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Mamdani Fuels Democratic Turbulence
“Top Democratic Party officials are increasingly frustrated with their leadership for not doing more to support Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor of New York City,” Axios reports. “The rise of…
Trump Warns Hamas of ‘Complete Obliteration’
President Trump told CNN Hamas faces “complete obliteration” if the group refuses to cede power and control of Gaza, amid ongoing efforts to push forward his proposed ceasefire plan. Save…
Are We Headed for a Second Civil War?
John Avlon interviewed Barbara Walter, author of How Civil Wars Start and How to Stop Them, about the dangerous warning signs in America today. Save to Favorites
More Think Shutdown Will Last Less Than Two Weeks
A new YouGov survey found that 41% of Americans think the federal closure will last for two weeks or less. Thirteen percent said they expect the shutdown to last three…
Trump’s Team Pledging Economic Gains Next Year
“President Trump’s advisers are counseling him to refine his economic message with a pitch to voters aimed at easing their anxiety about weak jobs growth and stubborn inflation,” the Wall…
Supreme Court Will Be Forced to Grapple with Trump
“The Supreme Court and President Donald Trump are headed for a reckoning,” the Washington Post reports. “After months of terse emergency rulings that largely avoided major confrontations with the new…
Laura Loomer Is Turning Against MAGA Stalwarts
“President Trump confidante Laura Loomer has successfully campaigned for the ouster of more than a dozen national security officials and others she has accused of secretly working against the president’s…
Not All National Parks Remain Open in the Shutdown
“As the government shutdown enters its first full week, travelers planning visits to national parks and other tourist sites run by the federal government face more than a little uncertainty,”…
Judge Blocks Trump’s Deployment of National Guard
“A federal judge on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from using Oregon National Guard soldiers to help quell nightly protests at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Oregon,”…
Hegseth Mulled Sending 82nd Airborne to Portland
“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth considered sending an elite U.S. Army strike force to Portland, Ore., to quell protests that President Donald Trump has characterized as ‘lawless mayhem,’ according to…
Trump to Federalize Illinois National Guard
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) warned that President Trump plans to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. Pritzker said he would be defying the order: “I will not…
Trump Gets Away With What Sank Clinton and Romney
One of the worst mistakes a politician can make is to come across as smug — dismissing or disrespecting voters. The conventional wisdom holds that Hillary Clinton’s “basket of deplorables”…
Russ Vought’s Plan Was Decades in the Making
CNN: “The memo symbolized Vought’s methodical march to accumulate power within the executive branch — and the outsized role he has played in getting to this moment. Vought’s vision for how to…
Have Cubans Fled One Authoritarian State for Another?
New Yorker: “In the past few years, as many as two million people have escaped the island’s repressive regime and collapsing economy. Those who’ve made it to the U.S. face…
House Won’t Come Back Until Shutdown Ends
“The House GOP leadership told rank-and-file Republican lawmakers Saturday morning that they will only come back to Washington when Senate Democrats reopen the government,” Punchbowl News reports. “Speaker Mike Johnson…
A Senate GOP Conference That Will Outlast Trump
“Senate GOP Leader John Thune and his lieutenants have largely remained silent as President Donald Trump has ordered the Justice Department to target his adversaries, enriched himself and his family…
Vance Emerges as Frontman in Shutdown Fight
“The White House has increasingly made Vice President JD Vance the face of the government-shutdown fight, turning to a messenger who so far has taken a lighter touch — and…
American Jews Turn on Israel Over War in Gaza
“Many American Jews sharply disapprove of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, with 61 percent saying Israel has committed war crimes and about 4 in 10 saying the country…
Trump to Send Witkoff, Kushner to Middle East
“President Trump is sending his envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Egypt this weekend to help complete a hostage release deal, U.S. and Arab officials said Saturday, after Hamas…
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