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West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change
Adam Kalkstein compared administration’s order to ‘trying to teach the law’ without mentioning ‘the constitution’The onl…
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House Intel Chair: 'Joint service environment' needs to prepare for future conflicts
House Intelligence Committee Chair Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) on Wednesday said the intelligence community needs to buy into…
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The new sanctions bill is aimed at the wrong Russia
While the Senate passed the Graham sanctions package to penalize Russia's war economy, critics argue that true peace req…
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Democratic SC Senate nominee: 'Medicare for All is a policy from a few decades ago'
South Carolina Senate Democratic nominee Annie Andrews on Wednesday dismissed Medicare for All as an outdated policy as …
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House Democrat pushes back on 'nutty stuff' some in DSA support
Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) on Wednesday pushed back on some of the policy proposals included in the Democratic Socialists o…
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What happens when private equity owns your childcare?
Affordability is the top political problem of the moment, and lawmakers in both parties have increasingly blamed large i…
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Cook argues Trump administration has no legal basis to remove her from Federal Reserve board
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook on Wednesday pushed back against the Trump administration's renewed attempt to fire h…
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Mamdani socialism and Trump socialism — reject them both
Neither the modern left nor the modern right believes in keeping the state from owning and directing businesses.…
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1 in 4 NFL players suffer from brain disease. Where is the accountability?
Almost anywhere else, we would call it a public health crisis, an occupational safety crisis and, quite possibly, a mass…
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On the Ballot: Markey-Moulton matchup underlines competing visions for change in Democratic Party
Rep. Seth Moulton and Sen. Ed Markey are squaring off for Massachusetts's Democratic Senate nod next week in the latest …
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RFK Jr lied in Senate confirmation hearings, newly revealed documents indicate
Letters obtained by Guardian and AP contradict testimony that 2019 visit to Samoa had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’Newly…
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ATF investigating 'major' cybersecurity incident
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on Wednesday announced an investigation into a “major” cyb…
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Texas and Florida's tort reforms helped make them great — now they are at risk
The economic dominance by Texas and Florida did not come about by accident.…
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Trump’s Missile Math Problem
An accounting of how the White House has run down key munitions in the Iran war.…
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Turkey’s Rise Is Israel’s New Problem
The Middle East’s newest rivals in the Levant region are Washington’s two key allies there.…
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First Thing: Meta agrees to make sweeping changes to apps for teens | Martin Belam
Safety features including usage limits and night-time blocks to be set by default. Plus changes to famous French cheeses…
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Warsh steps into spotlight after Bessent’s bond move
In today's issue: ▪ Trump’s mail-in voting order challenged again ▪ Meta agrees to restrictions in settlement ▪ FDA appr…
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Trump shifts toward regime change in Iran, but by other means
Team Trump had to find a different pressure point.…
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CEOs earn 614 times more than workers at US’s 100 lowest-paying corporations
Analysis by Institute for Policy Studies found that between 2019 and 2025, CEO compensation increased 41.4%The average C…
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Trump under pressure at home and abroad as midterms approach
President Trump is under pressure internationally and domestically as the year's primary elections near an end.…
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A look at Trump's inner circle and the increased resistance from some of his allies
NPR's A Martínez asks Chris Whipple, the Vanity Fair writer who spent time inside the Trump administration, why the pres…
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Americans Aren’t as Skeptical of Foreign Aid as Washington Thinks
Today’s political debate rests on a faulty assumption.…
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The Geopolitics Behind Rising U.S. Bond Yields
Hollow threats of an economic D-Day just add to this summer’s list of doubts about investing in Donald Trump’s America.…
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Ontario threatens electricity amid Trump-Canada trade war. What would that mean for US?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is threatening to cut off Canadian power to the U.S. in retaliation for President Trump’s trad…