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The Wolf-Krugman Exchange: Power, plutocracy and political economy
Martin Wolf and Paul Krugman reply to listeners’ questions and comments
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Capitol replaces statue of Robert E. Lee with civil rights icon Barbara Rose Johns
The U.S. Capitol has begun displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school.
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Potential NSA, Cyber Command leader nomination transmitted to Senate
The signals intelligence titan and combatant command have been without a permanent leader for months since far-right activist Laura Loomer pushed for the firing of Gen. Timothy Haugh in April.
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Trump orders ‘total’ blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers
The order comes a week after the US military seized an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast.
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Mayor Adams’s Farewell To-Do List: Praise Himself, Undermine Mamdani
Before jetting off to Mexico, Mayor Eric Adams held an unusual news conference that included a time capsule, a new theme song and a defense of his one-term tenure.
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Once Again, Transparency Is Not the Enemy of Academic Freedom
The University of North Carolina system's proposal to require faculty to post syllabi publicly has triggered fierce opposition from some professors; faculty who now insist that transparency itself threatens academic freedom. They are wrong. And their reaction helps explain why public confidence cont…
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Mike Johnson Shuts Door on Key Health Care Vote, and a Dangerous New Drug Hits U.S. Cities
Plus, the subway stop that’s also a museum.
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Off-cycle elections send Republicans a clear midterms warning
Data: Axios research; Chart: Kavya Beheraj/AxiosVoters swung left in every major election this year since President Trump's return to power in January.Why it matters: The off-cycle election results — combined with low approval ratings on Trump's handling of the economy — are red flags for Republican…
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No Sept. 2 boat strike video release for you
Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story No Sept. 2 boat strike video release for you Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Democrats are battling over publicly releasing the video of the U.S. military’s Sept. 2 at…
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Republicans Have Found a New Kind of U.S. Citizen They Can’t Accept
New legislation singles out yet another population as less American than others.
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Greene says ‘dam is breaking’ on Trump’s influence on GOP
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Monday that "the dam is breaking” on President Trump’s influence over the Republican Party. “I think the dam is breaking. Many Republicans may not have called him out, but last week, 13 Republicans voted with Democrats to overturn one of President Trump's exe…
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Vance touts Trump’s economy to shift message on high costs
Vice-president urges patience on affordability after Trump veers off script on cost of living crisis
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Re: Jared Isaacman nominated as NASA Administrator
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Watch live: Trump participates in Hanukkah celebration from White House
President Trump will participate in a Hanukkah celebration at the White House Tuesday evening. The event comes as Jewish groups in the U.S. have urged their counterparts to increase security precautions after an attack during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, over the weeke…
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Trump backs Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair article
President Trump defended White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles Tuesday in the wake of a shockingly candid interview Wiles did with Vanity Fair. CBS News White House reporter Olivia Rinaldi has more.
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Trump Partners With AI Firms to Build Tech Talent Pipeline
The Trump administration will recruit 1,000 artificial intelligence experts in the coming months through a new program aimed at modernizing the federal workforce. The effort, called US Tech Force, aims to hire early career technologists into roles across the government — one of the administration’s …
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Remixing Trump’s Economy Speech, Vance Strikes a Different Tone
Vice President JD Vance pleaded with everybody to just hang in there a little longer, saying the economy would improve.
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Sen. Chris Murphy after boat strike briefing: There's 'no fentanyl' and 'no legal justification'
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said that Tuesday’s classified briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms that the Trump administration has no legal or national security justification for the strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific…
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Ocasio Cortez blasts boat strike briefings: 'That was a joke'
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed briefings on recent strikes on alleged drug boats, calling them “a joke.” “Were you satisfied with the answers that — you’ve gotten so far today in these classified briefings —” journalist Pablo Manríquez asked Ocasio-Cortez in a clip posted to the soci…
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Susie Wiles comes under the spotlight after Vanity Fair remarks
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is grappling with a controversy of her own making after she made a number of startling admissions in a series of interviews with Vanity Fair. In an article published Tuesday that drew on 11 interviews with Wiles over the past year, the chief of staff offered bl…
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