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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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Trump Blasts Henry Cuellar, Democrat Lawmaker, for Not Switching Parties After Pardon
Trump Blasts Henry Cuellar, Democrat Lawmaker, for Not Switching Parties After Pardon

Days after pardoning him, President Trump accused Representative Henry Cuellar of Texas of disloyalty for not switching to the Republican Party. [...]

Trump Set to Host the Kennedy Center Honors

Past presidents have attended the marquee event, but on Sunday Mr. Trump is the first to host it, putting his cultural takeover of Washington in sharp relief. [...]

Democrats Call for Releasing Video of Deadly Boat Strike in the Caribbean
Democrats Call for Releasing Video of Deadly Boat Strike in the Caribbean

Top Democratic lawmakers who have seen the footage said Sunday that making the video public would provide transparency around the strikes that killed two survivors on Sept. 2. [...]

Superpower Competition: The Missing Chapter in Trump’s Security Strategy
Superpower Competition: The Missing Chapter in Trump’s Security Strategy

President Trump is shifting from discussion of the long-lasting competition among the world’s biggest economies and nuclear powers. [...]

Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies
Presidential Power Gets Tested Before Supreme Court After Long Conservative Project to Shrink Agencies

President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics. [...]

The Impact of Trump’s Slipping Approval Rating

After months of holding steady, President Trump‘s approval rating has dipped over the past several weeks, according to a New York Times analysis of public polling. [...]

For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle
For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President Trump’s actions. [...]

4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record
4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record

A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that they created an opening for a more aggressive Trump administration agenda. [...]

A Small Illinois City at the Center of a Seismic Shift in Abortion Access
A Small Illinois City at the Center of a Seismic Shift in Abortion Access

Carbondale, Ill., a liberal enclave within driving distance of 10 states with abortion bans, has become a hub for the procedure. Last year there were nearly 11,000 abortions in this [...]

How Biden Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration
How Biden Lost Americans’ Faith in Immigration

The Democratic president and his top advisers rejected recommendations that could have eased the border crisis that helped return Donald Trump to the White House. [...]

A MAGA World Cup? | The Playbook Podcast
A MAGA World Cup? | The Playbook Podcast

A MAGA World Cup? | The Playbook Podcast lead image [...]

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 [...]

Economy & Education: U.S. trade rep. Greer and teacher's union head Weingarten | The Conversation
Economy & Education: U.S. trade rep. Greer and teacher's union head Weingarten | The Conversation

Economy & Education: U.S. trade rep. Greer and teacher's union head Weingarten | The Conversation lead image [...]

‘Constitutional hardball’: National gerrymander battle turns the heat up in Missouri
‘Constitutional hardball’: National gerrymander battle turns the heat up in Missouri

Allies of both parties are pouring money into the fight over a referendum to bring the state’s new congressional maps in front of voters. [...]

Poll: Trump's own voters begin blaming him for affordability crisis
Poll: Trump's own voters begin blaming him for affordability crisis

Americans continue to say affordability is out of control, and they place the responsibility on Trump, The POLITICO Poll found. [...]

Democrats eye a red-state push even as intraparty fighting persists
Democrats eye a red-state push even as intraparty fighting persists

“It just sort of looks like we ran a standard to progressive Democratic campaign and we got the result you would expect,” former Rep. Conor Lamb said. [...]

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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. [...]

Trump pardoned him days ago. Now he's furious the Democrat is running for reelection.
Trump pardoned him days ago. Now he's furious the Democrat is running for reelection.

President Trump blasted Rep. Henry Cuellar on Sunday for "a lack of LOYALTY" days after he pardoned the Texas Democrat in a shock move last week.The big picture: Trump signaled [...]

Scoop: Israel and Qatar hold secret meeting in New York to rebuild ties
Scoop: Israel and Qatar hold secret meeting in New York to rebuild ties

The U.S., Israel, and Qatar are holding a trilateral meeting in New York on Sunday to rebuild relations after the failed Israeli strike in Doha, two sources familiar with the [...]

Bessent sells his soybean farm, says farmers still need help
Bessent sells his soybean farm, says farmers still need help

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday he sold his soybean farm last week and acknowledged farmers still need federal help despite a trade deal with China.Why it matters: The long-pending [...]

The consumer is "fine" but inflation is "not going down," Dimon says
The consumer is "fine" but inflation is "not going down," Dimon says

The American consumer is in good shape, even as the labor market softens and inflation appears persistent, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Sunday.Why it matters: Few people have as [...]

Trump pushes foreign food crackdown as grocery prices rise
Trump pushes foreign food crackdown as grocery prices rise

President Trump, facing mounting pressure over inflation at the grocery store, ordered a sweeping investigation into food price-fixing that especially targets foreign companies. Why it matters: The order highlights a [...]

Judge: DOJ likely broke Constitution in using Comey lawyer's seized emails
Judge: DOJ likely broke Constitution in using Comey lawyer's seized emails

A federal judge further scrambled the Justice Department's effort to resurrect its case against ex-FBI director James Comey, finding prosecutors likely violated Comey's former lawyer's constitutional rights by using his [...]

It's a winner-take-most economy
It's a winner-take-most economy

Everything is becoming more concentrated: from merging streaming giants, to a stock market powered by a handful of AI winners, to an economy increasingly driven by the spending of the [...]

Scoop: U.S. discussing potential Sisi-Netanyahu summit
Scoop: U.S. discussing potential Sisi-Netanyahu summit

The White House is ready to broker a summit between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who haven't spoken since before the Gaza war, a [...]

Zelensky, Trump advisers discuss Ukraine peace terms in 2-hour call
Zelensky, Trump advisers discuss Ukraine peace terms in 2-hour call

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a two-hour call Saturday with Trump advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, discussing territory and security guarantees, two sources with knowledge of the call told [...]

2026 World Cup schedule drops: Where to see Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé
2026 World Cup schedule drops: Where to see Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappé

The FIFA 2026 World Cup schedule is (mostly) set. Mexico will face South Africa in the opener on June 11 in Mexico City.Why it matters: Saturday's schedule release triggers a [...]

Young people to lose benefits if they turn down work, says minister
Young people to lose benefits if they turn down work, says minister

Pat McFadden says they would need a "good reason" to decline one of 55,000 new work placements. [...]

Rayner will make return to cabinet, says Starmer
Rayner will make return to cabinet, says Starmer

The prime minister says his "hugely talented" former deputy will one day return to government. [...]

Covid fraud and error cost taxpayers £10.9bn, report will say
Covid fraud and error cost taxpayers £10.9bn, report will say

A lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid support schemes is expected to be highlighted in the report. [...]

Trans women will not be allowed to attend main Labour Women's Conference events
Trans women will not be allowed to attend main Labour Women's Conference events

The conference will take place in 2026 after being cancelled for a year in light of the Supreme Court's gender ruling. [...]

Starmer rejects EU customs union after Lammy comments
Starmer rejects EU customs union after Lammy comments

It comes after the deputy prime minister said countries in a customs union with the EU see benefits. [...]

Charities welcome new law banning puppy smuggling
Charities welcome new law banning puppy smuggling

But some are worried that the ban will have consequences for rare dog breeders and those who rescue dogs from overseas. [...]

Scottish Conservative peer defects to Reform UK
Scottish Conservative peer defects to Reform UK

Malcolm Offord appeared at a rally alongside Nigel Farage in Falkirk on Saturday to announce the move. [...]

Reeves will not face ethics probe over pre-Budget remarks
Reeves will not face ethics probe over pre-Budget remarks

The chancellor has been accused of painting an overly-negative picture of the economy to justify tax rises. [...]

Government pledges to end children living in B&Bs
Government pledges to end children living in B&Bs

The strategy also includes making childcare more accessible for families on Universal Credit. [...]

Reform revokes council leader's party membership
Reform revokes council leader's party membership

It follows an investigation by the party into racist content on social media. [...]

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