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Newly confirmed extremist envoy to Israel Mike Huckabee anticipated Trump in national Republican politics in several important respects: as a populist, a messianic figure, and a nativist. Now he’s an ambassador and a MAGA dad.

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Are Mark Zuckerberg and Meta’s attempts to counteract liberal bias in the company’s AI model just a way to dodge a fight with Trump, or will they end up promoting his biases and agenda, too?

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From saying a recession will be “worth it” to dreaming of Americans toiling in iPhone factories, Howard Lutnick is a font of darkly hilarious sycophancy. Here’s a running list of Commerce Secretary Lutnick’s most lunkheaded moments.

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Last time the resistance to Trump was focused too much on symbolism. This time it will be largely about substance — the economy.

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DOGE’s methods may be chaotic, but they’re also ineffective. A new report shows that DOGE’s assault on federal employees and contracts isn’t reducing federal spending at all. It’s clear Elon Musk’s real objectives are political and cultural.

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Melania Trump skipped Tiffany Trump’s baby shower, which was hosted by Ivanka and attended by Bettina Anderson. A ‘People’ source said there wasn’t ‘any reason’ for the First Lady to be there. She’s been Tiffany’s stepmother for 20 years.

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The legal battle over returning Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the U.S. is continuing after the Supreme Court pushed back on the Trump administration last night. Here are the latest updates.

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Video showed the spinning rotors of a tourist helicopter separating in midair from the fuselage carrying six people.

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Tariff-spooked Americans are panic-buying at the Apple Store, and while Trump’s trade war may not triple prices, the idea of a $3,500 iPhone is still a useful absurdity, explains John Herrman.

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Now that Trump has called for criminal investigations into his critics Chris Krebs and Miles Taylor, will Pam Bondi cross the line that even Bill Barr, her crooked predecessor, would not?

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Donald Trump’s wealthy backers in finance saw their wealth get hammered by the global trade war and are sharply divided about the wisdom of his tariffs.

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The uncertain note Democratic leaders like Gretchen Whitmer are sounding in opposition to Trump’s trade policies could squander a great opportunity to expose his most important vulnerability: higher prices.

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Here are some of the key answers and craziest details about how and why President Trump’s big tariff reversal came to happen.

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In a new social-media campaign from the American government, the federal agency ICE promised to prevent ‘illegal’ ‘ideas’ from entering the country.

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House passes budget affter Senate tees up Medicaid cuts. The House Freedom Caucus got onboard after Thune agreed to $1.5 trillion in spending cuts – which will almost certainly mean hammering Medicaid.

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Trump’s madman act isn’t just for foreign policy anymore. In his first term, Trump followed the Nixonian ‘madman theory,’ encouraging foreign adversaries to fear he’d lost his marbles. Now he’s extending that strategy to every policy arena.

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Advanced artificial intelligence will change everything, we are told. Do we get a say? wonders technology columnist John Herrman.

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Trump’s job-approval rating keeps getting worse. The president has erased his postelection polling bump, and his tariff policies could soon turn a slow slide in popularity into a crash.

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Trump praised the ‘late great Hannibal Lecter’ for helping him win reelection. During the National Republican Congressional Committee dinner, he called the rant a ‘very important force.’ That may be true, but it’s still almost entirely wrong.

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President Donald Trump announced that he would be pausing his reciprocal tariffs for three months, just days after officials rejected such a move was in the works.

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Before President Trump paused his trade war, a growing number of Republicans were voicing their opposition to tariffs, with some backing legislation to rein in Trump’s powers.

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President Donald Trump has sought to impose his will over the city as his administration has revoked FEMA funds and moved to end congestion pricing among other acts.

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Olu Sonola, the U.S. Head of Economic Research at Fitch Ratings, discusses how the first phase of President Trump’s trade war might end, and one warning sign he looks for in an oncoming recession.

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Spirituality has long offered women a way to transcend their status in society, but the pursuit of inner truth for some leads to a dead end.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explains to Tucker Carlson how tariffs and DOGE layoffs will together create a manlier workforce filling real jobs in factories and mines.

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Trump may get a military parade for his birthday. D.C. officials say White House officials have reached out about making Trump’s long-thwarted dream a reality this June.

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By his aggressive pursuit of a destructive agenda, particularly on tariffs, Trump now bears the burden of American unhappiness with their government. ‘Wrong track’ voters won’t blame Joe Biden any longer.

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The budget math for financing tax cuts makes going after the very popular Medicaid program, or lying about the math itself, almost mandatory for Trump & Co. It’s the same problem that tanked Trumpcare in 2017.

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President Trump’s tariffs have revealed the meme-stock level of wild, unearned enthusiasm that defined the market until recently, John Herrman writes.

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Everyone knows the Democratic Party has deep problems, Ross Barkan writes. But the party can claw back many of its losses by simply letting President Trump implode.

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This is what you get when you cede power to Trump. It isn’t surprising that Trump is refusing to follow market signals on his disastrous tariff policies, as most limits on his power have been removed.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plugged the measles vaccine, then expressed support for dubious treatments. It was more inconsistent messaging from the HHS secretary after he attended the funeral of the second child to die in the Texas outbreak.

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‘Don’t Be a PANICAN’: On Truth Social, Trump tried to end the market crash via name-calling. But people found the meaning of ‘panican’ confusing and markets plunged as Trump threatened new China tariffs. So we must ‘HANK TOUGH’ a little longer.

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As the U.S. pulls back from its role as Ukraine’s central backer and Europe struggles to fill the void, Ukraine continues to hold its own on the battlefield. Military analyst Michael Kofman explains how, and what might come next.

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Donald Trump has put three justices on the Supreme Court, and Amy Coney Barrett has so far been the most independent. She could be a critical vote at a critical moment.

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Numerous global market indicators are blinking red, suggesting more turmoil is on the way over Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs. Here are live updates.

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Democrats now turn out more reliably than Republicans in non-presidential elections, and ticket-splitting is making a comeback among Latinos. These could be hidden weapons for Democrats in the 2026 midterms.

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Both Eric Adams and Andrew Cuomo have become experts at dodging hard questions and avoiding accountability. Voters shouldn’t accept that, writes Errol Louis.

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Saturday’s demonstrations across the country were the largest yet against the second Trump administration. Here are images and videos from dozens of them.

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Tiger Woods and Vanessa Trump are officially dating. Here’s a guide to Don Jr.’s ex and the golf great, including how they announced their relationship, the reaction from the president and Ivanka Trump, and what this has to do with the Obamas.

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The term ‘conservative’ should not be appled to Donald Trump and his MAGA movement. To an administration that regards destruction of existing institutions as a worthty end in itself, there’s nothing worth conserving.

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The GOP legislative agenda is already on a knife’s edge. The political and economic fallout of the trade war Trump has initiated could screw up his ‘one big, beautiful bill’ cutting taxes and spending.

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On Truth Social, Trump reposted a video that said he’s ‘purposely crashing the market’ and included a fake Warren Buffet quote. As people panic over tariffs, Trump said we just need to ‘HANK TOUGH.’

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The tariffs could yield a competitive for Amazon – and just higher prices for you, writes John Herrman.

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A new Data for Progress poll found Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leading Senator Chuck Schumer by double digits in a head-to-head matchup for his Senate seat in 2028.

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As the economy teeters on the brink, the president is banking on his hardline immigration policies more than ever.

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Thanks to a tweet directed at Elon Musk, the Trump administration just hobbled a federal crackdown on corporate secrecy, and New York’s own laws are now up in the air.

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Bryan Johnson (the live forever guy) and Matt Bruenig (the wonky op-ed writer and labor lawyer) have become adversaries in a battle over the use of NDAs.

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The firms in the president’s crosshairs must decide: cave to save their profits-per-partner or take up a tough fight?, writes legal columnist Elie Honig.

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Financial analyst Dan Ives says President Trump’s tariffs don’t make any sense, and could lead to ‘economic Armageddon’ if not adjusted soon.

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