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Column | Jonathan Martin

Trump’s Redistricting Push Could Cost Republicans More Than It Gains

Republicans chasing extra House seats risk energizing Democrats and alienating key new voters.

By Jonathan Martin

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Column | Victoria Guida

‘Affection And Sympathy’: Kevin Warsh’s Friends See Threats All Around Him

In Warsh’s intellectual stomping ground, anxiety runs high about the challenges facing the Federal Reserve.

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I Helped Craft the 25th Amendment. It Was Never Meant to Oust a President.

What began as a safeguard for continuity of government has increasingly been referred to in discussions about removing a president from office.

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The Man Trying to Make Trump’s Tariffs Go on Forever

The fate of the president’s economic agenda rests with this “trade nerd.”

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‘We Want to Move on From Losing’: Pritzker on Antisemitism, Trump and 2028

The Illinois governor reflects on his national profile and what comes next.

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Inside the Quiet Republican Effort to Flip Fetterman

As the Pennsylvania Democrat increasingly is isolated within his own party, Republicans are quietly trying to win him over.

By Jonathan Martin

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Why Elon Musk’s Friend Thinks He’s Wrong About AI

From autonomous weapons to workforce disruption, the stakes around AI are rising. Trump’s AI adviser insists the answer isn’t slowing down.

By Dasha Burns

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What Canadians Are Grudgingly Learning From Trump’s Undiplomatic Ambassador

Ambassador Pete Hoekstra has spent a year enraging Canadians. Is a détente now possible?

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It Took Charles a Lifetime to Be King. Now He Has to Deal With Trump.

There’s a lot at stake during the monarch’s visit to Washington. Will he pull it off?

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House GOP leaders plan vote next week on amended housing bill

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Senators give House GOP’s summer reconciliation plan a cool reception

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Kennedy to support Senate crypto bill

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JD Vance tapping another national security adviser

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Why Kevin Warsh is likely to run afoul of Trump at the Fed

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asks public to back judicial independence

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Virginia Democrats ask Supreme Court to restore their new map

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Third federal appeals court rejects ICE’s mandatory detention push

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Top federal prosecutor in New York committed misconduct, watchdog says

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States

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Florida subpoenas NFL leaders over diversity hiring rules

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Florida defends new congressional map, says it lacks ‘signs’ of partisan gerrymandering

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Nadler’s heir apparent tests whether experience still sells

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New York and New Jersey are turning the World Cup into an interstate turf war

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Georgia to draw new congressional maps for 2028

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Buttigieg picks sides in Iowa

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GOP scores another gerrymandering victory with Missouri Supreme Court win

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Slotkin leaves door open to 2028 bid

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Foreign Affairs

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The lame duck prime minister’s survival guide

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From Streeting to Burnham, here are Starmer’s rivals to run Britain

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French far right to Mbappé: Shut up and dribble … better

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McMaster plans to call special session to redraw South Carolina House map

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Cruz pushes forward on kids’ safety package

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5 things to know about Trump, China and wind power

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Independent’s signature forces House vote on Ukraine aid

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House GOP leadership divided on ethanol fuel vote

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More Republicans vote to rein in Trump on Iran, in new signs of frustration

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Former Democratic donor and candidate arrested in Los Angeles area

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Capitol agenda: House eyes summer for another party-line bill

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Why Warsh’s Democrat problem could come back to bite him

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‘The only thing that terrifies me is BYD’: Politicians quake at Chinese EVs

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Why Republicans can’t get traction on affordability legislation

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Britain’s embattled prime minister is still in office. No one knows how long that will last.

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