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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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Volkswagen Suffers More Than Rivals From Auto Industry Woes
Volkswagen Suffers More Than Rivals From Auto Industry Woes

The German automaker’s sales in the United States plunged last year, hit by tariffs and the end of tax credits for electric vehicles. [...]

Judge Bars Trump From Withholding Election Funds to States
Judge Bars Trump From Withholding Election Funds to States

The ruling is the latest legal setback to President Trump’s sweeping effort to compel changes to state election standards. [...]

Trump Calls for 10 Percent Credit Card Interest Cap, After Killing Other Fee Limits
Trump Calls for 10 Percent Credit Card Interest Cap, After Killing Other Fee Limits

The president revived a campaign promise he has not actively pursued since taking office. [...]

Russell Vought, CFPB Leader, Requests $145 Million for Agency He Wants to Eliminate
Russell Vought, CFPB Leader, Requests $145 Million for Agency He Wants to Eliminate

A federal judge ordered Russell T. Vought, the bureau’s acting director, to keep requesting funds for the financial watchdog’s operations. [...]

Trump Administration Freezes Food Stamps in Minnesota
Trump Administration Freezes Food Stamps in Minnesota

The move was part of a broader effort to to freeze social services to some Democratic-led states amid a fraud investigation in Minnesota. [...]

Dr. Oz Visits California to Target ‘Fraud’
Dr. Oz Visits California to Target ‘Fraud’

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, and Bill Essayli, a Los Angeles-based prosecutor, said they were investigating federally funded services. [...]

Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds
Judge Blocks Trump Officials From Freezing Billions in Social Services Funds

The ruling temporarily halted plans to freeze more than $10 billion in funds for anti-poverty programs bound for five Democratic-led states. [...]

Gavin Newsom on Democrats, 2028 and His Fruit-Only Breakfasts
Gavin Newsom on Democrats, 2028 and His Fruit-Only Breakfasts

The California governor is powered by smoothies and bursting with thoughts about U.S. politics. [...]

Trump Threatens to Take Greenland ‘the Hard Way’
Trump Threatens to Take Greenland ‘the Hard Way’

The president continued to advance an imperialist vision of American foreign policy, where the U.S. can dominate neighboring countries “whether they like it or not.” [...]

Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center

The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during President Trump’s second term. [...]

Republicans need Susan Collins to win reelection. Trump keeps going after her.
Republicans need Susan Collins to win reelection. Trump keeps going after her.

The Maine senator has consistently won reelection in a blue state thanks to support from independents and some Democrats. [...]

The POLITICO Poll - December 2025

December 2025 POLITICO Poll results on economy, tariffs, taxes, energy, and more [...]

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 [...]

‘The party has done an abysmal job’: Israel tensions threaten Dems’ midterm plans
‘The party has done an abysmal job’: Israel tensions threaten Dems’ midterm plans

From New York to Michigan, left-leaning challengers are taking on pro-Israel incumbents [...]

The Supreme Court may leave alone the Voting Rights Act just long enough to keep the GOP from House control in 2026
The Supreme Court may leave alone the Voting Rights Act just long enough to keep the GOP from House control in 2026

Republicans’ hopes that a Supreme Court redistricting ruling will boost them in 2026 are fading as election deadlines close in. [...]

House Majority PAC raises record sum ahead of midterms
House Majority PAC raises record sum ahead of midterms

House Majority PAC and its affiliated nonprofit, House Majority Forward, brought in $121 million ahead of the 2026 midterms. [...]

George Conway enters crowded NYC Democratic House primary with singular focus — Trump
George Conway enters crowded NYC Democratic House primary with singular focus — Trump

The former Republican is calling for the president's impeachment over his actions in Venezuela. [...]

Dems use Venezuela to hammer affordability issues at home
Dems use Venezuela to hammer affordability issues at home

The party is showing a rare moment of unity following the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. [...]

Tim Walz drops out of Minnesota governor’s race, Klobuchar considers jumping in
Tim Walz drops out of Minnesota governor’s race, Klobuchar considers jumping in

The former vice presidential nominee announced his decision on Monday. [...]

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul confronts a rising populist tide
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul confronts a rising populist tide

The Democratic governor is navigating a political world dominated by Trump and Mamdani as she runs for reelection. [...]

Trump admin blocked from freezing billions in child care funds, judge rules
Trump admin blocked from freezing billions in child care funds, judge rules

The Trump administration on Friday was blocked from freezing roughly $10 billion in federal funding for child care and social services in five Democratic-led states, a federal judge ordered. The [...]

ICE and Border Patrol shootings spark hundreds of weekend vigils and protests
ICE and Border Patrol shootings spark hundreds of weekend vigils and protests

Data: Mobilize; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios"ICE Out For Good" vigils and protest events were quickly planned nationwide for Jan. 10 and 11 in response to a fatal shooting by immigration officers [...]

Democrats warm to impeaching Kristi Noem after Minneapolis, Portland shootings
Democrats warm to impeaching Kristi Noem after Minneapolis, Portland shootings

Democrats who wanted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem were on the fringes. Then the shootings in Minneapolis and Portland happened.Why it matters: Ever since Trump returned to office [...]

U.S. oil giants tell Trump they're noncommittal on Venezuela
U.S. oil giants tell Trump they're noncommittal on Venezuela

U.S. oil giants signaled interest in Venezuela on Friday but stopped well short of committing to massive and rapid new investments there during a meeting with President Trump.Why it matters: [...]

"Deputy speaker" and "so-called leader": How Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries troll each other
"Deputy speaker" and "so-called leader": How Mike Johnson and Hakeem Jeffries troll each other

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries used to go out of their way to laud their positive working relationship. But those days are done, and the smack [...]

Poll: Americans say ICE is "too forceful" — and support protests against the agency
Poll: Americans say ICE is "too forceful" — and support protests against the agency

Americans now disapprove of ICE and support protests against the agency, according to a new poll conducted the same day a federal officer fatally shot a 37-year-old mother in Minneapolis.Why [...]

Exclusive: DNC flags legal risks in Trump DOJ voter roll request
Exclusive: DNC flags legal risks in Trump DOJ voter roll request

The Democratic National Committee on Thursday sent letters to officials in 10 states urging them to reject a Justice Department request for unredacted voter files. The big picture: The DNC [...]

China's fentanyl crackdown led to a stunning drop in U.S. overdoses, research says
China's fentanyl crackdown led to a stunning drop in U.S. overdoses, research says

Data: CDC; Chart: Axios VisualsChinese crackdowns on fentanyl may have reduced overdoses and saved American lives, new research shows.Why it matters: The data-backed explanation for the 34% plunge in overdose [...]

How the US oil boom empowers Trump over Venezuela
How the US oil boom empowers Trump over Venezuela

America's oil abundance is emboldening President Trump to wield power over Venezuela.Why it matters: The U.S. oil boom — along with a global crude glut and low pump prices — [...]

Scoop: White House contacted Secret Service about MTG
Scoop: White House contacted Secret Service about MTG

The relationship between President Trump and former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene grew so poisonous that the White House told the Secret Service that Greene may have tipped off Code Pink [...]

X could face UK ban over deepfakes, minister says
X could face UK ban over deepfakes, minister says

It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X. [...]

UK facing £28bn defence spending gap claims
UK facing £28bn defence spending gap claims

The MoD believes it requires an extra £28bn over the next four years, according to reports. [...]

Watch: Backlash against Musk's Grok AI explained
Watch: Backlash against Musk's Grok AI explained

Technology editor Zoe Kleinman explains the row over changes made by X to it's Grok AI image edits, after the UK government called it "insulting". [...]

Businesses call to be included in any pub rates backtrack
Businesses call to be included in any pub rates backtrack

Shops, pharmacies and music venues want any climbdown on business rates for pubs to apply to them too. [...]

Peers back calls for extra time to debate assisted dying bill
Peers back calls for extra time to debate assisted dying bill

Supporters are increasingly concerned the bill could run out of time to become law. [...]

New powers for councils to fine pavement parkers
New powers for councils to fine pavement parkers

Councils will be able to take action against those creating "unnecessary obstruction" of the pavement. [...]

Long waits for disability benefit claims unacceptable, MPs say
Long waits for disability benefit claims unacceptable, MPs say

Some people are waiting more than a year to have their claims processed, the Public Accounts Committee says. [...]

Three NHS trusts still using fax machines, Streeting confesses
Three NHS trusts still using fax machines, Streeting confesses

The health secretary had made it his personal mission to banish the fax machine from the NHS. [...]

More changes to farm inheritance tax plans ruled out
More changes to farm inheritance tax plans ruled out

The government says it has listened to farmers and increased the proposed inheritance tax threshold. [...]

Councillor criticised over Muslim prayers comments
Councillor criticised over Muslim prayers comments

Carl Abbott made the remarks during an internal counter-terrorism briefing held by the county council. [...]

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