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Speculation about Alito's future continues despite his rejection of retirement

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Talarico's Texas-sized opening: Paxton can't unite Republican vote

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Second round of October Social Security payments goes out in three days

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Future of Pentagon's AI and autonomy push is in limbo without reconciliation: 'Plenty of blame to go around'

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Stephen A. Smith recounts four-hour White House dinner with Trump and Bill Maher: 'Wouldn't let us leave'

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Gavin Newsom says military aid to Israel 'has to be conditioned'

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Seat Trump won by double digits now 'at risk,' retiring GOP lawmaker says

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Newsom backs presidential stock trading ban as 2028 talks continue

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Vance says he'll 'have to make' 2028 decision after midterm elections

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Trump's Kentucky rally features more talk about other states' candidates than Barr or Gallrein

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Centrist Democrat Hillary Scholten says she received 'threatening letter' claiming to be from DSA

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Abbott hosts DeSantis at governor's mansion ahead of Texas-Florida game

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Ashley Hinson asks for gas money to fill campaign bus amid high prices

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From American Bad Ass to Dead Man Walking: Trump's entrance music raises eyebrows

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Trump rallies for Mike Collins and Rick Jackson in Georgia

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Michele Tafoya says she opposes Trump's Russian diesel deal and supports abortion rights in Minnesota Senate debate

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Democrat-aligned nonprofit group backs conservative spoiler candidates in Iowa and other swing states

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DOJ sues California over alleged noncitizens on voter rolls left unchecked

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Matt Gaetz faces lawsuit over alleged sex trafficking scheme

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Trump details Iran weapon, Guilfoyle faces lawsuit, Moreno targets data center subsidies

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'It's a crazy cult'- Hillary Clinton blasts Trump White House as looks-obsessed clique

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Trump announces advanced weapons testing 'super range' in Montana

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Gang crackdown nets 1,296 arrests, court blocks California ICE law, Kash Patel blasts MS NOW

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Massie offers rare praise for Trump on waiving Lindsey Graham's Russia sanctions

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Starshield still restricted in Ukraine, White House denies responsibility: Zelensky

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If California wealth tax passes, other blue states may adopt similar measures

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Vance publicly hints at his disagreement with Trump over Iran war

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Appeals court presses against Trump's argument for ownership of presidential records

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Newsom says Trump DOJ investigation won't impact 2028 run

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Noem reassignment caps tumultuous week at State Department

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Centrist Democrat says she received 'threatening letter' claiming to be from DSA

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Chris Irvine weighs Trump's execution livestream reversal.

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Conn Carroll examines Obama's influence on Democrats

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David Mark breaks down the 2028 contenders

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Gavin Newsom says Trump DOJ investigation won't have chilling impact on 2028 run: 'Quite the contrary'

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Vance publicly hints at his disagreement with Trump over Iran war

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Trump waives Russia sanctions ordered by law named for Lindsey Graham

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Vance backs ICE but acknowledges need to prosecute officers who 'screw up'

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The new Trump scandals: Will Democrats destroy Vance?

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Trump's week from hell

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Kamala's 'weird' world

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Congress must end political debanking

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Trump killed 'America First' in Iran — and the midterm bloodbath will prove it

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Europe just got tough on China. Now its Trump's turn

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With Tony Romo gone from CBS, will there more changes in NFL broadcasting?

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Jewish educators pressured to denounce Israel. They were right to walk away

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Iran's air was already deadly. Is a postwar pollution crisis coming?

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

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The looming Social Security cliff

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Kelly Clarkson reminds us that the customer is usually right

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'Medicare for all' is popular only when you lie about it

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Inside Trump's job approval crisis

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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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El Sayed's cure for high gas prices would make them worse

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On gambling, the NFL has no integrity

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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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What the country could learn from a small-town festival

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Where Trump is traveling ahead of the midterm elections: What to know

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When another's fear is our entertainment

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

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The teachers unions' activist allies: You won't believe the outside organizations that drive educational dysfunction

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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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Debate disputes take center stage in high-stakes Texas midterm races

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Russia 'exploiting' midterm elections to position US against Ukraine

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Josh Shapiro moves into the starting blocks for 2028 with new PAC

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Who might be the next press secretary after Katie Zacharia's exit?

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Trump vows jail time for California officials counting ballots from noncitizens

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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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Ukraine drone strikes and Iran war split blame on skyrocketing diesel prices

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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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List: Where Democratic Senate candidates stand on the 'Green New Deal' and energy

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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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Macron says violent rioters will be 'prosecuted and punished' as buildings burn in France

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Pope Leo XIV leaves hospital and returns to Vatican after lung cancer surgery

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

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