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Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’ Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.

Exclusive: Republicans plan to challenge vehicle-safety mandates, such as automatic emergency braking and alarms that remind drivers a child is in the back seat.

Jair Bolsonaro ordered to start 27-year prison term for plotting Brazil coup Ex-president to start serving term in 12 sq metre bedroom in police base in Brasília after time for appeals elapses

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This is what should happen to the enemies of democracy.

I hope he dies there.

Worst current-conditions print since March 2021.

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*US NOV. CONSUMER CONFIDENCE 88.7; EST. 93.3

This is how Trump merely suing people influences their behavior, and he knows it. Which is why he keeps doing it.

The Catch-22 around Trump’s illegal orders | Will Bunch Newsletter Plus, Pennsylvania chooses a budget over the planet.

In 1968, a soldier named Hugh Thompson defied orders to save Vietnamese lives during the My Lai massacre. Eventually seen as a hero, in real time he was vilified and nearly court-martialed

It's Congress' job to stop Trump's war crimes, not the troops. My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Slacks & khakis more comfortable than jeans. If I need to travel with a sport coat, I typically wear it so I don’t have to pack it in my luggage.

I get odd looks and it makes me chuckle.

Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly over video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders' The Pentagon says it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called...

“Having a United States senator subject to discipline at the behest of the secretary of defense and the president — that violates a core principle of legislative independence,” Kreis said in a phone interview.

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Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.

"Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial."
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Nothing anyone in the trump admin says is true. Nothing.

Kalshi Is a Corruption Time Bomb—and Congress Is Sitting on It A platform that lets insiders (and legislators) gamble on their own behavior is a threat to democracy.

A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
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I was Scripps’s National Political Correspondent from 2016-18. The company’s news operation in the stations it owns across the country is honest and fair. Sinclair will make them right-wing propaganda outlets for an all-out push to prop Republicans up for the remainder of Trump’s term and beyond.

Turns out the deal Trump bragged about, the one where China would buy 12 million metric tons of US soybeans by year end, was never an actual deal.

It was a “concept” of a deal.

This foul betrayal is Trump's worst treachery yet Almost lost among Donald Trump’s latest assault on America, has been his utter disdain for our democracy, and love for Russian President Vladimir Putin.Amid Trump’s attack on our government, White House, health-care, food benefits, vote, the arts, environment, our economy, and peace and quiet, the R...

OPINION: Almost lost among Donald Trump's latest assault on America, has been his utter disdain for our democracy, and love for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Amateur Hour At 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. The White House is in free fall. How long will it last?

"The Trump administration’s habit of buying ownership shares in companies it likes now involves $10 billion in taxpayer funds. Remember, kids: Government ownership of the means of production turns out to be good, but socialism is still bad."

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Putin’s Win-Win: Take a Russia-Friendly Peace Deal, or Fight On

For Putin, the so-called peace plan is a win-win: A deal would enshrine Ukraine's perpetual subordination and vulnerability. No deal might lead Trump to pull remaining US support for Ukraine and antagonize Europe. @paulsonne.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...

Lots of twos here today. Nice. Mine was a new guess after 3.

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NATO Ambassador Matthew Whitaker admits "there's some truth" to the criticism that Putin hasn't made a single concession during negotiations

A source close to the first couple with an X account based in Belarus.

We re-elected Strom Thurmond’s staff for (at least) his last 3 terms. Also President pro-temp.

He spoke to a large Nat’l Guard formation in his home state in 1989. I got the distinct impression he did not know where he was.

We need age caps.

U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces' Documents show the U.S. Military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formally known as the Boy Scouts

Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts n.pr/3M48mr2

“We’ve tried to not have to do it, but we've got direct orders,” the masked ICE agents told them www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/i...

Meanwhile, Ukraine launched a massive overnight drone strike on Russia’s strategic port of Novorossiysk, reportedly damaging the Sheskharis oil-loading terminal, S-300/S-400 air-defense systems and a large Russian landing ship. www.kyivpost.com/post/64941

BofA: Our revised forecasts see stickier inflation next year.. ending 2026 near 2.8% on core PCE.

In Trump-Putin Peace Gambit, Both Sides Bet on Lure of Business As diplomats wrestle with core elements of peace in Ukraine, one element of the draft deal has gone largely overlooked: sweeteners based on an imagined blossoming of US-Russia business.

One element of the draft Ukraine deal has gone largely overlooked: sweeteners based on an imagined boost to US-Russia business.

British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents

ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.

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“she was ambushed by immigration agents”

Naval Academy commandant Clark fired after only a few months on the job Commandant of Midshipmen Capt. Gilbert Clark was fired after less than six months on the job.

A U.S. Naval Academy commandant responsible for the military training and professional development of thousands of sailors and Marines was fired this week after less than six months on the job.

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