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Bipartisan opposition over inflammatory comments likely to sink Trump State Dept. nominee
CNN’s guide to the most important elections of 2026
White House seeks to tighten control over HHS priorities with personnel shakeup
Takeaways: Enforcement surge ending in Minneapolis as state and DHS officials face tough questions in Senate
A partial government shutdown is about to hit the Department of Homeland Security. Here’s what that means
Department of Homeland Security on track to shut down with lawmakers leaving Washington and an unresolved ICE fight
Judge says Pete Hegseth is unlawfully retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly over ‘illegal orders’ video
How Trump failed in his latest bid to weaponize justice
Lutnick’s grilling shows Trump a glimpse of a grim possible future
Canada built a bridge. Now Trump wants half
Politicians. Business titans. Hollywood figures. See the names — and their correspondence — in latest Epstein files release
New roadblocks slow US reckoning over Epstein as Europe races ahead
Democrats wade into ‘Epstein class’ warfare
Trump’s growing volatility is putting the world on edge
FDR had the ‘Arsenal of Democracy.’ Hegseth has an ‘Arsenal of Freedom’
Trump is beset by hard dilemmas and no easy wins with Iran
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Why even some conservatives are now calling on AG Pam Bondi to step down
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US energy secretary describes ‘tremendous’ cooperation with Venezuela’s interim president Delcy Rodriguez
A year into Trump’s second term, Iowa voters offer clues for the midterm elections
What voters say they want for Christmas
Fact check: What Trump got wrong and left out while threatening to block the new US-Canada bridge
‘I did that’: Trump takes credit for a prisoner release that happened before he even ran for president
‘Rehashed crap’: Former Obama White House attorney dismissed report on abuse allegations and advised Epstein media strategy
Trump pick for deputy UN job questioned loyalty of American Muslims
There are many famous names in the Epstein files
For Democrats, the road to 2028 begins here
House speaker condemns Trump Justice Department monitoring of lawmakers’ Epstein document review
After letting Trump abuse it for a year, the legislative branch shows a little pride
Justice Department’s antitrust chief has been fired, sources say
US military pulls last troops from key military facility in Syria
Republicans urge Trump to hold firm against Democrats’ DHS demands as clock ticks toward shutdown
Gallup ends its presidential tracking poll, the latest shift in the public opinion landscape
Birthday wishes, island plans and ‘xoxo’ sign-offs: Inside a former Obama WH counsel’s ties to Epstein
Governors association says all members now invited to White House meeting as Trump defends exclusion of some Democrats
‘They put me on there to die’: Conservatives unload on GOP’s failures to carry out DOGE cost-cutting
Trump admin removes Pride flag from Stonewall National Monument
Chair of Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission removes member after heated hearing on antisemitism
Published Epstein files included video showing the face of an undercover FBI employee
How allies of AI are ramping up their political donations for the midterms
Six House Republicans defy Trump to block his Canada tariffs
5 takeaways from Pam Bondi’s fiery testimony
13 controversial redactions from the Epstein files — and what we’re learning about them
What the Trump team claimed vs. what the Epstein files show
Breaking down the evidence DOJ used to justify searching a Fulton County elections office
Three House Republicans cross party lines to block effort to shield Trump from challenges to his tariffs
Grand jury declines to indict Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to disobey illegal Trump orders
2020 election deniers drove the FBI’s seizures of Fulton County ballots, new documents show
States are pushing hard to redraw congressional maps ahead of the midterms. Here’s what they look like
A timeline of US strikes on alleged drug boats
Tracking how Trump uses the government to target his political enemies
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