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Dick Cheney Called Trump “The Greatest Threat to the Republic.”
Dick Cheney died Tuesday at 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiovascular disease that plagued him throughout his adult life. The former vice president who served alongside George W. Bush from 2001 to 2009 was the most powerful second-in-command in American history – the architect of the...
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New York City Mayoral Race Sees Record Turnout as Polls Close on Mamdani-Cuomo Showdown
Polls closed in New York City Tuesday night in a mayoral race that drew more than 2 million voters – the first time turnout has exceeded that threshold since 1969. The contest pits Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist who won the Democratic primary, against Andrew Cuomo, the former...
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Zohran Mamdani Wins New York City Mayor’s Race, Becoming First Muslim to Hold Office
The old guard has fallen. The political machine that defined New York politics for a generation has been decisively broken. In a stunning and historic election with the highest voter turnout in decades, the “capital of capitalism” has been handed over to a new, radical, and profoundly different...
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The SCOTUS Tariff Case That Could Redefine Presidential Power
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sat in the middle rows of the Supreme Court chamber Wednesday, flanked by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. The three men responsible for negotiating Trump’s trade deals watched as the justices spent two and a half hours...
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NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani Names All-Female Transition Team Including Former FTC Chair Lina Khan
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday that former Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan will co-chair his all-female mayoral transition team, sending a clear signal about the direction his administration will take when he’s sworn in January 1. Khan, who aggressively...
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Trump Renews War on NYC Congestion Fee, Threatens to “Terminate” $17 Billion Hudson Tunnel Project
The battle for the future of New York City’s traffic is heading for another major collision between state and federal power. President Trump has just renewed his promise to kill the city’s controversial congestion pricing plan, ordering his Transportation Secretary to once again find a way to...
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Rep. Brandon Gill Files Impeachment Articles Against Judge James Boasberg Over ‘Arctic Frost’ Probe
A Republican lawmaker has taken the extraordinary and rarely used step of introducing articles of impeachment against a sitting federal judge, escalating a brutal political war over the separation of powers . Representative Brandon Gill of Texas on Tuesday filed a resolution to impeach U.S....
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Trump Says His Supreme Court Tariff Case is “Life or Death” for America. Here’s Why He Might Be Right.
The nine justices of the Supreme Court are about to hear arguments in a case that could fundamentally redraw the map of power in Washington. The case, which the President has just framed as “literally, LIFE OR DEATH for our country,” is not about a social issue. It is about one of the oldest,...
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Government Shutdown Set to Become Longest in U.S. History as Democrats Block GOP Bill
The lights in the federal government are staying off. A tense and predictable vote on the Senate floor has just ensured that the United States will officially enter the longest government shutdown in its history, a moment of profound institutional failure. Senate Democrats, for the 14th time, have...
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As Polls Close in Virginia, a Verdict on Trump’s Second Term Begins
The polls have officially closed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and a nervous nation is watching. Tonight’s off-year elections in Virginia and New Jersey are the first major electoral test of President Donald Trump’s second term. These state-level races are being anxiously monitored as a...
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With Hours to Spare, Federal Judges Step in to Stop Trump from Cutting Off Food Stamps for 42 Million Americans
The clock was just hours away from striking midnight on the first of the month, a deadline that threatened to plunge 42 million Americans into a food crisis. As the government shutdown dragged on, the nation’s food stamp program was set to go dark. In a last-minute, dramatic intervention, the...
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Trump’s “Proof of Citizenship” Order Just Got Killed
The long and heated war over who gets to set the rules for America’s elections has just seen a decisive battle. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has issued a permanent, final ruling on the President’s attempt to unilaterally change how Americans register to vote. U.S. District Judge Colleen...
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Jury Acquits Man Who Wrote He’d “Twist the Knife” in Trump, a Major Rebuke to DOJ
The words were vile, specific, and violent. A former Coast Guard officer wrote online that he wanted someone to “take the shot” at President Trump, adding that he “would twist the knife after sliding it into [Trump’s] fatty flesh” and would “pitch in” for a hitman. The Department of...
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GOP Senators Call for Impeachment of ‘Activist’ Judge Boasberg for Spying on Trump Allies in Jan. 6 Probe
A firestorm has erupted on Capitol Hill, aimed directly at a single, powerful federal judge. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is facing a torrent of criticism from Republican senators, with some even calling for his impeachment, after it was revealed he signed off on subpoenas for their phone...
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Tucker Carlson’s Interview with Nick Fuentes Signals a Mainstreaming of Extremism, Splitting the GOP
A political “civil war” has been raging within the conservative movement, a battle for its very soul. This week, the shooting has stopped, and a victor has been declared. The man who says “Hitler is awesome” has been welcomed in from the cold. The friendly, legitimizing interview of white...
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Trump Threatens to “Choke” NYC if “Communist” Mamdani Wins
The race for mayor of New York City has just been nationalized in the most dramatic way possible. On the eve of the election, the President of the United States has intervened, not just with an endorsement, but with a direct and constitutionally explosive threat against the city’s 8 million...
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Court Rulings Force Trump Administration to Partially Fund SNAP Benefits Amid Shutdown
A looming hunger crisis has been narrowly – and perhaps only temporarily – averted. Following a pair of federal court orders, the Trump administration announced Monday it will secure “partial funding” for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , more commonly known as food...
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25 States Sue Trump Administration Over Decision to Withhold $9.2 Billion in SNAP Benefits During Shutdown
Twenty-five Democratic governors and attorneys general filed an emergency lawsuit Tuesday demanding the Trump administration release $9.2 billion in food stamp benefits for November, warning that 42 million Americans will lose SNAP assistance starting November 1 if the government shutdown...
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The Twenty-Seventh Amendment Meets Day 30: Why the Founders Made Sure Congress Always Gets Paid
Senator Lindsey Graham wants to amend the Constitution to force members of Congress to forfeit their paychecks during government shutdowns. He introduced the proposal Wednesday – on day 30 of a shutdown that has left 1.3 million federal workers unpaid while senators and representatives continue...
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ICE Struggling to Meet Aggressive Hiring Goals Despite Lowered Standards and Ad Blitz
Congress handed the agency a blank check, a mandate to more than double its size in a matter of months. But the massive hiring surge at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is running into a hard reality: finding qualified recruits is proving far more difficult than lawmakers anticipated....
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