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Yahoo PoliticsMay 19, 2026
After primary loss, Sen. Bill Cassidy defends his 2021 vote to convict Trump


New York Times PoliticsMay 19, 2026
Bipartisan Bill Would Impose New Annual Fee on Electric Vehicles
A House transportation bill introduced this week would require owners of electric cars to pay $130 to cover the cost of road repairs.

Yahoo PoliticsMay 19, 2026
Alabamans to choose nominees for US Senate as voting maps in flux


Yahoo PoliticsMay 19, 2026
What to watch in Tuesday's primaries as Trump's endorsement is put to the test


Drudge ReportMay 18, 2026
SHOWDOWN: Massie confronts full force of Trump's wrath in primary...




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Yahoo PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Cassidy Has No Regrets About Getting On Trump's Bad Side


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New York Times PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Trump Threatens Iran and Then Pulls Back, All in the Same Day
President Trump has repeatedly said he'll restart military action against Iran, only to stop short of plunging the United States directly back into an unpopular war.

Politics - U.S. HouseMay 18, 2026
Graham Platner: If You Work for a Living, You're Working Class
Graham Platner is a Democrat in Maine hoping to defeat Susan Collins in the midterms this November. On "The Interview," he talked about why he takes an expansive view of the working class.

Foreign PolicyMay 18, 2026
G-7 Finance Ministers Discuss Economic Fallout of Iran War
Rising oil prices and growing bond market volatility have raised fears of a global recession.

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New York Times PoliticsMay 18, 2026
He's Been Impeached and Indicted. He Has a Chance in Texas' Senate Race.
The fate of Ken Paxton, the conservative Texas firebrand, could decide whether Republicans keep control of the Senate.

Politics - U.S. SenateMay 18, 2026
Graham Platner: ‘We Need a Political Revolution'
Graham Platner, a Democrat, is hoping to defeat Susan Collins in Maine's Senate race this fall. On "The Interview," he talks about why the country needs to find a way to rebuild the political system.

Yahoo PoliticsMay 18, 2026
GOP Senator Shades Biden After Saying Trump Has To ‘Bomb The Living Daylights Out of Iran'


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Yahoo PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Trump Admin Seems Unable To Answer Questions About New $1.7 Billion Fund That May Go To Jan. 6 Rioters


BBC PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Who is Andy Burnham? Manchester mayor who wants to be prime minister
The Greater Manchester mayor is lining up a third attempt to be Labour leader - but must get back to Westminster first.

New York Times PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Trump Is Said to Have Proposed a New Helipad at the White House
The exhaust from helicopters' engines has been known to occasionally scorch the grass on their landing zones.

Drudge ReportMay 18, 2026
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New York Times PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Justice Dept. Sets Up $1.8 Billion Fund That Could Funnel Money to Trump Allies
The arrangement was denounced by critics as a slush fund for supporters of President Trump, possibly including Jan. 6 rioters.

Yahoo PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Trump touts a major TrumpRx expansion, adding more than 600 generic drugs


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Yahoo PoliticsMay 18, 2026
What to know about Trump's $1.7B fund to compensate allies claiming political targeting


New York Times PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Hegseth Campaigns for Trump Loyalist in Kentucky House Race
The campaign appearance was an extraordinary breach of military decorum, even for Mr. Hegseth, who has stretched the boundaries of partisan politics as defense secretary.

Foreign PolicyMay 18, 2026
Iran Is Winning the Vibe War
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Politics - U.S. HouseMay 18, 2026
This Redistricting Chaos Must End
First on Democrats' to-do list must be banning gerrymandering, restoring voting rights protections and reforming the Supreme Court.

Yahoo PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Forget Kentucky's People - Hegseth Says Thomas Massie Should Serve Trump


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Politics - U.S. HouseMay 18, 2026
G.O.P. to Begin Debating Voting Maps in This State. Not Everyone Approves.
Under pressure from President Trump, the South Carolina legislature will consider new House districts this week. Some Republicans worry changes could backfire.

Democracy NowMay 18, 2026
"Staggering Corruption": Rep. Raskin on Trump's $10B IRS Lawsuit, Stock Trades & Family Business
Donald Trump on Monday dropped his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over a leak of his personal and business tax records, a bizarre case of a sitting president suing his own government and essentially acting as both plaintiff and defendant. This comes amid reports that Trump's Department of Justice was considering settling the case in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion fund to compensate victims of so-called weaponization of the DOJ under the Biden and Obama administrations. Trump allies who participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol could file claims and be compensated.

"They want a $1.7 billion slush fund, which comes to a million dollars a head in terms of Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, the insurrectionists, with $100 million left over of taxpayer money to spread around in different ways," says Congressmember Jamie Raskin of Maryland, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, who spoke with Democracy Now! shortly before news broke of Trump dropping the IRS lawsuit.

Raskin last week introduced the Protecting Our Democracy Act, which is geared toward curbing the president's profiteering from public office. "Corruption is the whole purpose of the Trump administration," says Raskin. "It's not like some eccentric peripheral thing; it's a vast money-making operation."


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BBC PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Parents could face bigger fines for child's crimes under youth justice shake-up
In the most extreme cases, parents could face jail if they fail to take action to address their child's behaviour.

New York Times PoliticsMay 18, 2026
In Massie's Kentucky Primary, Fidelity to Trump Is on the Ballot
Representative Thomas Massie, the Republican who wears his rifts with President Trump as badges of honor, is battling Trump-backed challenger Ed Gallrein to keep his seat.

New York Times PoliticsMay 18, 2026
The Supreme Court's Voting Rights Decision Spurred Swift Action in Louisiana and Alabama
The timing brought the court into the middle of a fight to redraw voting maps across the South, even as some primaries were underway.

Yahoo PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Nancy Pelosi Endorses Connie Chan In Race To Replace Her


Yahoo PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Democratic district attorneys vow to prosecute federal agents who target voting sites


Yahoo PoliticsMay 18, 2026
Jamie Raskin Says Trump's Gone From 'Brick And Mortar Corruption' To Something So Much Worse


New York Times PoliticsMay 18, 2026
What is Trump's $1.776 Billion ‘Anti-Weaponization' Fund?
The Trump administration is creating a $1.8 billion fund to compensate people it says were wronged by the federal government, a group that could be largely made up of the president's allies.

Drudge ReportMay 18, 2026
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New York Times PoliticsMay 17, 2026
Cassidy Loses Senate Primary in Louisiana, as Trump Vanquishes G.O.P. Foe
Senator Bill Cassidy, a two-term Republican who voted to convict President Trump in his 2021 impeachment trial, could not muster enough votes to continue to a runoff next month.

New York Times PoliticsMay 17, 2026
Why Neutral Maps Could Empower Black Voters as Much as the Voting Rights Act
Our simulations show that the act isn't needed for minority representation in the South, if partisan gerrymandering were checked.

Politics - U.S. HouseMay 16, 2026
Graham Platner Thinks a Political Revolution Is Coming
The presumptive Democratic Senate nominee from Maine enters the general election fray.

Democracy NowMay 14, 2026
Xi Warns Trump of Potential "Conflict" over Taiwan in Beijing Summit on Iran, Trade, Tech & More
U.S. President Donald Trump is in Beijing for a highly anticipated summit with his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping. It is the first U.S. state visit to China since 2017, during Trump's first administration. Trade, the Iran war, artificial intelligence and the fate of Taiwan are some of the issues being discussed, although it's not clear if any new agreements are likely. Trump traveled to China with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, along with a delegation of top U.S. executives including Apple CEO Tim Cook, Elon Musk of Tesla and Jensen Huang of Nvidia.

The summit comes after years of rising hostility between the two superpowers, but leaders recognize the importance of improving the bilateral relationship, says Zhao Hai, director of international political studies at the Institute of World Economics and Politics in Beijing. "This is a very critical historical moment [at] a crossroad, and both sides now are working together to establish a stable relationship that will have a global ramification," he says.

We also speak with Jake Werner, a historian of modern China and director of the East Asia Program at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He says the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and the resulting economic chaos have strengthened China's position.

"China has ties to all the countries in the region. It has acted in the past to help broker the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran," says Werner. "So it has some experience in this realm, sort of acting as a broker towards peace."


Foreign PolicyMay 05, 2026
Trump's Southeast Asia Trade Deals Are in Limbo
Malaysia becomes the first country to cancel its tariff deal with the White House.

Democracy NowMay 05, 2026
"Assault on the First Amendment": Dem. FCC Commissioner on Megamergers & Trump Targeting Kimmel, ABC
As President Trump continues to attack media organizations and journalists, we speak with a sitting member of the Federal Communications Commission about how the administration has weaponized the FCC to go after his perceived enemies in the media. Anna Gomez is the sole Democratic commissioner on the FCC, which is currently operating with just three commissioners instead of the usual five. She criticizes the agency's recently announced review of ABC television licenses, which comes after President Trump called for the firing of ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Under Chair Brendan Carr, the FCC has repeatedly gone after critics of the president by threatening to revoke valuable broadcast licenses.

"This administration is using any point of leverage that it has to go after its critics," says Gomez, who was appointed by President Joe Biden in 2023.

Gomez also discusses how media consolidation impacts public choice, including the pending merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery, which would bring an unprecedented number of properties under the ownership of the Trump-aligned Ellison family.


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Fox PoliticsJul 22, 2022
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