Author: Alec Dent

Washington Post – Politics:

Democratic Socialists of America-endorsed or aligned candidates have won a number of Democratic primaries up and down the ballot this cycle.

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Before senators leave for recess, Republican leaders are trying to plow through a lengthy to-do list.

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There’s been something in the air in D.C. this summer — namely wildfire smoke and frustration over Canada’s inability to keep it on its side of the border.

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The Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist skewered presidents from Johnson to Trump, reaching a vast audience through syndication.

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Heritage Foundation chief Kevin Roberts called Paul Gottfried, a “paleoconservative” who promotes writers accused of white supremacism, “one of the sages of our age.”

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In a lawsuit, Democratic officials from more than 20 states say that Trump’s new tariffs are illegal and that he is trying to “sidestep” a Supreme Court ruling.

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The decision to equip federal agents in Minneapolis with body cameras comes after federal agents in the metropolitan area shot and killed two people.

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Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe was one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot in D.C. on Nov. 26. Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died the next day.

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The White House said the designation will help combat the group’s transnational network, which it said fuels terrorism and destabilization campaigns against U.S. interests and allies in the Middle East.