Inside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for Republicans (Gift Article)

The world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history.

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Poll: Latino voters swing away from Trump and Republicans

Democrats have a significant lead among Latino voters in 2026 amid economic concerns, according to the NBC News/Telemundo poll, though the GOP has made some long-term gains.

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Supreme Court Allows Trump’s White House Ballroom Construction (Gift Article)

Lower-court rulings would have blocked construction of the 90,000-square-foot ballroom after finding that the Trump administration should have first sought approval from Congress.

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Trump Administration Live Updates: Europe Protests as U.S. Invites Russian Minister to Finance Meeting

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Dark secret comes out on Trump’s big Venezuela oil deal: report

Buried within President Donald Trump’s unprecedented oil deal with Venezuela is a provision designed to exert a level of control over the South American company for 100 years, the Wall Street Journal ...

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Sunday thought: The extremes of the human species

From most admirable to least

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Trump just made toilet paper a lot more expensive

After U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Canada with new 50 percent tariffs, Canada responded with retaliatory tariffs of their own on Tuesday.

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Trump just made toilet paper a lot more expensive

After U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Canada with new 50 percent tariffs, Canada responded with retaliatory tariffs of their own on Tuesday.

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South Carolina Republican voters boo Trump’s name

President Donald Trump's name was booed on Tuesday night at a Republican's rally in deep red South Carolina.

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The Press Knew About Natalie Harp

Why you’re just now finding out what DC reporters already knew.

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Some of Russia’s A.I. Drones Are Powered by Nvidia Microcomputers, Ukrainian Officials Say (Gift Article)

The tech giant says it does not sell the devices in Russia, but they are widely available on resale markets. When purchased that way, they are virtually impossible to track.

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A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I. (Gift Article)

An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.

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Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots (Gift Article)

The plan complies with President Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court.

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Botched Injections Left a Comedian Unable to Smile. But She’s Laughing It Off. (Gift Article)

Since a treatment for TMJ went awry, Hannah Berner, who hosts “Giggly Squad,” has made the most of her predicament.

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Trump 'miscalculated badly' as BBC nightmare threatens to expose his kids: analysis

President Donald Trump's own words could come back to haunt him — and his children and son-in-law.Salon's Sophia Tesfaye discussed how the president's BBC lawsuit could reveal more information about h...

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Trump attempts to reinstate his name back on Kennedy Center after court said no

The Kennedy Center board voted Thursday to inscribe "Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump" beneath the venue's main signage.Adding the president's name back to the facade would directly...

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Oprah Finally Addresses the Trumpy Doctors She Made Into Stars

The two men used Oprah Winfrey’s talk show to launch major careers.

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Rotten Meat, No Milk: Troops Detail Life Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln

Text messages shared with MeidasTouch by a family member of a service member currently deployed aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln paint a bleak picture of daily

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For Trump, Secret Flight Was a Stunning Ruse. For Putin, ‘a Regular Tuesday.’ (Gift Article)

President Trump’s Air Force One subterfuge pales in comparison to the secrecy surrounding Russia’s president, whose fixation on security has reached new heights in recent years.

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What To Do with Us Boomers?

Why We're a Problem

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Colorado Republicans Attack Jewish Gov Candidate With AI ‘Cartoon Devil Horns’ Graphic

Colorado Republicans are using an image showing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser...

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With Truth API, Everyone Gets Rich! (Except You.)

The president is selling Wall Street early access to his brain farts, and in return you get diarrhea from a salad.

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