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Stalling Jobs Numbers, Biden's Record, and Trump's Economic Mission
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The GOP's Plan to Tweak the Rules for Senate Confirmation
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The Crisis of Confidence in the Western Tradition
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The GOP's Worries About RFK Jr.'s Health Department Mess
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Trump Strikes Venezuelan Traffickers / China’s Big Military Parade
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A Political Brawl Over DEI at Virginia's Public Universities
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Donald Trump’s 'Emergency' Tariffs Lose Again in Court
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‘Snap-Back’ Sanctions on Iran / Trump's Next Ukraine Move
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Trump Wants to Fight Chicago Crime. JB Pritzker Says Stay Out
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The White House Audit of Smithsonian Museum Exhibits
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Trump's Federal Reserve Power Play, Firing Lisa Cook
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Donald Trump, Alina Habba, and the Senate's 'Blue Slips'
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The New York City Mayor's Race Keeps Getting Worse
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Trump's Housing Regulator Goes After His Political Opponents
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Trump Ends Union Contracts for Thousands of Federal Workers
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Does Trump Want Intel's Biggest Shareholder to Be... Uncle Sam?
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The Path to Durable Peace in the Russia Ukraine War
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Trump Welcomes Putin to Alaska for Ukraine Talks
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Gavin Newsom’s Risky Gerrymander Gambit
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Trump's MAGA Pick for the Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Trump Takes Charge of the Police in Washington, D.C.
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Will Trump and Putin’s Alaska Summit Lead to a Ukraine Cease-Fire?
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Donald Trump's Order Targeting 'Debanking'
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Who's Going to Win the Gerrymander Wars?
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Israel Considers Reoccupying Gaza as the Food Shortage Ebbs
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Texas Democrats Skip Town to Block a GOP Gerrymander
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Trump Alleges ‘Rigged’ Jobs Data, as the Economy Wobbles
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The Trump Administration’s New Take on Climate Change
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Is Trumponomics Working, or Not?
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The FDA's Gene-Therapy Reversal and the Exit of Vinay Prasad
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Trump's Tariff Deals With Japan and the EU, as His Aug. 1 Deadline Nears
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How Are Americans Viewing the Trump Presidency After Six Months?
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Should Federal Agents Wear Masks During Immigration Raids?
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Republicans Bumble the Jeffrey Epstein Story
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Democrats Endorse a Young Socialist for Minneapolis Mayor
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Democrats Vow to Retaliate as Texas Moves to Draw a New U.S. House Map
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Is the West Finally Getting Serious About Imposing Pain on Vladimir Putin?
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Trump's Judicial Pick Emil Bove Advances to the Senate Floor
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MAGA Supporters and Democrats Seize on the Jeffrey Epstein Controversy
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A Rebuke for the Secret Service, a Year After Trump's Near Assassination
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Inflation Ticks Up to 2.7%, as Trump's Tariffs Boost Prices
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Putin's Drone Swarms and the View From a Kyiv Bomb Shelter
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Trump’s Trade War With Canada Goes to 35% Tariffs
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Judges Rule Against Trump on Asylum and Birthright Citizenship
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Trump Vents at Putin and Sends More Weapons to Ukraine
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Donald Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Are Back
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Benjamin Netanyahu Comes to Washington With Hopes for Peace
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Will the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' Cost Republicans in 2026?
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Trump Tours 'Alligator Alcatraz' but Says Farmers Need a Deportation Pass
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The Senate Passes Donald Trump’s 'Big Beautiful Bill'
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