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Briton who fought in Ukraine jailed for 13 years by Russia
A Briton who fought in Ukraine has been sentenced to 13 years in a maximum-security prison, the Russian Prosecutor-General's office has…
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Transcript: Mike Johnson Unnerved as ACA Revolt Worsens: “Bullshit!”
Sargent: Well, I want to pick up on what you just said there, which is that Mike Johnson is ideologically opposed to the subsidies getting…
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The Trump Judge Who Tried to Rewrite the Bill of Rights
A federal judge in Kentucky proposed in a judicial opinion this week that the Bill of Rights does not protect more than 50 million…
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Trump Seems to Be Trying His Best to Give Us All Cancer
How can the Make America Healthy Again crowd put up with all this? They can’t. Amid the hypocrites and toadies who make up much of Trump’s…
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The Americans Who Saw All This Coming—but Were Ignored and Maligned
Cassandras make their arguments in simple and straightforward ways. They’re earnest. They don’t bury their politics in 12 layers of…
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Mike Johnson Visibly Rattled as ACA Infighting Boils Over: “Bullshit!”
In a blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson, four House Republicans joined Democrats to force a vote next year on an extension of Affordable…
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Posts falsely claim old videos show people celebrating Bondi Beach attack
After gunmen fired on a crowd celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah at Sydney's Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, videos spread in…
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Fact Check: Image Does NOT Prove Zelenskyy Received Israeli Passport In 2016
Does a viral picture of what looks like an Israeli passport confirm that Volodymyr Zelenskyy became an Israeli citizen before he became…
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Trump's Venezuela blockade forces China to choose
China made no public commitment to aid or other material support for longtime partner Venezuela after a recent call between the respective…
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India summons Bangladesh envoy over security concerns
India has lodged a strong protest against what it has called the "deteriorating security situation" around its mission in Dhaka. On…
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Judge orders Trump to stop reductions in force, rehire fired workers
A federal judge ordered the administration to quit moving ahead with reductions in force, saying Wednesday that the law President Trump…
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‘We want it back’: Trump asserts U.S. claims to Venezuelan oil and land
MEXICO CITY — President Trump’s order of a partial blockade on oil tankers going to and from Venezuela and his claim that Caracas stole…
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Trump administration moves to dismantle leading climate and weather research center
The Trump administration is moving to dismantle one of the world’s leading climate and weather research institutions, the National Center…
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Try to Make Any Sense of What Trump Is Saying About Venezuelan Oil
Newhouse was also one of 35 Republicans who voted to establish the January 6 commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection, so it’s…
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EU calls on Western Balkans to step up reforms for membership
The leaders of the European Union and the Western Balkans countries agreed to forge closer ties at a summit on Wednesday evening in…
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Trump Adds Lame Insults to Presidents’ Portraits in White House
Newhouse was also one of 35 Republicans who voted to establish the January 6 commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection, so it’s…
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Trump Adds Lame Insults to Presidents’ Portraits in White House
Newhouse was also one of 35 Republicans who voted to establish the January 6 commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection, so it’s…
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Dan Bongino Is Clearing Out His FBI Office After Rocky Tenure
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, Kash Patel’s woefully underqualified No. 2, is finally headed for the exit. The former talk radio…
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Senate Democrats launch 2026 initiative to lower costs
Senate Democrats on Wednesday announced a 2026 initiative in which they'll push proposals to lower the costs of health care, energy,…
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Hollywood stars launch Creators Coalition on AI
A group of entertainment industry workers launched a new coalition that aims to advocate for the rights of creators amid the growing AI…
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FCC Scrubs Its Website of One Key Word as It Caves to Trump
The Federal Communications Commission website no longer reflects that the FCC is an “independent” agency after FCC Chair Brendan Carr…
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Claim That Venezuela Stole Oil and Land from the U.S.
As is often the case, there is a kernel of a shade of truth in the president’s hyperbolic talk on social media. Source link
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Job Growth This Year Paints a Grim Picture of Trump’s Economy
President Donald Trump wants to pretend like he’s not crippling the economy, but job growth in 2025 has dropped by more than half, and…
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FCC Chair Says Trump Is His Boss—And Then Refuses to Answer Follow-Ups
“We kept yelling, ‘She is pregnant, she’s pregnant,’” resident Tonika Deutch told Murphy. “They put their knees on her. We kept telling…