Politics & Policy
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Trump touts Rand Paul's approval of White House ballroom project in board planning vote
The National Capital Planning Commission overwhelmingly voted to approve the project earlier Thursday, despite a federal judge's order blocking construction on the ballroom without congressional approval.
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Not just gasoline: Rising costs from Iran conflict will impact food, plastics and electronics
The Strait of Hormuz is an artery through which oil, natural gas, petrochemicals and nitrogen fertilizers flow. Just about every consumer product will be more expensive with increased costs of diesel, gasoline, fertilizers, plastics and helium, all of which require oil products. How high prices go and what the impact will be on the economy will depend on how long the conflict continues, and its eventual outcome.
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Trump claims his supporters should boycott Bruce Springsteen over 'incurable' TDS
Springsteen has been a long-time critic of the president, stating in 2016 that the “republic is under siege by a moron," and spoke out against Trump last year in Europe.
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Florida voters skeptical of 2026 redistricting bid: Poll
Florida has mulled its own redraw ahead of an expected Supreme Court decision on the portion of the Voting Rights Act that mandates minority-majority congressional districts.
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'Rambling, disjointed': Schumer pans Trump's Iran speech
Schumer was not alone in his criticism of the speech, with many pundits opining that Trump failed to say anything new or move the needle on the conflict.
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European allies react with 'shock and anxiety' to Trump threat to withdraw from NATO
The Israeli- and U.S.-lad conflict with Iran is causing an 'existential' rift among members of the 77-year-old NATO alliance
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Trump tells Erika Kirk to 'sue' critics who have defamed her since husband's assassination: Report
Erika Kirk took over her late-husband Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA foundation as CEO and chair after he was fatally shot at a rally in Utah last September, but critics have heavily attacked the widow on social media since the shooting.
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Nevada utility's demand-based charges further delayed
The demand-based energy charges, which would be the first imposed by an investor-owned utility company on residential customers in the U.S., were set to begin Wednesday. The delay followed the company’s ongoing $63 million in refund payments to overcharged customers.
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Enviros say production of Gulf oil will hurt whales, but they celebrated Biden’s offshore wind
The Trump administration Tuesday exempted oil and gas operations in the Gulf of America from the Endangered Species Act, and environmentalists are raging over what they claim is a threat to endangered whales. Strangely, under Biden's term they had no such concerns for impacts from offshore wind and actively advocate for the industry.
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Report: New England electricity prices among the highest nationwide
ALEC released its analysis on Wednesday. North Dakota and Louisiana were the leaders in the review of electricity prices and energy affordability indicators as measured for each of the 50 states. The higher the ranking, the less expensive the costs for consumers.
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U.S. NATO ambassador: President 'reevaluating everything'
Whitaker, who served as acting attorney general during Trump's first term, made the remarks as Trump himself and Cabinet Secretaries Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth have both questioned the merits of the alliance.
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Trump sets June 1 deadline for ICE, Border Patrol funding bill to reach his desk
Prior to leaving for recess, the Senate passed a bill to fund most of DHS, with exceptions for ICE and Customs and Border Protection.
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Alexander Vindman raises $8.2 million for Senate campaign
Vindman, for his part, is known primarily for his role in the first impeachment of President Donald Trump in connection with a phone call he made to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.