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Republicans scramble to shield their states from Trump’s next wave of tariffs

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Meredith Lee Hill

IRS upheaval cracks agency resistance to data sharing with immigration officials

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Bernie Becker

Musk defends million-dollar giveaways in Wisconsin

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Shia Kapos

'Ball game over': Trump's rural support could make or break the Wisconsin Supreme Court race

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Liz Crampton

The Trump family is cashing in on crypto. It’s creating problems in Congress.

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Jasper Goodman

‘They’re Laying the Groundwork for Things to Get Worse’: Why Trump’s Economic Messaging Isn’t Calming Wall Street

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Sam Sutton

The Great Grovel: How Trump forced elite institutions to bend to his will

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John F. Harris

Atlantic editor: ‘Phone numbers don't just get sucked into other phones’

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Amanda Friedman

Trump threatens to bomb Iran if nuclear deal can’t be reached

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Amanda Friedman

Trump, Bad Bunny and Puerto Rico’s Perennially Broken Power Grid

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Gloria Gonzalez

The MAGA ‘celebrity’ trying to turn New Jersey red in 2025

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Madison Fernandez

The hidden trend behind Latinos’ shift toward Trump

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Jessica Piper

Big questions surround AOC as insiders ponder the future of progressivism

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Holly Otterbein

Senate GOP to start moving budget plan as soon as Wednesday

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Meredith Lee Hill

Trump officials, allies grow anxious about April 2 tariffs

Trump officials, allies grow anxious about April 2 tariffs

Trump officials, allies grow anxious about April 2 tariffs The president continues to throw curveballs at businesses — and even his own team....

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Rachael Bade

Lawmakers and industry groups blast away at DOE project kill list

Lawmakers and industry groups blast away at DOE project kill list

Lawmakers and industry groups blast away at DOE project kill list Draft lists of potential cuts have been rocketing around Capitol Hill this week,...

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James Bikales

Justice Sonia Sotomayor dunks on Trump — without naming him once

Justice Sonia Sotomayor dunks on Trump — without naming him once

Justice Sonia Sotomayor dunks on Trump — without naming him once And she had words for Trump allies with JDs who have amplified the president’s...

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Josh Gerstein

In private meeting, Vance and top advisers suggested Trump oust Waltz

In private meeting, Vance and top advisers suggested Trump oust Waltz

In private meeting, Vance and top advisers suggested Trump oust Waltz The national security adviser almost got fired. He still might. White House...

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Rachael Bade

Will Michael Bennet Shift his Fight Against Trump to the State House?

Will Michael Bennet Shift his Fight Against Trump to the State House?

Column | On Politics Will Michael Bennet Shift his Fight Against Trump to the State House? The Colorado senator, raised to revere the world’s...

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Jonathan Martin

White House Correspondents’ Association cancels comedian headliner for annual dinner

White House Correspondents’ Association cancels comedian headliner for annual dinner

White House Correspondents’ Association cancels comedian headliner for annual dinner The group’s board unanimously decided it would no longer...

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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing

‘He Thinks He and Putin Are Friends’: John Bolton on How Trump Gets Manipulated

‘He Thinks He and Putin Are Friends’: John Bolton on How Trump Gets Manipulated

Q&A ‘He Thinks He and Putin Are Friends’: John Bolton on How Trump Gets Manipulated Trump’s former national security adviser lets loose on the...

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Rachael Bade

‘I promise I’ll behave’: Congress’ most mercurial Republican faces DOGE, Signalgate anger

‘I promise I’ll behave’: Congress’ most mercurial Republican faces DOGE, Signalgate anger

‘I promise I’ll behave’: Congress’ most mercurial Republican faces DOGE, Signalgate anger A furious crowd confronted Indiana Rep. Victoria...

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Adam Wren

This progressive leader has a strategy for Dems: Drop the purity tests, and ‘pick villains’ in the GOP

This progressive leader has a strategy for Dems: Drop the purity tests, and ‘pick villains’ in the GOP

This progressive leader has a strategy for Dems: Drop the purity tests, and ‘pick villains’ in the GOP A millennial Texan offers advice for how...

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Elena Schneider

Appeals court clears way for Trump to fire leaders of ‘independent’ federal agencies

Appeals court clears way for Trump to fire leaders of ‘independent’ federal agencies

Appeals court clears way for Trump to fire leaders of ‘independent’ federal agencies The ruling is a victory for Trump’s effort to control...

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Kyle Cheney

Vance, citing threats from Russia and China, urges Greenland to ‘cut a deal’ with the U.S.

Vance, citing threats from Russia and China, urges Greenland to ‘cut a deal’ with the U.S.

Vance, citing threats from Russia and China, urges Greenland to ‘cut a deal’ with the U.S. “When the president says ‘We’ve got to have...

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Irie Sentner

Trump zeros in on two state officials as FEMA finalists

Trump zeros in on two state officials as FEMA finalists

Exclusive Trump zeros in on two state officials as FEMA finalists The White House interviewed emergency management leaders of Texas and Florida for...

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Thomas Frank

Trump administration sues to end some federal workers’ union contracts

Trump administration sues to end some federal workers’ union contracts

Trump administration sues to end some federal workers’ union contracts The lawsuit comes after Trump issued an executive order moving to strip most...

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Hassan Ali Kanu

Cuomo held up Citi Field mass vaccine site amid beef with de Blasio

Cuomo held up Citi Field mass vaccine site amid beef with de Blasio

Cuomo held up Citi Field mass vaccine site amid beef with de Blasio The account, shared by nine people involved in New York’s pandemic response,...

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Sally Goldenberg

‘If We Don’t Get Our S--t Together, Then We Are Going to Be in a Permanent Minority’

‘If We Don’t Get Our S--t Together, Then We Are Going to Be in a Permanent Minority’

The Friday Read ‘If We Don’t Get Our S--t Together, Then We Are Going to Be in a Permanent Minority’ It’s been months since Democrats suffered a...

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Holly Otterbein

Vance to wipe ‘improper ideology’ from the Smithsonian

Vance to wipe ‘improper ideology’ from the Smithsonian

Vance to wipe ‘improper ideology’ from the Smithsonian The project offers the vice president the opportunity to make headway on his yearslong...

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Irie Sentner

Trump moves to strip unionization rights from most federal workers

Trump moves to strip unionization rights from most federal workers

Trump moves to strip unionization rights from most federal workers It’s the latest effort in the president’s drive to disempower the federal...

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Hassan Ali Kanu

Here’s who members of Houthi PC Small Group are blaming

Here’s who members of Houthi PC Small Group are blaming

Here’s who members of Houthi PC Small Group are blaming None of them have expressed any reservations about discussing the sensitive material on...

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Eric Bazail-Eimil

Rubio says State Department has revoked more than 300 student visas

Rubio says State Department has revoked more than 300 student visas

Rubio says State Department has revoked more than 300 student visas Marco Rubio said his department is “looking every day” for other visas to...

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Ali Bianco

Fearing Trump cuts, California Democrat proposes creating state’s own NIH

Fearing Trump cuts, California Democrat proposes creating state’s own NIH

Exclusive Fearing Trump cuts, California Democrat proposes creating state’s own NIH The ambitious state lawmaker argues moves by Elon Musk and...

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Rachel Bluth

Trump changes his tune on Signalgate: ‘I always thought it was Mike’

Trump changes his tune on Signalgate: ‘I always thought it was Mike’

Trump changes his tune on Signalgate: ‘I always thought it was Mike’ Some military and government officials have expressed concern about the...

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Jake Traylor

White House yanks Stefanik’s UN nomination

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Megan Messerly

Trump leads GOP cavalry effort in Florida amid election worries in Mike Waltz’s old district

Trump leads GOP cavalry effort in Florida amid election worries in Mike Waltz’s old district

Trump leads GOP cavalry effort in Florida amid election worries in Mike Waltz’s old district The president is doing a tele-town hall in support of...

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Kimberly Leonard

Stefanik will rejoin House GOP leadership, Johnson confirms

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik will return to House Republican leadership after President Donald Trump withdrew her nomination to be U.S. ambassador...

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Meredith Lee Hill

America’s got talent: Inside the scramble to hire federal workers fired by DOGE

America’s got talent: Inside the scramble to hire federal workers fired by DOGE

America’s got talent: Inside the scramble to hire federal workers fired by DOGE As Elon Musk’s team has thrown thousands of federal employees...

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Liz Crampton

RFK Jr.'s food stamp plan fuels tension with USDA

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Adam Cancryn

What Was Insane and What Was Normal About the Signal Group Chat

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Nahal Toosi

‘Painful period’: RFK Jr. eliminates 10,000 jobs at HHS

‘Painful period’: RFK Jr. eliminates 10,000 jobs at HHS

‘Painful period’: RFK Jr. eliminates 10,000 jobs at HHS The cuts amount to more than 20 percent of staff. ‘Painful period’: RFK Jr. lays off 10,000...

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Chelsea Cirruzzo

The country’s most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner.

The country’s most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner.

The country’s most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump. The Atlantic just backed him into a corner. The president has used a strongman...

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Irie Sentner

White House press secretary declines to rule out firings over Signal leak scandal

White House press secretary declines to rule out firings over Signal leak scandal

White House press secretary declines to rule out firings over Signal leak scandal Karoline Leavitt confirmed President Donald Trump has seen the...

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Jake Traylor

What the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mega-rallies are really about

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Holly Otterbein

The lawsuit over Signalgate was just assigned to one of Trump’s least favorite judges

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Kyle Cheney

'The White House is in denial': A Republican rejects the latest group-chat deflections

A Republican lawmaker is rejecting White House efforts to downplay the inadvertent sharing of military attack plans with a journalist on an...

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Meredith Lee Hill

‘Clearly classified information’: Democrats deride Trump officials’ response to texts

‘Clearly classified information’: Democrats deride Trump officials’ response to texts

‘Clearly classified information’: Democrats deride Trump officials’ response to texts Trump administration spy chiefs had difficulty fending off...

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Amy Mackinnon

Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence. It wasn’t as smooth behind the scenes.

Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence. It wasn’t as smooth behind the scenes.

Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence. It wasn’t as smooth behind the scenes. The fight over Waltz’s survival shows the administration is obsessed...

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Megan Messerly

Trump’s trade war hits home on ‘the front line of Canada’

Trump’s trade war hits home on ‘the front line of Canada’ Border town residents are adapting to a changing relationship with their U.S. neighbors...

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Nick Taylor-Vaisey