Politics & Policy
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Congress urged to defund abortion in wake of Planned Parenthood $90M COVID loan revelation
Planned Parenthood’s healthcare numbers lag significantly behind its abortion count.
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Florida House panel approves new GOP-friendly congressional district map
Redraw could give Republicans a gain of four seats as the midterm elections approach.
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Watch Live: King Charles III addresses Congress
King Charles III is speaking before Congress.
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Virginia Democrats nominate progressive candidate Ghazala Hashmi for state Lt. Gov.
Hashmi, who won the nomination by less than one percentage point, is the first Muslim and the first Indian-American to be nominated to appear on the ballot for a Virginia statewide office.
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Republicans growing divide on Iran weighs on Trump as war looms
While Republicans overwhelmingly agree that Iran must not be permitted to develop nuclear weapons, a clear majority oppose entering the war directly, leaving Trump with a narrow path to navigate the gauntlet of public opinion, especially the "America First" ideologues.
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Trump installs two new flagpoles on White House Lawn, costing $100,000
Two new flagpoles went up on the White House lawn today, a "personal project" part of a series of promised improvements to the grounds by President Trump
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GOP's Ron Johnson breaks down financial impact of 'Big, Beautiful Bill'
"Without addressing out-of-control spending that has increased at an unprecedented level since the pandemic, America’s fiscal situation will remain dire," he warned.
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DHS accuses Hollywood stars of using influence, social media to spread falsehoods about ICE raids
A new Pew Research study that finds over half of U.S. adults, 54%, say they sometimes or often get news from social media
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Iran offered to visit White House for talks amid ongoing conflict: Trump
Trump himself has hinted that the U.S. may involve itself in the fighting and even suggested he could assassinate Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Andrew Cuomo's lead over Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race shrinks to 11%, same as undecided: poll
"The undecideds are getting involved and they’re going a lot to [Zohran] Mamdani," Lee Miringoff said.
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Climate superfunds in N.Y., Vermont will harm consumers even if courts nix them, experts say
Vermont and New York passed “climate superfund” laws, which levy billions in fines against oil companies for legal products, and now other progressive blue states are considering them. The laws face legal challenges, but however courts decide, consumers will pay the costs, experts say.
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Vance optimistic on passing 'big, beautiful bill' before July 4
Republicans can ill-afford defections in the narrowly divided Congress.
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You Vote: Based on new info about China trying to influence the 2020 election, what should be done?
The newly declassified intelligence reports from August 2020 weren’t corroborated or fully investigated and instead were recalled from intelligence agencies at about the time that then-FBI Director Chris Wray testified there were no known plots of foreign interference ahead of the 2020 election.