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Khan said he hopes the United Kingdom secures a deal to mitigate the impact of President Trump's tariff. Still, he warned of...

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