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The War Over Who Controls Elections in Maricopa County
5+ hour, 31+ min ago (184+ words) Wall Street Journal: "Voters here could help determine the balance of the U. S. House and will vote in some of the most competitive statewide races in the country. With weeks to go until the state's primaries and early voting already under…...
The Rise of Political Grifters Across the West
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (147+ words) The Guardian: "Politicians have always enriched themselves but the chutzpah with which Trump is doing so raises the possibility that an ethical code is breaking down. And not just in the US. Across the West, from Clacton to Queensland, a…...
How Trump Is Turning NATO into a Cash Machine
6+ hour, 1+ min ago (143+ words) President Donald Trump has recast a generations-old transatlantic alliance built on shared democratic values into a framework he's more comfortable dealing with " a business," Politico reports. "He's persuaded NATO members to turbocharge their own defense spending and to invest heavily…...
Burgum Insists Vandals Wrecked Reflecting Pool
5+ hour, 58+ min ago (311+ words) Politico: "Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Sunday aired his frustrations with the continued attention that the botched renovation of the reflecting pool has received and doubled down on the Trump administration's claim that vandals are to blame for its condition....
Josh Shapiro Predicts Battle for the Soul of the Democrats
6+ hour, 6+ min ago (130+ words) Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro tore into New York socialist congressional nominee Darializa Avila Chevalier and warned that a battle is brewing for the soul of the Democratic Party," the New York Post reports. Said Shapiro: I think what our party…...
Nigel Farage Retreats from the Spotlight
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (171+ words) The loudest person in UK politics has suddenly gone quiet," Bloomberg reports. Rather than exploiting the interregnum between Keir Starmer and his likely successor as prime minister, Andy Burnham, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage appears to have taken an unusual…...
Trump at NATO Summit Will Highlight Turkey's Prominence
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (172+ words) For years, many other NATO allies treated Turkey with suspicion for buying a Russian air defense system, attacking Western-backed Kurdish forces in Syria and stalling Sweden's bid to join the alliance," the Washington Post reports. That was then. Now, ahead…...
Ukraine Says It Hit Power Substations in Crimea
7+ hour, 56+ min ago (294+ words) Ukraine said it attacked 16 substations in Crimea and and other Russian-occupied regions over the past 48 hours, deepening an energy crisis in and around the Black Sea peninsula," Bloomberg reports. Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief…...
Why Doug Jones Keeps Running
8+ hour, 1+ min ago (179+ words) Howell Raines: "Tuberville is certainly the favorite in the race. He is a committed loyalist to Donald Trump, who won the state by 30 points in the last presidential election. Alabama hasn't had a Democratic governor in more than two decades....
How Xi Jinping Steamrolls Dissent
7+ hour, 50+ min ago (191+ words) Chinese leader Xi Jinping is employing the sort of autocratic tactics once wielded by Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong to stamp out opposition and stack the leadership with acolytes as he prepares to extend his reign," the Wall Street Journal…...