Politics
Small carriers fight to survive amid delayed Huawei rip-and-replace funds
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The Federal Communications Commission is warning that some rural areas may lose cell service altogether if Congress doesn’t provide more money to carriers that have been ordered to remove Chinese-made equipment.
Cheers and distortions: Trump feeds on raucous rallies as trial disrupts run
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His return to the trail offered Trump a chance, if only for a day, to escape the cold realities of the courtroom and bask in the strength he projects for his supporters.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ like China, Russia, at campaign event
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President Biden’s remarks have not elicited a formal response from the countries he named. But experts said they were likely to have offended, particularly in Japan.
NASA moon capsule suffered extensive damage during 2022 test flight
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An inspector general’s report helps explain why NASA has delayed by at least a year what was to have been Orion’s first flight with crew on board.
Shrugging at honoring the 2024 vote, at political violence and at Jan. 6
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Donald Trump and someone rumored to be on his vice-presidential shortlist take more steps down a slippery slope.
Election 2024 latest news: Biden heading to battleground state of North Carolina
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Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
RFK Jr. embraces California ballot nomination from party with history of far-right ties
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The American Independent Party of California, which backed segregationist and former Alabama governor George Wallace in 1968, nominated Kennedy for president.
Biden, Democrats push hard to put North Carolina in play
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As president visits Tar Heel state, Democrats hope a controversial GOP governor candidate boosts their chances
That time football legend, rig-driving eligible bachelor Biden was arrested
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Here’s a guide to some recent stories told by President Biden that cannot be verified or are not plausible.
Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in N.Y. rape case expected after Labor Day
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Former film producer Harvey Weinstein’s rape case is expected to be retried sometime after the Labor Day holiday, a judge said Wednesday
Blake Masters disparages his House opponent for not having kids
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The failed Senate candidate outlined a replacement-is-great pitch for his House candidacy.
Biden gives campus protesters the (mostly) silent treatment
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The president hasn’t said much about the protests for obvious political reasons. But increasing clashes — and outspokenness from his party — are testing that.
Arizona Senate votes to repeal 1864 abortion ban. What it means, and what’s next
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Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs is expected to sign the repeal into law in the coming days, but the timing for when the repeal can legally go into effect could still complicate abortion access in the state.
Denouncing campus protests, House GOP pushes divisive antisemitism bill
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Critics call the Antisemitism Awareness Act, which has some Democratic support, an effort to silence criticism of Israel and an affront to the First Amendment.
A former Trump official deploys DEI alarmism against … taxing the rich
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Like his former boss, Larry Kudlow uses fears of anti-White discrimination for his own purposes.
Eric Adams’s condescending dismissal of the ‘children’ at Columbia
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The New York mayor offered a familiar argument for diminishing rhetorical opponents: They are gullible patsies for nefarious actors.
The situation at Columbia was not equivalent to the Capitol attack
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The idea that young people can’t develop their own opinions is long-standing and intertwined with a right-wing view of college.
Election 2024 live updates: Trump to hold rallies in Wisconsin, Michigan during court break
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Live updates from the 2024 campaign trail with the latest news on presidential candidates, polls, primaries and more.
Biden is aiming increasingly personal and sarcastic jabs at Trump
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From his rival’s hair to his maturity level, the president is no longer determined to stay above the fray
Democrat Tim Kennedy wins New York special election for House seat
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Once he is sworn in to represent the state’s 26th District in Congress, the Republican majority in the chamber will temporarily fall to just one seat.
Federal judges strike down La. congressional map with second Black-majority district
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The panel ruled Tuesday that a newly redrawn congressional map, which added a second majority Black district, violated the Equal Protection Clause and blocked the state from using the map in upcoming elections.