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Live updates: Patel comes before Senate Judiciary panel; justices halt Trump's mail-in voting plan
FBI Director Kash Patel will testify Tuesday morning before the Senate Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing. Ahe…
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Watch live: House Republicans give remarks amid AI turmoil
House Republican leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as calls mount for more transparency around artificia…
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McMahon has a chance to lock in charter school opportunities
Before federal dollars go out the door, the Education Department should return to the question Congress intended it to a…
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Top 20 private equity firms’s energy assets emit $1.5bn tons of greenhouse gas a year, analysis finds
Companies are boosting datacenters and fossil fuels and together manage $7.3tn in investments including fossil fuelsThe …
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Ossoff: ‘Compromised’ Trump won’t regulate AI
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on Monday said President Trump will likely not heed calls from technology leaders to implement g…
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Watch live: Patel testifies on FBI oversight
FBI Director Kash Patel is testifying Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on oversight of the federal law enfo…
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US surgeon general nominee made $270,000 from supplement company
Tobacco investments raise new concerns about Dr Nicole Saphier ahead of confirmation hearingDonald Trump’s nominee for U…
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Supreme Court slams brakes on Trump's mail-in voting plan
In today's issue: ▪ McConnell’s long-awaited return ▪ Kennedy Center closure vote ▪ Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding gift cont…
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Trump’s tariffs on Canada could cost him several red states
President Trump's tariffs on Canadian imports and Canada's retaliatory measures are impacting key economic sectors in se…
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A Brooklyn bodega cat was stolen – and a community has rallied to try to find him
Two people appeared to take three-month-old Jabal the kitten in plain view of a surveillance cameraOwners of a New York …
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The latest court ruling against deportations ignores precedent and won't hold up
The Supreme Court has held that a deported alien "is not being punished" for his conduct but "is merely being held to th…
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Chris Bien: Deputy chief of staff, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)
Managing the House floor is a big job in any Speaker's office. That challenge is turned up to the max in the current Hou…
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The trans CIA official ousted by Trump: ‘We’re a government crippled by its own decisions’
Julia Curlee, a former senior CIA officer, speaks on Trump administration’s purge of national security staff, attacks on…
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Trump says developing AI is a critical race, downplaying fears
President Trump continues to support frontier artificial intelligence development, despite industry fears such technolog…
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says Congress has gotten a 'wake-up call' on AI risks
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders,I-Vermont, about his concerns over the risks of artificial intell…
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How Al-Shabab Beat the Peacekeepers
Three missions and billions of U.S. dollars later, the al Qaeda affiliate is stronger than ever in Somalia.…
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States given clearance for mail-in voting as US supreme court thwarts Trump | First Thing
Civil rights groups have praised verdict on administration’s last-ditch attempt to change midterm voting processes. Plus…
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Leah Hill: Legislative director, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ)
Leah Hill is no stranger to a tough crowd. The legislative director for Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) started her career te…
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Jessica Hayes: Senior adviser in district, Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.)
Jessica Hayes said serving in Georgia’s 10th Congressional District during the chaotic and deadly U.S. evacuation of Afg…
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Democrats say supreme court rejection of Trump mail ballot restrictions will ensure ‘safe, secure and accurate elections’ – US politics live
Comments come after court on Monday rejected the president’s mail ballot restrictions ahead of the November midterm ele…
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They fought against datacenters. Now they are running for local offices
Across the US, anti-datacenter organizers are harnessing community anger to win local electionsAfter four months of teac…
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California’s audacious plan to tax its billionaires
If there is one thing Democratic politicians can agree on right now it’s this: Rich people should pay more in taxes. New…
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Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon to share a stage to promote curbs on AI
The poles of U.S. politics are coming together over AI. Sanders and Bannon will appear at the "Pro-Human Assembly" in Wa…
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This bill could reshape crypto in America -- and it's sparking a major battle
The legislation would establish rules of the road for the crypto sector for the first time — but opponents are up in arm…