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The Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling today lifting restrictions on a controversial federal voter database. The order grants President Donald...
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MSNOW, CNN, and Politico are suing the Trump Administration after it banned their reporters from the White House press pool. President Donald Trump s...
A federal judge ordered the Kennedy Center to provide notice before making any major physical changes to the building, on Thursday, including demolis...
On today's show, we get into a rebellion at the heart of President Donald Trump's empire, led by some of the least rebellious guys you can think of:...
For a third time, the U.S. House has voted to end the Iran war, approving a war powers resolution that would halt President Donald Trump's ability to...
One of the biggest elections everyone is watching this year is the Texas Senate race. But the race that's getting a lot of attention right now for al...
A string of recent warnings from AI industry insiders, including a former Anthropic employee who puts the odds of human extinction at over 10 percent...
Nate Silver, Clare Malone, and Galen Druke discuss the most competitive Senate races heading into the midterms in this excerpt from their new podcast...
In June 2022, a 14-year-old girl named Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her Utah home and held captive for nine months. She endured abuse and tortu...
