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It’s Getting Ugly Out There Folks

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Progressives to their credit are becoming more and more aware of what much of these teabag protests are all about, blatant racism. After all just reading the signs of the teabaggers this past weekend exposes the type of...

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Behind the Scenes at a Secretive Gathering of Rising MAGA Donors

The Winklevoss twins, Rebekah Mercer, allies of Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr. and top Trump campaign aides recently joined a conclave of right-wing donors who are suddenly flush with power. [...]

Is Trump More Flexible on China Than His Hawkish Cabinet Picks Suggest?

President-elect Donald J. Trump is assembling a team of aides bent on confrontation with China. But he also has advisers who do business there, including Elon Musk. [...]

Hezbollah’s Rockets Remain a Threat Despite Israel’s Crushing Offensive

Israel’s failure to tamp down the short-range rocket threat has put pressure on its government to embrace a cease-fire. [...]

World Leaders Seek Stability With China as Biden Exits the Stage

The return to power of President-elect Donald J. Trump, who has vowed to confront China on tariffs, has created deep uncertainty about the U.S. role in avoiding global conflicts. [...]

North Carolina Republicans Push to Seize Power From Top Democrats

The state’s Republican-controlled legislature passed a sweeping bill that would erode the power of the Democratic governor and attorney general and hand the G.O.P. more control over elections. [...]

House Republicans Block Release of Ethics Report on Gaetz

Senators in both parties have demanded to see the committee’s investigative report into sexual misconduct and illicit drug use allegations against Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general. [...]

Speaker Mike Johnson Says He Will Ban Transgender Women From Capitol Bathrooms

The G.O.P. speaker sided with hard-right members of his conference who called for blocking Representative-elect Sarah McBride, the first transgender member of Congress, from using Capitol women’s rooms. [...]

Trump Picks Matthew Whitaker to Be U.S. Ambassador to NATO

Mr. Whitaker briefly served as acting attorney general in Mr. Trump’s first term. [...]

How to Win Latino Voters

A conversation with a Democrat who did. [...]

How to Avoid Contentious Holiday Gatherings After the Election

How to avoid a contentious family holiday after the big election. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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Russia and US battle for advantage in Ukraine war ahead of Trump's return

Moscow appears to be maximising its gains while Joe Biden abandons long-held red lines at the end of his presidency. [...]

Anti-landmine groups criticise US for sending mines to Ukraine

It marks a "shocking and devastating development" in the war, says Human Rights Watch. [...]

Ukraine front could 'collapse' as Russia gains accelerate, experts warn

Moscow's forces have taken more ground since September than they did over the course of 2023, analysts say. [...]

Man who drugged wife in French mass rape case told: You'll die alone

Tensions burst into the open in court when Dominique Pelicot is accused by his daughter of lying. [...]

Deadly bomb cyclone cuts power for thousands in US north-west

The storm is bringing damaging winds, snow and excessive rainfall that could lead to landslides. [...]

Rust premieres at low-key film festival three years after shooting

The movie’s star Alec Baldwin was not invited and did not attend the screening. [...]

Prosecutors back delaying Trump sentence until he leaves White House

New York prosecutors have vowed to oppose President-elect Donald Trump’s effort to overturn his criminal conviction, however. [...]

Israeli strikes on Syria's Palmyra kill 36, state media say

A UK-based monitor says the strikes hit a weapons depot other locations linked to Iran-backed fighters. [...]

US envoy heads to Israel after progress on Hezbollah ceasefire

After a second day of talks in Lebanon, Amos Hochstein says he will “to try to bring this to a close”. [...]

False alarm over DR Congo hero's golden tooth

The mausoleum of Patrice Lumumba, DR Congo's independence hero, was vandalised sparking alarm over his tooth. [...]

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It is long past time to stop playing Trump’s game of racism, hate, misogyny, and abject greed. If Trump is elected, he will end democracy as we know it. Harris will preserve it and work to make it better and far more inclusive so we can have it, as Lincoln said, a more perfect union. It will only happen if you vote.