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Some Republicans are growing anxious that incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) could be ousted in the competitive Texas GOP primary for Senate, giving Democrats a rare opening in the red Lone Star State this fall.
As James Talarico gains steam in the Democratic primary against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), across the aisle, Cornyn and some national Republicans are warning of a general election "massacre" for the party if Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is leading the GOP race in recent polling, ends up at the top of their ticket.
The possibility of an endorsement from President Trump looms as a potential game changer in the tight race, but Trump was still undecided as early voting kicked off. |
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BY REBECCA BEITSCH AND JULIA SHAPERO |
The Trump administration's deployment of a wide range of technologies to support its sweeping deportation push and respond to those protesting immigration raids is sparking pushback among Democrats and civil liberties advocates, who fear it may be abusing its power as it launches new tools.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has used funding from President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act to invest in a range of technologies that can be used to track both migrants and U.S. citizens.
DHS has purchased iris scanners, facial recognition software, web and social media scraping tools and even various cell phone tracking technologies among its new tools. |
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A U.S. arms sale to Taiwan is clashing with President Trump's desire to strike a trade deal with China.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has voiced opposition to the new major arms sale to Taiwan, which China sees as its territory, and the president took note. The arms package's delivery to Taiwan is now up in the air, at least as Trump prepares for his summit in China.
Washington is expected to delay the announcement of the new arms sale as Trump focuses on April's bilateral meeting with Xi and preserving the trade truce the two struck last October, according to regional experts. |
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President Trump on Saturday announced he is raising a newly-imposed global tariff to 15 percent after reviewing the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to block him from using emergency powers to impose sweeping import taxes on foreign trading partners.
"Based on a thorough, detailed, and complete review of the ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision on Tariffs issued yesterday, after MANY months of contemplation, by the United States Supreme Court, please let this statement serve to represent that I, as President of the United States of America, will be, effective immediately, raising the 10% Worldwide Tariff on Countries, many of which have been 'ripping' the U.S. off for decades, without retribution (until I came along!), to the fully allowed, and legally tested, 15% level," the president posted to Truth Social. He added that the White House will roll out the global taxes over the next several months to "continue our extraordinarily successful process of Making America Great Again — GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE!!!" |
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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is joining a growing group of Democrats who plan to boycott President Trump's State of the Union address next Tuesday in favor of an alternative event, according to progressive media outlet MeidasTouch.
The outlet reported that Schiff is set to speak at a counter rally on the National Mall, dubbed the "People's State of the Union," that it is hosting alongside liberal advocacy group MoveOn Civic Action.
The lineup of Democratic speakers also includes Sens. Ed Markey (Mass.), Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Chris Murphy (Conn.) and Tina Smith (Minn.), as well as at least seven House members. |
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President Trump withdrew his endorsement for Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.) on Saturday over what he called a "lack of support" for the president's sweeping tariff agenda, saying he would endorse Hurd's challenger in the upcoming GOP primary instead.
"Based of a lack of support, in particular for the unbelievably successful TARIFFS imposed on Foreign Countries and Companies which has made America Richer, Stronger, Bigger, and Better than ever before, I am hereby WITHDRAWING my Endorsement of RINO Congressman Jeff Hurd, of Colorado's 3rd District, and fully Endorsing Highly Respected Patriot, Hope Scheppelman, to take his place in Congress," Trump wrote in a lengthy Truth Social post. Hurd was among a group of six House Republicans who joined with Democrats earlier this month to pass a resolution to repeal Trump's tariffs on Canada by terminating the national emergency the president had used to justify the punitive action. |
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New York is relaxing its liquor laws to allow bars and restaurants in some parts of the state to open early for the U.S. men's hockey team's gold medal game against Canada on Sunday.
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced Saturday that she directed the State Liquor Authority to suspend enforcement between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. so "U.S. hockey fans can gather to watch the Olympic gold medal game."
"I still remember watching the 1980 game as a college student at Syracuse University, working in a pizza shop. The whole place stopped and watched together. I hope a new generation of New Yorkers gets that same moment tomorrow," Hochul said in a statement. |
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After billionaire retail mogul Les Wexner denied knowledge of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's crimes in a recent deposition before the House, one Epstein survivor called his testimony "abhorrent."
Maria Farmer referenced her 1996 court filing in a statement Saturday, when she accused the disgraced financier of abusing her at Wexner's Ohio residence and said the billionaire's security blocked her from leaving the property. Wexner sought to distance himself from Epstein during the lengthy House Oversight Committee hearing Wednesday, and claimed he was unaware of any abuse endured by Farmer. The accuser wrote that she was serving as an artist-in-resident at his estate during the summer of 1996 — when the alleged abuse occurred. |
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The Trump administration will pay to outfit U.S. Secret Service (USSS) protective detail agents with two tailored suits, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to The Hill.
The initiative, first reported by CNN on Friday and included in a public contract solicitation, emerged after DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said she did not like that USSS agents dressed in their own suits. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told CNN that the suits do "not have to do with optics" and denied the account regarding Noem.
McLaughlin, who is stepping down from her role soon, told The Hill on Saturday that the move for the suits "is about fixing an inequity where non-uniformed graduates must pay for their uniform while uniformed division is provided with their uniform." |
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OPINION | Look closely, and you'll see a pattern emerging.
Whether in the showdown over Department of Homeland Security funding, the ongoing debate over striking Iran, or the endless fighting over the Epstein files, a strange new coalition is emerging between the extreme left and the extreme right. Call it the "Burn-It-Down Coalition." |
OPINION | Democrats talk constantly about "restoring trust in government." But trust is not restored by rhetoric or proclaiming the protection of unpopular institutions.
As of May 2024, only about 22 percent of Americans say they trust the federal government to do the right thing most of the time, according to the Pew Research Center, down from roughly three-quarters in 1964. This collapse in confidence is a central threat to progressive governance. |
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In early January, as Iran faced nationwide protests and the threat of strikes by the United States, the nation's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, turned to a trusted and loyal lieutenant to steer the country: Ali Larijani, the country's top national security official.
Since then, Mr. Larijani, 67, a veteran politician, a former commander in the Revolutionary Guards Corps and the current head of the Supreme National Security Council, has effectively been running the country. His rise has sidelined President Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon turned politician, who has faced a challenging year in office and continues to say publicly that "I'm a doctor, not a politician," and that no one should expect him to solve the multitude of problems in Iran. |
President Trump said he plans to send a hospital ship to Greenland as part of his continuing effort to exercise control of the island in the Arctic, which he has said is vital for national security and contains mineral riches.
Late Saturday, Trump posted on social media that he is sending the ship "to take care of the many people who are sick, and not being taken care of there. It's on the way!!!" |
When Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine surpassed 1,418 days last month, it officially exceeded a historic milestone — the same span of time it took Moscow to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II.
And unlike the Red Army that pushed all the way to Berlin eight decades ago in what it called the Great Patriotic War, Russia's 4-year-old, all-out invasion of its neighbor is still struggling to fully capture Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland. |
BY DAN BALZ & SCOTT CLEMENT |
As President Donald Trump prepares to address the nation Tuesday evening, Americans remain generally sour about his performance, with majorities disapproving of his handling of priority initiatives while saying he has overreached the authority of his office, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll. The president's approval rating stands at 39 percent positive and 60 percent negative, including 47 percent who say they strongly disapprove. The last time Trump's disapproval touched 60 percent was shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Among registered voters, Trump's approval is 41 percent and his disapproval is 58 percent. |
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