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Paul Gigot in Conversation with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
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The Artemis II Moon Mission—and What NASA Is Planning Next
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Donald Trump Tries to Squeeze Iran with a Naval Blockade
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JD Vance Hits the Campaign Trail—in Budapest, Hungary
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Will Donald Trump Walk Away From NATO?
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President Trump Declares a Two-Week Ceasefire in Iran
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Trump's Budget Plan: a 10% Cut, but With $1.5 Trillion for Defense
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Trump Issues an Ultimatum to Iran After a Dramatic Rescue of a U.S. Airman
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Trump Fires Attorney General Pam Bondi / NASA's Artemis II Heads to the Moon
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Donald Trump Makes His Iran Case to the Nation
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The Supreme Court Debates Birthright Citizenship, With Trump in the Audience
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America's Money Migration: Democratic States Keep Losing Taxpayer Income
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Who's Winning in Iran After a Month of War?
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Why Congress Failed, Again, to End the Shutdown of Homeland Security
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A Jury Finds Meta and YouTube Liable for a Young Woman's Problems
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President Trump, Iran and the Fog of Diplomacy
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The Supreme Court Sounds Ready to End Late Mail Ballots
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When Will Congress Finally Pass Funding for TSA's Airport Screeners?
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National Security Concerns from California to Social Media
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Should Republicans Kill the Senate Filibuster?
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Joe Kent's Exit and the MAGA Divide on Iran
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China Has Much to Lose in Iran
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The War in Iran Shifts to the Strait of Hormuz
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The Senate Debate on the SAVE America Act and a Talking Filibuster
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Iran Fights Back on the Energy Front as Donald Trump Looks to ‘Finish the Job’
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The Senate Housing Bill Backed by Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren
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Vinay Prasad Is Leaving the FDA / Anthropic Sues the Pentagon
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The Iran War Roils Oil Markets as Gasoline Prices Rise in the U.S.
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Trump Fires Kristi Noem / The Iran War and U.S. Munition Stocks
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Can Iran's Regime Survive the War?
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Marijuana and Guns at the Supreme Court / Cornyn, Paxton and a Texas Runoff
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The Texas Senate Primary: Cornyn, Paxton, Crockett and Talarico
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How Long Does Donald Trump Have to Achieve His War Aims in Iran?
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The DHS Shutdown Drags On / Trump's Plan for Powering AI Data Centers
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Will the U.S. and Iran Go to War?
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The Moments That Stood Out in Trump's State of the Union Address
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Did China Secretly Test a Nuke? / The FDA Reversal on an mRNA Flu Shot
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Scott Lincicome on Where the Trump Tariff Wars Are Going Next
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Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ Tariffs Lose 6-3 at the Supreme Court
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Zohran Mamdani's Tax Ultimatum Is a Threat to Soak the Middle Class
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Marco Rubio Speaks to Europe in a Different Tone Than JD Vance
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The EPA Ends the 'Endangerment' Finding, a Linchpin of U.S. Climate Regulation
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Democrats Pick a Shutdown Fight, as the ICE Surge Ends in Minneapolis
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The January Jobs Numbers Exceed Expectations
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New Jersey Democrats Choose a Nominee Who Says 'Abolish ICE Now'
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Texans Race to Sign Up for School Choice. Will Mississippi Take Note?
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Jimmy Lai Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison, but Can Trump Intervene?
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Trump Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Elections, as the GOP Debates Tightening Voter ID
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Is Trump Getting Closer to Brokering a Russia-Ukraine Peace?
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The ICE Drawdown in Minneapolis / Epstein Files Collateral Damage
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