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CONGRESS

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DNC Owes $17.6 Million. RNC Has $125 Million. Follow the Money.

OCT 15, 2026 AT 09:25 AM ET

While Democrats talk about a coming blue tsunami, federal financial records reveal a very different picture inside their national headquarters. Meanwhile, Trump's dismantling of USAID and congressional investigations into ActBlue have reopened a much bigger question: where does America's political money originate, and who is watching it?

U.S.

Trump Is Bringing Billions to Arizona. Here’s What It Means for American Families

OCT 15, 2026 AT 07:00 AM ET

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POLITICS

Trump Signs New Law to Turn American Music Into a Tourism Powerhouse

OCT 13, 2026 AT 09:00 AM ET

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U.S.

Made in America Is Making a Comeback. But How Big Is It?

OCT 13, 2026 AT 08:00 AM ET

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POLITICS

Elon Musk's $276 Million Republican Rescue: What Is He Fighting to Preserve?

OCT 12, 2026 AT 10:11 AM ET

Elon Musk is pouring historic sums into Republican efforts ahead of November's midterms. From border enforcement and women's sports to energy production, prescription drugs, and government spending, the Trump administration has already changed major federal policies. Now the battle for Congress will determine how much of that agenda can continue.

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ELECTIONS 2026

Trump Chose Byron Donalds. Now DeSantis Is Helping Him Finish the Job.

OCT 9, 2026 AT 09:39 AM ET

Byron Donald is attempting one of the hardest transitions in politics: going from being a national MAGA congressman whose rise was closely tied to Trump to presenting himself as an independent governor for all of Florida.

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ELECTIONS 2026

Trump heads to New York to boost GOP turnout —undecided Voters could get energized

OCT 9, 2026 AT 08:52 AM ET

President Trump’s decision to campaign with Bruce Blakeman in New York is being portrayed largely through one question: will Trump motivate Democrats against him? That misses another part of the political calculation. Blakeman is already performing strongly with independents, while Latino and immigrant neighborhoods that moved sharply toward Trump in 2024 remain politically unsettled. The Syracuse rally is a test of whether that coalition can be activated again.

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U.S.

President Trump Presents National Medals of Science and National Medals of Technology and Innovation

OCT 9, 2026 AT 07:30 AM ET

Elon Musk. Jensen Huang. Lisa Su. Sergey Brin. Michael Dell. Satya Nadella. President Donald Trump brought six of America’s most influential technology leaders together Thursday to receive the nation’s highest honors in science and technological innovation. But the ceremony carried a message larger than the medals: Washington increasingly sees artificial intelligence, semiconductors, computing, space and scientific discovery as strategic assets in America’s competition for the future.

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POLITICS

Trump Is Putting America’s Seniors at the Center of His Affordability Agenda

OCT 8, 2026 AT 08:32 AM ET

Older Americans are hearing plenty about polls and politics as the midterms approach. But behind the political conversation is a series of policies already affecting seniors’ wallets: lower prescription-drug prices, new Medicare rebates, a larger tax deduction for people 65 and older, housing-affordability initiatives—and even investment accounts designed to give their grandchildren a financial head start.

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POLITICS

$500 Is Arriving in American Mailboxes — and Families Already Know Where It’s Going

OCT 8, 2026 AT 08:04 AM ET

Nearly one million Americans are beginning to receive $500 healthcare refund checks this month. For Washington, it is another government policy. For the people opening those envelopes, it can mean groceries, medications, household expenses—or simply enough left over to finally buy something for themselves.

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U.S.

Latinos Are Hesitating To Vote Republican. But They Are Not Going Democrats

OCT 7, 2026 AT 11:25 AM ET

Something important is happening inside the Latino electorate. Some Hispanic voters who helped Donald Trump achieve historic Republican gains in 2024 are reconsidering their support. But the movement is not simply a return to the Democratic Party. A large bloc remains skeptical of both sides—and their decision may come down to something much more practical than party loyalty: what has actually changed in their lives.

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POLITICS

Seattle Raises the Wage. Nobody Lowered the Cost of Living.

SEP 30, 2026 AT 11:03 AM ET

Seattle will push its minimum wage to $22.14 an hour in 2027. That sounds like relief for workers living in an expensive city. But raising the number on a paycheck does not answer the harder question: why have housing, taxes, energy, transportation and basic business costs become so expensive in the first place?

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U.S.

What Are Women’s Sports For?

SEP 29, 2026 AT 09:43 AM ET

Trump’s latest push on college athletics is about NIL money, transfers and the financial survival of smaller sports. But underneath it is a more fundamental question America has spent years avoiding: if the women’s category is not ultimately protected by biological sex, what exactly is that category designed to protect?

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POLITICS

Why Is John Curtis Opening a Second Front on Trump Jr.?

SEP 22, 2026 AT 08:28 PM ET

Donald Trump Jr.’s wedding gift from Russian businessman Umar Kremlev is already under congressional investigation. Trump Jr.’s wife says Kremlev is a personal friend, President Trump says his son reimbursed the expense, and no public evidence has yet established that anything was promised in exchange. So why is Republican Sen. John Curtis now asking the Senate to open another investigative front before the first one has produced its findings?

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U.S.

Trump Announces an “AI Force” for America

SEP 21, 2026 AT 10:57 AM ET

President Donald Trump says the United States will create a new “AI Force” and appoint an “AI czar,” comparing the initiative to the Space Force he established during his first term. The announcement signals an effort to centralize federal attention on artificial intelligence as Washington wrestles with two competing priorities: keeping the United States ahead of China while managing increasingly powerful technology safely.

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WORLD

The U.S. Geopolitical Repositioning in Real Time

SEP 21, 2026 AT 10:38 AM ET

A look at how Greenland fits into a much larger shift in global power—where geography, military access, technology, trade, and strategic alliances are reshaping the balance between the United States, Europe, China, Russia, and the Arctic. What may look like isolated decisions could actually be pieces of a much bigger geopolitical realignment.

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