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Trump rallies for Mike Collins and Rick Jackson in Georgia

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Trump announces advanced weapons testing 'super range' in Montana

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Dropkick Murphys encourage Maine voters to 'ship' Troy Jackson to DC

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Trump vows jail time for California officials counting ballots from noncitizens

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Vance says ICE officers who 'screw up' need to be prosecuted

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Trump says he doesn't know who ordered Starshield throttle in Ukraine

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Conn Carroll examines Obama's influence on Democrats

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The new Trump scandals: Will Democrats destroy Vance?

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Trump and JD Vance Hit the Campaign Trail Ahead of the 2026 Midterms

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AI threats demand Kash Patel fix FBI counterintelligence

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Two reasons Ukraine had to resume Russian energy attacks

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No protests for police officer killed allegedly because he was white

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EU sent Putin $1 trillion, and Democrats turned blind eye. Why is Trump a traitor?

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Mamdani discovers how hateful his supporters are

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Katie Zacharia was bad, but the job is becoming impossible

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White House report card: It's starting to look like a return to first-term chaos

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What Pittsburgh can teach the next House majority

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Has Trump broken his McDonald's promise?

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Zacharia had to go. Here's who should be next

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Where Elon Musk is spending his money ahead of Election Day

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AGs v. Trump: How an AWOL Congress made hundreds of lawsuits possible

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The everyday Americans behind our greatest achievements deserve remembrence

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A man's life is worth more than a tiger's

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Clarence Thomas offers a path to ban realistic AI child abuse images

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Black homeownership should be a GOP selling point, not a HUD target

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Buckley kept the gate. Today, the rank-and-file must

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Democrat-aligned group backs spoiler candidates in swing states

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'No Kings' protests to hit country ahead of midterms

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Mamdani demands parking lot owners ban ICE

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Ukraine drone strikes and Iran war split blame on diesel prices

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11 more seats shift toward Democrats, three in safe red areas

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Alleged leftist militants charged with gun crime just before Trump stopped enforcement

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Matt Gaetz faces lawsuit over alleged sex trafficking scheme

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DOJ case attacks mass murder fandom culture behind Canadian school shooting

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Rampant terrorism ties run through transnational pro-Palestinian protest group

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House GOP investigates DC activists training jurors to undermine prosecutions

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Oct. 7 celebration post causes infighting among Democratic Socialists of America groups

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Justice Department investigating TV networks that briefly suspended Trump press pool coverage

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'Trans girls need guns': Terrorism inquiry puts supporter of leftist gun community behind bars

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Pro-Cuba group tied to regime's propaganda program builds alliances in Congress

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Byron York says Trump can't talk his way out of voters' cost-of-living pain: 'No president has been able to do it'

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Two Americans win Nobel for economic model challenging government response to 2020s economic shocks

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Mike Rogers breaks with Trump on tariffs in new ad: 'Canada is not our enemy'

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Trump to give $90 one-time payment to 20 million Medicare beneficiaries

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Voters back Democrats on economic and affordability issues but trust neither party: Poll

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Trump's admission of a 'public relations' problem tests claim he's his own best messenger

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Fed expected to raise interest rates again, against Trump's wishes

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The details of September's jobs report are more encouraging

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Republicans worry they've 'glossed over' voters' affordability concerns

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Regulators propose sweeping approvals and softening environmental rules for liquefied natural gas projects

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IEA speeds up oil stock release to curb global fuel prices following US pressure

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Senate Democrats pressure EPA to drop abortion pill water quality study

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Federal agency eliminates fuel-additive regulations to save over $500 million per year

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Biden-appointed judge cites Trump pressure in rush to remove trees at DC golf course

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Trump hails 'massive' Greenland oil and mineral exploration as White House seeks to calm energy worries

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Trump and Lutnick say Taiwan will purchase 30% of natural gas produced by Alaska pipeline project

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DSA plots to 'stop' weapons shipments to Israel at airport

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Russia launches airstrikes across Ukraine after report claims call to throttle Starshield came directly from White House

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British defense secretary to ask Hegseth about Starshield outage as UK tries to 'bridge' US and Ukraine 'back together'

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Gaza cut off from commercial goods imports, Israel says

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Ukraine launches new attacks against Russian oil refineries after brief truce declared by Trump

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