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Column | Corridors

‘I’m Gonna Punch You in Your F--king Face’: Scott Bessent Threatens an Administration Rival

The Treasury secretary's quiet tensions with housing finance chief Bill Pulte exploded at a private dinner last week.

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House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris (R-Md.) speaks with reporters at the Capitol.

Key House GOP hard-liner doesn’t rule out short-term shutdown punt

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Alex Padilla speaks.

Why California's political class is begging Alex Padilla to run for governor

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James Comer speaks with reporters.

House Oversight receives Epstein estate files, including 'birthday book'

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Johnson says he didn't use ‘right terminology’ in calling Trump an Epstein ‘informant‘

The speaker made the claim last week in comments to reporters.

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Trump boosts end-run around Johnson on congressional stock trading ban

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Chief Justice John Roberts speaks during a May 12 lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025.

John Roberts temporarily allows Trump to re-fire FTC member

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French President Emmanuel Macron stands at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Sept. 4, 2025.

French government downfall tests Macron like never before

By Clea Caulcutt

A woman is detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Supreme Court lifts restrictions on ‘roving’ ICE raids in Los Angeles

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Dario Amodei speaks into a microphone onstage.

Anthropic backs California bill that could test Newsom on AI

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Then-FEMA acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton testifies on Capitol Hill.

Fired FEMA chief recounts ‘hostile relationship’ with Trump officials

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Trump’s jobs report dilemma

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Culture Club

The Movie Trope that Explains Trump’s Political Dominance

To win again, Democrats must stop warning voters against the kind of people movies taught us to love.

By Dan Brooks

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Politics

The Political Upset That Should Haunt Zohran Mamdani

This isn’t the first time the Democratic establishment has tried to torpedo a democratic socialist upstart.

By Sarah DiGregorio

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The Friday Read

2 Friends, 1 Senate Race and the Democratic Quest to Win Over ‘Normal’ People

The elusive hunt to solve Democrats’ authenticity problem.

By Michael Kruse

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Law And Order

Opinion | Will the Supreme Court Stand Up to Trump if He Sends Troops to Chicago?

The military isn’t supposed to act as a national police force.

By Aziz Huq

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Column | Rules of Law

Trump Is Trying to Blackmail the Supreme Court

The legal arguments for Trump’s tariffs are weak, so he’s arguing their rejection would bring ruin.

By Ankush Khardori

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The War Issue

The AI Doomsday Machine Is Closer to Reality Than You Think

The Pentagon is racing to integrate AI into its weapons system to keep up with China and Russia. Where will that lead?

By Michael Hirsh

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Column | On Politics

There’s Only One True Bipartisan Issue Left

Jonathan Haidt’s “The Anxious Generation” has prompted an unlikely bipartisan revolution to ban phones in classrooms.

By Jonathan Martin

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Column | Corridors

Democrats Flinched During the Last Spending Showdown. They Should Do It Again.

Not much has changed in the five months since Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last surrendered to the GOP.

By Rachael Bade

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Column | Compass

‘The Bar for Success is Negative’: Claudia Sheinbaum’s Approach to Trump is a Warning Sign

The U.S. president is largely defeating his counterparts.

By Nahal Toosi

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Q&A | Rules of Law

Cass Sunstein on What Lefty College Kids Get Wrong, the Dangers of Trump and His Own Regrets

In a new book, the longtime legal scholar offers a defense of liberalism from its critics on both the right and the left.

By Ankush Khardori

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The War Issue | The Friday Read

Germany’s Army Is Rebuilding. What Could Go Wrong?

As Putin looms and Trump pulls back from NATO, Germany gears up to build the fourth largest army in the world.

By Jessica Bateman

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The War Issue

Inside Pete Hegseth’s Civilian Purge at West Point

What do Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have against soldiers listening to civilians?

By Jasper Craven

INTERACTIVES

A collage of images coming out of a filing cabinet, including: Jerome Powell, Jeff Van Drew, a robot, Paramount water tower, Jimmy Kimmel, a windmill and Harvard's crest on flags.

Trump's flood-the-zone approach to unflattering news cycles has hit a new extreme

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$3.4T illustrated as floating balloons

How the 'big, beautiful bill' got so bloated

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Congress

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Capitol agenda: Where we’re at on funding talks

By Mia McCarthy

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Congress splinters into unlikely factions over looming government shutdown

By Jennifer Scholtes, Jordain Carney and Katherine Tully-McManus

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Roger Marshall pushes back on Kennedy critics in GOP

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

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Duckworth says DHS ‘fled the base’ during visit by Democrats

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

White House

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Decades-long peace vigil near White House is dismantled after Trump’s order

By Associated Press

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Trump not at war with Chicago but with cartels, Tom Homan says

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

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Rand Paul clashes with JD Vance over US strike on boat leaving Venezuela

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

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Conservatives have a message for Trump: We want more babies

By Megan Messerly

Legal

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Peter Navarro isn’t done battling the Justice Department

By Kyle Cheney

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Immigration appeals court expands mandatory detention for millions

By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney

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San Francisco federal judge again blocks Trump from stripping immigration protections for Venezuelans, Haitians

By Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein

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Two arrested over June killing of congressional intern

By Katherine Long

States

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Opinion | ‘He yelled because he cared’: A former staffer reflects on John Burton’s death

By Dave Sebeck

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Florida surgeon general denies need for study ahead of end to vaccine mandates in the state

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

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Republicans brace for redistricting ‘catastrophe’ in California

By Dustin Gardiner

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Democrats face high stakes in New Jersey and Virginia

By Madison Fernandez and Brakkton Booker

Elections

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Buttigieg, Newsom and Vance top way-too-early 2028 New Hampshire poll

By Lisa Kashinsky

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State Rep. James Talarico to jump in Texas Senate race

By Adam Wren

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Republicans move quickly to support Ashley Hinson’s Senate bid

By Nicole Markus

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Georgia elections official who condemned Trump runs for secretary of state

By Aaron Pellish

Foreign Affairs

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Germany’s Merz becomes key target of Russian disinformation

By Nette Nöstlinger and James Angelos

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NATO’s eastern flank braces for Russia’s war games

By Giedre Peseckyte

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How to watch the French government collapse (again) like a pro

By Joshua Berlinger

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South Korea to bring home 300 workers detained in massive Georgia raid

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Trump warns foreign companies after immigration raid at Hyundai plant

By Seb Starcevic

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Russia’s ‘spook in your pocket’: The Kremlin rolls out a messaging app

By Eva Hartog

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In 1 DC neighborhood after federal intervention, a mixed view of more authority

By Associated Press

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Bessent predicts ‘substantial acceleration’ in economy by end of year

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

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US could be forced to refund ‘about half’ of tariffs if SCOTUS rules against Trump, Bessent says

By Ari Hawkins

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Congress eyes stock-trading ban — with tax break sweetener

By Benjamin Guggenheim

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Cable broke before Lisbon crash, initial findings show

By Pieter Haeck

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Ukraine’s main government building hit as Russia ramps up attacks

By Pieter Haeck

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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba resigns

By Associated Press

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Israel calls on famine-stricken residents to flee and targets more high-rises in Gaza City

By Associated Press

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All the reasons world leaders are calling for Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize

By Nicole Markus

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France hits back at US over Gaza accusations

By Hanne Cokelaere

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  1. ‘I’m Gonna Punch You in Your F--king Face’: Scott Bessent Threatens an Administration Rival

  2. Supreme Court lifts restrictions on ‘roving’ ICE raids in Los Angeles

  3. Republicans brace for redistricting ‘catastrophe’ in California

  4. All the reasons world leaders are calling for Trump to win the Nobel Peace Prize

  5. Rand Paul clashes with JD Vance over US strike on boat leaving Venezuela

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Newsom warns that UCLA fight signals greater threat: 'it's not just about UCLA'

Newsom warns that UCLA fight signals greater threat: 'it's not just about UCLA'

Silicon Valley mayor agrees with Trump on 'energy dominance'

Silicon Valley mayor agrees with Trump on 'energy dominance'

Sen. Alex Padilla: 'There's a greater context for this redistricting fight'

Sen. Alex Padilla: 'There's a greater context for this redistricting fight'

Katie Porter anticipates more challengers in CA gubernatorial race

Katie Porter anticipates more challengers in CA gubernatorial race

Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan on kids and the potential danger of AI companion chatbots

Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan on kids and the potential danger of AI companion chatbots

TALKERS

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AI is unmasking ICE officers. Can Washington do anything about it?

Professor Graham Parsons sits on the porch of his home.

Inside Pete Hegseth’s Civilian Purge at West Point

Vice President JD Vance speaks to the press after paying his respects to victims of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting on September 3, 2025 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Vance defends strike on alleged drug boat: ‘Highest and best use of our military’

Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada addresses a press conference with Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina after their meeting on August 26, 2025 in Riga, Latvia. (Photo by Gints Ivuskans / AFP) (Photo by GINTS IVUSKANS/AFP via Getty Images)

Carney's answer to Trump's trade war: Buy Canadian

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies during a hearing.

Fellow Kennedys call on RFK Jr. to resign as health secretary

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