Trump's final act begins

He really doesn't care if his party loses control of Congress.

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Middleburg's next resident: JD Vance

The vice president is eyeing a grand Virginia farmhouse as a getaway from Washington, sources tell Axios.

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Extreme heat road map urges cities to rethink resilience

Treat extreme heat as a chronic risk, the Federation of American Scientists says. It offers solutions ranging from grid resilience to cooling access.

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MAGA Goons Who Staged Trump’s Flop ‘State Fair’ Exposed

The people who have turned the National Mall into an empty wasteland for the nation’s 250th can be named, thanks to our must-read guide to what’s really happening in D.C.

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Sunday Musings

Imagine hospitality

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10 years since Brexit, and the results are in

Since the Brexit referendum, the U.K. economy has grown about 13% — less than half the U.S. pace over the same period, according to FactSet calculations.

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The Frontline for Voting Rights Is the Rural South | The Daily Yonder

More than 60 years ago, the rural South was the epicenter of voting rights organizing for Black Americans. Marches and government violence in Selma,

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Bulwark Takes

Politics Podcast · Updated Daily · The news cycle doesn’t slow down, and neither does The Bulwark. Bulwark Takes brings you bite-sized takes on the news of the day from the entire Bulwark team, includ...

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Ta-Nehisi Coates: Obama's Legacy in a Trump World

Podcast Episode · The Bulwark Podcast · June 19 · 57m

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Opinion | Trump achieved a historic victory in Iran. His deal risks squandering it.

His agreement is nothing like Obama’s, but it gives the regime an opening to recover.

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Four Va. counties will pump almost 20 million gallons of water a day to Amazon. Cause for concern? • Virginia Mercury

We wanted to learn for ourselves how much water local communities have promised to Amazon for data center cooling in our part of the state, the region between Northern Virginia and Richmond, including...

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The DOGE Boys Get VC Funding to Support Their Latest Enterprise

Former DOGE members and Elon Musk allies are backing a startup aimed at using AI to apply "learnings” from DOGE to the private sector.

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Trump’s MAGA Promise Hit by Humiliating Reality Check

New figures show factory spending falling and jobs vanishing, despite the president’s “golden age” pledge.

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The new oil order that could emerge from an Iran deal

Things won't be normal for a long time.

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Maryland Senate president softens stance on redistricting: ‘The rules have changed’

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D) signaled a shift this week on mid-decade redistricting, softening his earlier skepticism as battles over congressional maps intensify nationwide ahead of…

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1602 Comedian Jason Salmon + News and Clips

Podcast Episode · Stand Up! with Pete Dominick · May 25 · 1h 10m

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Megyn Kelly Eviscerates Trump for Cheating on ‘Every Wife’

The former Trump supporter tore into the president for his long history of alleged infidelity.

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A Utility Mega-Merger Is All About Data Centers - Inside Climate News

NextEra’s blockbuster deal with Dominion means the largest electricity company stands to benefit even more from AI growth. But what does it mean for ratepayers?

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I Track Space Debris As It Crashes to Earth

I Track Space Debris As It Crashes to Earth: A planetary scientist explains how we can stalk this smoking wreckage.

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