MIAMI — When Miami-Dade County helped elect President Trump in November, effectively taking on a conservative bent after nearly three decades of being solid blue, political operatives here had their worst fears realized: Florida was in fact a red state.
The signs of a big political change in southern Florida had been seen for several cycles, including Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R) 2022 win, when he flipped the metropolitan county for the first time in more than 20 years.
"There is nothing more maddening to me than the self-inflicted wounds in Dade," said Democratic strategist Steve Schale, who is based in Florida and ran former President Obama's 2008 operation in the state. "Too many in my party — particularly those outside of Florida — thought the Obama '12 and [Hillary] Clinton '16 numbers in Miami were signs the county had become a progressive bastion." |
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Rep. Nancy Mace's (R-S.C.) entrance into South Carolina's GOP gubernatorial primary is setting the stage for a tumultuous intraparty battle as five Republicans vie for the state's top executive post.
Early polling shows Mace and the state's Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) leading the primary pack, with Mace calling the primary a two-way race between her and Wilson. The two officials already have a contentious history. Earlier this year the congresswoman accused four men of sexual misconduct in a speech on the House floor and accused the state attorney general of not prosecuting the men.
However, other contenders, including Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette (R) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), could also have an impact on the race. |
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Some higher education advocates have long sought transparency in college admissions data, but President Trump's latest actions to bring that dream to reality comes with trepidation in how the administration will use the information.
In a memorandum signed Thursday, the president moved to require universities to give the Department of Education more admissions data. Education Secretary Linda McMahon is then instructed to build it into a database easily accessible to parents and students.
While the information could be eye-opening into how institutions are choosing students, it comes with a backdrop of fear the president will target universities that produce unfavorable data in his view. |
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House Democrats in red states across the country are at risk as the redistricting arms race heats up.
Texas Republicans' proposed redraw, a President Trump-backed plan that could net the party five more House seats, has led to other red states moving forward with their own redistricting plans. |
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The White House is considering inviting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to an Alaskan summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a White House official told The Hill's sister network NewsNation.
It is unclear if Zelensky would attend the meeting with the two leaders as meeting details have yet to be finalized. |
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's reported proposal for a ceasefire in Ukraine, which would require Kyiv to cede regions in the east, sparked a firm response from European leaders on Saturday ahead of President Trump's summit with the Kremlin leader in Alaska next week.
The seven European leaders welcomed Trump's efforts to negotiate a ceasefire as part of an effort to permanently end the nearly three-and-a-half-year war in Eastern Europe, but argued that "only" an approach that mixes support for Ukraine, "active" diplomacy and additional pressure on Moscow can lead to peace on the front lines. |
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Paramount's new CEO David Ellison lauded animated show "South Park" creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, for being "equal opportunity offenders" as the sitcom has made headlines mocking President Trump recently.
"Matt and Trey are incredibly talented," Ellison said in an interview with CNN that was published on Friday. "They are equal opportunity offenders and always have been." |
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Former national security adviser Robert O'Brien argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin will come out of the upcoming summit with President Trump in Alaska "loser," arguing that Ukraine will need "real security guarantees" as a part of any potential ceasefire agreement.
O'Brien, who worked for Trump during hi first term, told CNN's Jessica Dean on Saturday that Putin's military invasion of Ukraine, which kicked off in late February 2022, has been a "total failure." |
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President Trump announced on Saturday that he is nominating Tammy Bruce, the current State Department spokesperson, as the next U.S. deputy representative to the United Nations (UN).
"I am pleased to announce that I am nominating Tammy Bruce, a Great Patriot, Television Personality and Bestselling Author, as our next Deputy Representative of the United States to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador," the president wrote in a post on Truth Social. |
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OPINION | With the spotlight now focused on the Federal Reserve's leadership, there have been some dire warnings about potential threats to the Fed's "independence." However, such statements have barely mentioned the need for democratic accountability and have made no reference whatsoever to the U.S. Constitution.
Every student learns that our Constitution established three branches of the government: executive, legislative and judicial. It is simply not permissible for the Fed to be a fully independent "fourth branch." |
OPINION | For more than 50 years, dozens of "controlled substances," including various pharmaceutical products as well as marijuana, cocaine, heroin and everything in between, have been shoe-horned into five statutory "Schedules," according to various criteria set in federal law. While some of these categorizations make sense, others do not. Marijuana (technically, tetrahydrocannabinols or THC, which is the operative chemical in the marijuana plant) falls into the latter category — and perhaps it's time to revisit this aspect of the "Controlled Substance Schedules."
THC is currently classified at the highest level, that is, as a Schedule I controlled substance — on par with heroin and LSD and having "no currently accepted medical use." Even those of us who don't think recreational marijuana use is a good idea can agree that the current scheduling is absurd and erodes institutional trust. |
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BY DAVID E. SANGER AND LUKE BROADWATER |
Since President Trump retook office, many Ukrainians have worried a peace accord would be struck without them. |
A 23-year-old former OpenAI researcher quickly amassed more than $1.5 billion for 'brain trust on AI' |
The threats, pressure and ultimatums have come and gone, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has maintained Moscow's uncompromising demands in the war in Ukraine, raising fears he could use a planned summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska to coerce Kyiv into accepting an unfavorable deal.
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BY FRANCESCA EBEL AND CATHERINE BELTON |
Analysts noted Alaska was once part of the Russian Empire, and some nationalists believe it should be returned.
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