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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. is the subject of intense speculation about whether he will retire in the coming months and give President Trump a fourth nominee.
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Amid strains in U.S.-European relations, the Trump administration has worked to strengthen ties with Hungary and its far-right leader, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is facing his biggest challenge in 16 years. With just days to go before parliamentary elections, Orbán's Fidesz party is trailing the center-right pro-EU Tisza party led by Péter Magyar. U.S. Vice President JD Vance traveled to Budapest this week and appeared alongside Orbán to openly campaign for his reelection.
"This election is really crucial, not just for Hungary, but for the international right wing," says Kim Lane Scheppele, professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University. "There's been a lot of American signaling that the U.S. would really love to have Viktor Orbán be reelected. The problem is the Hungarian people don't seem to agree."
Scheppele also discusses the role of Sebastian Gorka, a top counterterrorism official in the Trump administration, who has longstanding ties to the far right in Hungary and has been instrumental in forging closer ties between the two governments. According to a recent New York Times investigation, Gorka is also leading an effort to target left-wing groups in the United States and abroad as "terrorist organizations."
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 Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyJoe Rogan is a bit of an enigma when it comes to his personal politics, but he may soon play a pivotal role on the homestretch of this fall's election.
The hugely popular podcaster, who boasts 14.5 million Spotify followers, said in 2020 he'd vote for Bernie Sanders but has since platformed far-right guests like the conspiracist Alex Jones on his show.
Now with three weeks until Election Day, rumors have swirled that Kamala Harris is in talks to go on The Joe Rogan Experience—an appearance one communications specialist told the Daily Beast would be a "HUGE risk."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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