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House sexual harassment payouts exceeded $300,000

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Column | Jonathan Martin

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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Q&A

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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The Friday Read

What Canadians Are Grudgingly Learning From Trump’s Undiplomatic Ambassador

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

By Mickey Djuric and Mike Blanchfield

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Perspective

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?

By Jack Blanchard

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COLUMN | John F. Harris

Inside the Ballroom: Chaos and Confusion

One wonders if the surreal events of Saturday night might make it hard to return to the familiar conception of the White House Correspondents Dinner.

By John F. Harris

Perspective

Trump Is Going After Birth Control. Here’s Why.

Contraception was politically untouchable — until now.

By Mary Ziegler

Column | Nahal Toosi

So You Want to Negotiate with Iran ...

A bunch of demands on a PowerPoint slide won’t cut it if the Trump administration plans to engage seriously with Tehran’s Islamist regime.

By Nahal Toosi

THE FRIDAY READ

Can a Democratic Dynasty Survive in This Red State?

A race for statewide office in Indiana could chart the way forward for national Democrats.

By Adam Wren

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The Clock Is Ticking to Secure the Midterms — Here’s What the Experts Say

7 practical ways to keep the November elections free and fair.

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Tinker Tailor Campaigner Spy

Great powers once meddled in other country’s elections secretly. Now they are happy for everyone to know.

By Sasha Issenberg

Eric Swalwell Thought He Was Untouchable — Until He Wasn’t

The allegations that ended Swalwell’s gubernatorial bid fit a longstanding pattern of behavior.

By Melanie Mason, Jeremy B. White, Daniel Lippman and Riley Rogerson

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Grindr’s CEO Has a Favorite in the California Governor’s Race

In a new interview, George Arison talks AI, California politics and where he disagrees with LGBTQ advocates.

By Christine Mui

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Here’s how different US tariff revenue was in 2025

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How a major DOE report hides the whole truth on climate change

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Congress

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Investigate them or shame them? Inside the debate over how to deal with creeps in Congress

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Warnock: Supreme Court dealt ‘devastating blow’ to democracy with Voting Rights Act ruling

By Jacob Wendler

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Tillis calls Comey ‘biggest disappointment’ but stands against 8647 indictment

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

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‘Divided us with a smile’: GOP groaning over Mike Johnson reaches a fever pitch

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‘The new soccer mom’: Both parties scramble for working class voters ahead of ’28

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Trump’s Cuban American base is no longer guaranteeing him loyalty

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Former RNC official Richard Walters joining White House for midterm push

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Trump tells Congress the Iran war has ‘terminated’ as legal deadline hits

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Pirro confident armed man at WHCD targeted Trump

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Trump’s former lawyers land high-profile jobs in the admin or on the federal bench

By Erica Orden

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Alleged WHCD attacker agrees to remain detained

By Kyle Cheney

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Current and former Mexican officials accused in US indictment of aiding drug trafficking

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Xavier Becerra unveils his AI vision for California

By Tyler Katzenberger and Christine Mui

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FIFA has met its match in the Garden State

By Ry Rivard and Sophia Cai

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‘There should’ve been a reckoning’: How End Citizens United’s electoral spending faded

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‘What’s a more secure place than The Villages?’: Trump finds his people again in Florida

By Kimberly Leonard

Elections

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Democratic leaders want an affordability debate on AI. Critics say they’re ducking the real fight.

By Calder McHugh and Riley Rogerson

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Kamala Harris bought a Malibu home. Her neighbors think that means something.

By Daniel Miller

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Poll: The midterms’ new big players are pushing agendas that voters don’t fully support

By Erin Doherty, Jasper Goodman, Jessica Piper, Daniel Barnes and Brendan Bordelon

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Ohio Republicans fear former ICE official could cost them a battleground House seat

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Foreign Affairs

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Rubio to meet Pope Leo, Meloni and Italian ministers in Rome

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Inside Germany’s far-left war on infrastructure

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Trump says US will help free ships stuck in Strait of Hormuz

By Jacob Wendler

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Germany’s Merz shrugs off Trump clash over troops, trade

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Gallego’s energy plan: Pull the Democrats to the center

By Zack Colman

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Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in ‘critical but stable condition,’ spokesperson says

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

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United flight landing in Newark strikes light pole on New Jersey Turnpike, FAA says

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Left-wing Mélenchon announces 4th run for French presidency

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Medicaid work requirements give red states a chance to turn back clock

By Alice Miranda Ollstein

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Marco Rubio to visit Italy after Trump’s spats with Meloni, Pope Leo

By Lucia MacKenzie

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Cubans struggle to survive on pocket-size government ration books as products dwindle

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Trump casts doubt on Iran’s new peace proposal

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US to cut troop presence in Germany ‘a lot further than 5,000,’ Trump says

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The new surgeon general nominee has a MAHA problem

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Drugmakers file emergency appeal to restore abortion pill access

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Data centers used to be a prize. States are having second thoughts.

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