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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was hospitalized earlier this week for unspecified reasons but is recuperating, the Pentagon said late Friday, after withholding the information for days. Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder,…

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Google location data was used to find Jan. 6 rioters. It’s disappearing.

January 6, 2024

Special counsel Jack Smith has a plan for how to illustrate Donald Trump’s influence over the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Prosecutors will show a…

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Trump offers his sharpest critique of Haley yet as Iowa caucuses near

January 6, 2024

MASON CITY, Iowa — Former President Donald Trump ramped up his attacks on former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley at back-to-back campaign events in Iowa this weekend as his campaign sought…

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How the GOP’s rewriting of Jan. 6 paved the way for Trump’s comeback

January 6, 2024

Donald Trump spent the days after Jan. 6, 2021, privately fuming about the election and his media coverage. Leaving office with an approval rating below 40 percent, he skipped Joe…

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European Union keeps a wary eye on China as it plans tech spending

January 6, 2024

A European Union study on how it should spend tens of billions of euros in high-tech investments warns that Europe may need to use the money to guard against geopolitical…

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Why Trump says Jan. 6 rioters are ‘patriots,’ but DeSantis doesn’t

January 6, 2024

An audience member at CNN’s town hall with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) managed to accomplish something on Thursday evening that has often proved elusive over the past year: identify…

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2 key points on Trump’s lawyer suggesting Justice Kavanaugh owes Trump

January 6, 2024

There is saying the quiet part out loud, and then there’s what Trump lawyer Alina Habba just did. Addressing the Supreme Court’s looming 14th Amendment decisions on whether Donald Trump…

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Haley makes a play for younger voters — who grew up in the Trump era

January 6, 2024

At some point, nearly every political campaign makes some effort to appeal directly to younger voters. The extent of that outreach varies from candidate to candidate and year to year.…

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Nikki Haley talked about her ‘Black friends.’ What do data and history show about friend groups?

January 6, 2024

There are few defenses from White people against allegations of racial insensitivity more notorious than “I have Black friends.” There was perhaps a time when this was compelling, a demonstration…

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Scalise temporarily leaves Washington for stem cell treatment

January 6, 2024

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) will be away from Washington until February so he can receive a stem cell transplant as part of his treatment for blood cancer, further…

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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized since Jan. 1

Google location data was used to find Jan. 6 rioters. It’s disappearing.

Trump offers his sharpest critique of Haley yet as Iowa caucuses near

How the GOP’s rewriting of Jan. 6 paved the way for Trump’s comeback

European Union keeps a wary eye on China as it plans tech spending

Why Trump says Jan. 6 rioters are ‘patriots,’ but DeSantis doesn’t

2 key points on Trump’s lawyer suggesting Justice Kavanaugh owes Trump

Haley makes a play for younger voters — who grew up in the Trump era

Nikki Haley talked about her ‘Black friends.’ What do data and history show about friend groups?

Scalise temporarily leaves Washington for stem cell treatment