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Newsom Sues Fox News for Saying He Lied About Call With Trump — The lawsuit, which seeks at least $787 million in damages, comes as the California governor adopts an increasingly combative style with the president and his allies. — Gov. Gavin Newsom of California sued Fox News on Friday …
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Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787M in defamation case over Trump call — The amount is nearly identical to Dominion Voting's 2023 defamation settlement with Fox News. — Gavin Newsom is taking a page right out of Donald Trump's media playbook. — The California governor accused Fox News …
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Gun Silencer Provision In GOP Tax Bill Violates Rules, Says Senate Rules Ref — The parliamentarian ruled that the provision making it easier to get silencers, rifles and shotguns is irrelevant to the budget bill and has to come out. — WASHINGTON — A provision in the GOP's tax …
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June 26, 2025 — This morning's press conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth featured …
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Juan Perez Jr / Politico:
School choice, religious school tax carveouts run afoul of Senate's Byrd rule
School choice, religious school tax carveouts run afoul of Senate's Byrd rule
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MAGA Rage Suddenly Takes Unnerving Turn as Trump Plummets in New Polls
MAGA Rage Suddenly Takes Unnerving Turn as Trump Plummets in New Polls
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Senate referee rejects key Medicaid cuts in Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’
Senate referee rejects key Medicaid cuts in Trump's ‘big, beautiful bill’
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Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign — The Justice Department has demanded that James E. Ryan step down to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school, three people familiar with the matter said. — The Trump administration has privately demanded …
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Where Are the University Presidents? — Mostly playing with live ammo and coping with existential threats. — The hard-working staff here at Drezner's World has occasionally referenced Wesleyan University president Michael Roth in this newsletter. And he is making headlines yet again!
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Here's the latest. — The justices found federal judges had exceeded their power by issuing temporary pauses on President Trump's order ending birthright citizenship. But they made no ruling on the constitutionality of the order itself. — Here's the latest.
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Supreme Court curbs injunctions that blocked Trump's birthright citizenship plan — The Trump administration wants to end automatic birthright citizenship as enshrined in the Constitution's 14th Amendment. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Trump administration …
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Supreme Court limits nationwide orders that have blocked Trump's birthright citizenship ban — The case focused on nationwide injunctions, not the constitutionality of President Donald Trump's ban on birthright citizenship. — The Supreme Court on Friday backed President Donald Trump's request …

On Iran, a reminder that party trumps values — Last week, I wrote in my weekly chart article “The myth of Republican isolationism” that the GOP is not in fact the party of isolationism, despite the conventional wisdom about Donald Trump and his coalition. I pointed out that support …
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June 2025 National Poll: Democratic Nomination Up for Grabs as Harris Loses Edge, Vance Frontrunner in 2028 GOP Race
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Exclusive poll: Most voters back Iran strikes, but worry about attacks on U.S.
Exclusive poll: Most voters back Iran strikes, but worry about attacks on U.S.
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Cuomo will stay on NYC mayor's ballot after conceding Democratic primary to Mamdani, sources tell CNN — Andrew Cuomo will not drop out of the New York City mayoral race by the Friday deadline to remove himself from the general election ballot, sources tell CNN.
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Plenty of Jews Love Zohran Mamdani — In 2023, a branch of the Palestinian restaurant Ayat opened in Brooklyn's Ditmas Park, not far from where I live. The eatery trumpets its politics; the seafood section on the menu is headed “From the River to the Sea,” which I found clever but some of its Jewish neighbors considered threatening.
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Cuomo Doesn't Blame Himself for Losing the Primary. Others Do. — Even some of his supporters say Andrew M. Cuomo ran an aloof campaign for mayor that underestimated his chief rival, Zohran Mamdani. — For Andrew M. Cuomo, the rally rolling out a $20-an-hour minimum wage proposal …
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The Public Is Resisting Trump. The Elites Aren't. — Back in April, the White House took a sledgehammer to America's trading relationships with the rest of the world, pledging that a shiny new trade regime would be in place within three months: “90 deals in 90 days.”
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U.S. could be done with trade deals by Labor Day, Bessent says
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Support Rises For Giving Most Undocumented Immigrants A Pathway To Legal Status vs. Deportations, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds …
Support Rises For Giving Most Undocumented Immigrants A Pathway To Legal Status vs. Deportations, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds …
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Kennedy's New Advisers Rescind Recommendations for Some Flu Vaccines — Critics saw in the move the beginnings of a more restrictive approach to providing vaccines to Americans. — An advisory panel recently appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted on Thursday to walk …
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CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal
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With Flu Shot Vote, Kennedy's Vaccine Skepticism Comes Full Circle
With Flu Shot Vote, Kennedy's Vaccine Skepticism Comes Full Circle
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‘Big Balls’ Is Now at the Social Security Administration — Edward “Big Balls” Coristine's placement at the SSA comes after a White House official told WIRED on Tuesday that the 19-year-old had resigned from his position in government. — Edward “Big Balls” Coristine …
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DOGE enters ATF with mandate to slash gun regulations — The agency is working with the ATF general counsel to cut upwards of 50 regulations as the administration drastically reduces the number of inspectors. — The U.S. DOGE Service has sent staff to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco …

Harvey Milk's Name Is Stripped From U.S. Navy Vessel — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the decision to rename the replenishment vessel was “taking the politics out of ship naming.” — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the U.S. Navy was changing the name of the U.S.N.S. Harvey Milk …
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Hegseth announces USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed USNS Oscar V. Peterson
Hegseth announces USNS Harvey Milk is being renamed USNS Oscar V. Peterson
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Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening — Madonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was taken by plainclothes officers from her home in New Orleans — A 64-year-old Iranian woman, who has lived in the US for 47 years, was detained by immigration agents …

California donors cool on Kamala Harris: ‘No one is incredibly pumped.’ — Some party funders have privately shared their ambivalence as the former vice president ramps up her outreach ahead of a potential run for governor. — LOS ANGELES — Kamala Harris is ramping up her outreach …
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Supreme Court backs parents seeking to opt their kids out of LGBTQ books in elementary schools — Parents sued Montgomery County, Maryland, schools after it said they couldn't opt their children out of exposure to LGBTQ books in the classroom. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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Trump's Border Policies Leave Some Farms Empty and Workers Fearful — As federal immigration sweeps have prompted protests across the nation, the border is eerily quiet, as would-be migrants stay away and undocumented workers hide at home. — Alexandra, a 55-year-old undocumented immigrant …

Republican senators propose slashing size of intel office led by Tulsi Gabbard — A bill by Sen. Tom Cotton would cut the Office of the Director of National Intelligence by 60%. The move comes as Gabbard appears to have fallen out of favor in the Trump administration.
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Trump's secret police are terrorizing American streets — 🗣️ Paid subscribers make Public Notice possible. If you appreciate our fiercely independent coverage of American politics, please support us. 👇 — Narciso Barranco was trimming the grass with a weed whacker …
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How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months — In my two decades covering race in America, I've never witnessed an assault on civil rights by the federal government like the one President Trump has undertaken this year → — Trump is using the now-tarnished language of …

How Zombies Help Explain Political Theory — On this week's episode, I'm joined by Daniel Drezner—cohost of the Space the Nation podcast with Ana Marie Cox and proprietor of the Drezner's World Substack—to discuss the eternal popularity of zombies (most recently via the hit movie 28 Years Later …