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During a Saturday-night town hall led by Bari Weiss, the recently named editor in chief of CBS News, most of Madison Avenue sought an off-ramp. The program featured an in-depth interview with Erika Kirk, the CEO of the conservative advocacy organization Turning Point USA and the widow of Charlie Kir…
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Senior Trump advisers are telling top GOP donors that a pair of upcoming Supreme Court decisions are likely to bolster Republicans in the 2026 midterms — and transform the party's power to win elections for years.Driving the news: Trump lieutenants Chris LaCivita and Tony Fabrizio told donors at a R…
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President Trump says he pardoned Colorado's former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters for her "attempts to expose Voter Fraud" in the 2020 presidential election in a Truth Social post Thursday evening. The big picture: Trump has been vocal about his intentions to free Peters — one of the nation's most pr…
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Hours after former NFL star Colin Allred quit the Texas Senate race Monday, rabble-rousing Rep. Jasmine Crockett jumped in — the latest sign that Democrats are facing a Tea Party-style revolt by progressives.Why it matters: Senate Democratic leaders this year have tried to tip the scales in favor of…
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President Trump is likely to loosen still-tough federal restrictions on marijuana use early next year, Axios has learned.Why it matters: While conservatives have long expressed a degree of discomfort with pot, Trump has shown an openness to it.Under the plan, Trump would reclassify marijuana, which …
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Data: PRRI; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsAmericans overwhelmingly support keeping the Constitution's guarantee of birthright citizenship amid growing public resistance to President Trump's immigration crackdown, according to a new survey that also measures attitudes across religions.Why it matters…
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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) put down an internal rebellion over a procedural vote for the second time in two weeks, this time over advancing the $900 billion national defense authorization bill.Why it matters: Rule votes are supposed to be routine for the majority party, but House Republicans…
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Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) on Wednesday filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Why it matters: The thrum of impeachment is growing among House Democrats, with lawmakers also targeting Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Trump himself…
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Add Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.) to the rapidly expanding list of House Democratic incumbents being challenged by the left in the primary next year, with 2022 primary rival Nida Allam launching a rematch bid Thursday.Why it matters: Progressives are going big this election cycle, with efforts to kn…
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{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  Park gift shops directed to review merch for DEI The Trump administration’s efforts to purge diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) from the federal government is hitting gift shops at national parks. © AP Photo/J. Pat Carter In a me…
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President Trump is turning up the pressure against Venezuela and its strongman leader Nicolás Maduro, seizing a massive oil tanker en route to Cuba this week and slapping additional sanctions against his leadership. The seizure of the sanctioned ship, called Skipper, is the most recent swipe by the…
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A group of bipartisan lawmakers sent a letter to the Education Department urging it to add nursing to the list of “professional degrees,” which would allow students to take out more federal loans.   New proposed rules by the department would cap student loan borrowing at $100,000 for graduate progra…
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Erika Kirk, widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, said in an interview released on Saturday that "everyone has a responsibility" to dial down intensifying violent rhetoric in the wake of her husband's assassination in September. Kirk took questions from guests of a town hall, with CBS News ed…
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President Trump told Politico on Tuesday that if he could grade his own economy, he'd give himself an "A-plus" — an "A-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus-plus." The big picture: Polls — and November's blue wave — indicate that many Americans disagree with that sentiment, even Trump's voter base, but the presi…
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Construction work at the White House for President Trump's $300 million ballroom is well underway — and all that's left of the site where the 123-year-old East Wing once stood is rubble, photos taken this week show.The big picture: Trump said on Truth Social over the weekend that the ballroom would …
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Nearly two dozen House Democrats voted with Republicans on Thursday to block one of their own members from forcing a vote to impeach President Trump.Why it matters: The vote enraged Democrats, many of whom despise the increasingly caustic use of impeachment as a political tool but don't want to be s…
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