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3+ week, 1+ hour ago  (599+ words) As Trump himself observed before the vote began, with characteristic contempt for any pretense of institutional process, "It's a little odd that we're having this meeting, because we already announced it. These are minor details, but I think everybody agrees....

2+ day, 22+ hour ago  (557+ words) Adams was granted citizenship and a passport from Balkan country by a special decree from the republic's president Eric Adams has obtained citizenship and a passport from Albania, the Balkan country which received effusive compliments from the former New York…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1289+ words) Red Cross calls consecutive Lebanon strikes 'gravely concerning' Israeli military says surrounded key Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil Did Apple erase Lebanese village names from its maps? How the Strait of Hormuz became Iran's most powerful weapon Gambling on death:…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago  (148+ words) Jacob T. Levy: "It's not just that Orb'n losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source…...

5+ hour, 8+ min ago  (265+ words) The House Ethics Committee has begun an investigation into "sexual misconduct" allegations involving Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA). Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously,…...

23+ min ago  (97+ words) Axios: "The economy has been steadily growing for the last five years, and inflation is way down from its peak nearly four years ago. Public opinion about the economy, by contrast, keeps plumbing new depths." "Americans are decisively negative about…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago  (168+ words) New York Times: "President Trump's erratic behavior and extreme comments in recent days and weeks have turbocharged the crazy-like-a-fox-or-just-plain-crazy debate that has followed him on the national political stage for a decade." "A series of disjointed, hard-to-follow and sometimes-profane statements…...

5+ hour, 4+ min ago  (176+ words) Wired: "In a matter of days, MAGA media figures have gone from defending President Donald Trump as God's chosen president to making the case that he is actually the antichrist." "The accusations reached a fever pitch on Sunday night, after…...

31+ min ago  (140+ words) It's not entirely clear what President Trump thought he was doing by dispatching Vice President JD Vance to campaign alongside Viktor Orb'n at a moment when the Hungarian leader was already slipping in the polls. Nor is it obvious why…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (340+ words) newrepublic. com For energy analysts, these sorts of announcements are a sign of things to come. Sam Reynolds, a research lead with the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, or IEEFA, calls the news "probably the most tangible sign…...