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Harris urges turnout, Beatty details Trump tantrum, Hawley rules out 2028 run

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JD Vance's most important job in the midterm elections

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Most ISIS-linked federal defendants are US citizens

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McConnell returns, Supreme Court blocks mail vote rule, Alligator Alcatraz shuts down

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EPA set to repeal Biden pollution rules for fossil fuel power plants

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Exposed: The billionaire "AI Doomsday Cult" controlling Washington

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Three killed as news helicopter crashes in Los Angeles

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Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis of launching attacks on Mecca

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International protests break out over rising oil and gas costs

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Ted Cruz stakes out a middle ground on AI compared to Trump and Vance

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EXCLUSIVE: Josh Hawley rules out 2028 run for president: 'No intention'

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Iran war powers resolution passes House with seven Republican defections

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Stephen Colbert pours cold water on possibility of return to late-night TV

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DOJ charges Russian agents for alleged murder-for-hire plot in US

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Kash Patel praises the FBI with recent major events hosted in the US

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Inside Scoop: No poverty for SPLC, US-Canada trade war, meanwhile in Mexico...

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Russian hybrid attacks ramp up across Europe as Lithuania reports explosives were on drone shot down by NATO

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Tiana's Take: Could AI Really Kill Us All? What Experts Say About the Future

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Immigrants should be self-sufficient

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Ground broken on a Rust Belt powerhouse: Shippingport's data hub rises in the Age of AI Anxiety

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America's $1.36 trillion phantom arsenal

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AI panic is the new climate hysteria — and it's handing the future to China

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DeSantis shows Newsom how higher education should work: Citizens first

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Academia's meltdown over Trump's science plan isn't about policy. It's about the cover letter

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Republicans loved Project 2025 until it threatened Big Ag handouts

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Queen Esther saved her people. Michigan's attorney general just threw them under the bus

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The very real scenario where the GOP expands its Senate majority

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The right kind of immigrants

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AI leaders find a new message for Trump: Your billions are in danger without guardrails

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Anti-fraud campaign a boost for JD Vance

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Lies, damned lies, and the AI scare

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AI is hardly the first industry where the big guys demanded regulation

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The Hammurabi solution to AI

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Two solemn anniversaries and the cancer of political violence

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Most mothers work. But 50 hours in the cubicle with the child in daycare is not the norm

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Hey, Germany. It's legitimate to limit immigration

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CEO says data centers will have 'no impact' on electricity bills

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Democrat on House AI panel pushes back on third-party safety audits

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EU wants Canada to be its first associate member

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Trump approves $2.8 billion sale of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel

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Trump and Carney are both to blame for interruption of US-Canada friendship

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Zombie higher ed: Elections have consequences

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Happy Constitution Day: The states retain responsibilities, not just rights

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What Karl Marx got right about politics

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Don't turn safety net programs into social engineering

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Europe is rearming. German voters may have other plans

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Lonnie Bunch's Smithsonian exit is a culture-war win

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How conservatives should approach Confederate monuments

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Pennsylvania reports two new measles deaths as Gov. Josh Shapiro blames RFK Jr.

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Judge refers Philadelphia district attorney to prosecutors over handling of murder case

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Read Thomas Massie's eight impeachment charges against Pete Hegseth

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Democrats vote to block Trump impeachment articles from coming to House floor

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Feds charge 12 people in $10 million California childcare fraud scheme

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Kamala Harris urges voter registration to make midterm elections 'too big to rig'

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Should Fetterman switch party affiliation?

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Supreme Court denies Trump's emergency request to enforce mail in ballot restrictions

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'Alligator Alcatraz' suddenly shuttered following DHS auditor's report

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Mitch McConnell casts first Senate vote since June fall

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Trump offers update on White House press secretary sweepstakes

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Opportunities where the Federal Reserve can change rates with incoming reports

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One dead after Iranian cargo ship struck in Strait of Hormuz, Tehran says

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'There's no winner there': Trump responds to question about Lindsay Clancy pardon

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James Comer wants to see immigration fraud evidence on Ilhan Omar so Congress can decide on her expulsion

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Minnesota attorney general says Somali Muslims have been defrauded by housing scheme claiming to be sharia-compliant

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Most ISIS-linked federal defendants are US citizens: Study

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GOP House nominee says he'll end foreign agent partnership with Cuba if elected

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Deep-pocketed donors flocked to the SPLC to heal America's divisions. Did it pay off?

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Court documents show groups inspiring 'satanist' teenager's alleged plans to attack Christians

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Walz confronted about African official operating Minnesota group homes from overseas

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Air traffic controllers turn on FAA chief as tensions boil over

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UN struggling to protect foreign aid programs from bad actors under Rubio agreements, documents show

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Doescher refuses to be 'black-pilled' into thinking job market is struggling

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Susan Collins calls Trump's $5,000 dividend proposal with no cap 'extraordinarily costly'

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Paramount's relocation to result in $10 billion to $20 billion economic loss in California: Report

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The unlucky 13: States bordering Canada are particularly hard-hit by trade war

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Trump orders $50 billion federal contracting block on Canadian goods

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What the August jobs report says about the economy and Trump

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Gas prices: On pace to be the most expensive Labor Day in US history

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Are you ready to have healthcare provided by a non-human?

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NextEra and Dominion Energy sweeten Virginia takeover deal amid scrutiny from Spanberger and other lawmakers

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Costco imposes purchase limits on motor oil, hikes prices by nearly double

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Kathy Hochul unveils $200 energy rebate checks for New Yorkers

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EPA repeals Biden pollution rules for fossil fuel power plants

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Chris Wright says DOE will refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve in next months as prices soar

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DOE offers $16 million for mining programs to counter China's control of the supply chain

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House to take up bill shielding consumers from energy costs tied to data centers

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Oct. 7 families release dossier blaming Netanyahu for massacre

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Eswatini says its military accidentally shot two US government workers

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Russian hybrid attacks ramp up across Europe as Lithuania reports explosives were on drone shot down by NATO

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NATO fighter jets shoot down drone in Lithuanian airspace, president says

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Saudi Arabia appeals to US as pipeline closure and Houthis spike oil prices

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UN watchdog accuses Palestinian relief agency of shamming reforms prescribed following Oct. 7

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