National Politics

US military builds up the largest force of warships and aircraft in the Middle East in decades

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Judge blocks release of special counsel Jack Smith's report on Trump classified documents case

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Federal court rejects GOP-led Utah Legislature's latest try to block House map that helps Democrats

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FBI director invites fresh scrutiny over travels with appearance at US men's hockey team celebration

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Armed man shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago was never interested in politics or guns, cousin says

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Citizen journalists, citizen sleuths helping to unravel the tangle of Epstein documents

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Rubio heads to Caribbean to reassert US interests after Venezuela strikes and Iran threats

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Supreme Court agrees to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits

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State Department orders nonessential US diplomats to leave Lebanon as tensions with Iran soar

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Panama orders occupation of 2 key canal ports after Supreme Court ruling

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As antisemitism rises and strife over Israel continues, Josh Shapiro turns toward his Jewish faith

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After Supreme Court rebuke, Democrats call for government to refund billions in Trump tariff money

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How Trump will use his State of the Union address to sell skeptical midterm voters on his plans

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Trump's big speech will be delivered to a changed nation and a Congress he has sidelined

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Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says

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