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NCAA president says it would be a 'mistake' to 'walk away' from Protect College Sports Act

Charlie Baker, the president of the NCAA, said the Protect College Sports Act effectively “deals with” many of the issues facing his industry....

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Max Rego

Kentucky, Rhode Island towns highlight July 4 celebrations without 'political conversations'

Millions of Americans celebrated the country’s 250th birthday on Saturday, with cities large and small coming together to mark the occasion in their...

yesterday 0

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Max Rego

Trump to host opening bell ceremony Monday to celebrate Trump Accounts

President Trump will host officials from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq in the Oval Office on Monday, to mark his administration’s...

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Max Rego

White House brands Smithsonian's American history museum leaders as 'extreme' activists

A new report from the White House Domestic Policy Council labels leaders at the Smithsonian Institution as “extreme” activists attempting to...

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Max Rego

Florida Republican calls Haitians' deportation after TPS ruling a ‘huge mistake’

Florida Rep. Carlos Giménez (R) on Sunday said efforts to deport Haitians after the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Trump administration’s...

yesterday 3

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Ashleigh Fields

Retired general: U.S. has 'got to stop' Iran from maintaining control of Strait of Hormuz

Retired Gen. Jack Keane on Sunday said the U.S. has "got to stop" Iran from maintaining control of the Strait of Hormuz. "Certainly, if Iran does any...

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Ryan Mancini

Trump restrictions on private AI models turns attention to open source

The Trump administration’s latest restrictions on private AI model releases is ramping up the push for open-source alternatives. Under President...

yesterday 1

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Miranda Nazzaro

Florida Republican: Trump should seek to ‘normalize’ longtime US immigrants

Florida Rep. Carlos Giménez (R) on Sunday said President Trump should seek to “normalize” longtime U.S. immigrants as his administration grapples...

yesterday 3

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Ashleigh Fields

Trump to huddle with Zelensky, Syrian leader at NATO Summit

President Trump will meet Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, during his trip to Turkey for...

yesterday 1

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Max Rego

Former CDC chief medical officer says RFK Jr. caused ‘irreparable harm’

Dr. Debra Houry, the former chief medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), decried the direction of the agency under...

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Max Rego

Trump hails FIFA's red card reversal for Team USA’s Balogun in World Cup

President Trump on Sunday hailed FIFA’s decision to reverse a red card handed to Team USA’s Folarin Balogun during the match against Bosnia and...

yesterday 8

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Ashleigh Fields

McMorrow suspends campaign for Michigan Senate seat

Michigan Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow (D) suspended her campaign on Sunday, amid low polling numbers in the race. “Today, I’m announcing that...

yesterday 8

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Max Rego

It’s not 'just' to erase someone's home equity

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that property owners are not entitled to fair market value when the government seizes and sells their home to satisfy a...

yesterday 0

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Anastasia Boden

Wes Moore: There is 'something fundamentally wrong' with Trump making $1B in crypto money

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) on Sunday said there “is something wrong” with President Trump making $1 billion in cryptocurrency. “I do have an...

yesterday 1

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Ryan Mancini

Shapiro calls Vance's language in foreign policy speeches ‘dangerous and destructive’

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said Vice President Vance’s language in foreign policy speeches has been “dangerous” and “destructive" on...

yesterday 7

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Ashleigh Fields

Wes Moore distances from democratic socialist ideas: 'I do not prescribe to an ideology'

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) distanced himself from some of the ideas previously promoted by democratic socialist candidates, saying he does not...

yesterday 1

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Ryan Mancini

How Trump can win back allies and rejuvenate US diplomacy on Iran

Two areas where concerted diplomacy could still materially improve the outcome stand out.

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John Hannah

Why are American women ‘underbabied’?

The U.S. is facing a declining birth rate due to a lack of paid leave, discrimination against pregnant workers, unaffordable childcare, and wage gaps...

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Wendy Chavkin

Mike Johnson: 14th Amendment 'devalued' by 'birthright tourism'

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said "birthright tourism" has "devalued" the 14th Amendment after President Trump called on Congress to tackle...

yesterday 4

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Ryan Mancini

Shapiro: Trump ‘accumulated way more power than our founders would have hoped’

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Sunday said following President Trump's Independence Day address that the commander in chief has...

yesterday 8

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Ashleigh Fields

Johnson says House will pass SAVE America Act 'one more time' in reconciliation bill

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said the House will attempt to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act "one more time"...

yesterday 3

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Ryan Mancini

Mike Johnson on democratic socialist candidates: 'There are many Mamdani's popping up'

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday said "there are many Mamdani's popping up," referring to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) in talking...

yesterday 3

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Ryan Mancini

Hegseth goes quiet on Iran as Trump pursues diplomacy

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was the Trump administration’s frontman for waging war on Iran during weeks of kinetic operations aimed at decimating...

yesterday 9

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Filip Timotija

Burgum on algae in Reflecting Pool: ‘All gone’

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Sunday said the algae in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is “all gone” after a $14.6 million renovation to...

yesterday 9

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Ashleigh Fields

To unlock agentic AI's promise for government, America must build reliability

The promise of agentic AI is massive — the problem is we cannot currently deploy agentic AI at scale, because today's systems are not yet reliable...

yesterday 2

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Mark Beall

Burgum defends white nationalist group’s Independence Day march, citing First Amendment

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Sunday said he disagreed with the beliefs of a white nationalist group that marched through the nation’s capital...

yesterday 6

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Ashleigh Fields

Space travel’s heavyweights ponder a future with antimatter rockets

The technology could be used to send probes across interstellar space to other star systems.

yesterday 1

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Mark R. Whittington

Trump touts ‘best fireworks show, EVER’ after 250th speech, weather delays

President Trump in a late night post praised Saturday’s fireworks show in Washington, D.C., describing the explosive display across the night sky as...

yesterday 8

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Ashleigh Fields

At least 8 people shot, including 4 children, in New York's Coney Island on July 4: Reports

Around 8 people, including 4 children, were shot in Brooklyn's Coney Island during the Fourth of July festivities late Saturday night, according to...

yesterday 10

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Ryan Mancini

Live updates: Trump, nation celebrate America 250

President Trump marked the nation's 250th birthday with a late Saturday night speech that blended the championing of American achievements with...

yesterday 10

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The Hill Staff

Trump, in July 4 speech, says he 'wasn't treated that well' despite American right to equal justice

President Trump on Saturday said in his Fourth of July speech on the National Mall that he "wasn't treated that well" in a reference to his legal...

yesterday 10

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Ryan Mancini

Watergate led to new ethical guardrails. Trump is tearing them down.

Vice President Vance insists that, these days, Watergate would amount to little more than “a 12-hour news story." We draw different lessons.

yesterday 3

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David Wippman And Glenn C. Altschuler

Manchin blames Democratic divisions on 'void of leadership'

Former independent Sen. Joe Manchin (W.V.) blamed the Democratic Party’s “void in leadership” on internal splits over the rise of democratic...

yesterday 20

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Sarah Davis

FOR INSIDERS | Supreme Court's 6-3 cases: When did justices split along ideological lines?

The Supreme Court split along its 6-3 ideological lines in nearly a quarter of the argued cases this term. The battles were big and small, from...

yesterday 7

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Zach Schonfeld

Wins by the far-left set up challenge for Hakeem Jeffries

The growing wave of primary victories by democratic socialists is poised to pose a major challenge for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)...

yesterday 5

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Sudiksha Kochi

Trump celebrates America’s 250th anniversary in weather-delayed, sometimes partisan speech

President Trump capped off the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding with a late-night speech delayed by inclement weather that blended the...

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Sophie Brams

Paul Pelosi involved hit-and-run crash, could face misdemeanor charges

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) husband is facing possible misdemeanor charges after he was involved in a hit-and-run in California...

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Sophie Brams

Trump pardons 11 people ahead of July 4, including Clean Air Act violators: What to know

President Donald Trump pardoned 11 people on Friday, including nine people who were convicted of violating a federal air pollution law, a White House...

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Finya Swai

5 governor’s seats most likely to flip

Three dozen states are holding elections for governor in November, teeing up a test in several of the battleground states President Trump won in 2024....

previous day 8

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Caroline Vakil

White supremacist group marches on mall

Masked demonstrators were seen marching through Washington, D.C.’s Eastern Market neighborhood on Saturday as the nation celebrated its 250th...

previous day 4

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Finya Swai

Sunday shows preview: After America 250, GOP shifts focus back to Trump's agenda

Millions of Americans turned out to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence this weekend, even as sweltering heat gripped much of the country...

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Sophie Brams

Watch live: Donald Trump to give major speech as America celebrates 250th anniversary

President Trump is expected to hold a "long" speech on the National Mall Saturday evening as the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, even as record heat...

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The Hill Staff

The Atlantic republishes JD Vance’s Trump op-ed from 2016

The Atlantic on Saturday republished Vice President Vance’s essay, originally published exactly 10 years ago on July 4, reviving some of the more...

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Finya Swai

Trump, Bessent preview new currency bearing his signature

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday showed off the new U.S. currency featuring President Trump’s signature, which is set to enter circulation...

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Sophie Brams

Trump sneaks in Nobel Prize jab while touting America's achievements

President Trump slipped a familiar grievance into his remarks at Mount Rushmore on the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday, complaining about not...

previous day 3

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Sophie Brams

'Liberty of action' is an overlooked freedom

Alexis de Tocqueville's concept of "liberty of action" is still relevant today, as people come together to make a positive difference in their...

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Frederick J. Riley

Former presidents reflect on America at 250: ‘Constant work in progress’

Former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton on Saturday marked the U.S.’s 250th birthday with messages reflecting on...

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Finya Swai

Celebrities counter Trump's America 250 rhetoric with ‘On Tyranny’ reading

A star-studded cast released a reading of Timothy Snyder’s popular anti-propagandist book “On Tyranny” as counterprogramming to the White...

previous day 10

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Sarah Davis

The record shows the Supreme Court is not a partisan institution

Unanimous or near-unanimous decisions and cross-partisan voting coalitions are the norm at the court.

previous day 1

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Matthew Brogdon

USPS unveils Declaration of Independence stamps for America 250

The United States Postal Service (USPS) on Saturday unveiled a new commemorative stamp honoring the Declaration of Independence as the nation...

previous day 2

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Finya Swai