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American Shopper2 years ago2 years ago01 mins

In this picture, there is a rock…just a plain old rock. We can say a lot of things about the rock. Perhaps it has magical powers? Maybe it’s from another planet, or even a pet rock. Maybe it can talk when no one is looking. And suppose it even has political views; some may say…

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Liberal Group to Air Ads Attacking Democrats for Confirming Trump Judges
Liberal Group to Air Ads Attacking Democrats for Confirming Trump Judges

The three being targeted are Senators John Fetterman, Maggie Hassan and Angus King, an independent who caucuses with Democrats. None are up for re-election next year. [...]

Fed Pick Puts Pressure on Bessent to Deliver for Trump
Fed Pick Puts Pressure on Bessent to Deliver for Trump

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is leading the search for the next Federal Reserve chair, could face President Trump’s wrath if the person chosen does not quickly lower interest rates. [...]

Why Harvard Has Not Reached a Deal with Trump
Why Harvard Has Not Reached a Deal with Trump

President Trump promised a deal last summer. Other universities have agreed to pay millions to settle with the federal government since then, but Harvard, which was asked to pay much [...]

Supreme Court Considers Whether Street Preacher Can Sue to Be Heard
Supreme Court Considers Whether Street Preacher Can Sue to Be Heard

Arrested after violating an ordinance on demonstrations outside an amphitheater in Brandon, Miss., Gabriel Olivier wants to block future enforcement of the law. [...]

How William Hendrix Became Part of a Racist, Antisemitic Group Chat for Young Republicans
How William Hendrix Became Part of a Racist, Antisemitic Group Chat for Young Republicans

William Hendrix wanted a life in politics. He found it, with the Young Republicans. [...]

Federal Judge Bars Some Warrantless Immigration Arrests in D.C.
Federal Judge Bars Some Warrantless Immigration Arrests in D.C.

The judge found that immigration agents were likely acting illegally when making arrests without a warrant. [...]

Heading Toward Midterms, the G.O.P. Continues to Slip
Heading Toward Midterms, the G.O.P. Continues to Slip

Almost every election night this year has gone poorly for the Republicans — a familiar position for the party that occupies the White House. [...]

Trump to Close Voice of America’s Overseas Offices and Radio Stations
Trump to Close Voice of America’s Overseas Offices and Radio Stations

The push to close the offices appears to contradict a federal judge’s order from April, which required Trump officials to resume operations at V.O.A. [...]

Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee House Race After a Trump-Led Rescue Mission
Matt Van Epps Wins Tennessee House Race After a Trump-Led Rescue Mission

Matt Van Epps fended off a Democrat to protect Republicans’ slim House majority, but the relatively close margin in a red district sent the party a warning shot before the [...]

Trump’s Shift on Afghan Immigrants

Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent, describes how President Trump’s latest immigration restrictions, after the shooting of two National Guard members by a man whom the authorities described as an [...]

GOP frets ‘dangerous’ result in Tennessee
GOP frets ‘dangerous’ result in Tennessee

Republicans are worried the slim margin of victory in Tuesday’s special election may spell doom in 2026. [...]

Mandela Barnes jumps into crowded race for Wisconsin governor
Mandela Barnes jumps into crowded race for Wisconsin governor

He’s not expected to clear the Democratic primary field. [...]

The Democrat who refuses to gerrymander
The Democrat who refuses to gerrymander

His party is on a cross-country redistricting win streak. But Maryland’s Senate president isn’t ready to go along. [...]

Top Mace adviser leaves her campaign, citing loyalty to Trump
Top Mace adviser leaves her campaign, citing loyalty to Trump

Austin McCubbin, a longtime GOP operative, announced his resignation in a pointed post on X on Monday. [...]

Indiana House releases draft congressional map that could net Republicans 2 seats
Indiana House releases draft congressional map that could net Republicans 2 seats

The proposed map still faces a number of obstacles in order to pass. [...]

Democrats’ path back to power is littered with primaries
Democrats’ path back to power is littered with primaries

Democrats face over a dozen contested primaries across the country exposing deep divisions in their ranks [...]

How Trump's base could break
How Trump's base could break

A significant portion of 2024 Trump voters — more than a third — do not consider themselves to be MAGA Republicans, according to The POLITICO Poll. [...]

The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of [...]

Mike Johnson set to huddle with Indiana Republicans amid redistricting fight
Mike Johnson set to huddle with Indiana Republicans amid redistricting fight

The meeting is an escalation of the speaker's involvement. [...]

How Trump targeting these Democrats could backfire
How Trump targeting these Democrats could backfire

The administration’s attacks have elevated the six moderate lawmakers who cut an anti-Trump video urging troops to disobey illegal orders. [...]

Cheers and alarm: 4 takeaways from the GOP's win in Tennessee
Cheers and alarm: 4 takeaways from the GOP's win in Tennessee

Republicans won Tennessee's hotly watched special U.S. House election Tuesday, but the single-digit margin in a conservative Nashville-area district was the party's latest warning sign ahead of next year's midterms.Driving [...]

Mainstream reporting is dominant as ever — with Trump's help
Mainstream reporting is dominant as ever — with Trump's help

President Trump came into office promising to decapitate mainstream media. He bullied and sued media companies, blocked or curtailed access for reporters, and elevated nontraditional news sources.Yet mainstream media ends [...]

Trump invites America's wealthiest to fund his presidency
Trump invites America's wealthiest to fund his presidency

Private wealth has become an operational arm of the Trump presidency, bankrolling pet projects and policies on a scale unmatched by any previous administration.Why it matters: The generosity of America's [...]

The three things keeping Sam Altman up at night
The three things keeping Sam Altman up at night

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is feeling three prongs of increased pressure that have him seeing red: Wall Street, chatbot users and Google.Why it matters: They're all testing a CEO known [...]

Trump administration halts all immigration applications from 19 countries
Trump administration halts all immigration applications from 19 countries

The Trump administration paused all immigration applications from 19 countries it determined to be "high-risk," per a Tuesday evening U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services memorandum.The big picture: The action marks [...]

What to know about Trump's claim that Biden's autopen-signed docs are now "null, void"
What to know about Trump's claim that Biden's autopen-signed docs are now "null, void"

President Trump once again declared that pardons and other measures that former President Biden signed using the autopen are no longer effective in a Tuesday evening Truth Social post. The [...]

This highly contagious "winter vomiting disease" is surging across the country
This highly contagious "winter vomiting disease" is surging across the country

A norovirus that causes extreme vomiting is on the rise again.Why it matters: Nicknamed the "winter vomiting disease," the highly contagious norovirus has arrived weeks ahead of expectations, per the [...]

Scoop: Pentagon's internal "Signalgate" review sent to Congress
Scoop: Pentagon's internal "Signalgate" review sent to Congress

A redacted and unclassified version of the Defense Department's review of the use of private messaging apps to discuss military operations will be released Thursday, according to multiple sources.Why it [...]

"More lies from the speaker": Top Republicans erupt in rare public feud
"More lies from the speaker": Top Republicans erupt in rare public feud

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) is publicly feuding with Mike Johnson over a provision related to FBI probes of political candidates that she claims the House speaker blocked from inclusion in [...]

Dems claim Trump officials withheld critical info in classified briefings
Dems claim Trump officials withheld critical info in classified briefings

Key Senate Democrats told Axios that the Trump administration did not inform lawmakers of a second strike against survivors of attacks on suspected drug trafficking boats from Venezuela.Why it matters: [...]

Rural Labour MPs signal concern at farm tax plans
Rural Labour MPs signal concern at farm tax plans

Dozens of the party's rural backbenchers are thought to have abstained at an initial vote on the plans. [...]

MPs warn China spy trial failures could happen again
MPs warn China spy trial failures could happen again

A damning report finds a “shambolic” system could lead to future espionage cases being dropped. [...]

Government racks up £100m bill responding to Covid inquiry
Government racks up £100m bill responding to Covid inquiry

BBC analysis shows cost to taxpayer is 50% higher than thought, with inquiry's own costs at £192m. [...]

Chinese mega embassy could bring security advantages, says No 10
Chinese mega embassy could bring security advantages, says No 10

Some believe China's mega-embassy could be a hub for espionage in the heart of London. [...]

Army fixing 6,000 support trucks grounded over safety issues
Army fixing 6,000 support trucks grounded over safety issues

Defence Minister Luke Pollard tells MPs fixing safety issues when they are reported is standard practice. [...]

Reform politician's racist Chinese slur 'caused a lot of hurt'
Reform politician's racist Chinese slur 'caused a lot of hurt'

Members of Wales' Chinese community say seeing a politician use a racist slur is "very upsetting". [...]

Ex-ballerina and former minister in race to be next Lord Speaker
Ex-ballerina and former minister in race to be next Lord Speaker

Deborah Bull and Michael Forsyth are the two candidates standing to replace Lord McFall of Alcluith. [...]

Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years
Jury trials scrapped for crimes with sentences of less than three years

The reforms are being brought in to tackle unprecedented delays in the Crown Court. [...]

Twelve more prisoners released in error, with two still missing, says Lammy
Twelve more prisoners released in error, with two still missing, says Lammy

The releases happened in the past three weeks, coming on top of 91 prisoners who were freed by mistake between April and October. [...]

Reeves speech did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Reeves speech did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official

Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was "not inconsistent" with the situation she faced. [...]

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