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White House frustrated by Israel’s onslaught but sees few options
As U.S. calls for a bombing pause have little effect, the shape of post-war Mideast — and the U.S.’s role in it — grows starkly uncertain.
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At Florida GOP summit, support for Trump overshadows DeSantis
DeSantis faced more defections in his home state and a crowd that was excited about his 2024 rival.
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Flooding D.C. streets and bashing Biden, thousands demand Gaza cease-fire
A broad coalition filled Freedom Plaza and marched to the White House, pressuring politicians for a cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza war and an end to U.S. aid to Israel.
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One year out, an unsettled country marks time for a 2024 showdown
Despite big events on the state, federal and international level, events of the year have yet to influence next year’s election.
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Democrats’ emotional divisions on Israel burst into public view
The raw emotions over Israel’s conduct are dividing the Democratic Party more than any other issue in recent memory.
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DeSantis group’s ad attacks Haley with facts but offers false conclusions
A pro-DeSantis super PAC suggests she made a national security blunder by welcoming a Chinese fiberglass company to South Carolina.
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How Speaker Mike Johnson’s plans for a Christian law school unraveled
Johnson vouched for the school, and agreed to serve as its dean, without seeing a key feasibility study, he would ultimately admit.
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House and Senate elections could provide historic reverse results
Both chambers face the possibility of the minority party winning next November, with each chamber flipping in the opposite political direction.
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Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell are on a collision course
The new House speaker and the Senate GOP leader are struggling to hold together their fractious conferences while clashing with each other on policy priorities.
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The strengths and weaknesses of legal attempts to disqualify Trump
The cases are unlike any in history against a candidate for president and present several issues that have been rarely addressed by courts.
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Gag order against Trump in Jan. 6 case put on hold by appellate court
A pause on Donald Trump’s gag order in his federal election interference trial in D.C. is in place as an appeals court reviews the matter.
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Trump appointee sentenced to nearly 6 years for attacking police on Jan. 6
Trump appointee Federico Klein considered it part of his “duties” to attend the Jan. 6 Trump rally and join protesters who mobbed the Capitol. He was sentenced to 70 months.
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Supreme Court agrees to review gun-rights challenge to bump stock ban
The federal ban on bump stocks was announced by the Trump administration after the devices were used in a 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip.
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Biden says consensus ‘ultimately possible’ in visit after Maine mass shooting
The president and first lady met with first responders, family members and survivors of a rampage that killed 18.
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Government trust falls, democracy erodes, yet feds appreciated, reports find
Trust in government is fading away, as is American democracy, according to reports. That worries the right and the left, for different reasons.
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Trump Jr. tells court artist ‘make me look sexy,’ points to fake SBF sketch
A fake — and flattering — courtroom sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried was the inspiration for Donald Trump Jr.’s request to the courtroom sketch artist during his family’s civil fraud trial.
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Why the Israel-Gaza war is so politically dicey for Biden
New polling reinforces how aligning with Israel — as Biden has done — could alienate key groups that already are unenthusiastic about the president.
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John Fetterman unleashed: ‘I’ve already been dead once’
John Fetterman is flouting expectations of what a senator looks and acts like, and stretching the boundaries of behavior in a political body often compared to a country club.
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Nikki Haley jokes about fellow presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’s boots
“We’ll see if he can run in ‘em,” Haley said on “of her GOP rival who has been accused of using footwear to appear taller.The Daily Show”
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Colorado judge weighs if Trump incited an insurrection, can run again
A Colorado judge is weighing whether Donald Trump incited an insurrection and is barred from running for president again.
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