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Iran Threatens New Offensive as Memorandum of Understanding with U.S. Expires Yemen's Houthis Claim Another Attack on Saudi Ship in Red Sea…
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“The Nerd Reich”: Author Gil Durán on Big Tech Fascism, Peter Thiel, JD Vance & the War on Democracy
A new book by longtime Bay Area journalist Gil Durán investigates “tech fascism” and its mounting influence on U.S. politics. The Nerd…
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Former House Democrat Admitted to Sexual Relations With Suspected Chinese Spy, FBI Docs Show
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Former Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who resigned from Congress amid multiple sexual misconduct allegations, admitted to FBI agents that…
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Slotkin Asks Hegseth to Confirm He Won’t Send Troops to Polls
‘Laying the Breadcrumbs’ Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and to Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman…
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‘Wild’ Trump rant ends in ‘a perfect encapsulation’ of his failures: analyst
President Donald Trump's rant about drug prices to reporters last week was a "perfect encapsulation" of his administration's failures, according to one…
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Trump nears the one mistake that ‘would be the end’ of his presidency: expert
A foreign policy expert warned on Monday that President Donald Trump is inching closer to making the one mistake that would end…